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Katie 🌉

@ktpersists.bsky.social

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Digital organizer, internet policy wonk. Diaspora Glitch. We are hope despite the times

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks to Poster Syndicate San Francisco for screen printing this gorgeous poster in Dolores Park for the #NoKings march kickoff. The theme for the season is definitely Stop Billionaires Summer!

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California Democrats @cademocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Join Third Act and guest speaker Bill McKibben for a virtual phonebank on Tuesday, October 14, from 6–8 PM.

cadem.org/thirdact

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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 16h

@eddiekimx.bsky.social met anti-ICE protesters to talk strategy and evolution. They're celebrating a month of no abductions at SF's immigration court.

"People need to understand [ICE is] inexperienced, scared, and vulnerable to counter-action."

FREE LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/sf-activists...

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

sf.gazetteer.co

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 17h

Eric Swalwell’s media team needs a raise #SabrinaCarpenter

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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 15h

"Hang in there, comrade!" I don't regret playing on the "Hang in there, baby" poster for today's #inktober #inktober2025 #RedInktober

An ink drawing of three anthropomorphic cats. One hangs onto a rope with both paws, just able to keep its chin above the rope. Two other cats, however, on either side of the cat are giving it a boost. All the cats are smiling suggesting friendliness and joy. Large text at top reads "Hang in there, comrade!," a play on the popular "hang in there, baby" cat poster of the 1970's.

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erin mccann @mccanner.bsky.social · 20h

The public works director of Oakland would like to get MC Hammer to record a song called "U Can't Dump This" as a way to help solve the city's trash problem www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

How a City Awash in Garbage Is Trying to Take Out the Trash

www.nytimes.com

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 21h

wow this is not why anyone here follows this account

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

I am doing a round of We Want You To Have This TOMORROW MORNING at 9AM mountain time. If you are trans in the US and want a gift from my shop but cannot afford it, or if you have a trans loved one you would like a gift for, I will have 20 available. Details in thread. nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

We Want You To Have This: Jewelry Gifts For Trans People

Requests for gifts are now closed! They will open again at 9AM Mountain Time (Denver) Wednesday, October 8th. The following round will be on Saturday, October 25th at 9AM. Just looking for the forms?...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

Spread contagious courage with One Million Rising, our initiative to train a million people in the practice of peaceful non-cooperation. Join tomorrow’s call for exciting updates and new opportunities to defy the Trump takeover in your community: www.mobilize.us/onemillionri...

(above images of hands holding up American flags, a megaphone, and a peace sign) ONE MILLION RISING

STRATEGIC NON-COOPERATION TO FIGHT AUTHORITARIANISM

JOIN OUR TRAINING SERIES TO TURN LOCAL ACTION INTO NATIONAL IMPACT

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 1d

here’s an easy prayer if you need one- hey god/creator/loving energy, would you please look after your beloved child dolly tonight in a very special way, and give her some healing and rest so she can continue to bring your love into this world? we appreciate you! lmk if you need someone else!

Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister Freida Parton has asked for prayers for the singer while she navigates recent health issues.

Dolly Parton's sister Freida asks for 'prayers' for the singer on social media

Dolly Parton's sister Freida Parton has asked for prayers for the singer while she navigates recent health issues.

www.scrippsnews.com

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 1d

New POLITICO report: Trump admin is “exploring options to sell parts of the government’s $1.6T student loan portfolio to the private market.”

We're announcing our willingness to purchase the portfolio for its market value. We will then subsequently cancel the debt.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

my stack of library books has grown to the point where it almost feels like being back in grad school again

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

For anyone who has been fighting for your life with Zoom's AI companion, you have to turn it off in the web settings, not in the app!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

🐹 Before viral videos on TikTok or YouTube, there was Hampsterdance.

Full of dancing hamster GIFs & a sped-up tune, it became one of the internet’s first viral hits.

You can still dance to it on the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19991222...

#Wayback1T

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

the local public radio station is on in the background while I work and suddenly I hear the announcer while reading the weather say that it is 80 degrees here today "which is hot for san francisco!!!" like okay yes we are soft weather babies but wow lmao

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MachinePix @machinepix.bsky.social · 1d

Snailbot is a self-reconfigurable robot using rocker-bogie suspension by The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ ON AIR:

We're speaking with jouralist Quico Toro about how charlatans exploit our need for certainty, belonging, and leadership – and why the tricks are old, but thanks to viral amplification on social media, the scale is new.

📻 Listen:

Why Do We Fall for Charlatans? | KQED

We talk to Francisco Toro about how charlatans exploit our need for certainty, belonging, and leadership — and why the tricks are old, but thanks to viral amplification on social media, the scale is…

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

amazing to hear the sf public bank might go up for a vote next year! this is very cool: www.sfpublicbank.org

San Francisco Public Bank Coalition

The mission of The San Francisco Public Bank Coalition (SFPBC) is to educate San Franciscans about the social and environmental costs associated with the City and County of San Francisco’s private...

www.sfpublicbank.org

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

The sort of organizing we're doing here is honestly crucial right now. If your organization wants to learn more about organizing fans, ping me!

Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 2d

"We saw an opportunity in the final season of 'Andor' and now many more people across races, backgrounds and genders have joined our ranks for truth and reparations — and have already dealt major blows to the MAGA regime’s agenda."

More about Project Fulcrum⬇️
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/why-...

Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building

As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Andor” fan community to amp up the pressure.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

the penzeys emails are so epic, that spice guy has so little filter i love it so much

Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

ordered a new hoodie for the fella and when he half jokingly referred to it as a christmas present something snapped and yes f it sure it is officially christmas shopping season

Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

I still had this tab open from last night and just found this and it is exactly what I needed this morning tysm

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Katie 🌉 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 1d

this is the most embarrassing thing I have read in some time and that is really saying a lot after the last week

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 6d

CA: due to recent USPS changes, mail in ballots in some places may not be postmarked the day they are mailed but will instead be postmarked a day later.

Ballots must be postmarked by election day to be counted.

Mail in your ballot early or use a ballot drop box to make sure your voice is heard.

Mail in ballots more than 50 miles from each of CA’s six regional processing facilities may not be postmarked the day they are mailed

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