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BlueAstronaut🖤 @blueastronaut.bsky.social · 19h

Random acts of senseless beauty #91

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 10h

My maternal gma literally just died from pancreatic cancer just like D’Angelo and I am a caretaker for multiple relatives so I’m not letting ignorance slide man, gwan.

Black men and women, REGULARLY go get checked and argue doctors DOWN. Get second, third and fourth opinions. You know your body.

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SMConnors 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇵🇹🇬🇧 🗽 #FBR #BlueCrew #NO_KINGS #50501 @gemini618.bsky.social · 1d

How cool is this? My hometown public library.
❤️📚📖

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Nora Mabie @noramabie.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.

For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.

montanafreepress.org

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ColleenG @colleenginthewoods.bsky.social · 13h

I love my Atty General Letitia James. Please support her as well.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 14h

We secured $14.2 million from eight different car insurance companies over data breaches.

New Yorkers pay hundreds of dollars in car insurance each month.

They shouldn't have to worry that their private information could be stolen.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15h

Trump is counting on you thinking that everyone’s on board with his politicization of the military. He’s wrong - most Americans can see right through it.

Read more here:

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military

They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.

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ColleenG @colleenginthewoods.bsky.social · 16h

So, how do you address all the ivy-covered attys who make gobs of money within a justice system but turn a blind eye to protecting that system for ALL?

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 17h

Happy to share that I’m now officially an affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School

Firmly believe law is where the most important conversations are happening, and am looking forward to building connections between law, policy, and politics. Thanks to those who helped make this happen!

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

Today's a great day to celebrate the work of Indigenous explorers!
I recently learned about Gadiel Sánchez Rivera, a Peruvian environmental activist who joined expeditions that included walking the full length of the Amazon River and kayaking Lake Titicaca to survey for endangered frogs.

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ColleenG @colleenginthewoods.bsky.social · 16h

Horrifying to think of all the children who have been trafficed, terrorized and tortured all in the name(s) of powerful men.

Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 17h

My bipartisan bill with Senator Grassley to bring home the 19,000 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia passed the Senate. We must do everything possible to bring these children home and reunite them with their families.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 2d

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 1d

New Jersey voters!
Deadline to register to vote is TOMORROW. Check your registration!

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 1d

I love it..💙💙💙

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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ColleenG @colleenginthewoods.bsky.social · 1d

Librarians, Don't you have some stairs that need to be gussied up? Look at the new smart decor possibilities.

Lori Patrick Explores 🌎 @loripatrick.bsky.social · 2d

Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase. I identify as a library nerd 🤓
This speaks volumes to me. 🦋 📖 #booksky

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Jay Ponti @jayponti.bsky.social · 2d

Furries against fascism. Protesting the ICE gestapo in the most Portland way possible

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by David Horsey.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 4d

From my hemiplegic migraine group

“You don’t look sick” Thanks that’s the goal. But here is what you don’t see. I cancel plans, I rest for hours after a shower, I forget basic words mid sentence, I grieve a version of myself barely remember, fight everyday against a body that doesn’t cooperate. It is not just tired. It is chronic illness.

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Call me Krazi @krazikrone.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know Nixon never served a day in prison because he was pardoned?
But his Attorney General did.
His Chief of Staff did.
His Domestic Affairs Adviser did.
His Special Counsel did.
His campaign chairman did.
Even members of his re-election committee did time.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 3d

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