RavinaSpecter
@ravinaspecter.bsky.social
Petter of cats, wearer of masks, eater of snacks. She/her. Honestly a perfect mix of Leslie Knope and Bucky Barnes. #uglydog #MaskUp
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day — and with masked troops in our streets, law-abiding neighbors being disappeared, a president othering and dehumanizing entire communities in our country, and big mysterious prisons awaiting his scapegoats, history is speaking to all of us.
Hitler, Jews, and the Holocaust
Hitler blamed Jews for Germany’s problems. Over the years, the Nazis targeted Jews with increasingly evil treatment, leading to the "Final Solution" — mass extermination. We visit the Auschwitz-Birken...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day — and with masked troops in our streets, law-abiding neighbors being disappeared, a president othering and dehumanizing entire communities in our country, and big mysterious prisons awaiting his scapegoats, history is speaking to all of us.
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There's SO many good reasons to NEVER use Amazon, here's just the most recent one!
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
There's SO many good reasons to NEVER use Amazon, here's just the most recent one!
What is with employers starting health savings account for me, never telling me, and then me finding out like 13 years later that I have $$$?????
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 PM
What is with employers starting health savings account for me, never telling me, and then me finding out like 13 years later that I have $$$?????
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Here is a cat to soften your Monday experience.
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Here is a cat to soften your Monday experience.
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#AICouldNever
If you need some hula today, here you go. There is a short announcer introduction that's worth listening to, for context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDu...
If you need some hula today, here you go. There is a short announcer introduction that's worth listening to, for context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDu...
Merrie Monarch Men Kahiko Winners - Ke Kai O Kahiki 2009
YouTube video by H
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January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
#AICouldNever
If you need some hula today, here you go. There is a short announcer introduction that's worth listening to, for context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDu...
If you need some hula today, here you go. There is a short announcer introduction that's worth listening to, for context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDu...
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When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
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Available original paintings roundup!
Sales have been short this month and still trying to make our mortgage, DM me if you are interested!
Sales have been short this month and still trying to make our mortgage, DM me if you are interested!
January 23, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Available original paintings roundup!
Sales have been short this month and still trying to make our mortgage, DM me if you are interested!
Sales have been short this month and still trying to make our mortgage, DM me if you are interested!
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It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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While I was at the Maui Ocean Center, one of the employees started telling my mom and I about this specific lobster in one of the reef zone tanks. “All the fish love him,” he said. “They mob him when he’s out and seem to really love being tapped by his feet and antennae. Sometimes he rides them.”
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
While I was at the Maui Ocean Center, one of the employees started telling my mom and I about this specific lobster in one of the reef zone tanks. “All the fish love him,” he said. “They mob him when he’s out and seem to really love being tapped by his feet and antennae. Sometimes he rides them.”
While I was at the Maui Ocean Center, one of the employees started telling my mom and I about this specific lobster in one of the reef zone tanks. “All the fish love him,” he said. “They mob him when he’s out and seem to really love being tapped by his feet and antennae. Sometimes he rides them.”
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
While I was at the Maui Ocean Center, one of the employees started telling my mom and I about this specific lobster in one of the reef zone tanks. “All the fish love him,” he said. “They mob him when he’s out and seem to really love being tapped by his feet and antennae. Sometimes he rides them.”
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Little roundup of available small original artworks that I currently have available.✨
Feel free to DM if interested.
Feel free to DM if interested.
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Little roundup of available small original artworks that I currently have available.✨
Feel free to DM if interested.
Feel free to DM if interested.
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Was privileged enough to catch this truly gorgeous sunset in Maui, HI last week.
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Was privileged enough to catch this truly gorgeous sunset in Maui, HI last week.
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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Anyway, this is all to say that one of the weirdest things I know is that GLP-1 inhibitor drugs — the miracle anti-diabetes drugs/weight loss cocktails sold as Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic, etc. — are derived from the venom of gila monsters.
No, *really*.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_mo...
No, *really*.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_mo...
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Anyway, this is all to say that one of the weirdest things I know is that GLP-1 inhibitor drugs — the miracle anti-diabetes drugs/weight loss cocktails sold as Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic, etc. — are derived from the venom of gila monsters.
No, *really*.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_mo...
No, *really*.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_mo...
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Experimenting with small format original wave paintings.
A & B (4" on wood/hanger) $200 each
C. 4" on paper - $150
Available • DM to claim
Includes US shipping
A & B (4" on wood/hanger) $200 each
C. 4" on paper - $150
Available • DM to claim
Includes US shipping
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Experimenting with small format original wave paintings.
A & B (4" on wood/hanger) $200 each
C. 4" on paper - $150
Available • DM to claim
Includes US shipping
A & B (4" on wood/hanger) $200 each
C. 4" on paper - $150
Available • DM to claim
Includes US shipping
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If you’re pregnant please wear a well fitted mask like an N95.
Pregnancy makes you high risk for Covid complications.
There’s no risk to masking and cleaning the air.
More & more studies are showing that Covid during pregnancy harms a developing fetus.
Mask up.
Pregnancy makes you high risk for Covid complications.
There’s no risk to masking and cleaning the air.
More & more studies are showing that Covid during pregnancy harms a developing fetus.
Mask up.
COVID-19 in Pregnancy Linked With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
This Medical News article discusses new research indicating that children whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 3 years...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
If you’re pregnant please wear a well fitted mask like an N95.
Pregnancy makes you high risk for Covid complications.
There’s no risk to masking and cleaning the air.
More & more studies are showing that Covid during pregnancy harms a developing fetus.
Mask up.
Pregnancy makes you high risk for Covid complications.
There’s no risk to masking and cleaning the air.
More & more studies are showing that Covid during pregnancy harms a developing fetus.
Mask up.
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Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday.
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Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday.
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Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday.
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Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
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I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.