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@julieruble.bsky.social

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writer of willow bird baking, a food+stories blog. progressive educational leader with anti-racist, accessible, equitable, liberatory education as the goal. former educator, current administrator. she/her. all opinions are my own.

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Willow Bird Baking 🏳️‍🌈 @julieruble.bsky.social · May 6

If you follow me because I bake cake & can't also deal with the fact that I support the liberation of all people, pls do show yourself out.

Willow Bird Baking 🏳️‍🌈 @julieruble.bsky.social · 2h

Regular reminder that body / weight / calorie talk is super toxic and should never happen in an unsolicited way. Even if you think you’re being complimentary. Don’t do it.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 4h

1/ A Stanford study found that wildfire smoke could cause nearly 5,000 deaths per year in California by 2050, which is more than any other state.

I’m Matt, Your Local Epidemiologist in California, and I’m back with your public health updates for the week. Now, back to that wildfire study 👇

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Willow Bird Baking 🏳️‍🌈 @julieruble.bsky.social · 4h

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 5h

Kind of a sad read about how butterflies are losing their vibrant colors in a drab world.

As the World Becomes Drab, Butterflies Follow - bioGraphic

With monocultures increasingly replacing diverse forests in the tropics, brilliance has become a burden.

www.biographic.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9h

A Houston #ActuallyAutistic teenager who went missing for almost a week has been in ICE custody for several days, according to a local organization.

www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports

ICE confirmed with FOX 26 that a teen who went missing in Houston for a week had been in immigration custody since Monday.

www.fox26houston.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 19h

This was a choice made by Republicans to explode health insurance costs for millions. Now military families aren’t getting their paychecks and are online at food banks.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Willow Bird Baking 🏳️‍🌈 @julieruble.bsky.social · 18h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

From a previous profession….

“The sub hasn’t arrived”

🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 19h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

From a previous profession….

“Oh no, we’re dragging”

Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 19h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

I mean, not really my profession but....

"That spreadsheet Foxy made"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1d

Dolly is a true gift.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

Keep in mind the people who are opposed to defunding the police want more of this

They would rather their tax money go to cops instead of efforts to fund public health initiatives and non police adjacent first responders

This is a result of anti defund efforts

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Making people afraid to be affiliated with antifascism—making people afraid to be associated with groups and people that actively oppose fascism—is some bleak shit.

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1d

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 22h

TIL that ICE tried to detain a colleague’s teenaged son, asked him about his “color,” held a gun on him as he produced ID

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

Make no mistake: this is part of eugenicist policy under fascism.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

bit.ly

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 23h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Willow Bird Baking 🏳️‍🌈 @julieruble.bsky.social · 21h

someone told me I reminded them of jodie foster THEEEE hottest lesbian in the universe tonight so I will never shut up about that.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

An emergency naked bike ride is such an intriguingly and outstandingly Portland (OR)-specific activity

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 2d

"The officer then asked Raghu for consent to search the car, the report said.

“I gave him consent because when you see a cop, you’re a little bit scared,” “Like, ‘Why are all these blue lights on me when I did nothing wrong?’”

Please start saying no to cops.

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

Come the fuck on

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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