Magpie Laughs

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English Teacher, photographer, sometimes writer, failed gardener, tragic optimist. Fish out of water in a conservative rural county. She/her.

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A company that builds a system that rejects all requests for health care? That’s not “reckless.” It’s purposeful action that results in the death of people for profit.

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for those who were following along with this conversation, Amy is heroically running point on a research/writing/design project to build social media shareable graphics to educate the uninformed persuadable voter about Project 2025. sign up here if you want to share your skills!

awesome! i just put together a volunteer form, would you please fill it out? forms.gle/ZHw8DDX7qBb6...

Project 2025 Meme Volunteerforms.gle Hi there! Thank you SO MUCH for your interest in helping us meme our way to killing Project 2025. Please fill out the quick survey below so we can get started. We may not call on you right away but ev...

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this absolutely blew my mind it's the coolest thing i've read in a minute www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidd...

Fascinating site they’re excavating in Egypt on the Red Sea.

A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizationswww.smithsonianmag.com At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world

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I have been to Monet’s gardens and I have taken SO MANY pictures

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Come on, y'all. For America. For Ted. Let's do this.

Ted Cruz gets bad news in Texas Senate racewww.newsweek.com A Manhattan Institute survey of 600 likely voters in Texas showed Cruz's lead over Democrat Colin Allred is just 3 points.

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MOAR TRAINS!!!!!!!!

More trains please.

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Preemptive hurricane reminder that just because Texas is a voter suppressed state whose vocal minority leadership wants the rest of us dead doesn’t mean the actual citizens of Texas don’t deserve to live/aid.

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I think everyone who was like "great, now every environmental group ever should sue!" underestimated how swiftly those groups would be dwarfed by the juggernauts who are already collecting billions and billions of dollars from us and want more.

Days after the Chevron ruling a corporate healthcare system - which doesn’t pay any taxes despite being a profit-driven business - is now suing Medicare so that they can collect more *tax dollars* w/o having to meet the standards of care set by CMS. Some CMS regulations may be silly but this is bad.

Hackensack Meridian sues HHS secretary in wake of Chevron rulingwww.beckershospitalreview.com Learn about the recent lawsuit filed by Hackensack Meridian Health against HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra challenging his interpretation of Medicare statutes.

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Well, this is not concerning at all www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Study: Private equity acquisitions in cardiology on the risewww.eurekalert.org Over the past decade, 342 cardiology clinics have been acquired by private equity firms, with over 94% of those occurring between 2021 and 2023, according to a study published today in JACC, the flags...

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Kingfisher & Wombat

“Ok, let’s make a bright accessible kid-friendly space with stacks and games to check out and chess tables and a cafe on every floor and if you want a book, just go through the website and we’ll pull it out and have it ready for you!”

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I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like

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Today, the federal government put itself on the right side of history by seeking, for the 1st time, to establish the precedent that every worker in America has the right to shade, water & rest while working in temps that could kill them. -UFW President Teresa Romero www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

Biden to announce heat rules as climate-related deaths risewww.politico.com If finalized, they would be the first U.S. regulations to protect workers from dangerous temperatures.

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Brooke Binkowski

they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work

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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

#kidlit, I’ve got a reader who needs something in between The Magic Treehouse (too simple) and Percy Jackson (a little mature) in terms of length and complexity. The online lists are almost all familiar classics or low-quality series. What’s new, engaging, full of beautiful prose, and inclusive?

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Hooray for the New York Public Library! It's going to be open 7 days a week, thanks to the budget passed by the City Council today—and all the organizers who pushed to make this happen

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Everybody wants to talk about debate performance. Can we please talk about presidential performance?

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i've been painting a pair of romance book shoes, and this is my progress so far🖌 #romancelandia

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Me when the colon blow hits: O intestina, Ardenti cura, Repleta desperatione! Desperatio, Consternatio, Ubi latrina est? Motus franticus, Sudor gigantescus, Frustra constringens! Cursu urgente, Sudor splendente, Perfaciamne ad locum?

Carl Orff - O Fortuna ~ Carmina Buranayoutu.be Carl Orff - O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana Irudiak: Joseph Mallord William Turner

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K.B. Spangler

You absolute fucker you try and deny that "Fine people on both sides" quote as fake news, I fucking SAW YOU SAY IT ON LIVE TELEVISION you prick... And he's avoided the substance of the question again.

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This Frasier / Columbo comic has no right being as absolutely fantastic as it is

columbo, joechouinard.comjoechouinard.com

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guys i wrote another book!!! it's coming out in october!!! you can preorder it here!!! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...

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Apparently someone at the Boston Fire Department had a wonderful, vindicating day yesterday, during the 911 outage:

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The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

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New job posting: Head of Digital Content, National Gallery of Art. Salary: $163,964 - $191,900 per year. Closing date for applications: 07/05/2024. Non-remote position.

Supervisory Visual Information Specialistwww.usajobs.gov <p>The Head of Digital Content will strategize, create, and evaluate exciting and innovative digital, video and social media content that helps the National Gallery reflect and attract the United Stat...

It’s Friday, school is out for all, and most of the family is sick. Sounds like a perfect day for hanging out in the living room with leftover birthday cake and the old trusty PlayStation. Nothing brings the family together like screaming “Wash the dishes! Cook the patties!” in Overcooked.

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the Apostle Paul was probably a drag at parties, but you've gotta hand it to him that first-century Christians were off the rails with some of their stunts. this one guy shacks up with his stepmom, and Paul has to rebuke them like "bro, calm down, u are scaring the pagans."

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I think all that’s really happened with me is that we went on holiday and the hotel caught fire in the middle of the night and then a couple days later when we were driving home we accidentally gatecrashed the Duke of Westminster’s wedding. quiet week in the chaos house