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Linda Farrelly
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Artist and handweaver living in Madison, WI
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What Happened at MacArthur Park Is a Warning
Masked agents, horses, and helicopters stormed a park full of kids. No warrants. No arrests. Just the machinery of fear doing its job.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs www.nber.org/papers/w33900

An interesting and disturbing read.
Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids
Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors
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June 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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It’s Not ICE. It’s Organized Crime.
They’re not law enforcement. They’re paid criminals in masks—and the words we use are giving them cover.
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June 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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A remarkable message
You need to read this.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians
Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
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June 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Riddle Me This, Batman, 1987 #artbots #basquiat
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Riddle Me This, Batman
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy
Friends,
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June 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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19 companies pulling back their support for Pride
For years, major corporations publicly celebrated the LGBTQ community.
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June 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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#makersmARTch
#pattern
#quiltsky
#fiberart

One big kaleidoscope of pattern and color! One block wonder quilt.
March 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Maggi Hambling, Mud Dream 3, 1990
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date inscribed Presented by the artist 1990
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Jackie Milad
February 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Margaret Fabrizio
February 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Another week, another scarf. This warp is mostly unknown fiber with some stripes of Noro Silk Garden. Weft is a cashmere blend from the stash.
March 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Happy Pi Day from the Tysons!🤓 How many places of pi can you recite?
YouTube video by StarTalk
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March 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Dame Barbara Hepworth, Orchid, 1970
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Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
March 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Lynn Bowers, Rhythms in Barbara, 1970

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Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
March 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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On Harriet Tubman Day, a new effort to place the abolitionist on the $20 bill launches
The latest measure, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, follows years of delays and efforts to have Harriet Tubman replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Spring 2025 Isthmus voter guide
Isthmus breaks down the candidates and races in our Spring 2025 voter guide.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Explore WPR’s candidate guide for the April 1 election in Wisconsin
WPR sent a survey to the candidates for state Supreme Court and state superintendent of public instruction. Here's where they stand on the issues most important to you.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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A roundup of progressive accomplishments this week. Keep it up!

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Extra! Extra! 3/9 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hey, all, and happy Sunday!
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March 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Yggdrasil poncho (pattern on Ravelry) by Regina Weiss with Hobbii sultan shadow yarn. I made some slight modifications because I used a thinner yarn, including to the tree and extra rows around. #crochet 🧶
March 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM