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Here are the Reps cosponsoring the Long Covid Moonshot so far! Senate cosponsors are Sanders, Kaine, Markey, Duckworth, Smith and Welch. Are yours on the list? If not, call and ask why not! (Or thank those who are—really helps!) Get contact info and a script at: longcovidmoonshot.com/call-guide/

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Psonofemer.bsky.social

This is exactly my experience on the internet

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It's mushroom season again, so here's a guide to the different mushroom types that I made last year. If you're new to mushrooms and curious about the NSFW one, look up stinkhorns. I'm sorry/you're welcome.

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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CAcmonstah.bsky.social

An absolutely fascinating piece about how a group of activists and the city of Santa Monica managed a controversial mural through listening circles: www.altaonline.com/culture/art/...

On Problematic Civic Art
On Problematic Civic Art

The City of Santa Monica confronted a problematic WPA-era artwork with openness—by listening.

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MOmaureenogle.bsky.social

People, this is an amazing resource. Everything you need to know about who and what will be in YOUR ballot, based on your voting address. Federal, state, and local races. Pass it around. The more you know *before* you start blacking those circles, the better for all of us.People, this is an amazing resource. Everything you need to know about who and what will be in YOUR ballot, based on your voting address. Federal, state, and local races. Pass it around. The more you know *before* you start blacking those circles, the better for all of us.

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Patining of a cat eating a shark with a boat sinking
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seriously do not fall for this do you know what kind of pay raises the bosses give themselves? year in and year out? solidarity, it rhymes with solidarity, show it

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ROCKY PLANET AROUND BARNARD'S STAR!!! (The second closest star system to us, past alpha Centauri). THE TWO CLOSEST STAR SYSTEMS HAVE ROCKY PLANETS. EEEEEEEEEEEE! www.aanda.org/articles/aa/...

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I am deeply sad that he'll likely die without reaching his stated goal of seeing a year in which there are no human cases of guinea worm disease -- the tentative number for 2024 right now is 4 -- but considering that when his foundation started there were 3.5 million annually, it's still damn close.

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Hey, call your reps about this bill. “Disabled” is the only marginalized group anyone can join at any time, and Long Covid will do it. Trust me. My diagnoses are fibromyalgia and POTS, and there’s a ton of overlap w LC. I was an elite athlete and now I need a 3-hour nap after walking my dog.

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Nerd. Mostly here for authors and cats. And politics.
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