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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 19h

Listen to this carefully. It’s blatant racism, but with added targets- He’s describing an awful lot of folks who may react differently than law enforcement expects - assault and hate crime survivors, neurodivergent people, many disabled and chronically ill people.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 20h

Shabbat shalom from me and from this handsome gentleman who was released by our 6th graders today. (He is chilling here on the ofrenda created by our Newcomers class…)
May you, too, have a place and time to rest.

A bright orange and black Monarch butterfly with white spots rests on a bouquet of bright orange marigold flowers

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 1d

Here is something to think about. The US National weather service is tracking a major nor'easter that will bring heavy rains winds and coastal flooding with beach erosion to the east coast. The US Government is currently shut down, meaning they are NOT being paid to track a major storm.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone in my household has one of those 🥰

oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is rubbing his nose and says i can 't ... i just can 't ..

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is rubbing his nose and says i can 't ... i just can 't ..

media.tenor.com

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like they are playing some bigoted game of Mad Libs at this point to “find reasons” for autistic folks’ existence…🤦🏼‍♀️😬

oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 1d

It’s starting to feel like these people are playing a ignorant, bigoted game of Mad Libs, or throwing darts to choose “reasons” for the existence of autistic folks for, well, all of human history. 🤦🏼‍♀️😬

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 3d

Mascot rave actually seems like an incredibly effective tactic. There's absolutely no way to spin that the dancing unicorn was threatening.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 6d

A0: Overwhelmed and exhausted, no spoons for analysis today. I'll read everyone's words and re-read later. ❤️
#ParshaChat

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 6d

After decades of being medically unsafe to fast and being told by my parents that I was exempt, it was great to find A Mitzvah to Eat last year and know I wasn't alone. #ParshaChat

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 9d

If you’ve never seen the comic, here it is:

Far Side single-panel cartoon by Gary Larsen. It shows two vaguely chimpanzee looking creatures on a branch. One is grooming the other, and pulls a light hair from his fur, saying “well, well— another blond hair… conducting a little more research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 9d

Every year, I wait for the first example of this. SIGH.

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 9d

#YomKippur
For any chronically ill Jews on my feed who may need this...

www.amitzvahtoeat.org/yom-kippur-1

Yom Kippur | A Mitzvah to Eat

Those needing to eat on Yom Kippur can still connect to the meaning of the day. Find prayers to bring holiness to eating, learn Jewish texts, find answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and more.

www.amitzvahtoeat.org

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 13d

Start of the meeting in my classroom yesterday, the monarch caterpillar was preparing to go into chrysalis form. I kept glancing over and caught it mid-change! Never seen that part before! I am as fascinated as my students.

A monarch caterpillar mid-change into a chrysalis, so one can see the stripes still under the green surface

A yellow and black striped caterpillar hanging in a j shape inside a plastic mesh enclosure

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 15d

Internalized ableism is…interesting*. “I feel like everyone is a little ADHD” says an adult standing in my classroom, following that with a panicked, “I mean, I have ADHD, so…” when my eyebrow got raised. 🤨
*exhausting

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17d

‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’

It was originally ‘ekename.’

‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”

Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.

Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

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kelsey jaffer 👻 @kelatonin.bsky.social · 18d

i challenge you to find cooler news today than “despite all odds against American scientific research rn, a CO researcher developed a temperature-stable, single dose rabies vaccine that works bc of particles coated in CANDY & SAPPHIRE, & it could help reduce rabies deaths in places w/o electricity”

Amber Carlson @aecarlson.bsky.social · 18d

Happy (rainy) Tuesday, #Boulder. I've got a new story for you all about a new temperature-stable, single-injection rabies vaccine developed by @colorado.edu researcher Ted Randolph.

www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

New single-dose, temperature-stable rabies vaccines could expand global access

CU Boulder engineers have developed a new method for making vaccines that combines multiple, timed-release doses into a single injection that doesn't require

www.colorado.edu

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 16d

Mazel tov! That's happy news. :)

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 18d

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 18d

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 18d

"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people."

From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.

"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

www.motherjones.com

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 18d

Shana tovah to those on my feed celebrating tonight. May your year be one of justice & community support, connection & finding joy together.
This monarch butterfly my students and I raised hatched out this morning, and flew with strong wings when we released her - may your wings grow strong, too.

A monarch butterfly hangs from the top of a mesh enclosure, drying off after hatching out its chrysalis. A caterpillar below it eats a milkweed leaf.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18d

Shana tova, peeps.

May it be a year of health, of safety, and of collective liberation. ❤️‍

'Shana Tova! Happy New Year! May it be a year of health, community, solidarity, inspiration, fortitude, vision, connection, growth, wisdom, mutual care, learning, unlearning, integrity, mobilizing for justice, and, yes: unmitigated joy.

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