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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 2d
A must watch with @mollyburkeofficial.bsky.social
Taking Advantage Of A Blind Child | Molly Burke
YouTube video by Doctor Mike
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 2d
This made my day, so nostalgic!
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 2d
Did you know that the movie “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” is based on the book by Hudson Talbott?

You can borrow the book AND the movie from your local library! 🦕📖🦖
Movie poster of “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” Book cover of “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” by Hudson Talbott
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 3d
Homosexuality: It's about survival - not sex | James O'Keefe | TEDxTallaght
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Pandemic Pals Hangout @pandemiccollab.bsky.social · 5d
We’re ready for Halloween at the #pandemicpalshangout !

Rooms this week include Halloween Recipes, Horror Fans, and Magic & Witchy Things.
Visit linktr.ee/pandemicpals for detailed room descriptions and info on how to join.

#pandemicprepared #covidaware #😷 #wearamask #maskingiscommunitycare
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d
Yes my brain is just a book association machine
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d
None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.
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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · 11d
Oil is poison and our addiction to it is destroying our world.
Fire still burning at California Chevron refinery following explosion
No injuries reported in El Segundo, site of company’s second-biggest US refinery, which supplies jet fuel for LA airport
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Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social · 10d
Newly Updated!

64 Physical and Developmental Challenge Books for Kids

buff.ly/AReHmA8 via @pragmaticmom

#ReadYourWorld #disability #KidLit
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10d
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · Jun 6
The Washington State Library in Tumwater and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in Seattle will close to the public on July 1 due to a lack of state funding. State libraries will also eliminate 12 jobs due to the financial pressure. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
Washington State Library closing to the public, 12 jobs getting axed • Washington State Standard
Two state-run libraries in Washington will close July 1 due to a lack of funding. Twelve jobs will be eliminated too.
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 13d
Check with local farm sanctuaries as well!
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Lesli Barrett @calithemali.bsky.social · 14d
Don’t throw away pumpkins after Halloween. Find woods or a field near you, smash them open, and leave for the wildlife to eat. Pumpkin is safe for them, and the seeds act as a natural dewormer. (Be sure to break them up so the deer don’t get their head stuck inside!)
#HalloweenTips
Don’t throw away pumpkins after Halloween. Find woods or a field near you, smash them open and leave for the wildlife to eat. Pumpkin is safe for them and the seeds act as a natural dewormer. (Be sure to break them up so the deer don’t get their head stuck inside!) 2.5 billion pumpkins produced, only one fifth gets reused. The rest end up decaying in landfills creating methane gases that harm the environment. So recycle those pumpkins to the wildlife (or even to a wildlife rehab if there’s one near you or ask a local farm if they want them for their cows or pigs) recycling plus a food source for hungry animals. Win win. 🎃🎃 #HalloweenTips 3 deer and a pumpkin on the ground. The deer on the right is eating the pumpkin
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Washington Trails Association @washingtontrails.bsky.social · 13d
The federal #shutdown will have impacts on national #PublicLands and the people who care for them.

Here's what it means for #Washington trails and how you can help ⬇️
A Washington hiker’s guide to the 2025 federal shutdown
As national parks, national forests and wildlife refuge operations shutdown and federal employees are furloughed, here's how hikers can still recreate responsibly across the state.
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Tom Mulder 🟥🔻♻️🖖🏻✊🏻 @toca325.bsky.social · 15d
Lucretia McEvil on Assata Shakur on their YouTube channel.

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Assata Shakur: The Woman Behind Tupac's Rebel Spirit
YouTube video by Lucretia McEvil
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14d
Medicare is no longer covering telehealth visits.

Congress has not extended the coverage given during the pandemic, and with the government shutdown that extension is unlikely anytime soon.

So elderly patients on Medicare can no longer take medical appointments from home.
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 17d
You have the right to film police activity, the right to remain silent, the right to speak to an attorney, and the right to refuse to sign anything. For a digital download of our KYR card visit: bit.ly/ICIRRCards
ICIRR Know Your Rights cards - English Spanish 2025.pdf
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Lucky Prophetess @luckyprophetess.bsky.social · 17d
Already happening over on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/Portland/s...
From the Portland community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Portland community
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17d
🚨ICE/ATF agents on top of ICE detention center outside Chicago. They've been shooting rubber bullets at unarmed protesters from up there for days. We're LIVE on our YouTube now from protests outside the Broadview Detention Center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoob...
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 18d
Protests continue in #NYC against ICE raids.
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Em Moss, M.D. @emmamd.bsky.social · 19d
Some from the ICE protest tonight.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 19d
Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in ICE detention

Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention
Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges
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heather bussing @heatherbussing.bsky.social · 21d
breathe

farmers market edition
Close up of a pile of colorful peppers
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 21d
I'm almost a year without it, and I had it half-price! Had to cancel twice to actually end it. You can do it too.
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, and its business model relies on preying...
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 22d
I'm almost a year without it! 🥳 You can do it too.
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, and its business model relies on preying...
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soh 🦊 @yunniemon.bsky.social · 23d
happy first day of fall 🍂
Luke from Gilmore Girls. He says "Breathe in deep, folks. Smells like fall."
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Arika @aridissents.bsky.social · 23d
aka houselessness.
Text: Everyone deserves a bathroom. Image: comic pop style art with fair-skinned person with shoulder length dark blonde hair pointing at blurb with text. Blue background with yellow attributes. Though the Earth's population is high, we actually have enough resources to feed, clothe, and house everybody. The problem isn't how many people we have, but how we are allocating our resources. Text: Hosting is a human right. Image: Light pink background with illustrated green/blue hermit crab w/mostly pink shell. Image of black & white stamp on wooden post outside with black text reading if you don't want to see people on the street house them in all caps.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 23d
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