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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Looks like Wayne Thibaud?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

I’d call him spineless but that would mean he’s an #invertebrate, and invertebrates are fvcking awesome!!

Ca Pipevine swallowtail
Monarch
Ca pipe cat
Phiddipus johnsonii - jumping spider

Close up of iridescent blue and black butterfly with white spots at bottom of wings on finger

Black and Orange butterfly witu white spots on head and body at bright purple flower

Black caterpillar witu orange spikes on green leaf

Jumping spider rearing up; on black hose, with green leaf behind

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

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At 51, the list of friends whom have had difficult and dangerous pregnancies is long… (9/10)

Non-medical folks have no business determining what type of medical treatment we receive

I’m so mad about so many things, I’m having trouble focusing 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

#AbortionIsHealthcare

Black and white bumper sticker which reads:
safe abortion for all
No compromise
No apologies

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Gross 🤮

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 18h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Utterly disgusting

Makes me 🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯

Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The Department of Agriculture expects the recall to grow.

HelloFresh Meals May Contain Listeria-Contaminated Spinach, USDA Says

The Department of Agriculture expects the recall to grow.

www.forbes.com

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Beautiful!!

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 7h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Utterly and absolutely

Conmen gonna con
Grifters gonna grift
Liars gonna lie
Thieves gonna steal

And felon47 & co are all of the above

Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

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No!!! No no no!!!

Makes me want to carry a rotten tomato launcher and splat them all

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1h

🥰🥰 warblers 🥰🥰

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s video of the incident

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 19h

That’s a beautiful color of agastache! I think my mom has that color; it is a great plant, love it

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 23h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 19h

I'll host a livestream on Wed, Oct 8 @ 3pm PT to discuss the likely impacts of weakening #HurricanePriscilla on U.S. Southwest (including southern CA), including who may see some thunderstorms. I'll also a new weather & climate-related federal update...

Weather & climate office hour 10/08/25: Hurricane Priscilla's effects on Southwest & federal update - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...

www.youtube.com

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 19h

I think shit posting is excellent

I can guess that maga sock puppet was rude to you first

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 19h

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Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 7d

Swiss glaciers have lost almost a quarter of their volume in just the last 10 years.

Please don’t vote for people who deny this or pretend there’s nothing we can do to save what’s left.

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says

Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 24 percent of their volume over the past decade, researchers said Wednesday, warning that accelerated melting in 2025 brought ice loss close to record levels. Scientis...

www.france24.com

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Ah… there are sooooo many cool birds…

I saw a sandpiper a few days ago 😊

And I also saw an eastern cardinal!

Nuts!!

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Terrible, but true

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @padilla.senate.gov

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Padilla: Do you believe government officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not?

Bondi: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump.

Padilla: I asked a simple yes or no question

Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

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This is awesome

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Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 1d

"Even if Canada can maintain its democracy under US pressure, it is highly likely to be collateral damage of US decline" - @franciswilkinson.bsky.social has written an epic exploration of the increasingly toxic relationship between Canada and Trump's US

gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

www.bloomberg.com

Nicky (she/her) 🦋🐛🌱🌿🐈‍⬛🐈 @nhallerwilson.bsky.social · 1d

It’s addictive

I admit it…

I don’t drink alcohol or smoke, but Twitter (and now BlueSky) was/is addictive

FB not so much; old Hs friends, and elderly relatives on there…

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