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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join me at Clock Tower in Schaumburg, Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/clock...

Clock Tower in Schaumburg, Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth

When you elect clowns, they don’t become leaders. The country becomes a circus. 🤡 On June 14, Donald Trump will honor himself with a four-mile military parade in our nation’s capitol. Trump’s tacky p...

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · May 13

I was appalled to turn on the radio this morning and hear racist propaganda from the Department of Homeland Security. Time to boycott my favorite station!

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · May 5

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Maha perfectly mimics Maga’s deregulatory ethos: cut social services for vulnerable populations while parroting populist language that further helps consolidate power for the most well-off.

Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · May 2

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new research. #birds #environment

Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · May 2

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump has already taken more than 140 initial actions to reverse environmental regulations and promote the use of fossil fuels.

Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days

Even as Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’ is hampered by tariff chaos, analysis shows surge in planet-heating emissions

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🎃Bushybritches🎃 @bushybritches.bsky.social · May 1

At some point in the past Aziraphale had a book dress.

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 28

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New fic complete! As Crowley becomes closer with his long-lost angelic siblings, he prepares to take the next step with Aziraphale. 9K, rated M.

Chosen - Chapter 1 - graywings - Good Omens (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 21

campaigns.freedomunited.org/q/bB-UNWyuwa...

Bluesky

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Easter people.

Four panels. Scene from Good Omens. Panel one crucifixion scene.

Panel two ‘what was it that got everyone so upset?’

Panel three. ‘Be kind to each other’

Panel four ‘that will do it’

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 19

South Elgin, IL.

Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 19

Bringing a friend to today's protest.

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FANdemoniumNetwork @fandemoniumnet.bsky.social · Apr 18

Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to David Tennant! May all your wishes come true. #davidtennant #doctorwho #goodomens #jessicajones #rivals #thesandman

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 18

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Fighting back doesn’t have to mean shouting louder. Another option is gracious, determined decency. Choose kindness over cruelty, generosity over selfishness, and evidence over bluster.

Trump is creating a selfish, miserable world. Here’s what we can do | Michael Plant

The president is both a symptom and a cause of unhappiness and mistrust. But we can respond by rebuilding our social fabric

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 17

www.theguardian.com/environment/... They’ve released the kraken! You know what this means...

Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic Ocean

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 16

Crowley needs to be wearing tartan at the end of the finale! He'll complain, but he secretly loves it.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 14

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 14

We will need to build an unruly open-hearted movement of the Earth-loving faithful: faithful to this planet, its people, its creatures and to the possibility of a livable future for us all. Faithful to here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Apr 5

#HandsOff Algonquin, IL

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 26

Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He did an end run around the SAVE Act. We must challenge this before millions of women lose the right to vote!

Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes

Millions of citizens could become disenfranchised in ‘farthest reaching’ executive action targeting immigration

www.theguardian.com

Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 22

Personal courage in defense of democracy is the only path forward.

Whenever an individual or institution stands up to Trump, others will be inspired to do the same.

We only need enough of us to be strong enough for all of us.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

The heroes among us

March 22, 2025

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 21

A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Might give this #history #podcast a listen.

A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck

Claire Aubin’s podcast This Guy Sucked explores the viler actions of ‘great men’ for a more holistic view of history

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Cae, but Spooky 🎃👻🪦 @caedmonfaith.bsky.social · Mar 15

Hey, gang.
I hate doing this with every fiber of my being, but we are in need of some help. Last year left us with significant medical debt that we’re struggling with, my dentist is telling me I need $2k worth of work, and this past Wednesday my van died.

www.gofundme.com/f/assist-hal...

Donate to Assist Haley: Overcome Medical & Car Struggles, organized by Sherri Wrobell

Hello! I’m Haley, but you may know me as Caed. I know we see a lot of th… Sherri Wrobell needs your support for Assist Haley: Overcome Medical & Car Struggles

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 15

I started using the #Nook app to read #ebooks and really like it so far. The Shelves feature looks very useful for organizing my collection. (I never managed that with my thousands of Kindle books.)

Fellow #indieauthors, go wide if you haven't already.

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 13

‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man

The US government’s move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion policies is a naked attempt to appeal to prejudice – but it may well backfire

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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan @smua.bsky.social · Mar 3

youtube.com/post/Ugkx44z... #wildlife #birds #baldeagles #fobbv

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Today is Spirit's third birthday and we have more egg-citing news to share. At 7:59 we were able to confirm not one, but TWO PIPS. It looks like both pips ar...

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