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She/Her Michigander w Narcolepsy. Non profit comms etc. Tweets here my own. Team #GreatLakes #MIvoting #CeasefireNow . Speramus meliora resurgent cineribus.

Michigan/Huron Potawatomi land
Joined September 2014
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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3 years
Don't mind me, I'm just tweeting a timeline break so I can pin it. Take care of yourself folks. Stop. Breathe. Then keep on keeping on. 💧♥️
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5 months
Umich encampment folks fixed some broken bricks. ❤️ 🇵🇸
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4 years
@After5ivePod Wow. You can really tell she has a hell of a lot of experience trying to patiently explain things to humans with the intellectual capacity of a child. #respect
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2 years
@lethal_lindaa Omg thank you for blessing my TL with this I'm still laughing
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5 years
@NY_Wiseass @NicT10 "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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5 months
Effin. A. Love this. I'd have to go WAY back (few months-ish so, forever) but there was video of this tactic of looking up/calling out cops on the spot being used before and... Oh yeah I forgot I made a video edit someone requested! Great way to throw them off.
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sippin on that 🇵🇸
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ccny campus magazine livestream is genuinely incredible, they’re reading out police badge numbers + names and getting people in the chat to search complaints filed against them, then reading the complaints back out loud to the cops 😭
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@nameshiv They made it three days before you caught on, I gotta respect that.
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@destroynectar
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What video is the reason they shouldn’t ban TikTok?
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3 years
@shoe0nhead Just adding in the reply that lives rent free in mine.
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5 years
@macho_montana Protect him at all costs. And learn all the things from him!
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4 years
@SteveDucey @jservantez Across MULTIPLE BUILDINGS too. That would've taken SO much work BEFORE this crisis. Damn I love this song. More power to em!
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3 years
@thehill The NERVE. The AUDACITY. The... Wait, he wanted to get a good night's sleep and made simple easily fulfilled requests because basically every hotel will have king sized beds and air conditioning available how the ever living hell is this newsworthy.
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6 years
@pepetideo @waitworry @drgitlin @elonmusk Besides knocking on doors in Flint to get immediate needs met, petitioning my state government to fix what they broke, organizing thousands of others across the state to do the same, umpteen protests (see my avatar), and providing moral support for my friends there? Step off.
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4 years
@AttorneyCrump Because he didn't have his ID while (checks notes) NOT DRIVING IN A CAR HE ORDERED AND PAID FOR. This damn country.
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3 years
@NatsAndCats @thecatstitution @lacalaca85 @dyllyp If we're sharing our favorites in the genre... Here's my contribution
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@kibblesmith If you catch one you get to keep it
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2 years
@mikewhoatv "hey you dropped this", slip them a $5 or $10, and walk away quickly. Or nothing. But one of those.
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@mama2bella @solomonmissouri She had to WALK home After GIVING BIRTH He got off LIGHT
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@redditships "Hegel makes empirical science unnecessary"
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5 years
@DrRobDavidson
Dr. Rob Davidson MD, MPH
5 years
Heading in for my night shift in the ER here in #Michigan and while @realDonaldTrump is attacking @GovWhitmer on cable news, I’m still using 1 paper mask/shift because Trump won’t use the #DPANow to get me #PPE . Still not enough tests. #NeveraHoax
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4 years
@KekePalmer "I look back on this time and I do feel shame. Not for being poor, but for allowing the judgement of others to dehumanize both me and my mom." Time for me to reread this apparently. Suggest you read it too
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2 years
Patrick Lyoya. His name is #PatrickLyoya . He was 26 years old. He and his family were refugees, fleeing Democratic Republic of Congo violence 7 years ago. He was a father of two. He was a Michigander. He should not have been murdered by a Grand Rapids cop. #BlackLivesMatter
@DavidEggert00
David Eggert
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Video shows police officer straddling Black man's back, fatally shooting him on the ground in Grand Rapids, Michigan, amid a struggle over the officer's Taser.
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4 years
@momwgi @allisonhopstad Well that's just nonsense. It's a fashion magazine shoot. From a photographer with a history of not shooting dark skin tones well and, well, whatever the hell this is.
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1 year
@EricHaywood @Michigrimk It was definitely my community note, but I'm cool if the lawyers want to take credit.
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4 years
@jvharris_1965 1. EFFIN A! 2. Obligatory @xkcd
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5 years
@redditships I love how most (not all but most) folks thinking this is fake are men. As a woman who has argued for physics against dumbass philosophy based on completely incorrect ideas* from a man insisting I'm mistaken, trust me, it rings pretty dang true. * Seriously, more than once.
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6 years
@pepetideo @waitworry @drgitlin @elonmusk Still I don't think I've done enough, but hey, at least I didn't make huge promises and fail to deliver a damn thing to people who are going through f-king enough already THANK YOU. Put your money where your mouth is and actually support Flint kids: ⬇️
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5 months
@vivafalastin I'll leave another example of this fantastic tactic here
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5 months
Effin. A. Love this. I'd have to go WAY back (few months-ish so, forever) but there was video of this tactic of looking up/calling out cops on the spot being used before and... Oh yeah I forgot I made a video edit someone requested! Great way to throw them off.
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4 years
Michigan folks if you're not paying attention to Midland right now, my God, please do. If you're in Midland get the f--k out. If you have friends or family in Midland make sure they're getting the f--k out.
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2 years
@Melt_Dem It's on label for narcolepsy and requires monthly prescriptions for that and adhd. It's medicine. People need. Not "tweaking". Medicine. To function.
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2 years
@ScottHech Raise your hand if you've ever called the cops about DV you witnessed happening (or God forbid experienced and I'm sorry) and f--k all was done. Multiple times. I am so sorry for her and everyone who knew and cared about her. And angry. Because. Again.
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1 year
@BobaCyclist @katimcf Protect them both, delighted dog and adorable human, at all costs 🥰
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1 year
The Onion is figuratively killing it
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The Onion
1 year
‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That
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6 years
@pepetideo @waitworry @drgitlin @elonmusk You have two options: 1. Post a screenshot that you donated to the Flint fundraiser above, since I know that'll actually directly help. 2. Show me tangible proof/citation that he did anything remotely approaching what he initially promised. Until then, I've got no use for you.
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3 years
This is a great Jorts pic and this is my bookmark to myself to edit it with a early 2000s school color laser photo background tomorrow
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3 years
Jean said I’m her very favorite. I’m just going to sit here and feel lucky
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4 years
We KNEW this was going to happen. Somewhere. Eventually. Statistically. $800 million gap in water and sewage infrastructure needs. Annually. 10% of dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition. Climate change causing more intense weather events. We knew. I'm so sorry Midland.
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4 years
@ayoarati That was the right answer though.
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2 months
Respect to whomever had @Teamsters account access and stepped up as they damn well should've.
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Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸
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It’s deleted now but took a screengrab
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@deathbybadger Preserve and protect the bog but don't go in the bog
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1 year
@Imani_Barbarin Genuinely... Just genuine. The thought and care in crafting that is very apparent and the logic and flow and conclusion especially spot on. That was with the read. Respect.
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3 years
@samuel_clack And the classic: you're describing a bus
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1 year
Checks out.
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dave wagner
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also, it is important that you realize how long he is. he is at least 19 feet long.
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5 years
@alexjs85 Disabled folks: "can we work remotely?" Schools, workplaces, etc: "Oh no we just can't! Impossible!" Disabled folks now: 🤨
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2 years
@MaxwellFrostFL Don't forget you're probably waiting on getting your deposit back from your old place, too. Glad you're representing renters and working folks proper right off the bat. Fight the good fight.
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4 years
@barronjohn1946 You earned this dammit.
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5 years
@RobertFoster4MS Jesus managed to be with and trust Mary Magdalene. In fact she was the first one he appeared to after he rose from the dead. So pray tell where in the Bible is this crap?
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@schaalfan @tcburkejr I feel like @levarburton would appreciate this. Thank you for sharing. And thank you library folks who make safe spaces. ❤️
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Today a woman with developmental disabilities came into the library, and said she was lost. She didn't know her address, but her phone number was in her pocket on a piece of paper with Elmo on it. She kept saying, "The library is a safe place."
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4 years
@LWavghist @DMan_DC2020 @artcrimeprof The statue had a pretty extensive criminal record.
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3 years
@at_nocontext Oh, Simon.
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5 years
@DUDLAWSON @yslorent Our schoolbus once got stuck behind a loooong train next to a Frito Lay truck. So of course we were out the windows trying our luck. The driver checked the length of the train and then actually handed us over a whole box. Best bus trip after breaking down next to the firehouse.
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Damn all his children really do hate him
@JoshuaPHilll
Read Abolish Rent
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I’m crying hahaha how do you spin your own cars trying to kill you
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@whitewolfcol @Sammy_Pi_ Love when people really thought they did something 💅
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Like shooting fish in a barrel:
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4 years
@ronnui_ @PleaseBeGneiss It was a long road, let me tell you. What the hell is a "teen spirit"?
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5 years
@TheLoveBel0w @realBryanLeib @TheEllenShow 4491 by the count I'm looking at. Just American uniform, 4809 total coalition. Cause many countries didn't join us. Because it was a war based on obvious f--king lies and all. Also at least 150,000 Iraqi civilians. At least.
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3 years
@DaveMurYYC @foniker @lee__samuel Then again I'm sure they're priceless...
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@Crayola_papi @OoglePride @drippyspudd Homeless folks have a smaller eco footprint than near anyone. Probably negative in my state cause 10 cent deposit bottles. If you've got better, by all means. Quick and cheap workaround to circumvent something designed+manufactured to suck, I'm gonna give a pass.
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@JortsTheCat 📸❤️
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@sauvamemte Top comment ain't wrong
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2 years
You see Tom Holland Umbrella, you RT. You see the wage theft chart, you RT. You see Jorts laying down facts, you RT. I do not make the Twitter rules.
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2 years
Wage theft is the biggest stealing crime in the USA but we aren’t fully funding the National Labor Relations Board!! The NLRB exists to protect the rights of workers when we work together on issues like wage theft. If we starve the NLRB, bosses can keep starving the workers 😤
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@_SJPeace_ The ring catch! The watch checking! ♥️♥️♥️ Happiness to the both of them. How lovely and wonderful.
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5 years
@pattonoswalt @Chase Credit Union For Life
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2 years
@NPR Spanish is the most common language spoken in Michigan other than English. (Arabic is 3rd). Maybe MDOC can hire some multilingual guards. And stop infringing on prisoner rights. Both those things.
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3 years
@gwenckatz I'll just leave this here
@AuschwitzMuseum
Auschwitz Memorial
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We understand such concerns, and we have already addressed inaccuracies in some '...of Auschwitz' books published. However, "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches factual history of the #Holocaust .
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@AileenBusi @NewsHour @TwitterMoments I think I can help: "LALALA I AM NOT LISTENING LALALA FAKE NEWS" Need that mental justification to sleep at night I imagine, as the truth is so damn wretched.
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@EastRisk @HindHassanNews @golnarM "Did my Mom ask you to ask me that?!?"
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6 years
@pattonoswalt @NewYorker @TheEconomist same goes for you. Props @BlairImani Already followed these folks but I'm going to follow anyone who drops a booking because of him - especially lower profile folks taking a bigger hit. Just saying.
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2 years
@Dbwagner104 By request: Meevin, Gonzo, Fishtopher, Jean, Jorts, Sandal, Kekoa. Happy #Caturday 🐱
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2 years
one thing i didn't realize when i first got cats was that, for them, "playing" is basically a form of performance art, where i am expected to put on an oscar-caliber acting display to make a grumpy furry fellow excited to play with his own toys
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I love you @Wikipedia
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Ok poorly worded but don’t worry. I am still a cat I was just using past tense because I was a cat at the time (but continue to be a cat). If you need proof it’s on my wikipedia page titled Jorts (cat)
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@shannonrwatts Good Lord. This damn country
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@thehill Wait, y'all are just reporting straight from Fox? Fantastic journalism. Outstanding. Well done. /s
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@pattonoswalt @NewYorker @NewYorker I am at a loss as to what you think giving him yet another platform will accomplish. Props, Patton.
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@WeaponXc @_jaytrent Thank you for your service
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@RepRoKhanna Genuine... Homeopathic... Products... @MedCrisis if you're available to take this I think my brain just broke.
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3 years
@barbara_doran1 @NateSilver538 As someone who is vaxxed but lives in a college area, thank you for considering the surrounding community. And beyond. I'd really REALLY rather not gamble with passing covid to my also vaxxed but very vulnerable parents, friends, or my friend's unvaxxed kids I watch once a week.
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@tl_gates @JStein_WaPo @ShaneGoldmacher @saikatc @Ocasio2018 @DPAQreport And those who can't afford to live in DC on a $0 salary just don't get the opportunities then, I guess. I know friends who have worked full time jobs on top of unpaid internships out of necessity. It's insanity, and their unpaid internships weren't in Congress.
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@JLarky @ElGranSenglar @himbonomics Yeah. Don't drink unfiltered river water either.
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@LowArctic "for their own good so they won't be bullied" crap? I remember.
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