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Gemina13's Profile
Middle-aged feminist progressive, bisexual woman. I believe in self-determination, free will, love, and hope--and that the traitorous, fascistic GOP/Qanon and their cadre of anti-American goons can fuck right off.
DOB: 09/24/1970
Groups: What's for Dinner, Readers and Book Lovers, The Grieving Room, Personal Storytellers, WYFP?, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Cooking With Kos, Pagan and Wiccan Kossacks, LGBTQI Literature, LGBTQ Kos Community, Kossacks for Marriage Equality, Consumer Watchdog is Neither, Seattle & Puget Sound Kos, The Political Revolution, Fighting and Defeating the Neo Nazis, War 21
Hobbies: writing, music (vocal & harp), drawing, reading, ancient history, cooking, painting
Twitter: NWMagpie
Diaries published: 87 (201 days since last diary on Sat May 20, 2023 at 07:53 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 8627 (1 day since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 01:44 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 35636
Total Comment Ratings: 18966
Most Recommended Diary: A writer's strike on Kos? Are you sh*tting me?!, 422 comments, 576 recommends
People Following Gemina13: 53
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(TW: Racial violence, murder, desecration — video links may lead to graphic content) (NOTE: As remarked in comments, there is video footage showing Rasheem Carter running in fear through the woods. I am not posting that video, and I would advise other...
by Gemina13
 65 comments
on Sat May 20, 2023 at 07:53 PM PDT
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I’ve heard people say that Generation X lost its youth when the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. That’s not so. Generation X lost its youth on a bright winter morning in January 1986, when seven brave astronauts died when the shuttle...
by Gemina13
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on Sat Jan 28, 2023 at 01:32 AM PST
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We’ve all heard how a group of QAnon believers gathered in Dallas, TX on November 2nd, ostensibly to await the appearance of John F. Kennedy Jr. (son of the assassinated President), in the belief that he would claim his place as Donald Trump’s running...
by Gemina13
303 comments
on Tue Nov 23, 2021 at 12:12 AM PST
with 357 Recommends
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::sigh:: This month shouldn’t feel like this. I love September. It’s the month that fall starts, cooler weather sets in, the trees begin to turn, and I relax from the heat and stress of summer. To quote the late, great John Pinette, I don’t do well in...
by Gemina13
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on Sun Sep 19, 2021 at 09:33 PM PDT
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On my lunch breaks, I usually check the news, be it here, on Balloon Juice, or Twitter. And this little item caught my eye: So . . . to underscore the meat of this release, the Cyber Ninjas’ report on the AZ Fraudit has been delayed due to the CEO,...
by Gemina13
198 comments
on Mon Aug 23, 2021 at 02:06 PM PDT
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A doctor decided to Tweet his outrage about mask mandates today. Dr. De Brun, like many professionals, has noted on his Twitter account that his “Posts are my own views & do not reflect the Medical Profession.” Also, he lists his occupations as,...
by Gemina13
168 comments
on Sat Jul 24, 2021 at 02:57 PM PDT
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- Computer security researchers from Binarly have identified a widespread set of vulnerabilities that affect most Windows and Linux computers due to bugs in the boot-loader that starts the computer (before the operating system starts). The attack—dubbed...80 comments 253 Recs
- So we decided to flee Indiana. For background, my name is Alexis, I'm a nonbinary trans person, married to my trans husband Ian, and we have 2 kids, Felix, aged 12, and Zinnia age 9. Indiana is currently attempting the "Florida Speedrun" insofar as it...92 comments 288 Recs
- Pop the cork gang—Kevin McCarthy has decided to take his toys and go home by the end of the year! Democrats are glad, Republicans are mad, but guess who is pissed off the most: Gaetz! That’s right, the guy with the massive eight-head (yah know, as...121 comments 374 Recs
- House Speaker Mike Johnson has—gasp!— compromised again . The latest version of the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act, unveiled late Wednesday, does not include Republican measures ...46 comments 158 Recs
- By Eleanor Klibanoff The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For the first time in at least 50 years, a judge has intervened to allow an adult Texas...139 comments 247 Recs
- Republicans provided another textbook example of massive hypocrisy on Wednesday with a letter ordering Hunter Biden to appear for a hearing on Dec. 13. The letter to Hunter’s attorney says that he has no choice. He must appear for a closed-door...151 comments 393 Recs
- Some legitimate electors in Wisconsin sued the slate of fake electors there for attempting to defraud voters of their vote. After failing in various motions to dismiss, all the electors settled today. You can read the settlement HERE. No money was...61 comments 272 Recs
- Congress is responsible for funding government activities. The biggest discretionary item is the defense budget. The military is funded by the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA]. When different parties control the two Houses of Congress, there...95 comments 188 Recs
- Three people were fatally shot Wednesday and a fourth person was critically wounded in an attack on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, police said. The suspected shooter also was found dead. The attack just before noon sent police swarming...24 comments 86 Recs
