Robin Baraybar
@robinbaraybar.bsky.social
Plants. Books. E-bikes and the infrastructure to support safe cycling. Knitting and all things fiber. Former French teacher and librarian. Currently supporting the IDD population.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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every time a community tests ubi or free housing for the homeless the result is always "holy fuck this works incredibly well and costs less than existing solutions!" and then every politician alive does this
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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“…an analysis from nonprofit organization Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, which found that less than 1.7 million acres of USFS land had been burned, thinned or treated in the first nine months of 2025 — compared to a 3.6 million acre average per year over the previous four years.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“…an analysis from nonprofit organization Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, which found that less than 1.7 million acres of USFS land had been burned, thinned or treated in the first nine months of 2025 — compared to a 3.6 million acre average per year over the previous four years.”
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This story explains one of the primary reasons why most western public lands are in poor ecological condition -- chronic livestock grazing is allowed to continue irrespective of the damage being done and without any review. Private interests destroying public resources. 🌎
We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This story explains one of the primary reasons why most western public lands are in poor ecological condition -- chronic livestock grazing is allowed to continue irrespective of the damage being done and without any review. Private interests destroying public resources. 🌎
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Basically this whole long goddamn ass thread:
Okay I'm feeling like a damn fool today so I'll contribute to the Machine Learning Discourse, Pat's standard rule of false dichotomy* nonwithstanding:
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Basically this whole long goddamn ass thread:
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OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!!
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
Oregon Public Utility Commission - Submit Public Comment - DocketPublicComment
apps.puc.state.or.us
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!!
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
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Always a great thread! Thankful for our farmworkers who are the reason we all get to feast tomorrow.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Always a great thread! Thankful for our farmworkers who are the reason we all get to feast tomorrow.
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We could have this in NYC! Support the SUNNY Act! www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We could have this in NYC! Support the SUNNY Act! www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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need this for AI slop on streaming video & music services too
DuckDuckGo now lets you filter out AI images in search results. Obviously not infallible or exhaustive but it’s a start.
How To Filter Out AI Images in DuckDuckgo Search Results - DuckDuckGo Help Pages
Learn how to use filters on DuckDuckGo Private Search to hide AI-generated images in results.
duckduckgo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
need this for AI slop on streaming video & music services too
Water has always been a contentious resource in the west. Data Centers and their extreme usage are exacerbating the problems.
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Water has always been a contentious resource in the west. Data Centers and their extreme usage are exacerbating the problems.
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The regime is doing all it can to kill renewable energy.
It is deeply in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry.
To all our detriment.
It is deeply in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry.
To all our detriment.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The regime is doing all it can to kill renewable energy.
It is deeply in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry.
To all our detriment.
It is deeply in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry.
To all our detriment.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died at 81. Massive influence to The Clash, The Slits, The Specials, The Police, The Selecter, No Doubt and countless others. RIP
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died at 81. Massive influence to The Clash, The Slits, The Specials, The Police, The Selecter, No Doubt and countless others. RIP
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
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This is SUCH an important thread for white people (men especially) to read and learn to let go of your defensiveness around white privilege because you are not just harming others you are harming yourself with it!!!
One of the most liberating truths I’ve learned, and the one that white folx, particularly white men, still struggle to face, is this:
The myth of white supremacy explains your behavior.
It does not, and has never, determined my value.
The myth of white supremacy explains your behavior.
It does not, and has never, determined my value.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is SUCH an important thread for white people (men especially) to read and learn to let go of your defensiveness around white privilege because you are not just harming others you are harming yourself with it!!!
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives. Canada nabs three spots in the top 30, United States zero.
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives. Canada nabs three spots in the top 30, United States zero.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
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A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...