LindaLion
@lindalion.bsky.social
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Mom and caregiver to adult epilepsy warrior. Tired and hopeful... and all the things in-between.
Mom and caregiver to adult epilepsy warrior. Tired and hopeful... and all the things in-between.
This is my president:
“Even though they do not have the necessary documents and papers, these are people from a strife-torn, a war-torn country, and out of compassion, out of empathy, we must receive them and be able to deal with the situation that they are facing,” Ramaphosa said.
“Even though they do not have the necessary documents and papers, these are people from a strife-torn, a war-torn country, and out of compassion, out of empathy, we must receive them and be able to deal with the situation that they are facing,” Ramaphosa said.
I missed this news. Kind of reminds me of Abbot shipping asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard
South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza
South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza who did not have proper travel documents a...
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is my president:
“Even though they do not have the necessary documents and papers, these are people from a strife-torn, a war-torn country, and out of compassion, out of empathy, we must receive them and be able to deal with the situation that they are facing,” Ramaphosa said.
“Even though they do not have the necessary documents and papers, these are people from a strife-torn, a war-torn country, and out of compassion, out of empathy, we must receive them and be able to deal with the situation that they are facing,” Ramaphosa said.
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‼️ Why did you, @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team suspend the account of one of the most outspoken, independent and important critics of the Trump regime - my friend and colleague @sarahkendzior.bsky.social ? By cutting her off, you also endanger her. Reinstall her account NOW!
Please share widely
Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
‼️ Why did you, @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team suspend the account of one of the most outspoken, independent and important critics of the Trump regime - my friend and colleague @sarahkendzior.bsky.social ? By cutting her off, you also endanger her. Reinstall her account NOW!
Please share widely
Please share widely
November is Epilepsy awareness month. Do you know how to assist someone having a seizure? (Please never ever try to put something in their mouth!)
How to help someone having a seizure:
Use the "three C's" campaign: Calm, Cushion, Call.
How to help someone having a seizure:
Use the "three C's" campaign: Calm, Cushion, Call.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
November is Epilepsy awareness month. Do you know how to assist someone having a seizure? (Please never ever try to put something in their mouth!)
How to help someone having a seizure:
Use the "three C's" campaign: Calm, Cushion, Call.
How to help someone having a seizure:
Use the "three C's" campaign: Calm, Cushion, Call.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
Pen: 1
Sword: 0
Sword: 0
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Pen: 1
Sword: 0
Sword: 0
Just when I thought the bottom had already been scraped... this is (and I cannot overstate this) horrifying, incredibly dangerous and absolutely evil.
Racists are putting out AI videos of Black women threatening to be violent if the prospect of them losing their SNAP benefits next week.
It's rage bait and it's racist and it's fake
It's rage bait and it's racist and it's fake
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just when I thought the bottom had already been scraped... this is (and I cannot overstate this) horrifying, incredibly dangerous and absolutely evil.
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They say books won’t change the world.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
They say books won’t change the world.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
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“To watch a glacier collapse is to feel the full weight of climate change.”
Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.
Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.
North to Alaska: America’s Climate Warning
Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State
www.meidasplus.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“To watch a glacier collapse is to feel the full weight of climate change.”
Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.
Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.
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The Trump administration has come to BlueSky and are posting innumerable trolling Hatch-Act violating posts designed to increase your blood pressure. I don’t believe there is anything they will post that you can trust, so I would advise muting them below.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Trump administration has come to BlueSky and are posting innumerable trolling Hatch-Act violating posts designed to increase your blood pressure. I don’t believe there is anything they will post that you can trust, so I would advise muting them below.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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McSweeney's and The Onion really reporting what it's like on the ground out here these days.
"Until we go bankrupt or are fully devoured by one of the three beasts, things are going to be business as usual here. That means doing the job of two and a half employees without complaining."
Don’t Let the Beasts from Revelation Distract You from Your Expense Reports
Thanks for coming in. Have a seat. I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally mur...
buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
McSweeney's and The Onion really reporting what it's like on the ground out here these days.
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So, Łink is still banned? All the accounts we see catch bans and come back, and all the ones that mysteriously never get banned, but the one that stays banned is Łink?
Free Łink.
Free Łink.
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So, Łink is still banned? All the accounts we see catch bans and come back, and all the ones that mysteriously never get banned, but the one that stays banned is Łink?
Free Łink.
Free Łink.
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What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.
October 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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I can’t get my head around people being arrested for protesting against a genocide.
October 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I can’t get my head around people being arrested for protesting against a genocide.
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I don't think I've ever done this, so I thought I'd explain what I do and why I think we should be doing it for everyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness and need more than just financial assistance to get and stay housed. My program is called HUD-VASH, and we're proof of concept. 1/8
VA.gov | Veterans Affairs
Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.
www.va.gov
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I don't think I've ever done this, so I thought I'd explain what I do and why I think we should be doing it for everyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness and need more than just financial assistance to get and stay housed. My program is called HUD-VASH, and we're proof of concept. 1/8
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This is so infuriating.
October 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is so infuriating.
No notes.
Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
No notes.
When Black people talk about systemic & structural racism, this is one of the many examples...
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
When Black people talk about systemic & structural racism, this is one of the many examples...
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This is how you do it!
September 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This is how you do it!
In the midst of madness, greetings from Rhodos Old Town, where feeling part of an ancient history feels like important context right now.
September 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In the midst of madness, greetings from Rhodos Old Town, where feeling part of an ancient history feels like important context right now.
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If you know a woman,unfortunately theres a high chance she herself has been a victim of sexual assault.
By a
🚫Family member
🚫Teacher
🚫Dr.
🚫Neighbor
🚫Friend
🚫Coworker
🚫Boss
🚫Church member
🚫Babysitter..and on & on.
THIS is what woman have been forced to deal with since the beginning of time!!!!!!!!
If you know a woman,unfortunately theres a high chance she herself has been a victim of sexual assault.
By a
🚫Family member
🚫Teacher
🚫Dr.
🚫Neighbor
🚫Friend
🚫Coworker
🚫Boss
🚫Church member
🚫Babysitter..and on & on.
THIS is what woman have been forced to deal with since the beginning of time!!!!!!!!
July 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🎯
If you know a woman,unfortunately theres a high chance she herself has been a victim of sexual assault.
By a
🚫Family member
🚫Teacher
🚫Dr.
🚫Neighbor
🚫Friend
🚫Coworker
🚫Boss
🚫Church member
🚫Babysitter..and on & on.
THIS is what woman have been forced to deal with since the beginning of time!!!!!!!!
If you know a woman,unfortunately theres a high chance she herself has been a victim of sexual assault.
By a
🚫Family member
🚫Teacher
🚫Dr.
🚫Neighbor
🚫Friend
🚫Coworker
🚫Boss
🚫Church member
🚫Babysitter..and on & on.
THIS is what woman have been forced to deal with since the beginning of time!!!!!!!!
Some light in the darkness... bioluminescent waves on Muizenberg beach.
Blessed and grateful.
Blessed and grateful.
August 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Some light in the darkness... bioluminescent waves on Muizenberg beach.
Blessed and grateful.
Blessed and grateful.