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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉

@whalesnrainbows.bsky.social

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lesbian zillennial smart-ass • living on unceded Muwékma Ohlone land • natural sciences • collective liberation photo acct: @whaleznrainbowz.bsky.social Neptune acct: @whalesnrainbows

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · Apr 15

I figured it was time to make a proper intro thread for my account, so here we go:

FIRSTLY, I KNOW I'm following way too many people, mistakes were made, lol

Between the niche-interest starter packs & trying to follow back everyone out of politeness, my follow ratio rlly got away from me 🙃

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Indybay @indybay.org · 2d

Saturday 10/25: Joyful Resistance Market: A Festival of Immigrant Recognition

St. Mark's Square 1111 O'FARRELL ST. San Francisco

www.indybay.org

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 2d

This footage from Chicago is horrific.

Find your No Kings protest now at nokings.org. There’s no more sitting on the sidelines.

This administration is weak and unpopular. If we stand up TOGETHER, peacefully, we win.

If we don’t, this becomes the new normal. And no one can say who will be next.

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 3d

Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 4d

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Valerie @beezygrey.bsky.social · 4d

I'm back on my no cis men in women's basketball bullshit again I fear

Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 4d

this editorial of Swift’s latest album absolutely nailed it, no notes 🤌

grainnemaguire.bsky.social @grainnemaguire.bsky.social · 4d

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Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll see you tonight at The Chapel, or we’ll see each other virtually on TikTok & IG Live at 7pm.

RSVP in bio!

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 5d

There is an auroral arc extended off the horizon now in Ely, MN on webcam. It may be worth at least a quick peek outside at this if you live above the 45th parallel. During a substorm, the view may become quite nice. GOES values are very low now.

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 6d

No AIPAC money. No corporate or lobbyist money.

I'm running for Congress to represent the people of San Francisco, not big donors.

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 6d

You do not have to be Jewish to be gravely upset about this. In fact, the majority standing up are not.

But as a Jew, the genocide & my own community's complicity in it, has bn devastating to me, as is the gaslighting, lack of awareness, and excuses made for decades of abuse of Palestinians.

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 6d

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, my heart is full now 🥹

Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, but is that Hannah Waddingham next to him, because that would make my day

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 8d

absolutely not to whatever this is

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 8d

Swifties had their Eras tour, this was MY Eras tour.

Thank you, Karen & Georgia, and thank you to all my fellow murderinos who made me feel so safe & comfortable in a crowd full of strangers ♥️

@myfavoritemurder.bsky.social

#mfmlive2025

a photo of me standing in front of the Paramount Theater marquee in Oakland that says "MY FAVORITE MURDER LIVE, OCT 2 & OCT 3 7PM", gesturing to someone out-of-shot to let them walk past me.

Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 8d

Cool, so what phones are we switching to?

Any phones that help protect your privacy from govt surveillance?

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

Apple and Google think caving to authoritarian censorship is best for their bottom line. It’s on us to show these cowards that there’s a price to sacrificing our First Amendment rights at the altar of corporate profit.

Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects

Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken do...

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 9d

I was recently interviewed by National Geographic for an article about aurora chasing.

Check it out: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

Chasing the northern lights? Here’s what forecasters can—and can’t—tell you

Space weather forecasting is decades behind Earth’s meteorology. Learn what makes auroras so unpredictable—and the real-time tricks aurora chasers use to catch them.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 10d

Make a call about the Global Sumud Flotilla please!

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C 🏳️‍🌈 @womenssports.bsky.social · 11d

Thread:
#Flotilla #Gaza

Duckie (expect vaccine funk) @rabidduckie.bsky.social · 11d

Four ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla were raided in the past sixty minutes: the Oxygono, All In, Florida, and Captain Niko.

I pray for the safety of our captured friends, and if you're in the US email the State Department and raise some hell: [email protected]

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud flotilla vessels: What we know so far

Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

bit.ly

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Andi (she/her) 🟦 🍉 @whalesnrainbows.bsky.social · 12d

Transphobes every time I answer their terfy “gotcha” questions:

a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .

Alt: a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .

media.tenor.com

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 12d

Big substorm happening now and aurora is responding well! Large pillars seen in Maine currently. Head out and look north, even if you are in the central U.S. Use a smartphone camera to detect subvisual aurora. Good luck!

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 13d

Incredible substorm ongoing! Get out and look north if you have clear skies. Latitudes down to central U.S. states are in play briefly for naked-eye views.

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 13d

Big beams going up in Maine right now likely visible from most of New England. Take a peek north and pull out a phone camera if nothing is visible with the naked eye.

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 13d

The proton aurora now clearly has red banding, confirming a "RAGDA" formation. This is a rarer type of subauroral phenomenon!

This all-sky camera is in Northern Minnesota.
theauroraguy.com/pages/webcams

Make sure to submit reports of this to Aurorasaurus
aurorasaurus.org

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13d

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15d

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident.

Release Steve Held.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 15d

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...

Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

thetriibe.com

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