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  "Overwhelmed" US postal worker in Utah threw away 300 mail ballots and other mail during the recent primary. Due to demanding work loads, 12-14 hour days up to 6-7 days a week, the postal service has a very high turnover rate. Some positions see a 50% or more turnover in the first year. #usps #MailBallot https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/postal-worker-tossed-300-mail-ballots-parking-lot-garbage-laziness-rcna599224

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  EPA allows Bayer to choose the dicamba regulations that it prefers. Besides posing dangers to human health, dicamba tends to drift away from targeted fields. It affects crops and trees and its "drift" has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to crops and forestry. Despite this crisis, EPA is allowing Bayer to regulate itself. #dicamba #epa #deregulation #agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba

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  Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, has died at 92. #gloriasteinem #feminism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/03/gloria-steinem-groundbreaking-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-92

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  Recently I decided to help organize an existing small library at our community center. It's been neglected for years, and is overrun with certain genres of fiction, mainly romance and action novels. There is a good reprsentation of other genres too. Space is limited, and I need to cull books to create room for new donations. Looking for advice on how to purge books while creating balance, and maintaining an adequate selection for all readers. I'm stumped. Suggestions? #library #commun...

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  Bird fatalities drop by 72% when one rotor of wind turbine is painted black. #windturbines #greenenergy #birds https://www.ecoportal.net/en/painting-norwegian-island-black-turbine-blade-white-tailed-eagles/29212/

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  I couldn't access my account for a couple of weeks due to a weird glitch. Obviously, I am back, and all is well, except that I lost all my follows and followers from Mastodon.scot. I have found a couple of them, and have re-followed. Is there any way to find the remaining two dozen or so? I miss my Scots tooters. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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  NE Pacific Gray whale population plunged catastrophically over the past year, with up to eight thousand whales perishing in that period. There are only about 13,000 remaining. Deaths are accelerating due to loss of food sources caused by climate change. Gray whales were removed from the Endangered Species List over 30 years ago after population rebounded. Trump has severely weakened the ESA. It is unlikely that federal government will act to protect these massive marine mammals. #graywhales #cl...

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  Sweet deal for prison for profit corporation. Private prison company, CoreCivic, sells two immigant detention centers to federal government for about $1.5 BILLION. The company will continue to operate the facilities under federal DHS contracts. The company is a major trump donor. #graft #prisons #playforpay https://apnews.com/article/corecivic-california-sold-immigration-detention-facilities-dhs-78fe5f3d486ee2c803c44f2302b936b3

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  Missed this obituary a couple days ago. Victor Willis, the cop in Village People, has died at 74. He co-wrote YMCA. It's an iconic, joyous dance tune, too good to allow trump to appropriate it. RIP Victor, and thanks for the music. #VillagePeople https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/02/victor-willis-obituary

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  Scientists may have found a way to re-establish extinct American chestnut trees. 4 billion of these beautiful giants perished a century ago due to chestnut blight. #science #forests https://www.freep.com/story/news/environment/2026/07/04/american-chestnut-tree-genetic-modification/90764786007/

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  The sloop Clearwater was forced by Coast Guard to leave the Sail4th 250 tall ships parade today because it carried signs advocating for clean water, racial justice, and climate solutions. It was unclear who made the decision. Clearwater was launched in 1969, is owned by an environmental protection group founded by Pete Seeger. #sloopclearwater #sail4th250 #environment https://www.chronogram.com/river-newsroom/trn_environment/sloop-clearwater-removed-from-sail4th-250-parade/

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  "Wives and Lovers" Jack Jones This kind of stuff was still around in the early 1960s. Women started burning their bras shortly thereafter. Coincidence? "Day after day There are girls at the office And men will always be men Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers You may not see him again" #JukeboxFridayNight #stereotypes https://youtu.be/rZ7WT02wFOk?is=cecFWicsysEQS4-_

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  Prudence.❤️ #catsofmastodon #allcatsarebeautiful #caturday

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  @kims@mas.to Sounds almost like a mafia style protection racket.

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  From dental pain to flesh eating bacterial infections, people in ICE detention suffer from lack of medical care. #immigrantrights #medicalneglect #detentioncenters https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-detention-medical-neglect-dhs-32c3fbeef0c44dfb02fcab890b2c9a96

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  Trump's new medical advice? Drink diet soda to cure cancer! He reasons that since Diet Coke "kills grass" that it can kill cancer cells in the human body. #quackery #droz #cancercure https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dr-oz-stunned-reaction-trump-170335362.html

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  Two brothers, age 15 and 18, were snatched by ICE while waiting for their school bus. They were surrounded by 10 vehicles, zip tied, and carried off to detention. The brothers are in the US on valid student visas. A paperwork error occurred when they tansferred to a new school, and they may be deported. Over a clerical error! #ice #immigration https://www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-israel-makoka-were-waiting-for-a-hancock-high-school-bus-ice-took-the-brothers-instead/

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  Ohio republican rep Max Miller is being investigated for child abuse. Two year old daughter suffered a broken collar bone and bruised shoulder. Miller's wife, who is US Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter, is suing him for divorce. #republican #Ohio #childabuse https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/rep-max-miller-denies-abuse-as-police-probe-daughter-s-injury/gm-GM0A475CBF?gemSnapshotKey=GM0A475CBF-snapshot-3

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  This is the sort of thing that happened in Nazi Germany and authoritarian societies throughout history. 85 yr old woman arrested by ICE and sent to a detention center. Her stepsons, one a federal employee, may have triggered the arrest. They were in a longstanding inheritance battle. "...someone with a personal motive can trigger enforcement against a vulnerable individual in the context of an inheritance fight or any other type of dispute..." #ICE #immigrationlaw https:/...

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  Canadian friends, please don't visit the US. 🇺🇲❤️🇨🇦 #cbp #canada https://www.thetravel.com/us-customs-and-border-protection-revokes-canadian-travelers-nexus-and-denies-entry-for-lane-mistake/

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  [@hey](https://reddthat.com/u/hey) Is that Jay Leno? 😯

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  What this article doesn't say is that the US Postal Service was never meant to be a "business". It's a SERVICE. Republicans have been undermining that service since the Bush administration in 2006. They want desperately to privatize it. It's part of Project 2025. #uspostalservice #project2025 https://www.the-sun.com/news/16218924/usps-major-changes-postmaster-general-updates/

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  On Saturday Pope Leo denounced the "delusion of omnipotence" that is driving the US/Israeli war on Iran. “Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” Leo said. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!” #iranwar #popeleo https://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-usisraeli-war-iran-7309c5df6c7312b942e0510ea65502cb

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  @chillybot What's in the sandwich?

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  Condor pair in nothern California are incubating the first wild egg in the region in more than a century. #CaliforniaCondor #california #birds https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/condor-first-wild-egg-9.7157767

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  Chad Bianco, the California sheriff and candidate for governor who impounded 650K ballots has been ordered to pause his investigation. #California #chadbianco https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/08/california-sheriff-election-ballots

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  Senator calls for investigation into reports that Hegseth removed more than a dozen women and people of color from military promotion list. #hegseth #departmentofdefense #whitesupremacy https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gilibrand-calls-information-reports-hegseth-withholding-promotions-rcna266955

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  Unclog the strait. Flush trump. #straitofhormuz #iranwar

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  Email from fired Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George says that soldiers deserve "courageous leaders of character". #hegseth #departmentofdefense https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george-going-email-pentagon/

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  Paint me like one of your French girls. #caturday #allcatsarebeautiful #catsofmastodon