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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

The sun is woke.

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 21m

A great resource from the Sun Day Festival in Albany:

The Electric Panel, featuring the following participants:

Moderator: Andy Foster, Third Act
@nyforcleanpower.org : Lisa Marshall
Capital Region Clean Energy Hub: Daniel Micah Morrissey
Third Act: Mike Lolito

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Electric Panel Sun Day Albany 9.21.25

YouTube video by Third Act Upstate NY Working Group

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 2h

Knowing which judicial candidates to vote for is a challenge for voters.
Here are 4 steps to help you evaluate judicial candidates when you're deciding who to vote for in this year's local election. To learn more about the candidates on your ballot, go to vote411.org

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 2h

Join us Weds, Oct 15 at 7:30pm for a deep dive into Ohio's redistricting shenanigans! We're teaming with @redwineblueusa.bsky.social Ohio & our partners at @commoncauseohio.bsky.social to explore the real harm caused by the congressional map we already have
Register: bit.ly/RedistrictingShenanigans

Join Us!

We are a sisterhood working to change the world together, one suburb at a time. Red Wine & Blue provides everything women need to successfully organize in their communities and beyond.

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 41m

Help kids experience democracy by bringing voting into the classroom!
Kids Voting Ohio hosts free mock elections for students across Ohio in grades 3-12. Students get custom ballots, voter IDs, and even “Future Ohio Voter” stickers.
Educators can sign up at kidsvotingohio.org

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lani ritter hall @laniritterhall.bsky.social · 13h

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Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love

YouTube video by The Resistance

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Third Act Oregon @taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 15h

Our very own Portland Frog!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 15h

Amazing work by Nikkolas Smith

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 2d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15h

This energy event is going to be, in a word, lit.
Join us
events.zoom.us/ev/At4Eo8n6b...

Powering Forward: Defending and Delivering Clean Energy in Every Community

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 15h

First they tariff us Penguins. Then they pepper spray Frogtifa. Whats stopping them
From torturing teddy bears next?!!

Support Frogtifa!

Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 15h

Join the ribbitstence!

ICE only belongs in northern ponds and in Whiskey!

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20h

Wrote a thing. Again. Telling the truth is generally regarded as a matter of intention and moral character, but it's also a skill: the ability to delineate accurately what's going on out there and who exactly the parties are....

Categories Are Leaky (Over-Generalizations are Dangerous)

Many people seem to love sweeping generalizations. Not all people, but lots of people I come across trying to discuss the politics of our time fall back on pretending that a category of people is homo...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans are currently going around the media to claim the nationwide peaceful No Kings protest on 10/18 is a “Hate America” rally.

Actually, No Kings is a rally of love—love for the founding ideals of America, love for the democracy and freedoms we cherish, love for one another.

Let’s show it:

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

NoKings.org

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Third Act Illinois @thirdactillinois.bsky.social · 1d

We are an endorsing partner of the No Kings Rally & March in Chicago 10.18.25. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/33az4zb4.

To take part in a special “Adopt-a-Block” during the march, sign up here: tinyurl.com/3x4cyrz2,

Prefer to attend the rally & march, meet at the Petrillo Music Shell @11:45 AM.

Hands Off Chicago / No Kings! Rally and March · Indivisible Chicago

Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18th as we show the nation and the world that Chicago is ...

www.mobilize.us

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Third Act New Jersey @thirdactnewjersey.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait to see such a magnificent site in NJ

Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 1d

"Among the 22 states that drew higher-than-average shares of their power from wind and solar, 17 had below-average electricity prices in June, according to EIA data."

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

www.politico.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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Lawrence MacDonald @climateboomer.bsky.social · 1d

Scary times! #ArlingtonVA @thirdactsocal.bsky.social

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

The guy responsible for trying to provoke a civil war via extreme violence on elders, women, children, journalists, clergy, elected officials, workers, longtime residents, and refugees wants a Nobel Peace Prize. The same guy ordering them to murder people in boats in the Caribbean.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 15d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 2d

Why are prominent Democratic politicians, celebrities, etc hosting a tour of Portland? When he says stupid stuff, we have to actively demonstrate that he is a fool, instead of just assuming everyone knows

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Lawrence MacDonald @climateboomer.bsky.social · 2d

In or near DC? Wanna make a big splash on #NoKings Day 10/18? Join us for the March Across Memorial Bridge to DC action description and sign up here thirdact.org/virginia/eve...

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Julia Isaacs @jbixleri.bsky.social · 2d

“No military forces on our people”. “Americans against facism” #HandsOffChicago. Signs from tonight’s rally in protest of Trump’s invasion of the Midwest. @thirdactwisconsin.bsky.social

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 2d

Join us Weds, Oct 15 at 7:30pm for a deep dive into Ohio's redistricting shenanigans! We're teaming with @redwineblueusa.bsky.social Ohio & our partners at @commoncauseohio.bsky.social to explore the real harm caused by the congressional map we already have.
Register: bit.ly/RedistrictingShenanigans

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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