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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆

@marchenland.bsky.social

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Social justice Ranger. Technical writer. Goth. Synner. Spider mom. Sith but mostly for the fashion. Still masking (P100) on Goshute, Shoshone, Paiute, and Ute land. ey/she. Primary issues: pandemics, health justice, climate justice. Still learning.

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · Jan 10

YES: Friends. Black Rock Rangers. Nerds. Goths. People writing about / doing work in social justice, infectious diseases, pandemics, science, nature, photography.

NO: Accounts exclusively selling a good / service, whether that’s art, sex, 0F, or anything else.

Enough enshittification!

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 20h

Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously, and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly... Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks... One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQd4...

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care much about buildings, but the feeling I have looking at the destroyed East Wing is similar to how I felt when I watched the WTC fall. Except this is being done by our own president.

Enemy from within, indeed. This is gut-wrenching insanity and nothing is stopping it.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

I've compiled a list of folks you can contact: bsky.app/profile/susa...

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE re:the horror show demolition of the WH East Wing 🧵
(thx to bsky.app/profile/cali... )

SUMMARY: they rushed through demo during shutdown with zero permits, probably grift for Trump (ofc) but there are two major concerns (beyond obvious horror) & a few actions you can take:

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California Kat ☀️☮️🦋 @californiakat.bsky.social · 1d

Update

Follow www.threads.com/@sarah.board...

Email CEO and CLO/GC at National Trust for Historic Preservation (savingplaces.org/executive-team) urging lawsuit

Email
[email protected]
[email protected]

Contact
nps.gov/whho/contacts.htm
whitehouse.gov/contact/
inspections.dob.dc.gov

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 2d

Peacemaker’s dad’s storyline sent me into cackles bc I called it as soon as we got the Nazi reveal.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 3d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 3d

I am pleased that the only problem I had was I couldn’t listen to NPR on Alexa, but my emergency radio worked.

But yeah, maybe this should be wake up call to us all. It won’t be but it should.

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 3d

After this Amazon outage today, you can really see the number of services Amazon is running and how that’s a problem. Even my cats’ Litter Robot’s app was affected, 🤨.

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 3d

The President posts fantasies of literally shitting on America and is literally bulldozing the White House, and we still don’t have the Epstein Files.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 3d

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 3d

I was wrapping some medical cables. The engineer gasped, jumped forward to stop me, paused, looked shocked, & said I was the 1st person she’d ever met who already knew how to coil cables. I reminded her I was a radio/club DJ, MC, roadie, & promoter before I started working in medical devices.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 3d

Bela Lugosi was born. (Was born. Was born. Was born.)

The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 3d

A very happy birthday to Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, better known as #BelaLugosi, born this day in 1882.

He defined forever the appearance of the #vampire, after starring in the 1931 film #Dracula. He was then immortalised in #gothicrock by #Bauhaus in their 1979 debut single "Bela Lugosi's Dead"

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe! But we have a perfectly great spot (the City / County Building) we use sometimes, and it’s a lot more accessible.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 4d

Currently reading: Orbital by Samantha Harvey. #currentlyreading #booksky

Book cover for Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 4d

55 yo American here, in a car-centric Western US city.

I bought a cargo e-bike in the spring. I turned 90% of my car trips into bike rides. I loved it!

Then I took a fall in the rain and demolished my left ACL and meniscus.

I’m not certain if I’ll be able to ride again. I hope so.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 5d

I bought my expensive, powerful e-bike in April for a few reasons, one being so I could ride it up to the Capitol for protests. Our de facto protest location is very hard to drive to and is not ADA friendly.

And now, of course, I’m injured and can’t ride my bike.

#slc #saltlakecity #nokings

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 6d

I’m very invested in the story! The writing is extremely engaging.

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 6d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 6d

Currently reading: I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. #booksky #currentlyreading

Book cover for I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai.

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 6d

She always assumed the shooter was, or was tipped off by, a family member because it happened while the family was out of the house when the shooter occurred. They didn’t I think it was a murder attempt but rather to send a message.

Reportedly, it did not slow her activism.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 6d

My (very white, very Baptist, very proper) grandmother (pictured) had her windows shot out by the KKK for working to help Black women in New Orleans be able to vote.

Black women had the right to vote by 1920 but faced significant barriers until 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was passed.

An old studio photo circa 1929. A small boy, about 3 or 4 years old, stands next to a seated woman with his left hand draped over her knee. The boy is wearing a short sailor suit with knee-high socks, and black shoes. The woman is wearing a cloche hat over a short hair, a dark dress with a light colored cape, light stockings, and black shoes. Both have serious expressions, and the woman is clasping the boy’s left hand I. Hers and has her right arm around his shoulders. A toy sailboat is visible on a table just behind the boy.

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 6d

In the ‘80s, I’d occasionally encounter a RD in the grocery store that had an intoxicating scent. These were always large apples, and when I would cut into them, they had red veins inside the flesh and were divine. It was very rare, but I found four or five of these over the years. The rest? Meh.

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I was part of a 4-person team who pushed a wheelchair user up that hill in a wagon for a protest once. I don’t think anyone will push me up it, even if I had a wagon.

M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 7d

Not sure I can physically handle the No Kings protest at the UT Capitol which requires a long slog up a steep hill. While my knee is a lot better, even a walk around the flat block takes it out of me.

Plus: standing. And if we are attacked, I’m the slow antelope.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 8d

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Assigned in the bookstore. Fuck social media. Marry books. Kill ai.

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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 8d

I just finished reading DEATH OF THE AUTHOR last week. It’s so good! Give it a try! #booksky

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 8d

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