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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 10h

Wisconsin, 154 years ago today

Drought leads several small fires to spread across the state, ultimately claiming 1200+ lives & 1.2 million acres.

Occurring the same day as the Great Chicago & Michigan Fires, the Peshtigo Fire remains the deadliest fire in recorded US history.

Map of the Peshtigo fire in eastern Wisconsin in 1871

Illustration of people and animals finding safety in a body of are during the enormous Peshtigo fire

Illustration of people fleeing to the water for safety during the Peshtigo fire

Black and white photo of a decimated town in the wake of the Peshtigo fire

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 8h

We talk about where not to spend, today let’s talk about who to support.

Spices aren’t cheap in general but if you can, Penzey’s is the way to go. Quality with a sense of conscience. They run great promos, too.

Any other suggestions?

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 17d

One thing Penzey’s understood back in 2016 was that sooner or later, everyone would have to choose a side. They chose their side, and they’re thriving, with a devoted customer base.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12h

Every farmer who gets a bailout is a socialist.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

the enemy is dehumanization and those who do the dehumanizing

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Mark Brazill 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @markbrazill.bsky.social · 1d

Think boycotts don’t work? They’re actually the only thing that does. Target’s been absolutely torpedoed in stock price & sales. Up next: long time criminal a-holes Wells Fargo. Like Disney corporations only “care” or do the right thing when you take their money. BOYCOTT Wells Fargo.

Target Faces Boycott: 200 Days Without DEI, Financial Impact Grows

Target's DEI rollback triggered a 200-plus day boycott, $20B market value loss, a massive decline in foot traffic, and a CEO's departure.

www.investopedia.com

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

‘We reserve the right to refuse service’.
Nuff said. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

The building our local
paper occupied is three stories, filling half a city block with the printing and distribution facilities. That same building is under renovation for our city PD to move into. The symbolism there…

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

The increasing disappearance of local, independent news outlets is chilling.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Rep. Jim McGovern attempted to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Rep Elect AZ-07, but they would NOT recognize him in the House. He has a candid reason as to why he thinks this happened. 1/2

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Johnson continues to stall the swearing in of Rep.-elect Grijalva so as to avoid having to deal with the Epstein discharge petition. Why shouldn’t Dems make support for reopening the government contingent on adding to the funding measure a provision mandating release of the Epstein files?

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

I won’t even open any shopping apps to emphasize just how uninterested I am.

Not one dime.

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 1d

Turning Point USA announced they're doing their own concert for Super Bowl Halftime, using "fully Christian, American" performers. Now seems like a good time to remind them that Bad Bunny is both fully Christian and fully American.

a man with curly hair is drinking from a coconut with a pink umbrella in his mouth

ALT: a man with curly hair is drinking from a coconut with a pink umbrella in his mouth

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

I sure am! Tuesday’s can’t come soon enough!! 💙💙

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

I am loving this podcast! This one is set in Wisco?! 😱😱Even better!

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

In my new podcast, we're traveling to a quiet road in rural Wisconsin that’s become infamous for dozens of sightings—stretching back decades—of a strange creature known as the Beast of Bray Road. The entity has become one of America's most enduring cryptid stories.

It’s my STRANGEST podcast yet! 🎧👹

Creature in the Cornfields: The Beast of Bray Road

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/07/2025 · 16m

podcasts.apple.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is encouraging. Californians understood the assignment. We got loud and spread the word on Prop 50. This is a fight against Republican anti-democratic tactics, but we still have to vote.

Get those ballots in, early voting has started. We’re going to pass Prop 50.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

There it is

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 1d

251 years ago today: Britain passes the “Quebec Act,” which cedes control of the future state of Wisconsin (as well as much of the Midwest) to Canada.

This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.

Map of Quebec in 1774, which at the time included much of what is today the Midwest of the United States

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

Funding eliminated
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A tribe in Arizona planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

www.npr.org

Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 1d

Probably not unless they’re facing a loaded firearm at close range but even then…doubtful

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think anyone’s ever said, “I like Stephen Miller. He’s a really cool guy.”?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Brent Butt @brentbutt.bsky.social · 2d

It is so incredibly weird and scary and disheartening to watch the world's most powerful nation being systematically dismantled and pilfered by a gang of ego-thugs led by a painted carnival barker who is literally famous for being a greedy crooked cheat.

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Maple Mama @maplemama20.bsky.social · 2d

🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 #Missing 16 year old from #Winnipeg #Manitoba #Canada
Cleavon is described as:
EYES: Brown HAIR: Brown
HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 180lbs medium
#MMIM #MMIW #MMIWG #EveryChildMatters #RedDrumAlert #MMIMB

www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingperso...

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Gina EmmGee @heytherapylady.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a yellow robe is laughing with the words evil laugh behind her

Alt: The character Sophia in the Golden Girls wearing a yellow robe laughing, captioned EVIL LAUGH

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Sylvia Greier @sylviagreier.bsky.social · 2d

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Great Lakes governors stand with Canada ahead of Carney's high-stakes meeting with Trump | CBC News

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro blasted U.S. President Donald Trump for his "tough-guy" approach to Canada after a meeting Monday with some provincial premiers in Quebec City.

www.cbc.ca

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