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Anjanette Baker

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Retired as the @theaga.bsky.social majordomo; conservation genetics enthusiast; ocean/river/all water devotee, social democrat.

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28.12.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 8401 πŸ” 3209 πŸ’¬ 291 πŸ“Œ 187
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.

09.12.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 6461 πŸ” 2634 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 114

Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.

Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.

05.12.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 1586 πŸ” 650 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 10
Sea otter

Sea otter

Polar bear

Polar bear

Speak up fur endangered species! Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife.

Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22

03.12.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 369 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
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Defend the Endangered Species Act The federal government is considering four changes to the Endangered Species Act that would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife.

www.oregonzoo.org/news/defend-...

03.12.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.

Support the workers and tax the rich -- go, Santa Fe!

"Santa Fe also is counting on revenue from a so-called mansion tax, which targets home sales over $1 million, to fuel a trust fund for affordable housing projects."

@apnews.com

apnews.com/article/sant...

03.12.2025 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Full Mark Kelly press conference on Trump Pentagon 'intimidation,' Venezuela boat strikes and more
Full Mark Kelly press conference on Trump Pentagon 'intimidation,' Venezuela boat strikes and more YouTube video by USA TODAY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORoQ...

02.12.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Decorated Naval aviator, astronaut, Senator, and endlessly supportive husband following the assassination attempt on Gabby Gifford. A hero by anyone's reckoning. This is who the idiots want to court martial? It beggars belief.

30.11.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich Overall, the Big Beautiful Bill will harm poor Americans and raise the incomes of rich Americansβ€”driving gains for the rich through cuts to marginal tax rates and the estate tax, along with tax breaks...

As the year comes to a close, we hope lawmakers in 2026 will take us at our word when we say we’d start being grateful if they taxed us MORE, not less, and undo the damage from the Republican budget bill: www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...

30.11.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.

Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.

Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.

29.11.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 1792 πŸ” 673 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 24

I think the phrase "the dangers of excessive wealth" should be widely disseminated on social media -- people need to realize how truly dangerous a social phenomenon it is.

30.11.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own

@dwallacewells.bsky.social once again cogently explores how little we seem to learn from experience.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

26.11.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sen. Wyden, Fisherman's Wives Meet With the Coast Guard About the Loss of Newport’s Rescue Helicopter - By Brian Bahouth Listen – 5:23 Β  The State of Oregon, together with Lincoln County and the Newport Fishermen’s Wives organization, are filing lawsuits to compel the federal government to return the Co...

kyaq.org/sen-wyden-fi...

24.11.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Intercept: TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF U.S. CITIES COST $473 MILLION AND RISING

The Intercept: TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF U.S. CITIES COST $473 MILLION AND RISING

A monstrous, illegal waste of taxpayer dollars.

Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.

The American people deserve to know.

14.11.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 400 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7
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Obscene CEO pay is bad for business and society

Extreme wealthβ€”and that includes obscene CEO payoutsβ€”is bad for society as a whole.

Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...

13.11.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.

Our President, Erica Payne, spoke with Fast Company, and shared our super simple message for the FAA during the shutdown:

β€œIf you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...

08.11.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10
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β€˜Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard Karin Immergut said earlier she β€˜found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control

β€˜Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard. "No credible evidence” that protests in the city had grown out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

08.11.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne made history rowing the Pacific Ocean It took Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne six months, plenty of snacks and sleepless nights to row from Peru to Australia

How Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne made history rowing the Pacific Ocean www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

07.11.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To those experts who said a Democratic socialist could never be elected mayor of NYC, a reminder that one was elected president of the USA four times

05.11.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 349 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
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Workers decry Trump officials as β€˜out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services running

β€œIt’s become out of control, and I really hope that this shutdown is a wake-up call of how bad things have gotten.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

06.11.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.

And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.

People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.

06.11.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 527 πŸ” 278 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 45

42 million people cant buy food this month. It’s time to tax billionaires.

03.11.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 23
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Ghosts, witches, vampires...and broligarchs?!

Forget vampires.πŸ§›πŸ§›πŸ§›

The real monsters are the billionaires who drain the lifeblood from our democracy.

In this week’s Closer Look, we expose the terrifying truth: extreme wealth warps empathy and threatens the future of working people everywhere. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...

30.10.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology β€œWikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I am Ready for Your Apology www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...

30.10.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The Associated Press is considered to be one of the most unbiased news sources, which is probably why they were kicked out of the White House press corps.

@apnews.com

29.10.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron? In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon M...

Support Wikipedia!

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

28.10.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"NOAA has built a reputation for world-class research...For every dollar invested in NOAA, the country’s return is orders of magnitude greater in productivity, transportation, farming, fishing, business development, and savings to communities in insurance and public safety."

27.10.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One year after a historic dam removal, teens inspire river restoration worldwide: β€˜It turns out you can win’ The Klamath River began rebounding almost immediately. Now, Indigenous youth are leading the next chapter of the recovery, inspiring tribes from Brazil to China

So inspiring - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@us.theguardian.com

27.10.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve learned a LOT this year.

One the biggest lessons: don’t mess with our public servants. They are a courageous bunch!

A single fed has more character in one of their pinky fingers than the Trump administration has in their entire staff.

26.10.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The 3 districts facing the highest premium hikes if ACA tax credits expire are all Republican-led districts:

WY: +693%
WV-01: +654%
WV-02: +599%

Republicans would rather abandon their constituents than work with us to reopen the government and protect their health care.

26.10.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 5