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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 1h

this had never ocurred to me before this moment but I totally agree with you. that's exactly how they ought to look!

Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 21h

I'm also a bit suspicious of Ibsen, for the same reason--real estate is just such an anti-people-of-Tacoma business these days. But on the other hand, Ibsen's take on issues like public safety and homelessness are more clearly progressive, while Hines seems more focused on trash and potholes

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 4d

Coming up in just a few hours now, @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social and Alan Boyle and I talk live about Daniel's new book Hole in the Sky (alien first contact on a Cherokee rez). That's 7 pm. Pacific, and here is a registration link for this FREE event: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hole in the Sky: A Deep Dives Conversation with Daniel H. Wilson and Nisi Shawl. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...

Join us at this launch event for science-fiction author and roboticist Daniel H. Wilson’s new novel Hole in the Sky, pitched as an alien first contact story set on a Cherokee reservation. Daniel is in...

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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 5d

No detention center should exist. Shut Down NWDC! NWDC currently does not have clean water or air, and there are multiple women who are pregnant. Free them all!

#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL

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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 5d

In September, we interviewed all 10 Tacoma City Council and Mayor candidates, on transit, about transportation issues.
downtownonthego.com/about/news-e...

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 5d

I'd bet a dollar that isn't actually knitting, but rather an AI generated pattern messily screenprinted on a fleece fabric that feels like a plastic bag 🙃

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 12d

Puyallup

see also: Sequim

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 13d

yes please

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 13d

My dream movie to direct - Hackers 2 with a soundtrack entirely by The Midnight.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 20d

Ope this is going off

Ok folks! My Congressman is a MAGA clown who's on multiple ag committees.

As a farmer, I need ag policymakers who tell Trump no.

So for every donation to Kim Hardy, who's running against my
Congressman, I will post one (1) ag fact.

secure.actblue.com/donate/nc07s...

Help Kimberly flip NC-07!

Kimberly is a mom, educator, and social worker running against a MAGA extremist.

secure.actblue.com

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 20d

I'm sad about it, too. He really was one of those people who quietly grew connections all over the community 💚

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 21d

rounding up some of my most Latinx work for #LatinxHeritageMonth 🧵

1/7: "Queen of the Andes," a story about climate refugees in the Andes attempting to save the titular plant, a rare species of bromeliad, from extinction. published in @lightspeedmagazine.com and listed as notable in BASFF!

Queen of the Andes - Lightspeed Magazine

Every morning before work, I measure the Queen of the Andes. I’ve nicknamed her Nova because her trunk is a ball of spikes that reminds me of a supernova in slow motion, an explosion of leaves pointin...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 21d

have similar/related beliefs. Which is not to say that everyone saying 'christianity is the problem' is wrong--there's certainly something to that--but I do sometimes wonder how much indigenous beliefs have changed N. Am christianity without the mainstream realizing

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 21d

In Coast Salish tradition ghosts are the remnants of the dead but don't retain any of the individual characteristics of the dead person--they're just like the spiritual shadow of the person, which can bring illness (physical/spiritual) if it falls on you. I know other indigenous N. Am cultures

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 21d

"you can't get people to participate in other modes of living by just showing them the wound and asking them to feel how much it really hurts" turns out this is true for literally every single catastrophe we're facing right now, who knew

Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 21d

the exposed moral wound of fossil extraction is real and is worth knowing the torn bloody edges of, but you can't get people to participate in other modes of living by just showing them the wound and asking them to feel how much it really hurts.

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 24d

I almost always bike to the doctor! Annoyingly, I can't right now, because I have a knee injury and I'm supposed to rest it for two weeks but like. There are so many things I go to the doctor for that are compatible with biking! Last time I was in a full hospital it was to visit a friend anyway!

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 27d

Never forget how many more of us there are than them.

Never forget how much more power we can have, when we act in solidarity and simply take it for ourselves.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/e...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show to return on Tuesday | CNN

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement.

www.cnn.com

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 24d

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day - a reminder that one person saying "No" can make an unimaginable difference.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 19

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · Sep 19

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · Sep 19

and Gluesenkamp Perez 🙃

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · Sep 19

1/1🧵 Immigration enforcement report: WA State | July 16-31, 2025
In the last two weeks of July, the WAISN Deportation Defense Hotline received 445 calls from people documenting or verifying immigration activity in their area. Here’s what we’re seeing 👇

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · Sep 19

I just love the way he talks so dang much. That rising tone on "neighbors" 🤌

Jaysun Silver @jaysunsilver.bsky.social · Sep 19

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Sep 18

if you're interested in pop culture that actually pushes back against the erosion of freedoms, you'll get more of it from one issue of an SFF zine than you will in a year of every streaming service combined

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · Sep 18

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 17

"I’m not afraid of the fallout of last week’s news because everything bad that might come out of it was already being planned." open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

I Can't Tell You What's Coming

or: how to face the news

open.substack.com

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · Sep 16

It’s natural & correct to love big trees. But it’s NOT natural or correct to love a few big trees in your own nbhd at the expense of housing our neighbors, fighting climate change, saving many more old trees elsewhere, growing the next gen of plants, & building a just city free from car dependence.

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The Red Hot @theredhot.bsky.social · Sep 16

Wednesday! Our annual hygiene drive with @ywcapierceco to assist them in providing needed items for clients in all of their programs! YWCA has always advocated for those in our community who require housing, counseling, legal assistance, emergency shelter, and much, much more.

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