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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 3d

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden

radio.garden

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 6h

As the one banana dude says, "We're in the silliest timeline, so why not be silly with it?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfo...

Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT

YouTube video by APT

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 10h

Oh HELL NO. Don't let this happen! Make a BIG FUSS at your state's Representatives & Senators! Thanks to the MMPA, this law has protected endangered marine mammals and gave them the chance to increase their numbers again. LIKE SEA OTTERS 🦦 #seaotters #seaotter abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 1d

The hidden environmental cost of psychedelics news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The hidden environmental cost of psychedelics

The world’s appetite for transcendence is endangering the very organisms that once mediated it. From the Sonoran Desert to the Amazon Basin, plants and animals that produce psychedelic compounds—peyot...

news.mongabay.com

wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

It's pumpkin squishing time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EqQ...

Watch Adorable Animals Squish Big Pumpkins

YouTube video by Oregon Zoo

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

Just in time for the upcoming holiday travel season! www.cbsnews.com/news/flight-...

Flights delayed at some U.S. airports amid shortage of air traffic controllers

Airports in several U.S. states are seeing flight delays as the government shutdown enters a second week.

www.cbsnews.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

Peace Frog! ☮️🐸

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“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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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome.

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

Sad (and infuriating) people are taking advantage of the shutdown like this 😒 www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Squatters, illegal BASE jumpers invade Yosemite amid federal shutdown

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

My online store 🦦 #seaotters givemeallyourseaurchins.myspreadshop.com

GIVE ME ALL YOUR SEA URCHINS | Spreadshop

Its All About Sea Otters. Sea Otter Designs for Otter People.

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

FROG POWER 🐸 😃👍 youtu.be/lVpaaTCAetw?...

The Portland protest frogs are multiplying

YouTube video by The Oregonian

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect www.youtube.com/shorts/jwKQQ...

Protests in inflatable costumes gather outside Portland ICE facility

YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 3d

Oh the horrors! 😂

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 3d

It's WHO bassman John Entwistle's birthday. And a song he wrote www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV15...

Heaven And Hell (Stereo Remix)

YouTube video by The Who - Topic

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Defenders of Wildlife @defenders.org · 3d

In the Texas Hill Country, the stars’ light fights its way through a soft, unnatural glow. The night feels thinner and emptier. And we’re not the only ones noticing, wildlife who depend on darkness are struggling to keep their rhythms.

So, where did the night go? dfnd.us/3VTBmn7

Where Did the Night Go?

I grew up looking up at the stars with my mom, stretched out on a blanket under the wide-open Texas skies. We’d watch meteor showers and trace constellations while

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Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social · 4d

Please support Maisa's family if you can. Direct link for donations here: www.paypal.com/pools/c/9i8N...

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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know that #seaotters have one of the most diverse diets in the animal kingdom? These clever marine mammals can eat up to 100 different types of invertebrates - including clams, crabs, sea urchins… and yes, sometimes even #octopus 🐙!

📸: @ingridtaylar.bsky.social #WorldOctopusDay

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 4d

👍🐸🤣
www.youtube.com/shorts/c6xYz...

A frog just defeated ICE. Somewhere Pepe is crying.

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 4d

BEST VIDEO EVER

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 12d

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 19d

Here at:
ko-fi.com/givemeallyou...
#seaotters #seaotterawarenessweek #art

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wordscryer @wordscryer.bsky.social · 7d

Some flyers of Waterboys California concerts I attended back when
1. 1989
2. 2007
3. 2015
@waterboysmusic.bsky.social, @mickpuck.bsky.social

THE WILTERN THEATRE, LOS ANGELES Nov 6, 7, 8, 1989

THE FILLMORE, San Francisco, November 13, 2007

MAJESTIC VENTURA THEATRE, Ventura, CA, May 16, 2015

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