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F2.8 Press @f28press.bsky.social · 7h

BUSY day packing orders for shipping of our newest partner publication, Five Acres of Heaven by @timwaltersphoto.com

Check out what the buzz is all about!

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 2h

Omelet practicing

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 10h

I knew somebody who would leave it on the doorsteps of ppl he was angry with, he learned this from his dad

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 13h

Blessings of #Deipnon to all who celebrate! Praise to #Hekate for protecting all the demonstrators this weekend.
#pagan

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 14h

#uspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dim days, bright nights: a hidden cruelty of Ice detention

Tens of thousands of people held across the US amid Trump’s immigration crackdown could face an insidious hazard: broken internal clocks

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 14h

"G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers partnered with Atlanta-based science newsroom The Xylom to estimate that as many as 8.2 million people turned out yesterday to oppose the Trump administration."
#uspol #nokings
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October 19, 2025

All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 1d

Garlic practicing

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings #amphifa #uspol

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 1d

Oat milk au lait studying

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 2d

#uspol #nokings
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No Kings: what to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions

More than 2,500 US rallies are planned in all 50 states as protesters call for limits on presidential power

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 3d

#uspol

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 3d

#uspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US non-profits ‘lock arms’ amid Trump’s menacing of George Soros: ‘We will not be intimidated’

Groups across climate, democracy and Palestine solidarity have been talking for months about how to band together

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 3d

"Trump’s assumption of power over the government’s purse is a profound attack on the principles on which the Founders justified independence from King George III in 1776."
#uspol
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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 4d

FEMA Cuts Disaster Aid, Leaving States to Fend for Themselves
#uspol
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning #desert 🌵🌞

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 5d

Sausage practicing

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 5d

Everywhere all at once.
#uspol
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 5d

My hubbins, @timwaltersphoto.com , has released a book of photographs of Wonder Valley:
#photography
www.f28press.com/store/p/five...

Five Acres of Heaven — F2.8 Press

Photobook exploring the abandoned homesteads of the Wonder Valley area of the Mojave Desert

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 5d

So quiet I can hear the wingbeats of the #raven as she passes overhead ❤️

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning 🌞 🌵

Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows

Research comparing Adirondack mountain lakes in New York suggests foot traffic is significant source of pollution

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Polly Springhorn (she/her) @dubiouscandy.bsky.social · 7d

"Most historians see the destruction of America’s Indigenous peoples as the brutal triumph of European white men over those they perceived to be inferior."
#uspol
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October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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