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@allwaysobserve.bsky.social

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I am a polymath & I contain multitudes. 🏳️‍🌈 Naturalist Physicist [Plasma Physics, Aero/Astro Engineering, Geology]; Scientist/Engineer Activist Mycologist 🍄 Occultist Surrealist Hedgelord Bioregional Animist Club Kid 🐐 Artist Photographer 📷 Skater 🛼

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Nov 25

As a #polymath, a more gender-friendly term than "Renaissance Man", my posts are going to be all over the place in your feeds. Plasma science. #Physics. #Mycology. #Hedgelord shit. #Biohacking & #cyborg shenanigans. #Dreamwork. Club kid looks. Performance art. Heathen hype. Activism. #NATURE!

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · 12h

Wisdom of #ecology and the #Land will break your heart every time you hear a chainsaw and wood chipper in your neighborhood, knowing you're losing a precious community member.
My heart aches for The Standing People. 💔🌲💔

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · 18d

Birds talk in distress when Trees are cut down. The same calls I hear when predators are near.
Aching and shaking from poor #Land stewardship of neighbors.
A candle for Cascara. 🌲🕯️
A candle for Malus. 🍎🕯️
No #Tree was left as a #wildlife Tree.
#ecoanxiety #animism #bioregionalism

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · 18d

#Enshittification: a pattern which 2-sided online products & services decline in quality over time. Vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users; degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, & then degrade services to users & business customers to max profits of shareholders

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · 18d

I love change. I am concerned about the harm it is causing.

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · 19d

AI is *rapidly* enshittifying EVERY platform and app (and probably people, too).
#fuckAI #AI

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · Sep 8

"Stress kills, but if you’re healthy that can be hard to see immediately. With a #ChronicIllness, you literally feel the #stress as it causes physical pain.": buff.ly/FXC5web

#ChronicPain #InvisibleIllness #MondayBlogs

Going Back to School as an Adult With Chronic Illness & Disability

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Sep 8

Did you know that #voicetherapy could exacerbate temporomandibular joint disorders?
I didn't, until I experienced a devastating flare in #chronicpain for over a week after my first session. It makes sense, since my mouth and lip shapes change to access #resonance goals.
#TMJD #TMD #themoreyouknow

a rainbow colored shooting star with the words " do you know " in the background

Alt: a moving rainbow colored shooting star with the words "the more you know " in the background

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Sep 8

Amongst the chaos, I have irrelevant thoughts that I came here to share:

When can I get a reagent kit to detect #amatoxin among #mushroom samples? I am not wise in #ochem yet, but do amatoxins react with anything to be able to create a reagent? 🤔🍄🧪🧫
#harmreduction #mycology #poisonousmushrooms

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is brilliant. Since SPD has historically refused to be accountable for the harm they cause to our communities, let's make sure it's documented where ALL can see.

DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good news, Divesters! The wait is over. Print editions of our Bad Apple Baseball Cards are finally on sale!

All proceeds will fund our exciting new project: a statewide police misconduct database.

Buy here: tinyurl.com/DivestCards

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Decolonize Myself @decolonizemyself.bsky.social · Sep 8

Speaking Out for Incarcerated Native People and Protecting Native Culture - Native American Rights Fund

Native organizations provide critical context and information on Native prisoners’ rights and the preservation of Native religious practice. Forced haircuts by prison officials substantially burden re...

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · Sep 8

In a 7-0 ruling, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness determined that you can show up wherever federal agents are doing this and make their lives absolutely suck.

It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Sep 8

"The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court." apnews.com/article/supr...

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Sep 8

Just a reminder of how crucially we NEED to #endcitizensunited
When corporations have personhood, they have more rights than us PEOPLE, because they will ALWAYS have more $$, thus more power.
And as always, 8647
#anticapitalist #citizensunited #thisisntnormal

Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Big Tech executives took turns praising Trump at a cringy White House dinner.

No surprise they did this while Trump & Big Tech are making each other richer at the expense of American safety.

Here's an idea: How about a government that puts people over profits for a change?!

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Aug 24

If you’re new to the fight, please don’t be afraid to get involved! A lot of the ppl fighting since Day 1 need reinforcements or backup

#SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech
C.P.B.C.
4 PHONE CALLS A DAY
[If you're able to do more, you are encouraged to do so]
WHO?
WHY?
HOW TO CONTACT
WHAT TO DO
Card
MASTERCARD
+
VISA
Visa and Mastercard have long histories with pressuring platforms that host and sell adult content. Most recently, they have pressured Steam and Itch.io, leading to dozens if not hundreds of games being delisted, and their TOS now updated with draconian content standards.
MASTERCARD
(US) +1 (800)-307-7309
phone tree nav: 1-1-2-2-2-1
(INTL) +1 (636)-722-7111
VISA
(US + CAN) +1 (800)-847-2911
phone tree nav: 1-1-5. mash account #.
Your goal is mostly to waste their time and therefore their money.
Pose as a confused customer "just asking for clarification" about things relating to the Itch/Steam censorship controversy.
Paypro
PAYPAL
+
STRIPE
Paypal and Stripe have their own histories with action against adult content. Like the credit card companies, they have both pressured Steam and Itch.io, with Itch calling out Stripe as a priority target, and Steam no longer being able to process certain currencies using Paypal.
PAYPAL
(US + CAN) 1-(402)-935-2050
(AUS) 1800 931 678
(GER) +49 69 945189975
STRIPE
(Ireland HQ) 353 1 903 8449
(Cust. Support) (877) 887-7815
+1 (888) 926 2289 (say you are in california)
Same as the CARDS. Waste time, waste money, eventually try to segue into censorship of adult content as a topic.
CITIBANK
Bank
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BARCLAYS
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WELLS FARGO
Both Paypal and Stripe have indicated that their banking partners have also been a source of ant- Adult Content pressure.
While there are MANY banks associated with paypros, these 3 are prime initial targets.
CITIBANK (ENG) 1-(888)-248-4226
(ESP) 1-(800)-360-2484
BARCLAYS
44 (0)1624 684444
+800 800 88885 (replace (+) with country's exit code
WELLS FARGO
1-800-869-3557
For now, begin by treating banks the same as how the CARDS and PAYPROS were early on. Call in, make explicit complaints re: Adult Content.
If you have an ac…

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Aug 24

Little by little, create what you consume.
#resistance #anticapitalism #decolonizing #maker #DIY

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Aug 19

POTUS: Pedophile of the United States

Until proven otherwise;
release the #EpsteinFiles
#POTUS

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Aug 19

For those who are not privileged with #Land or space to grow #nativeplants, I wish we could have affordable access to bulk native seeds to fill #birdfeeders, so #birds could have region specific food sources and spread that seed around for an avian #ecologicalrestoration method. #rewilding

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Aug 15

Maker grief: forgetting to change the speed setting on my 2-speed drill while using a hole saw, and cracked the acrylic I'm drilling into. 😅 Expensive lesson in tool wisdom! 😤
#maker #diy #toolsafety #toolwisdom

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Wu @wu.nixluma.com · Aug 1

As said a lot of times:
- this needs to go on until they accept defeat
- your calls and emails should remain on the topic and make a complaint about your inability to spend money on legal things
- ask for a case number, ask for a supervisor, send mail if they ask to the @ given
- it's a marathon

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Aug 1

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this

What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 31

I am just North of #BlueAngels flying for several hours today. It is so loud like thunder, I can feel it in my body, & spiking #anxiety. They must be doing loops South of me, as I keep bracing them to fly over, & can feel them turning with the air waves I'm feeling. This is awful! #Seafair #N2BA

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 31

Complicated feelings when a professor of mine was in the #BlueAngels jet that caused me a major panic attack yesterday morning...
#NoToBlueAngels #N2BA #PTSD #Seafair #Seattle

Screenshot of UW Aeronautics & Astronautics FB story sharing that one of their professors, Professor Hermanson is "going for a little ride", pointing to Blue Angels with a yellow arrow, inferring he is going to be a passenger in a Blue Angels jet. A photo of Professor Hermanson is at bottom left, cropped onto a blue sky photo of Blue Angels flying above.

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 31

#Rental #housing in the United States hardly allows anyone to put down roots. It is an unsettling feeling to never know when you are going to have to move on. Each annual lease renewal gets you another year, but that doesn't give enough time for healthy grounding.
#MentalHealth #HousingSecurity

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 31

While holding a physical #book, do you ever find yourself... trying to "scroll" a page like a touchscreen? 😅
It is a bizarre feeling.
💙📚

Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 30

More info for #NoToBlueAngels
#Protest this Saturday, August 2nd!
#N2BA #Seafair #Seattle
linktr.ee/N2BA

No to Blue Angels (N2BA) | Instagram | Linktree

Join the Airshow Climate Action Coalition (ACAC) to defend our health, protect our ecosystems, and demilitarize Seafair!

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Lucid @allwaysobserve.bsky.social · Jul 30

Petition against Blue Angels for #Seafair
#SayNoToBlueAngels

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Keep Our Sky Clean: Join Seattle's Fight Against Blue Angels' Performances!

2,074 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?

chng.it

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Seattle News @seattlenews.bsky.social · Jul 30

“‘Say No to Blue Angels’: Seattle billboard challenges Seafair tradition” — KING5

#SeattleNews #Seafair #SeattleWA

White text on a blue background reads, “‘Say No to Blue Angels’: Seattle billboard challenges Seafair tradition”. Underneath, KING5 is listed as the source.

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