Mikell
@bedboundbirder.bsky.social
Birds, hydroponic gardening, ME/CFS & POTS, disability justice, community
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Ursula reminded us.
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ursula reminded us.
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
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Call script! Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 will put you through.
There’s a real opportunity to strike while the iron’s hot here.
There’s a real opportunity to strike while the iron’s hot here.
!["Hi, this is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY, ZIP CODE].
I'm calling to express my outrage over RFK Jr.'s attacks on public health and essential scientific research. His lies about vaccines are putting countless lives at risk through public distrust and acts of violence against federal workers. I ask that [REP/SEN NAME] publicly call for his resignation.
Thank you for your time."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3imhavozmr6u6dlcnbo2g43r/bafkreidy4lzp2hurxf3nfnxm7in4qwhuqhpmtrepbwv2poo7dma3ytl4be@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Call script! Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 will put you through.
There’s a real opportunity to strike while the iron’s hot here.
There’s a real opportunity to strike while the iron’s hot here.
My first almost-ripened tomato! 🥹🥰
I’ve been in a bad ME/CFS crash, and mostly bedbound for weeks. This little indoor garden has helped save my sanity.
#HydroponicGardening #HydroponicGardens
I’ve been in a bad ME/CFS crash, and mostly bedbound for weeks. This little indoor garden has helped save my sanity.
#HydroponicGardening #HydroponicGardens
August 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My first almost-ripened tomato! 🥹🥰
I’ve been in a bad ME/CFS crash, and mostly bedbound for weeks. This little indoor garden has helped save my sanity.
#HydroponicGardening #HydroponicGardens
I’ve been in a bad ME/CFS crash, and mostly bedbound for weeks. This little indoor garden has helped save my sanity.
#HydroponicGardening #HydroponicGardens
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This is the same eugenic belief system that many still hold re: the ongoing pandemic. They believe people’s deaths from covid are acceptable if they’re medically vulnerable. It’s a disgusting ableist belief system and this rhetoric surrounding children in Gaza is the natural consequence of that
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the same eugenic belief system that many still hold re: the ongoing pandemic. They believe people’s deaths from covid are acceptable if they’re medically vulnerable. It’s a disgusting ableist belief system and this rhetoric surrounding children in Gaza is the natural consequence of that
My first success growing strawberries in my hydroponic garden!! 😍🙌🥰
July 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My first success growing strawberries in my hydroponic garden!! 😍🙌🥰
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An American oystercatcher feeds its young offspring.
#birds #🪶 #wildlife #nature #birder #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
#birds #🪶 #wildlife #nature #birder #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
July 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
An American oystercatcher feeds its young offspring.
#birds #🪶 #wildlife #nature #birder #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
#birds #🪶 #wildlife #nature #birder #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
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URGENT ACTION ALERT! 🚨 The Senate is gearing up to ram #Medicaid cuts through. If this bill passes, it will take away food and healthcare from millions of Americans and force millions more into poverty. Read our update and contact your Senators NOW to #ProtectMedicaid:
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Action Alert: Senate Budget Reconciliation Update - AAPD
This weekend, the Senate is trying to pass the budget reconciliation bill. AAPD is an outspoken opponent of the budget reconciliation bill, because of its significant cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
URGENT ACTION ALERT! 🚨 The Senate is gearing up to ram #Medicaid cuts through. If this bill passes, it will take away food and healthcare from millions of Americans and force millions more into poverty. Read our update and contact your Senators NOW to #ProtectMedicaid:
www.aapd.com/reconciliati...
www.aapd.com/reconciliati...
Hydroponic garden update: I have been giving butter lettuce away as a door prize to my visitors - it is abundant! I have harvested these 5 little plants many times and they just happily keep growing!
I have a blossom on my strawberry plant!!
I have a blossom on my strawberry plant!!
June 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hydroponic garden update: I have been giving butter lettuce away as a door prize to my visitors - it is abundant! I have harvested these 5 little plants many times and they just happily keep growing!
I have a blossom on my strawberry plant!!
I have a blossom on my strawberry plant!!
A few little balcony joys this morning:
1- my first home grown strawberry! 🍓
2- a Western Tanager in our trees!(didn’t get a photo of it, but recorded it on Merlin)
3- the honey suckle is blooming! The hummingbirds will be so happy!
4- so many pretty pink honeysuckle blooms about to blossom!
1- my first home grown strawberry! 🍓
2- a Western Tanager in our trees!(didn’t get a photo of it, but recorded it on Merlin)
3- the honey suckle is blooming! The hummingbirds will be so happy!
4- so many pretty pink honeysuckle blooms about to blossom!
May 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A few little balcony joys this morning:
1- my first home grown strawberry! 🍓
2- a Western Tanager in our trees!(didn’t get a photo of it, but recorded it on Merlin)
3- the honey suckle is blooming! The hummingbirds will be so happy!
4- so many pretty pink honeysuckle blooms about to blossom!
1- my first home grown strawberry! 🍓
2- a Western Tanager in our trees!(didn’t get a photo of it, but recorded it on Merlin)
3- the honey suckle is blooming! The hummingbirds will be so happy!
4- so many pretty pink honeysuckle blooms about to blossom!
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As promised - #blackbirdersweek proving to be an exciting one around here! 🪶 I've really come to adore Trumpeter Swans these past few years and I'm really lucky that I only had to drive 10 minutes to check on this nest every day
May 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
As promised - #blackbirdersweek proving to be an exciting one around here! 🪶 I've really come to adore Trumpeter Swans these past few years and I'm really lucky that I only had to drive 10 minutes to check on this nest every day
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May 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Planted my balcony garden today! My Columbine grew back from last year and is looking so happy! My baby bee balm came back as well. All the other plants are new and should be blooming soooon!! My honeysuckle should be blooming soon as well- will post bloom updates 🫡🌸
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Planted my balcony garden today! My Columbine grew back from last year and is looking so happy! My baby bee balm came back as well. All the other plants are new and should be blooming soooon!! My honeysuckle should be blooming soon as well- will post bloom updates 🫡🌸
LIFER!! 🥳🎉🙌 Yesterday, I FINALLY spotted a Lazuli Bunting!! For years, it has evaded me, mocked me by singing high up in trees, unseen. Then yesterday it finally happened 🤩 So much excitement and joy! 🥰
I was out on a jazzy ride when this happened, and didn’t have my good camera, just my phone.
I was out on a jazzy ride when this happened, and didn’t have my good camera, just my phone.
May 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
LIFER!! 🥳🎉🙌 Yesterday, I FINALLY spotted a Lazuli Bunting!! For years, it has evaded me, mocked me by singing high up in trees, unseen. Then yesterday it finally happened 🤩 So much excitement and joy! 🥰
I was out on a jazzy ride when this happened, and didn’t have my good camera, just my phone.
I was out on a jazzy ride when this happened, and didn’t have my good camera, just my phone.
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Freddy D. gave us the necessary math in 1857
May 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Freddy D. gave us the necessary math in 1857
Indoor hydroponic garden update: butter lettuce is abundant! I’ve already harvested these plants several times and have given bags full to neighbors and family, and it keeps on growing and giving. By far, my easiest crop to grow. The basil is growing nicely - 3 kinds: Thai, Genovese, and Purple.
May 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Indoor hydroponic garden update: butter lettuce is abundant! I’ve already harvested these plants several times and have given bags full to neighbors and family, and it keeps on growing and giving. By far, my easiest crop to grow. The basil is growing nicely - 3 kinds: Thai, Genovese, and Purple.
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Medicaid provides critical health care to millions of people nationwide. Congress cannot cut this vital program.
'No cuts to Medicaid!' Disabled protesters shut down GOP House hearing
Protesters opposing Republican cuts to Medicaid spending briefly shut down a House hearing on Tuesday.House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) kicked off the hearing by praising ...
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May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Medicaid provides critical health care to millions of people nationwide. Congress cannot cut this vital program.
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We cannot have a single-issue movement because we don’t live single-issue lives.
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
May 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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It's Your Daily Imani+!☀️
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Imani and Pippin are confirmed present at Montrose today.
🎥: @thebirdherder.bsky.social (Imani, Montrose, April 2025)
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Imani and Pippin are confirmed present at Montrose today.
🎥: @thebirdherder.bsky.social (Imani, Montrose, April 2025)
May 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's Your Daily Imani+!☀️
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Imani and Pippin are confirmed present at Montrose today.
🎥: @thebirdherder.bsky.social (Imani, Montrose, April 2025)
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Imani and Pippin are confirmed present at Montrose today.
🎥: @thebirdherder.bsky.social (Imani, Montrose, April 2025)
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yep, that’s about right
May 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
yep, that’s about right
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For folks who may not know, ME is a debilitating neuro disease common after Covid infection, yet it’s badly neglected—NIH’s most underfunded disease relative to impact on the US.
I’m one of the people affected and I’d be so grateful if you had 30 secs to help us ask NIH for a chance at treatment.
I’m one of the people affected and I’d be so grateful if you had 30 secs to help us ask NIH for a chance at treatment.
We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
May 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For folks who may not know, ME is a debilitating neuro disease common after Covid infection, yet it’s badly neglected—NIH’s most underfunded disease relative to impact on the US.
I’m one of the people affected and I’d be so grateful if you had 30 secs to help us ask NIH for a chance at treatment.
I’m one of the people affected and I’d be so grateful if you had 30 secs to help us ask NIH for a chance at treatment.
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Life shrinks with ME/CFS.
Found on the CFS community on Reddit
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Found on the CFS community on Reddit
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
March 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Life shrinks with ME/CFS.
Found on the CFS community on Reddit
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Found on the CFS community on Reddit
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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🧵
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose | Jennifer Brea
YouTube video by TED
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May 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🧵
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
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We had a whole squad of young American Robins visiting our deck this past summer, and they’re just perfect 😍
#birding #yardbirds
#birding #yardbirds
April 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We had a whole squad of young American Robins visiting our deck this past summer, and they’re just perfect 😍
#birding #yardbirds
#birding #yardbirds
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April 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM