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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 1h

This is one of my favorite #BayArea #coffeeshops

occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 3h

‘bout to start rackin’ up gobs of OT lucid dreaming.

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 21h

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4h

"Rafa" is a Merced county farm worker. He does 2 shifts in 2 different jobs as rent is so expensive. He harvests tomatoes in the am. Then he sorts sweet potatoes under a hot sun - working 13 hours total. He worries about driving home because of lack of sleep. #WeFeedYou

A sweet potato field and the place workers sort the potatoes

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BART @bart.gov · 16h

What a JAZZY day we had at BART Sounds Tracks Jazz Festival at North Berkeley Station! 🎶🎶

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 16h

They totally buy the plywood from Lance.

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ALT: a man says welcome to portland justin in a gif

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t have many celebrity encounters. But among the encounters I have by far the most charming, charismatic and genuinely star-like in persona was a 90ish-year-old Dick Van Dyke. Dude practically floats across room and has ability to make whoever he is talking to feel like only person in world.

occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 19h

How would he even know if it is working or not?

occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t get why the notion of blue hair is so triggering. Of course, I’m old enough to remember when bluehair was a pejorative reference to old people.

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 20h

Reloaded on library books, including one by a person who posts right here on this very website.
#booksky

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

Tractors like this are used to spray pesticides in Apple orchards in upstate NY. "John" shares that having to pick in just-sprayed fields — or even near current spraying— is one of the issues that have caused workers to unionize. #WeFeedYou

A tractor that is used for spraying the orchard at the side of a apple field

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

A note and a caution about “planting season.”

@visionandjustice

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished these books and both were fantastic reads. #booksky

Copies of Savage Dreams book by Rebecca Solnit and Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa.

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 1d

If you all would have included truthful Black History as part of American History, you wouldn't be so "shocked" by what is happening right now. In fact, what is happening now likely wouldn't be happening because you would have been able to see it coming with knowledge of history.

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 2d

There is a fantastic book about it that is also by far the most entertaining book you’ll ever read about a legal doctrine.

www.sup.org/books/law/wo...

The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told | Stanford University Press

When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better sto...

www.sup.org

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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 2d

Host Mychal Threets, a librarian who grew famous on TikTok, has done events at Berkeley libraries before, including leading a day last year celebrating Black hair.

Reading Rainbow’ is back — and the first episode was filmed in a West Berkeley library

Host Mychal Threets, a librarian who grew famous on TikTok, has done events at Berkeley libraries before, including leading a day last year celebrating Black hair.

www.berkeleyside.org

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

The apple harvest is underway in upstate NY. Reflective film is on the ground at many orchards to allow the apples to get extra sun. This can turn a warm day into a hot one for workers, as the sun’s rays are magnified and bounced onto the workers. #WeFeedYou

An apple orchard in upstate New York with reflective film on the ground to catch more heat

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d

Farm workers are check irrigation lines in lettuce fields in Arvin CA. They are carefully marking problem spots to make sure the crop gets enough water. It’s slow, patient work, especially under the midday sun. But it is absolutely essential for a healthy crop. #WeFeedYou

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 4d

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4d

"Meche" works making raisins in Fresno CA. Fresh grapes are placed on sheets of paper and then laid on the sand between rows. The suns heats the sand and dries out the grapes. She can feel the heat from the sand through her shoes while she earns 35 cents for each sheet. #WeFeedYou

Grapes on brown paper drying into raisins after workers harvested them

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 4d

Internet weirdos gonna be big mad when they find out about Johnny Cash.

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Johnny Cash - Man in Black (The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show)

YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4d

Farm workers are setting up the loader at a cattle ranch. "Erik" shares: running heavy machinery isn’t just about driving. It takes a team effort. We often move hundreds of pounds of feed, clear manure, and more under tough conditions. #WeFeedYou

Workers setting up a loader at a cattle ranch

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occidentalop.bsky.social @occidentalop.bsky.social · 4d

Great book about this very subject and how Supremes and others have used and abused it! Also most entertaining book about legal doctrine you’ll ever read. www.sup.org/books/law/wo...

The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told | Stanford University Press

When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better sto...

www.sup.org

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 5d

Martin shared this pic of his coworker in Grandview WA working in the hops. Hop vines are hung upside down to remove the cones before the clean hops are moved to a hop kiln to be dried until they reach an optimal moisture content needed for making beer. #WeFeedYou

Workers harvesting hops in Washington State

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