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MplsShLee @shannaleehorvik.com · 1h

Do you have room in your heart for a great big chonky cat?

This big boi is Frogger. He's so soft, cuddly and chatty.

He's looking for his forever home and will be available for adoption later this month in North Saint Paul at Caring for Cats.

A woman holds a very fluffy, large tabby cat with a white belly, face, and legs, the cat is as large as the woman's upper body

A gorgeous large tabby cat white legs, face and belly lays on the ground looking chunky and perfect. Frogger is written on the photo.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5h

Posting with alt text

Screenshot of a list that reads: Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO):
State and Local Engagement

Office of Post Secondary Education (OPE):
Student Support Services (TRIO)
Institutional Service (HBCUs, HSIs, Tribal Colleges, ANAPISI)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS):

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)

Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
Enforcement Offices

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD)
Budget Seryice

Screenshot of list that reads: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
OESE):

Office of Innovation and Early Learning
Office of School Community Improvement Programs
Well Rounded Education Division (Arts Education)
Charter Schools Program
Office of Safe and Supportive Schools
Program and Grantee Support Services
Comprehensive Literacy State Development
JAVITS (Gifted and Talented)
School Support and Accountability
Office of Formula Grants
Office of Migrant Education
Effective Educator Development Program
Innovation and Early Learning Programs
Effective Development Division
Program and Grantee Support Services

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 6h

Close enough, welcome back JP Morgan!

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Indige Tea 🦬🧡 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 10h

Columbus was tried multiple times for his crimes against Indigenous people. Don't try to rewrite history and call him or any of these other fuckass explorers great people.

They're all rapists, kidnappers, murderers, or otherwise undesirables from Europe who made everyone else suffer their ire.

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Indige Tea 🦬🧡 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 10h

"Did you know Canada did it first?" Who tf cares when KKKanada doesn't respect our rights to exist anymore than Amerikkka does?

"It's about the harvest." I don't buy it when the results are what they are historically and present-day.

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 11h

I miss seeing his posts

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

Reposted for all your #caturday needs

Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

Important update:

Grey and white tabby cat on a black harness/leash stretching out very long

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween is coming soon. Lupe" sent us this photo of the pumpkins he helped harvest in the Bakersfield CA area. He shares he is proud of the work he and other farm workers do to bring fruits and vegetables to the tables across America. #WeFeedYou

A field full of pumpkins that were harvested by Farm workers

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 1d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

It was one of those things where I'm still weirdly salty about it. I was fully mainstream until then and not only did it mess up my GPA I was mostly mad it was taking me from my friends

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

It was about 20-ish years ago!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

Jackpot! The only time I've ever seen this was at like 2am on NYE a few years ago

Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

In MN my senior year of HS they couldn't afford enough interpreters so all us D/deaf HOH kids had to take the same math & English. But it wasn't credited so I went from IB English with an interpreter to summer school with none

making art @marigoldmimsy.bsky.social · 1d

i was a kid with a disability who grew up in the great blue state of illinois and then went to high school in another blue state of minnesota — the same one that is fetishized for education funding

relying on the blue state idea is complete trash, kids with disabilities are fucked over everywhere

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making art @marigoldmimsy.bsky.social · 1d

i was a kid with a disability who grew up in the great blue state of illinois and then went to high school in another blue state of minnesota — the same one that is fetishized for education funding

relying on the blue state idea is complete trash, kids with disabilities are fucked over everywhere

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Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 1d

With #AltText bc … accessibility for people with vision impairments.

Screenshot of an instagram DM to fedsworkforyou
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11:07 AM

“The entire Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services in the Dept of Education has been RIFed. 3 managers remaining. They over the implementation of IDEA - $15 billion-and Vocational rehabilitation programs. Kids in special education will be significantly impacted by this.”

A comment from @fedsworkforyou on the screenshot of the DM posted by the same account reads:

“This is supposed to hurt Democrats. It hurts everyone. In every community.”

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Sailor Barsoom @sailorbarsoom.bsky.social · 1d

Important update:

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

I mean this as loudly as I can say it: every tamale vendor is 10,000 times more important, as a person but also for society and safety and security, than every ICE agent.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-au...

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 2d

Guillermo del Toro and Netflix have announced plans to form a new stop motion studio that will be both a studio and a school to push the medium forward and will develop plans to make Del Toro's next stop motion project after Pinocchio. I'm very hyped to see what this leads to!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 2d

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Aye. As someone who has struggled (and sometimes still struggles) with mental health, I throw my love, respect, and support to all-a-y'all in the fight.

Through raising awareness, I hold out hope that we can lessen - and wipe out - the stigma surrounding mental health matters.

Today is World Mental Health Day.

Sending love to those who...

-are struggling mentally
-have no support system
-are scared to speak up
-are fighting suicidal thoughts
-are in therapy
-are in recovery

[green hearts appear over the six different situations listed above]

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

Traveling halfway across the world & packing into a room for a conference panel on the theme of resisting eugenics.

But not wearing a respirator during a surge in the ongoing pandemic.

What a fun way to show how the research & scholars you’re there to ostensibly listen to mean jack shit to you.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d

Noticing a LOT more support for white men academics who have been threatened by the Trump admin (but who are able to keep working abroad ) than there has ever been for women (of any race), ppl of color, Arabs, or LGBTQ folx whose academic careers were ended entirely by Biden over Gaza

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Twin Cities Toilet Paper Reviews @twincitiestoiletpaperreviews.com · 2d

There is no safe space for flushable wipes. Not in your pipes, not in our environment, and definitely not in my DMs.

Plz don’t use flushable wipes.

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BlueSky direct messages.
Sender: was a bit embarassed to admit this last night, but here, within the secure environment of a bluesky DM, i will admit that i use man wipes
they have mint scented ones now
Me: They are so bad for plumbing and the environment

A toilet that is part of a display from the Eco Building at the MN State Fair. A sticker on top says, Are “flushable” wipes flushable? Lift for answer.

A toilet that is part of a display about flushable wipes from the Eco Building at the MN State Fair. The lid is up and a red label over the seat says, No! Despite their labels, nearly all wipes are made of plastic and will clog pipes.

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