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Daniel Suitor @dansuitor.bsky.social · 10h

One thing I wish we would do far, far more in our ped/bike/transit writing and advocacy is acknowledge the time tax those modes of transport often incur, and what it means for people to absorb that tax. When we don't, I think it makes us a bit dishonest and weakens our advocacy!

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18h

If you go to Haiti and get shot, your options are to either bleed out in the street or to bleed out in the street.

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.

www.npr.org

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 1d

nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...

These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi

www.science.org

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1d

It takes a lot more energy to throw a tantrum about wearing a mask than it takes to just put it on.

Just saying.

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Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 8h

400+ have been dealing with criminal charges for miscarrying over a two year period.
This 👇is some next level f*ckery 🤬 #ResistFascism #ProtectWomensHealth
#ReproductiveJustice

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

Check out the full report here: https://tinyurl.com/3cfy5kpf

Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 10h

An oldie but a Goldie - that was a trip down memory lane

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 12h

The Contrarian
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18h

Right now, all over Britain, drunk robins are dismantling the system and making up their own rules.

A robin I met, who has just downed four cans of Red Stripe through a straw and is now eating some cheese and talking to me about a new, better-thought-out kind of communism that he claims can rescue everything

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

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Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 17h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21h

Here's an idea for the American politicians trying to entice Canadians to spend our money in a land of gangster fascism:
Offer free burner phones so we won't be thrown in detention for our social media posts.
OR,
We could say hell no, we ain't travelling to the USA.

www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Don't Let a Border Agent Ruin Your Holiday Trip. Travel With a Burner Phone

If you're traveling internationally, a burner phone is the most effective way to protect your private data.

www.cnet.com

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Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 17h

Great song though…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Jazzwamp @wampwamp.bsky.social · 1d

If your in central Maryland come by my store for a free poster. I make several every day and leave them in a box outside the door.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

Could a collusionopoly do THIS???

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI partnered with Anduril who is partnered with Facebook and cofounded by Peter Thiel just like Palantir is and they all have DoD contracts and we haven't even gotten into the stock manipulation NVIDIA shit

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

Tired activation code: It's hot ice cream

Wired activation code: It turns soldiers into technomancers

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

May I modestly suggest walking softly into a few shareholder meetings with a very large stick as a possible solution to this level of poverty corruption by the world's most evil entities & individuals?

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Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to convince people who’ve never had the benefit of a #Union job that #Unions are essential to protect workers’ rights etc is very difficult rn in #Canada with the ongoing postal sitch here.
#CanadaPost missed opportunities to build online services along with continuing mail delivery IMO

Customers should expect delays as CUPW moves to rotating strikes

Canada Post will welcome back employees represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on Saturday, October 11 as the union moves from a full, national strike to rotating strikes. Plans ar...

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

One of Canada’s most magical places…it is an awe-inspiring paddle.

“Often called the "jewel" of Jasper National Park, Spirit Island is a tiny, uninhabited strip of land with a near-mythical allure.”

#Canada
#Alberta
#Tourism

The stunning Canadian island you can see but not touch

Hidden deep in the Rockies and only visible by boat, Spirit Island is one of Canada's most iconic places – and a sacred site for those who have sealed it off from the world.

www.bbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Grandma Angie @sunvsice.bsky.social · 1d

That 💯! Neurospicey brains aren’t build for colonialist neoliberal capitalist fuckery…

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 1d

As the night sky becomes less visible (pollution, ppl head down in phones etc), will it get harder to interest ppl in astronomy, satellites & space science? I was talking to space industry types last night & they feel public apathy. But is that a surprise when ppl can’t/don’t see the sky?

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Abood @zozosaaaahhh.bsky.social · 2d

@sunvsice.bsky.social "I’m fighting to keep my children safe after losing everything in the war 💔. Even a small donation or a share can make a difference 🙏. Link in bio."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 2d

who are you telling

i agree, it's conservative & liberal men who try to adhere to patriarchal hegemony and end up suffering
it shouldn't be up to women to embrace men before they fix their culture to each other.
men need to start normalizing
compassion, & listening, and then we can talk about womens role in this.
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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