I decided to kill off a few characters in the book I'm writing. It would definitely spice up my autobiography a little.

Posted 1 week ago by "boldactionworks: We usually hear words of support for our #SignsofFascism vigil. For the last two weekends, though, someone has started yelling the mad king's name at us -- expressing support for him and his corrupt regime. Note that our signs point to historical actions..."

Thank you John Oliver for bringing awareness to the dangers of the fetal personhood movement & the mothers being persecuted. Fetal personhood ends women's personhood. Giving one rights is fundamentally incompatible with giving rights to the other. #womenarepeople youtu.be/sCSt45rev7w?...

Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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#NovaScotia author of Heated Rivalry — Rachel Reid has donated $300,000.00 to Nova Scotia Libraries This is amazing, Rachel is an incredible human being /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries

Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.

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#Tacoma WA #DetentionCenter ⤵️

Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.@repdexteror.bsky.social · 14h ago

On Saturday, I conducted oversight at the Northwest Detention Facility with Rep. Randall, leaving with more questions than answers. As a member of Congress, I will continue to demand accountability and transparency.   Oregonians deserve answers.   Abolish ICE.

For a guy who warns us so much about communists in the Democratic party, he sure does seem to love communists elsewhere.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: An attorney says his client suffered a brain bleed and traumatic brain injury after a violent ICE apprehension, then woke up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. His family didn't know where he was for days. Now his lawyer is demanding answers.

Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care

MeidasTouch has obtained a detailed narrative from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, describing a violent apprehension by immigration

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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM

That someone like Lively, with every apparent advantage, can still be so mercilessly & successfully annihilated in public opinion using anti-feminist rhetoric just highlights that ALL women are 2nd class citizens in a patriarchy & none will escape unscathed morewithmj.substack.com/p/for-two-ye...

For Two Years, We Were Told the New York Times Story About Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Was a Lie. The Court Record Showed It Was True.

Quotes below are sourced to the public docket in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, No. 24-cv-10049 (S.D.N.Y.).

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Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.

"There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war." Sen. Jon Ossoff

Prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients. www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... #health #insurance #medicine #Blues

Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams

The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...

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Good news. E. Jean Carroll spent a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We owe her a debt of gratitude. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/trump-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll.html

Supreme Court again rejects Trump bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

President Trump was held civilly liable in the case by a New York federal jury for defaming and sexually abusing the wri

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Hey you, beautiful soul who's reading this. Yes, you. You know that thing that you're having a hard time with, bit you haven't worked up the courage to talk to a friend about it yet? I hope that thing gets better. And I hope you find that courage and talk with who you need to. ❤️

"When I sail upon the night time I'm gonna be a cheeky monkey." --My 3 year old's response last night to "what do you want to dream about," which I noticed is also a haiku

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

Gammons. “I am worried about all of the ‘men’ playing in women’s sports. We have to support the women in women’s sports.” Normals. “Name three ‘men’ in women’s sports”. Gammons. “…. Normals. “Ok, since you are so interested in women’s sports. Name any three women’s world champions”. Gammons. “….

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NBC News@nbcnews.com · 20h ago

A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Any dog can be a guide dog if you don't care where you're going.

In 1st grade I gave a report on Puffins. My teacher said they weren't real. I hoped the internet would fix such willful ignorance, but now that teacher would probably just say "it's AI" & some poor little 1st grader will be just as humiliated & wondering when she'll be believed #truthmatters

Carl Bovis@carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 24h ago

Puffins in a line! 🥰 This one is especially for the Puffin lovers amongst my followers, I know there's one or 2 of you... 😉😁🐦😍

Mama shows babies that the dog is nothing to fear. 😍🥹🐾

If all goes well we'll be able to eat food again in two years.

I need 204 more subscribers to Democracy Docket in order to hit my revised goal of 1000 for the weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld

This is me trying to open a coconut before the internet. Also, someone needs to check on this bird. I think he gave himself a concussion

🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social · 22h ago

Black-breasted Buzzard 50-60 cm Intelligent raptor endemic to mainland Australia scavengers: diet reptiles, they eat anything using a rock to break the hard shell of an emu egg

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has spent a good portion of his adult life sitting on gold toilets and doesn't know what hardship is, and doesn't understand our service members. In fact, it's insulting what he said -- that the deployment wasn't long enough. He doesn't know sacrifice."

The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?

Love this quote from today's Banned Books Club Substack: "The books we buy aren’t always a reflection of who we are currently. Sometimes they’re a reflection of who we hope to become." My TBR says I want to be the kind of person who reads nonfiction, especially biographies, but I just am not.

I've told my cat a million times to stop opening interdimensional portals in my house....

After a 2011 sexual abuse scandal, the national sports organization AAU pledged to implement “historic child protection measures” for the hundreds of thousands of kids in its care. But ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com found that most of these reforms were never implemented.

A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.

More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...

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