Vvalkyri

Vvalkyri

@vvalkyri.bsky.social

Hi. I'm not all the way here from Twitter. Would love to find the epi, science, long covid communities. So far the few people I have followed are those who posted handles on FB. So msg if this Nick's unfamiliar.

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It is not an exaggeration to say that the passage of #BAAJA threatens Yellowstone with irreversible harm. Maybe we should take a little more time to decide whether powering Elon Musk's mechaHitler is worth that sacrifice.

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com

"Federal review would disappear even where a well taps the same underground system that feeds park geysers.... Any harm to park thermal resources would more than likely be permanent."

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1/ Cutting disability questions from the National Health Interview Survey means making millions of disabled people invisible. Without accurate data, health disparities are obscured & funding and services are put at risk. You can’t meet needs you choose not to measure. 😒 #DisabilityRights

disabilityscoop.comCDC Plans To Drop Disability Questions From Federal Health SurveyA proposed revamp of a key federal survey could lead to a drastic undercount of Americans with developmental disabilities, advocates warn.

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In terms of Bowling Alone

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social

Associational life is dwindling in the US, but, like all things American, it is doing so unequally along class lines. Greek life on college campuses persists because it combines a sense of community with a purported means of elite reproduction.

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I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11.

Truthout@truthout.org

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

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Replying to @jesscraven101.bsky.social

Thank you! I quit donating because ActBlue gave my info to the DNC, and the bombardment of texts and emails has been driving me crazy. I see that OATH doesn't share our info. 👍🏼

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Collins voted for roughly $1.2 trillion in projected Medicaid cuts. Then a hospital in his own district closed its labor-and-delivery unit, saying those cuts “solidified” the decision. Medicaid covers more than half of births in rural Georgia. This isn’t a hypothetical policy debate anymore.

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Ossoff: "When the congressman voted for this Medicaid cuts, the largest in history, he knew that 50% of all births in our state are covered by Medicaid. He still voted for them. And as a result, a labor and delivery unit in his own district had to shut down. He also supports a total ban on abortion"

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E.Potomac is everybody's golf course -- ALL ages & incomes Trump wants it Trump-style, so 400+ trees came down after the court said NO material changes The judge's review: "You're trying your worst" @democracydefendersfund.org & partners are fighting to keep it everybody's course @cnn.com👇 -TN

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WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social

"I am outraged by the deployment of large numbers of heavily armed National Guard troops and FBI agents during school drop-off hours," a reader writes in a letter to the editor.

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Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers. And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.

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2016: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" 2026:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

Umbrella walk folk are going today to the architect for the vainglorious arch. 3:30 to 5:30 or so, 1010 Wisconsin NW ( near Georgetown Waterfront) Bring an umbrella, doesn't have to be with a message. Acrylic paint pens great for putting messages on umbrellas

Hands Around The Kennedy Center is tonight at 630. Because he's threatening to tear it down. Foggy Bottom is closest Metro and the shuttle's running. If driving, I'd suggest using spothero to find a garage space, though *perhaps* finding parking in the neighborhood is possible.

I am in an ortho waiting room. Their normal upbeat music continues over The Reading of The Names. It is cognitive dissonance city. Front desk is willing to change music but seems to think there must be music. They just turned the TV volume off instead. :facepalm:

Man, listening to What's Love Got To Do With It and random I dunno while reading the captions is EVEN WORSE. Also I tried to catch a still of how they'd keep showing this one guy who was crying against the memorial but they didn't go back to him which I suppose is a mercy.

Update: Xray looks good. New pain may just be nature's way of telling me to return to stiffer shoes. No, I am *not* going back to the boot - i already returned the borrowed EvenUp.

I am in an ortho waiting room. Their normal upbeat music continues over The Reading of The Names. It is cognitive dissonance city. Front desk is willing to change music but seems to think there must be music. They just turned the TV volume off instead. :facepalm:

Man, listening to What's Love Got To Do With It and random I dunno while reading the captions is EVEN WORSE. Also I tried to catch a still of how they'd keep showing this one guy who was crying against the memorial but they didn't go back to him which I suppose is a mercy.

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Amid public outcry, the Commissioners Court for Tarrant County — which contains Fort Worth and borders Dallas — plans to hold a vote on Tuesday on whether to shutter 92 of the polling places used in the 2022 election, many of which serve the city’s poorer and minority populations.

truthout.orgTexas Swing County Could Shut Down 92 Polling Places Before Midterm ElectionSenate candidate James Talarico is pushing Tarrant County to drop plans to close nearly a third of its polling sites.

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Shasta County's job offer to a felon CONVICTED OF TAMPERING WITH VOTING MACHINES to work on their election process is a disgrace. I'm directing CDCR to make every effort to BLOCK any transfer of her parole supervision into California.

Hey @waba.org are there more protest actions in the works?

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

"During a May hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes said she wanted advance notice before the government removed more than 10 trees or brought equipment larger than a sedan onto the property..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

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“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick … approached a group of racecar drivers hanging out by the paddock. …. “‘Good luck today,’ Mr. Lutnick told them. …. “He walked away. One of the drivers turned and shrugged. “‘I honestly have no idea who that was,’ he said.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...

nytimes.comTrump’s Summer of Fun Ends With an IndyCar Race on the Streets of D.C. (Gift Article)It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.

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NEWS — Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan has endorsed Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan for re-election this fall over teacher Dan J. Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola, according to a post on his Facebook page.

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The feds infiltrated leftwing groups, Signal chats. They called it “Operation Puppet Master,” which is funny bc they’re claiming it’s to figure out who funds autonomous organizing but they’re the ones running a bunch of socks in pursuit of their political agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comUS conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records revealDHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown

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All of these ICE charter airlines have emergency landings, diversions, aborted takeoffs etc ALL THE TIME. And very often the shackled passengers have to sit on the plane until ICE flies in a new one. When I say I am drowning in stories and wish more journos were covering this, this is what I mean!

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊✈️ HERE'S YOUR DAILY DIVERT 😬 ⚠️ An Air Wisconsin jet (tail: N413AW) bound for the ICE hub in Alexandria, Louisiana turns back abruptly after takeoff and returns to Milwuakee 👀