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Bonnie En
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Alexandrian, super nerdy about housing, transit, policy and publishing. I work in none of those fields.
YIMBYs worked for nearly a decade to get reform in CA; this is a neat history of a local movement and key figure that finally made changes across the state www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scott Wiener defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can he fix America’s housing crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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sharkira, shakira: thread
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This book feels very important. I’m getting copies for me and my sisters, because coping with dementia in a family member also requires a period of grieving. I welcome and embrace the new person she is, but her former self is no longer on this plane.
So uh.

I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...

you can now preorder it!
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Friends everywhere! The @workingfamilies.org is having a mass call TONIGHT at 8 pm! Again, another great org to get involved with if you wanna make a difference in this world!
2025 Post-Election Mass Call & Path for 2026 · Working Families Party
## 2026 Starts Now! Join the 2025 Post Election Mass Call When the polls close on Tuesday, the election may be over — but the work is just beginning. This Wednesday, we’re coming together for a Mass...
www.mobilize.us
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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We're NOT conservators... So why are we participating in #AskAConservator Day? Because this year we're asking "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood," featuring our interdisciplinary community.

As folks who work for a conservation organization but aren't conservators, what role do we play? [1/5]
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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“On the Working Families Party ballot line…”

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social knows what’s up. Make sure your friends do too.

@workingfamilies.org deserves the credit for holding the progressive slate together, and for continuing to fight for, well… working families.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sure it’s Election Day, but it’s also #AskaConservator Day! Check out @conservators.bsky.social feed for ways to ask questions and learn more! AIC’s Instagram stories are especially wonderful 🥺
#AskAConservator Day is 2 weeks away! Join in the fun as we ask conservators "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?" Conservators will answer questions & spotlight colleagues who bring all kinds of expertise to the care of cultural heritage. Learn more: culturalheritage.org/ask-a-conservator-day
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It’s a quick but important read: “What Bovino is running is effectively a new DHS entity […]. It has its own operational footprint, communications strategy and chain of command. Yet it has no congressional authorization”
Last week, the Trump admin purged senior leadership at ICE ERO, which leads internal immigration enforcement. Gregory Bovino and the Border Patrol are now increasingly in charge. As former ICE Chief of Staff Jason Houser writes, what we're getting now is theater, not serious law enforcement.
Opinion | The White House's sweeping overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein force
The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments has a clear motive.
www.msnbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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New comic: "NEMS part 3 starts Monday" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
NEMS part 3 starts Monday - Bad Machinery
New comics by John Allison
badmachinery.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Last call! Grab the very last print of this made framed & it’ll be $80 w/ free US shipping! From one of those amazing fall days, a Polaroid print from the 4x5 Type 79. www.sol-exposure.com/product/fall...
Fall in Montana
An 8×10 print on true photographic paper, developed with chemistry (not an inkjet print). Available as a print only, or matted in a 11×14 white or black mat for an additional $20. Can be …
www.sol-exposure.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Post a game that you remember playing that no one else remembers.
(Find a version on Wikipedia!)
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The spring road paving schedule is finally getting to my part of town! It’s been MANY years; we have the small town (small road) budget blues.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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DC PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET!

We’ll be peddling our wares with 50% of sales going to Remora House!

•Block print t-shirts, patches, totes, & prints
•Stickers & zines
•Hand-embroidered hats & hoops

🗓️ Nov. 22nd 12-5pm
📍St Stephen’s Church
🥫Bring canned food donations for We Are Family!
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shameless ask! If you have an hour or two tomorrow evening (Wed 10/22 @ 6 PM ET) to help our WFP Virginia Wolf Pack phone bank in support of Ghazala Hashmi for Lt. Gov, here's the link! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Virginia Phone Bank for Ghazala Hashmi · Mobilize
Working Families Party endorses Ghazala Hashmi for Virginia Lt Governor! Candidate Info: https://ghazalaforvirginia.com/ Please join us to make calls to Virginia voters. Early voting started Sept 1...
www.mobilize.us
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There are still a million lantern flies around but at least they’re not pelting themselves at me on the metro platforms.
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I really enjoyed this book, kind of a literary magical novel. The audio version (it’s available in our library!) has an excellent narrator. It’s the author’s first novel and has all the lush scenery and detail of someone who revised about a million times. 🥰
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Apparently the kids are into this movie again and we were at the edge of our seats with this E reveal.
Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NoVA folks: There’s a Fairfax Virginia Wolf Pack Welcome Gathering this Sunday - learn more about WFP and get connected to canvassing for our 9 endorsed VA candidates! Sign up: www.mobilize.us/workingfamil...
Fairfax Virginia Wolf Pack Welcome Gathering · Working Families Party
Whether you're new to Working Families Party or a long-time supporter, we're asking you to join us at our first Northern Virginia In-Person Welcome Gathering in Fairfax! Welcome gatherings are an en...
www.mobilize.us
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Left gorgeous Alaska to be greeted by this stunning sunset in Alexandria last night. Happy to be home!
#wmata
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hi glacier! I’ve never been to Alaska before and I’m in love.
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Follow Jen for amazing photos like this!
A sweat bee busy looking for snacks. The flower is an aster and the center of the flower contains lots of small florets that produce pollen and nectar. Asters are a wonderful fall food source for lots of insects. #inverts
(Augochlora sp.) PA
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM