AZ Alison
@noblebirth.bsky.social
SahM, engineer & environmental professional, facility manager, volunteer. Pays attention. Civically engaged. Loves Harry Potter (but strongly disagrees with JRK). Fascinated by British Alchemical Literature. Anti-Stratfordian. Literature Teaches Empathy.
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AZ Alison
@noblebirth.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president". ~ Ezra Klein
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I can not argue with this.
September 17, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I can not argue with this.
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Do you have any idea how much better things would be right now if Kamala and Tim were in the White House? What if we had elected Al Gore? Hillary Clinton? America needs some soul-searching.
September 17, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Do you have any idea how much better things would be right now if Kamala and Tim were in the White House? What if we had elected Al Gore? Hillary Clinton? America needs some soul-searching.
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Lots of folks are comparing McConnell’s vote today to Feinstein’s finals days in the senate. The main difference is that Feinstein was co-sponsoring legislation to expand voting rights, while McConnell voted to cut SNAP and end environmental protections.
September 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Lots of folks are comparing McConnell’s vote today to Feinstein’s finals days in the senate. The main difference is that Feinstein was co-sponsoring legislation to expand voting rights, while McConnell voted to cut SNAP and end environmental protections.
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If voters return Republicans to the majority in the midterms they will get exactly what they have right now - Congress doing nothing month after month, out of session refusing to do their jobs while Trump rules like an autocrat with no checks or balances. An Imperial Presidency.
September 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
If voters return Republicans to the majority in the midterms they will get exactly what they have right now - Congress doing nothing month after month, out of session refusing to do their jobs while Trump rules like an autocrat with no checks or balances. An Imperial Presidency.
Watch this please.
This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit.
Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need.
Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.”
Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.”
Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need.
Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.”
Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.”
Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
September 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Watch this please.
Giving away more bombs to Israel.
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Giving away more bombs to Israel.
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Saw someone comparing the current AI panic to Y2K. As a Y2K survivor (thank you) the worry then was that all your data would be forgotten. The worry now is that all your data will be remembered, and used to destroy you. Seems different, to me.
September 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Saw someone comparing the current AI panic to Y2K. As a Y2K survivor (thank you) the worry then was that all your data would be forgotten. The worry now is that all your data will be remembered, and used to destroy you. Seems different, to me.
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"These are not the people I interviewed"
Ugh, they are supposed to interpret the Constitutionality of the cases brought before them, not make decisions about cases in advance.
Ugh, they are supposed to interpret the Constitutionality of the cases brought before them, not make decisions about cases in advance.
Trump is lashing out at SCOTUS after they blocked his mail-in ballot scheme, calling it “a big loss for Republicans.” He attacked mail-in voting, accused justices of being intimidated by Democrats, and declared: “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court.”
September 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"These are not the people I interviewed"
Ugh, they are supposed to interpret the Constitutionality of the cases brought before them, not make decisions about cases in advance.
Ugh, they are supposed to interpret the Constitutionality of the cases brought before them, not make decisions about cases in advance.
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The SCOTUS decision prevents massive disenfranchisement and chaos in November.
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s mail ballot scheme
The decision prevents massive disenfranchisement and chaos in November.
www.motherjones.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The SCOTUS decision prevents massive disenfranchisement and chaos in November.
If we ground these golf junkets, we could offset some serious CO2 emissions.
September 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If we ground these golf junkets, we could offset some serious CO2 emissions.
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PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔
So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
September 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔
So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of Washington
The desecration of DC: from a giant arch to a nuke-proof bunker, Trump’s legacy-building blingfest is an architectural atrocity
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of Washington
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The bird was watching and the reaction was fun 🤣
September 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The bird was watching and the reaction was fun 🤣
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For over a century, generations of microbiology students learned the same unwritten rule: keeping the Bunsen burner lit next to the culture plates creates a sterile zone , because the hot air rising would push any floating microbe upward and outward.
A study debunks the myth that the Bunsen burner sterilizes the work area. - Sinaptica
For over a century, generations of microbiology students learned the same unwritten rule: keeping the Bunsen burner lit next to the culture plates creates a ste
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September 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
For over a century, generations of microbiology students learned the same unwritten rule: keeping the Bunsen burner lit next to the culture plates creates a sterile zone , because the hot air rising would push any floating microbe upward and outward.
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Republicans don’t suddenly discover empathy. They discover proximity.
September 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Republicans don’t suddenly discover empathy. They discover proximity.
A thread that fits the late stage capitalism model: the race to destruction.
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A thread that fits the late stage capitalism model: the race to destruction.
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If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
September 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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There should be zero deaths from ectopic pregnancies in the U.S.
Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
There should be zero deaths from ectopic pregnancies in the U.S.
Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
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Beto O’Rourke stood outside the Texas GOP convention tonight and said what everyone in that room already knows: they scare you about immigrants and trans neighbors so you don’t notice the pockets getting picked. Tarrant County just cut 92 polling places. Connect the dots.
September 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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AZ02
Defeat MAGA Eli Crane!
Vote for Jonathan Nez!
Defeat MAGA Eli Crane!
Vote for Jonathan Nez!
My name is Jonathan Nez. I’m the former President of the Navajo Nation.
Today, I am running for Congress to defeat MAGA Republican Eli Crane, flip Arizona’s 2nd blue, and take back the house.
Let’s win this.
Today, I am running for Congress to defeat MAGA Republican Eli Crane, flip Arizona’s 2nd blue, and take back the house.
Let’s win this.
September 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
AZ02
Defeat MAGA Eli Crane!
Vote for Jonathan Nez!
Defeat MAGA Eli Crane!
Vote for Jonathan Nez!
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