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  "Calling Flock a ‘weapon of mass inspection,’ Wyden backs Oregon ban effort" https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/10/calling-flock-a-weapon-of-mass-inspection-wyden-backs-oregon-ban-effort.html?gift=13549e14-d950-48d7-8d64-1effc9d3b63f "A bipartisan effort in the Oregon Legislature to ban Flock cameras and similar devices statewide has received support from Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and the Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union." #Oregon #Flock #Sur...

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  RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/117351383195109089 Another quote from the article: “I think we should just be honest,” she said. “This is about fundamental freedoms. This is about dignity for people, no matter who you love or how you identify.” - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Trans rights are human rights! #Trans #TransRights #HumanRights #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/117343979765662754 Quoting to add hashtags. Some of us are on small servers and don't have full text search which means we rely more on hashtags for searching. I'm grateful when folks add them! ❤️ (hashtags are also useful for filtering out posts folks don't want to see, but that's a separate topic...) #USPol #Elections #NoKings

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  TL;DR It's best to use a drop box to return completed mail ballots! "Oregon and Coos County officials push drop boxes amid mail delays" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/27/oregon-and-coos-county-officials-push-drop-boxes-amid-mail-delays/ "Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joined Coos County Clerk Julie Brecke at a town hall meeting in North Bend Thursday, where they urged voters to use ballot drop boxes for the November election and announced a new drop box expect...

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  What does ME/CFS stand for? Wrong answers only. #MEcfs #PwME #NEISvoid

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  "I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job" https://www.publicsource.org/pots-long-covid-navigating-invisible-illnesses/ "My illnesses don’t show up on lab tests, nor do they affect my appearance. Some people think this makes them less real, but a few strong supporters keep me going." @mecfs@fedigroups.social @longcovid@fedigroups.social #LongCovid #MEcfs #POTS #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Disabiliity

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  Thank you, Mayor Mamdani! "DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers in New York City" https://apnews.com/article/doordash-nyc-delivery-zohran-mamdani-4429800e7bf1b0ba28e064340b857df0 "The agreement, which officials described as the largest worker settlement in city history, also requires the company to submit to a new monitoring system to ensure compliance with delivery worker pay laws in the city." #USA #NewYork #DoorDash #Delivery #Workers

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  Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data. What should they do? https://apnews.com/article/telehealth-prescription-glp1-ftc-hims-e6821ac2ff88d76bbfe71c08ad21cc3a "Since the COVID-19 pandemic, scores of online health services have launched… Increasingly, though, government regulators are accusing these companies of deceptive, unethical business practices, including disclosing their customers’ health data, signing them up for hard-to-cancel subscriptions and bypassin...

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  This is your periodic reminder that ambulatory wheelchair users exist. Many folks think wheelchairs are only for those who can't walk at all, or folks who can only take a couple steps. Wheelchairs and electric scooters are used due to pain, weakness, balance issues, orthostatic intolerance, etc. #Disability #Wheelchairs #DynamicDisability #ChronicIllness #MEcfs

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  From NPR (no paywall) "The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms" https://www.npr.org/2026/09/14/nx-s1-5962190/supreme-court-mail-in-voting-trump "The Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, rejecting his efforts to enact new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election. The ruling released Monday by the high court means the U.S. Postal Service is expected to continue delivering ballots as usual." #USPol...

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  I got both my COVID booster and my flu shot today. Please clap 👏 #COVID #CovidIsNotOver #Influenza #Vaccines

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  I was on the phone with a friend this evening and we were both grousing about Google. She already uses a different search engine (as do I) but then I told her about Open Street Map. She didn't know about it before - she was so excited! 😁 https://www.openstreetmap.org #DeGoogle #OpenStreetMap

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  Powerful video from Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic senate candidate from Michigan: "We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS." I'll put a link to the source and the full transcript in replies to this post. 1/n #USPol #USPolitics #TransRights #CivilRights #HumanRights #USSenate #Michigan

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  From #MEAction for Severe ME Day (Aug. 8) "Honoring Severe ME Day & Sharing our Severe ME Artists Project 2026" https://www.meaction.net/post/honoring-severe-me-day-sharing-our-severe-me-artists-project-2026 "#MEAction is proud to share the Severe ME Artists Project 2026! ... over 100 of you submitted photos, drawings, writing, and videos of your work! We debuted this project in 2021 and five years later we continue to be humbled and honored to bring you the work of the S...

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  We took a trip a few weeks ago and one of the gardens we visited had posted this sign. I was very happy to see it! 😁 Source for the sign: https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources/know-your-rights #USPol #Immigration #NoIce #FuckICE #KnowYourRights

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  Heads up for those brave folks who are trying to download and save information from US government websites - the NIH has announced changes to their websites. No idea whether this means data will be deleted or just rearranged but I thought I'd post about it here. https://www.nih.gov/web-modernization #USPol #NIH #Science #HealthCare #Research #MedMastodon #Resist

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  Free Geek email: "Free Geek is moving, and that means it's the perfect time to score some amazing deals on technology! Join us for our BIG Tech Sale and shop a wide selection of affordable laptops, desktops, monitors, computer accessories, networking equipment, vintage tech, and more." Saturday, July 25 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Free Geek location: 1731 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR #Portland #PDX #Laptop #Computer #Sale #FreeGeek

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  "‘Not about improving elections’: Oregon secretary of state slams new Trump election threats" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/21/oregon-election-threats-trump-tobias-read/ "Secretary of State Tobias Read urged Oregonians to turn their ballots in at dropboxes if they live more than 50 miles from the Portland area." Dropboxes are "an even safer, more reliable way because we don’t have to worry about the post office… That’ll go directly to the elections office."...

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  "For 15,000 Mainers with ME/CFS, the next step is in Congress’ hands" https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/19/for-15000-mainers-with-me-cfs-the-next-step-is-in-congress-hands-opinion/ "Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an illness as debilitating as it is overlooked." Article urging Congress to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap which was approved by NIH in 2024 but still not funded. @mecfs@fedigroups.social #MEcfs #PwME #Research #NIH #USPol

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  "Leading OB-GYN society breaks from CDC on recommended vaccines for pregnant women, including COVID-19" https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/leading-ob-gyn-society-breaks-cdc-recommended-vaccines-pregnant-women-including "All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines..." This is the first time the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released an immunization schedule independent of t...

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  RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116640578558884764 Quote: "Long COVID did not create medicine’s discomfort with invisible illness. It exposed a preexisting pattern that millions of patients had been navigating for decades. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, dysautonomia, POTS — these conditions share remarkable clinical overlap with Long COVID, and they share something else too: a history of being dismissed, minimized, and inadequately rese...

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  "Do you like tiny, furry, squeaky animals? Cascades Pika Watch wants your help" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/21/cascades-pika-watch-wants-your-help/ "Steider is looking for pikas, mammals with furry, little bodies — about the size of a russet potato — and a call like a squeaky toy. She said it took just one look at a pika in the wild, 'then I became obsessed because they’re so adorable.' ” #Oregon #Washington #PNW #Cascades #Wildlife #Pika

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  "New state law guarantees a free monthly book for Oregon children under 5" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/19/free-books-dolly-parton-oregon/ "Gov. Tina Kotek joined youth advocates and supporters of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library on Thursday to sign the library program into state law." #Oregon #Books #FreeBooks #Bookstodon #Education #Libraries #GoodNews

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  The US Postal Service (USPS) published a proposed rule to allow the federal government to control who can cast a mail-in or absentee ballot. States would have to send a list of every voter slated to receive a ballot by mail to the USPS. Public comments are now being accepted on this rule. See link for info on how to send an email with your comment. https://5calls.org/issue/usps-mail-voting-rule/ #USPol #USPS #VoteByMail #VoterSuppression #Elections #Resist

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  @antoinnesterk@cyberplace.social What a lovely looking coo! 😁

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  @Radgryd@mstdn.games I'm not even a writer and I agree 100% with this message! Someone needs to help her turn off the damn AI option! (that's still possible, right? I don't use MS Word so I don't know ...)

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  My sister sent me a Google link with search results about something we'd discussed. I thanked her, and then suggested using "No AI" DuckDuckGo for searches in future. Then sent her this link: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ I know there are other search engine options but switching from google.com to this link is fairly painless. Crossing my fingers that this makes an impact and she makes the switch! 🤞 #NoAI #FuckAI #SearchEngine #DuckDuckGo #DeGoogle

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  "Oregon gets its first California condor visit in 122 years" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/02/oregon-first-california-condor-visit-122-years/ "A California condor flew into Oregon last month, becoming the first free-flying condor documented in the state since 1904. Condor B9, a little more than two years old, was released into the wild last year by the Yurok Tribe’s condor restoration program. The tribe has been releasing condors since 2022." #Oregon #Environment #W...

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  @Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink Hellooooooo! 🔔

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  "Federal judge continues to block ICE officers from using tear gas, other munitions outside Portland facility" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/17/portland-ice-immigration-oregon-tear-gas-munitions/ "A federal judge has extended a temporary order that limits federal law enforcement officers from using certain kinds of force outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland." #USPol #Oregon #Portland #PDX #ICE #AbolishICE #ICEout #...