Ann Gelder ❌👑
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Help Second Harvest end hunger and support those in need. Join us today to make a real difference in your community, or find food near you.
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Second Harvest Silicon Valley will triple your donation if they can raise $1 million by December 2. Currently about 1/4 of the way there. Please donate here if you can, or to your local food bank. www.shfb.org
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
Current read. Ostensibly about the tech industry, but applicable to *so* much more.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Current read. Ostensibly about the tech industry, but applicable to *so* much more.
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
“Females can be very difficult.” merlinbirds.org/species/comg...
Here's my Bird of the Day - Common Goldeneye
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.
merlinbirds.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Females can be very difficult.” merlinbirds.org/species/comg...
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Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Emerson poll | 11/22-11/24 LV
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Well, this Mick Herron guy can write, I tell you what
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Well, this Mick Herron guy can write, I tell you what
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Annual shameless self-promotion! This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to leave civilization behind for a spell of personal growth & refreshment by a stream in the mountains far from town. Makes a great gift!
Breaking Into the Backcountry Book Review
Breaking Into the Backcountry (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), is a memoir of solitude, anxiety, and beauty. It is the story of Edwards’s 2001 experience with the famed Boyden Wilderness Residenc...
www.trailgroove.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Annual shameless self-promotion! This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to leave civilization behind for a spell of personal growth & refreshment by a stream in the mountains far from town. Makes a great gift!
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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The light is on for Jasmine Khaliq! 💡
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
Dream of the Third Body - Jasmine Khaliq — Bulb Culture Collective
I’m sure there was wine, plum slices, sauce pitchers—
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The light is on for Jasmine Khaliq! 💡
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
Second Harvest Silicon Valley will triple your donation if they can raise $1 million by December 2. Currently about 1/4 of the way there. Please donate here if you can, or to your local food bank. www.shfb.org
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Help Second Harvest end hunger and support those in need. Join us today to make a real difference in your community, or find food near you.
www.shfb.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Second Harvest Silicon Valley will triple your donation if they can raise $1 million by December 2. Currently about 1/4 of the way there. Please donate here if you can, or to your local food bank. www.shfb.org
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one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
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Any excuse to repost my review of season 1 of Andor
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November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Any excuse to repost my review of season 1 of Andor
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-return...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-return...
I joined a whistle-kit-making party last week in Half Moon Bay. Here are instructions for making kits (and adjusting info for your location). migrawhistle.carrd.co
Migra Whistle Coalition
Blow the whistle on ICE! Find your people, print zines, bundle whistle kits, and show up to protect your community.
migrawhistle.carrd.co
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I joined a whistle-kit-making party last week in Half Moon Bay. Here are instructions for making kits (and adjusting info for your location). migrawhistle.carrd.co
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From Seattle to L.A., Chicago, and now Charlotte, communities are stepping up as Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda grows more violent and indiscriminate.
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
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"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
Look For The Helpers: Americans Come Together To Protect Immigrant Neighbors
From buying out food vendors’ products to blowing whistles in order to warn about immigration agents, Americans are finding new and creative ways to defend immigrant communities.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
From Seattle to L.A., Chicago, and now Charlotte, communities are stepping up as Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda grows more violent and indiscriminate.
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
This is beautiful and hopeful.
Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
The Wing - The Maine Review
The morning Nadine’s feathers sprouted, a light snow fell. She was standing outside, watching Meg board the school bus, noticing how the little girl’s hair, frizzy like her own, glistened with snow, m...
www.mainereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is beautiful and hopeful.
Today’s weather in Half Moon Bay
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today’s weather in Half Moon Bay
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The GOP is stuck with a lame duck dictator. Republicans didn't just lose the shutdown, they are losing the American people, who are increasingly repulsed by Trump's War Within America, and by Trump himself, as I discuss in PN.
The lame duck dictatorship
Trump is fighting his "war within" on multiple fronts and losing them all.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The GOP is stuck with a lame duck dictator. Republicans didn't just lose the shutdown, they are losing the American people, who are increasingly repulsed by Trump's War Within America, and by Trump himself, as I discuss in PN.
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Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Science Commentary: What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/w...
What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection • Ohio Capital Journal
Einstein's theories of relativity showed that because the speed of light is a constant, the experience of time is relative. Even though physics leaves no room for the dynamic passage of time, it is…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Science Commentary: What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/w...
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Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
without-care – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
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I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
necessaryfiction.submittable.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
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AAUP wins the preliminary injunction in the Trump administration ongoing aggression against UCLA (and by relation, the entire UC, higher ed, public education, etc). Time to join your local faculty association!
Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
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PI granted.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
AAUP wins the preliminary injunction in the Trump administration ongoing aggression against UCLA (and by relation, the entire UC, higher ed, public education, etc). Time to join your local faculty association!