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YusufToropov

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Managing director, Cara-Wordsmith.com.

Author of #SHAKESPEARE FOR BEGINNERS, the novel JIHADI, and the play AN UNDIVIDED HEART. #Ukraine #baseball #jg20mvp #1947League #mlb #gratefuldead #neurodiversity #beatles #blacklivesmatter #demsabroad #democratsabroad

Hi. I'm ...

a writer,

a US #expat living in #Ireland,

a #baseball addict,

an adult recently diagnosed with #adhd (which, looking back, explains a lot),

a #teampete enthusiast.

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YusufToropov, to Women
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BRITT BILL WOULD CREATE FEDERAL DATABASE TRACKING PREGNANCIES

Alabama Senator Katie Britt, best known for delivering a bizarre, melodramatic televised response to President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address, has introduced a bill to create a federal website to collect data on pregnant people.

https://meidasnews.com/news/sen-katie-britt-introduces-bill-to-create-federal-database-of-pregnant-people

@womensvoices
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The bill, the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act (MOMS Act), would mandate the creation of a federal website called Pregnancy.gov, which Britt calls a "clearinghouse of relevant resources available for pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children."

@womensvoices

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The website would take users through series of questions, it claims, to generate a list of relevant resources of interest within the user’s zip code. The bill would also allow government officials to reach out to users for additional information.


@womensvoices

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The database would refer users to so-called "crisis pregnancy centers"; fake clinics that do not actually provide women with healthcare, but rather use deception and coercion to scare women away from getting an abortion, even if it necessary for their own health.

@womensvoices

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⚠️Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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@GottaLaff

So as a result of this ⬆️ #climatecrisis news, we ..

  • Prosecute individual #BigOil executives for #conspiracy

  • Institute massive class-actio civil lawsuits against these companies.

  • Ban all advertising for fossil fuels and products that require fossil fuels.

#ProsecuteBigOil #ExxonKnew

@uspolitics
@legaltech @ClimateNewsNow @climateemergency @aristeon89 @geopolitics

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Oh, and to those of you who have been kind enough to ask, I just got word that the house showing today was 👎🏻. This day can’t end soon enough.

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@GottaLaff sorry to hear. Tomorrow will be better, I bet.

GottaLaff, to random
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I hope this is the right link.

If you missed #Maddow last night, then here you go, her A-Block. Mandatory.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/watch-rachel-maddow-highlights-may-6-210398789902

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@GottaLaff
⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Yep. Agree. Everybody needs to watch this.

@uspolitics @DefendDemocracy @DemocracyMattersALot

Free_Press, to news
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COMMENT OF THE DAY!

"And if Mr Putin and the Russian officials are worried about their troops in Ukraine getting hit with weapons from other countries, then the easiest thing to do is just take your troops and leave"

video/mp4

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@Free_Press That about sums it up. GTFO

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Do you see a pattern?

Russian hit squad assassinates Maksim Kuzminov in Spain.

Leonid Volkov attacked in Lithuania.

Airplanes GPS jammed all over Poland and the Baltics.

Fiber optic cables destroyed in France and Finland.

Underwater listening stations destroyed in Norway.

The Russian vessel Admiral Vladimirsky caught mapping sabotage targets in The North Sea.

Weapons depots blown up in Bulgaria.
…

— And our politicians claim we are certainly not in any way at war with Russia.

Wake up!

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@randahl

This is what people, and particularly independent voters in the US, don't seem to get. It is already on. Ukraine is doing the heavy lifting for us, yes. But it's happening. This is as real as war gets, short of World War III.

Which makes MTG etc. TRAITORS. Not eccentrics. Not even extremists. TRAITORS.

Russia is ALREADY in open war with democracy. It's a little bit easier to notice that when you live in Europe, as I do. NATO is the last firewall.

YusufToropov, to geopolitics
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nails it, as usual.

From the Republican perspective, this election is not actually about policy or governance. It's about the GOP's project to change the American form of government from democracy to autocracy.

https://youtube.com/shorts/rQUdyV3uxRE?si=yubPoh5p6pykNfZL

@DemocracyMattersALot
@DefendDemocracy
@uspolitics @geopolitics @politicalscience

YusufToropov, to Oakland
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@RuthODay @YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @BigEarl @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices @Beatlesandworms

I post this in the aftermath of 's 4th of a possible 155 victories in 2024.

Shea Langeliers drops not one, not two, but 3 HRs against Texas.

objective judgment

selfless action

willing, engaged acceptance of all events

https://youtu.be/5VuLMKZiTMY?si=KyvmvEwTf32g_rBX

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Levitation? Takeoff?

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Josh Gibson's .466 season average in 1943 is mind-blowing...but he doesn't hold the record for highest season batting average.

WHO DOES?

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Yesterday's game brought to you by because oh my God is this album amazing.

https://youtu.be/PrBHXS0zZqo?si=sstWretTRJxxsMNz

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Well done, WOLVES!

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

ESPN.com apparently didn't get the memo about Black Leagues stats being MLB stats (not sure what's up with that) -- but if you zoom over to baseball-reference.com you'll see that the single-season batting average record belongs to 's very own Tetelo Vargas.

Tetelo Vargas

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

GIANTS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM BROWNS

Bob Romby got the win; Bill Rigney's solo homer proved the GWRBI. Ford Smith took the loss.

NYG (45-41) 200100010 491
STLB(51-38)000020000 262

#1947League #baseball #mlb #blm

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Ouch. Bad day at work in two dimensions.

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

To what team did Bob Romby's Elite Giants lose the NNL Championship Series in 1948?

One guess.

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Cliff got the answer to this, which is entertaining and which I will share as soon as possible. will return when the deadline fever passes... Say a prayer if you're so inclined! 🙂

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Yakyu -- big showdown tonight. You ready? 🙂

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@YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

And gladder still this morning, I suspect. Man, did you guys kick the stuffing out of Blackburn...

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@YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Here is the coolest trick play I have ever seen executed on a diamond....

https://youtu.be/j45ztPQ6i2I?si=2_KP8jVOos-NoVFC

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@ted_duffield @YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Another classic! 🙂

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@RuthODay @ted_duffield @YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Love it! Had not seen that one!

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@tabletopmania @RuthODay @ted_duffield @YakyuNightOwl @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

WELL DONE, Nolan! 🎉 🎉 🎉

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