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@aato2.bsky.social
Retired teacher, blue dot in red state, love my fur babies, gardening, USC Gamecocks🌈🌊🐶🐱🐝🐛🦋🦉
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Culture matters. The UK is a great example.

Yesterday, the British Council announced £2 million in new funding over three years to support Ukrainian cultural organisations.

The funding will go directly to them.

Thank you 🇬🇧
September 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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September 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Morning in Kyiv.
I’m having a warcoffee.
The sound of a jet-powered drone breaks the silence.
Then, a burst of loud shots.
Blessed air defence.
The drone is done.
All clear.

I continue sipping my black elixir.
September 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk.

Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
September 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.
September 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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South Carolina is at the bottom of too many lists we should lead — and near the top of too many we should never be on.

A new study ranks SC among the worst states to live and work. That is a choice. We deserve leaders who put working people first. What needs to change?
September 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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A dance between the Ukrainian flag and the wind.
I found it so tender.
September 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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It immediately caught my attention.
Mother’s Portrait
🇺🇦 Ivan Honchar
1951

Oh, the artist was the extraordinary person in Ukrainian culture.
September 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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September 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%.

It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low.

We must unrig the system.
September 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
“Two U.S. citizen teenagers who were on their way to file enlistment papers to join the Marines were violently attacked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who reportedly detained them for nearly eight hours before letting them go.” newrepublic.com/post/215393/...
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
newrepublic.com
September 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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September 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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This happened at the intersection by the Home Depot in Everett, Washington.
There was increased activity in Everett through the day today.
September 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/14/r...
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. • Florida Phoenix
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn littl...
floridaphoenix.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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If you are attacking Doctors Without Borders or World Central Kitchen,

you are wrong and can get fucked.
September 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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#GA
Elect Keisha Lance Bottoms for Gov!
Food costs are crushing us.
Bottoms is proposing local leaders get the option to eliminate grocery taxes -a direct path to lower costs at checkout. Keisha sees your struggle. Vote like your budget depends on it.
Vote for Keisha!
#ResistanceUnited #Pinks
September 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Supermom @desilydic.bsky.social makes packing a lunch fun, easy, and hopefully not explosive
September 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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This is how you Make America Great Again.
September 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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How culture adapts to the war.

A large book festival in Kyiv was postponed until spring due to safety concerns.
Instead, the organizers will hold more than 40 events in seven Kyiv bookstores, with shelters nearby.

It is about safety and support for bookstores and publishers.
September 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand.
mol.im/a/16127415
US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
mol.im
September 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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❗️Russian drones in direction of Kyiv region detected . People urged to seek shelter
September 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allegedly analyzing Americans' financial data to conduct traffic stops of drivers, some of whom were never flagged of committing any crimes."

Not just suspected undocumented immigrants.

Everyone.
Homeland Security Program Analyzes Americans' Finances to Flag Drivers Who Haven't Committed Crimes: Report
A new report claims one Border Patrol team is in the Spokane Sector in Washington, and another in the Laredo Sector in Texas.
www.military.com
September 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.
September 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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A pastor for Michael Whatley, the North Carolina GOP Senate nominee, opened with a prayer asking God to bestow "integrity and honesty." It was delivered by Pastor Daimon King, a registered sex offender twice imprisoned for convictions involving children.
apnews.com/article/what...
September 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM