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Santa Cruz, CA. 32. He/him. Amateur botanist, distance runner and gardener. I grow orchids, California native plants, ferns, succulents, and more! Join me on my quest to keep my plants alive for a little bit longer.
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A song about manzanita ID called Burl, So Confusing
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You can protest the bad while supporting the inherent worth of pornography.
The alternate option is that we repress it, and let the state or church or corporations decide what representations of consensual sex and pleasure are visible, acceptable and accessible.
The alternate option is that we repress it, and let the state or church or corporations decide what representations of consensual sex and pleasure are visible, acceptable and accessible.
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
You can protest the bad while supporting the inherent worth of pornography.
The alternate option is that we repress it, and let the state or church or corporations decide what representations of consensual sex and pleasure are visible, acceptable and accessible.
The alternate option is that we repress it, and let the state or church or corporations decide what representations of consensual sex and pleasure are visible, acceptable and accessible.
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
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Rainbow weather 🌈
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Rainbow weather 🌈
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Local ICE-watchers have done more to protect Venezuelans from fascist thugs than the entire Democratic caucus over the last 12 months.
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Local ICE-watchers have done more to protect Venezuelans from fascist thugs than the entire Democratic caucus over the last 12 months.
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Just your occasional reminder that Operation Mockingbird was a thing, the NY Times was a part of it, and that we have no evidence that it ever ended. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Just your occasional reminder that Operation Mockingbird was a thing, the NY Times was a part of it, and that we have no evidence that it ever ended. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...
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Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
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in a weird way I’m sort of heartened by the day 1 reaction to this? I mean, I know it’s pretty bad from the media and some Dems but I also remember the absolute across the board cheerleading when we went into Iraq and there is genuinely orders of magnitude more pushback today
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 AM
in a weird way I’m sort of heartened by the day 1 reaction to this? I mean, I know it’s pretty bad from the media and some Dems but I also remember the absolute across the board cheerleading when we went into Iraq and there is genuinely orders of magnitude more pushback today
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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Huge News: Zohran just promised to finish McGuinness the second it's warm, and to do Universal Daylighting *BEFORE* people are killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Huge News: Zohran just promised to finish McGuinness the second it's warm, and to do Universal Daylighting *BEFORE* people are killed
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No one ever starts wars over bike parts
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
No one ever starts wars over bike parts
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If you’re going to buy a new car, buy electric. Better yet, use a bike (electric or regular) or ride public transit as much as possible. Republican Presidents keep launching these wars for oil. We have to kill the demand for it.
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If you’re going to buy a new car, buy electric. Better yet, use a bike (electric or regular) or ride public transit as much as possible. Republican Presidents keep launching these wars for oil. We have to kill the demand for it.
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They just cannot help but tell everyone exactly what they are doing and why and the credulous people in congress and the media wont stop laying out the pretexts that the gov doesn’t even bother with itself
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
They just cannot help but tell everyone exactly what they are doing and why and the credulous people in congress and the media wont stop laying out the pretexts that the gov doesn’t even bother with itself
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Purging the military was likely necessary for this to take place. A similar purge is underway in medical research, removing barriers of expertise and conscience. We know at least one experiment that wouldn't clear any ethics review board in the US is being sponsored by NIH to run in Africa.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Purging the military was likely necessary for this to take place. A similar purge is underway in medical research, removing barriers of expertise and conscience. We know at least one experiment that wouldn't clear any ethics review board in the US is being sponsored by NIH to run in Africa.
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Taking transit to San Diego Museum of Art because it can be done.
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Taking transit to San Diego Museum of Art because it can be done.
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E-Bikes also do way more to reduce emissions than EVs because they are so efficient in energy usage.
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
E-Bikes also do way more to reduce emissions than EVs because they are so efficient in energy usage.
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The oil industry isn't the only lobby keeping transit down. Focusing on EVs just replaces one group w another. Elon Musk has been one of the most influential opponents of transit investments. EVs still compete with transit for road space and public $$. I don't see how 1 enables 2-3.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The oil industry isn't the only lobby keeping transit down. Focusing on EVs just replaces one group w another. Elon Musk has been one of the most influential opponents of transit investments. EVs still compete with transit for road space and public $$. I don't see how 1 enables 2-3.
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Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
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Putting solar on your roof is great, but the world of possibilities is so much bigger than that once you notice that burning oil for cars is the #1 source of climate pollution/driver of the collapse of American democracy. Start here:
Transportation 101 Policy Guides - Climate Cabinet Education
Transportation 101 Policy Guides by Climate Cabinet Education: practical, accessible guides on transit planning, active mobility & multimodal policy for climate action.
climatecabineteducation.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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We should just make it worse. AI vomit. AI filth
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
We should just make it worse. AI vomit. AI filth
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hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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"Between low wages and insufficient hours, many baristas are barely getting by. Some are relying on SNAP or Medicaid to help make ends meet while a multibillion-dollar company profits off our labor."
www.ms.now/opinion/star...
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Opinion | Why Starbucks workers like myself went on strike
Sabina Aguirre: Our finances are on a knife’s edge, but Starbucks tells us to be grateful
www.ms.now
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"Between low wages and insufficient hours, many baristas are barely getting by. Some are relying on SNAP or Medicaid to help make ends meet while a multibillion-dollar company profits off our labor."
www.ms.now/opinion/star...
www.ms.now/opinion/star...
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.
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Mushroom workers are taking their fight to the Washington Supreme Court. Fired and rehired with lower pay, their lawsuit will test the validity of forced arbitration agreements. @ufw.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mush...
Mushroom workers take fight to Washington Supreme Court
Fired and rehired with lower pay, mushroom workers now face a Washington Supreme Court test of forced arbitration agreements.
nwlaborpress.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Mushroom workers are taking their fight to the Washington Supreme Court. Fired and rehired with lower pay, their lawsuit will test the validity of forced arbitration agreements. @ufw.bsky.social nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/mush...