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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 9h

I’m working on the weirdest essay clump of strange ideas ever.

Literally no one is going to be interested in reading this but me. 😂

I keep trudging like a beagle following an interesting scent

A photo of my old fat beagle happy as can be, after rolling around in something rank- totally filthy

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

Dream work IS community work and this workshop explains why.

Four free seats open, the rest by donation

Starts Saturday if enough register for a robust discussion

www.whatashrinkthinks.com/dream-workshop

Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks

Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building practice

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

More information here!

Dream work is community work

1:30pm Pacific, 2:30pm Mountain, 3:30pm Central, and 4:30pm Eastern

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20h

People always send me notes asking me to schedule workshops on the weekends, but frankly when I do - they almost never fill up enough to run.

I still have FOUR FREE seats
and three "donate-whatever-you-can" seats open

this is a practice that helps us hear & share our collective intuition:

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

More information here!

Dream work is community work

1:30pm Pacific, 2:30pm Mountain, 3:30pm Central, and 4:30pm Eastern

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 10h

I'm tired of hating these people so much. I don't want to be bombarded with justifiable reasons to hate anyone all day every day. I just want them to go away

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 10h

Isn’t this lie crumbling out from underneath them yet?

Everyone knows it is profiling.

The question is how many people like it this way-

and how many are enraged, horrified soul-sick and disgusted

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Simple Traveler @finaldisciple.bsky.social · 21h

That man they just found hanging down in Albuquerque, I had to reverse image search because it’s only some Kansas City papers instagram reporting it.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 13h

Wants to EAT.

A tabby cat sitting on my laptop looking confrontational

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 16h

everything about the attempt to co-opt the language of social justice to promote AI personhood makes my skin absolutely crawl

that people are doing it in the current political environment, where the most basic human rights are crumbling before our eyes, is as bleak as it gets for me

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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 16h

For a century unsustainable groundwater pumping has taxed aquifers and caused subsidence. A 1980s law intended to rein it in has stopped the constrction of thousands of homes near Phoenix, pitting the environment and existing water uses against new housing developments. buff.ly/Hrzh2WX

The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News

A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.

www.hcn.org

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Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery @disasterqueer.bsky.social · 19h

I'm taking part in this AMA! It's gonna be fun, be sure to join us!

Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 20h

Ever had a question about earthquakes, tsunamis, or preparedness that you just wish you had experts handy to answer?

Here's your chance! This Thursday, 10/9 from 11-1, join experts from our team, @pnsn1.bsky.social, and @wadnr.bsky.social for an "Ask-me-Anything" on Reddit!

Link coming soon!

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 19h

Exactly.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20h

MAGA outrage is beyond tedious.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20h

Yep, *sigh of disgust*

The next question is how will this trickle down to licensing boards and how will therapists respond?

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20h

People always send me notes asking me to schedule workshops on the weekends, but frankly when I do - they almost never fill up enough to run.

I still have FOUR FREE seats
and three "donate-whatever-you-can" seats open

this is a practice that helps us hear & share our collective intuition:

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

More information here!

Dream work is community work

1:30pm Pacific, 2:30pm Mountain, 3:30pm Central, and 4:30pm Eastern

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 21h

The psyche sees what our egos cannot

I’m so sorry you went through that.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

I mean:

Knowing when you have been LIED to is vital.

Dreams often know before we do.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

Here is me:

Understanding the capacities and limitations of our collective and individual intuition is essential for collectively surviving fascism and all the other bullshit.

I don't believe this. I know this for myself and from the fact that I am still here at all.

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

Dream work IS community work and this workshop explains why.

Four free seats open, the rest by donation

Starts Saturday if enough register for a robust discussion

www.whatashrinkthinks.com/dream-workshop

Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks

Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building practice

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 21h

I always say its like a parakeet with a mirror

a yellow and green bird looking at itself in a mirror

Alt: a yellow and green bird looking at itself in a mirror

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 21h

“I’m gonna fight for you”

“Omg I can’t believe you said that. So sweet”

“I can’t believe this”

“You are perfect. How are you so perfect?”

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 21h

Love is Blind is so much gibberish.

“For real?“

“Totally”

“Its just like- “

“I know I know”

“Its like we are the same person…”

“Its just all so real”

“Our chemistry….”

“You’re my person”

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 22h

Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat

Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.

www.bellingcat.com

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 22h

I love that the Zoology department was integral to finding text about Merlin that was otherwise invisible to the human eye.

Rare Merlin and King Arthur text found hidden in binding of medieval book

The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries.

www.popsci.com

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