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zinnedproject.bsky.social
"Feminist thinking teaches us all how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life." ― bell hooks from "Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics" (bookshop.org/a/7256/97811...)

#CiteBlackWomenSunday
#TeachTruth
Photo of bell hooks, wearing a scarf and holding a mic, with colorful painting behind her. Text says "Feminist thinking teaches us all how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life." ― bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Photo by Alex Lozupone (Tduk), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, October 2014
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
A Wood Duck for the #green theme of #birdoftheday picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social

#birds #photography #naturephotography #eastcoastkin
Male wood duck and his reflection showing a green head.
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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ramirez.house.gov
DHS is a money laundering machine. It must be defunded and dismantled. Full stop! 2/2
February 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A lot of people talk about wanting Dems with the courage and anger to meet this moment, but Rep. @ramirez.house.gov is actually doing it.

Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
www.nature.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.

"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees. The government suggests — with minimal explanation and even less evidence — that doing so would result in "chaos." The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights. 14 At this preliminary stage, Plaintiffs have made a clear showing of likelihood of success on their Fifth Amendment claim.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Eight years ago today 🌿

Etlingera elatior (Torch Ginger) blooming in the forest preserve near Ke’anae.
White-fringed red bracts in a tight cluster with a few yellow-edged red flowers
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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lettersofnote.com
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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dptbirder.bsky.social
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this female peregrine falcon shake

The way she slowly grows in to a falcorb is mesmerizing 🫨

This video is NOT in slow motion!

Peregrine Falcon 📷🌿🪶
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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photosteve.bsky.social
Two female Great Curassow sitting in a tree
#birds #CostaRica
A close up portrait of a female great curassow against a light green background she has a black head a neck with ornate black and white feathers on her head. Two female great curassow sitting side by side on a branch in a tree
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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rebeccanagle.bsky.social
Trump is planning to install a statue of Columbus at the White House. For anyone who needs a reminder, here is why we don’t celebrate Columbus.
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
tom homan is a bitch
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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mddoogie3.bsky.social
Meanwhile, DHS shows its contempt for the judiciary in a different way. In dozens, likely now thousands, of cases, DHS openly defies court orders.

Minnesota courts enter orders forbidding ICE from moving noncitizens who’ve filed habeas petitions out of Minnesota. They move them anyway.

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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
One-leaf orchid. Such a beautiful little wildflower. NWT, Canada.
#orchid #flower #wildflower #botany
Each flower is about 1.5cm high.
Photo of a little over a dozen tiny orchid flowers. Each flower is shaped like a tiny person with a white body and a pink head and hood. The body is covered in pink polka dots. The background of the photo is green.
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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truthout.org
Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.
Indigenous-Led Collectives Are Keeping Minnesotan Communities Safe From ICE
Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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alexisgoldstein.bsky.social
At today’s YoungWorkerMarch.com, it felt below freezing outside during the March, but workers still showed up to bring the heat to Congress and bosses.

1) @drkennybroberson.bsky.social of AFGE kicks off the rally.
2) List of Demands
Dr. Kendrick Roberson, National Vice President, Women & Fair Practices Department at the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), speaking at a podium to a rally for the Young Worker March in Washington DC. YOUNG WORKERS ARE ESSENTAL SHOW UP TO DEMAND A FUTURE FOR YOUNG WORKERS! OUR DEMANDS 1. Federal Living Wage with Inflation Adjustments • Congress should pass a bill raising the federal minimum wage and indexing it to inflation • Congress should require automatic COLAs (Cost of Living Adjustments) for federal employees 2. Healthcare and Childcare that Workers Can Afford • Congress should pass a public option or expand Medicare to allow workers to buy in at affordable rates. • Congress should Cap prescription drug prices by expanding Medicare negotiation power • Congress should fund universal child care and pre-K with capped family expenses as a % of family income 3. Worker Power and Union Rights • Congress should pass the Protect America's Workforce Act to guarantee bargaining rights and union time for federal employees • Congress should pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act 4. Affordable Housing Now • Congress should Expand first-time home buyer programs • Congress should cap rent increases in federally subsidized housing 5. Education Without Crushing Debt • Congress should Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and pass a federal debt cancellation bill for borrowers under income thresholds • Congress should fund tuition-free community colleges nationwide • Congress should fund more vocational training options for young workers interested in entering the trades, starting in high school • Congress should fund diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs to increase access to education for people from diverse backgrounds Join the "Young Worker March on Washington" in front of Congress February 7, 2026, 12PM (March from Hyatt Regency at 11AM) www.youngworkermarch.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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amandamakepeace.bsky.social
Corvus my little light thief, for this week’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #sunlight. ✨

#art #birdart
A silhouette of a raven in gold leaf, racing away from the dark
February 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Aconitum columbianum, our Columbian Monkshood, blooming with fruit #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to August 7 🌿
Monkshood flower and green fruits
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
rufflefeather.bsky.social
Eartha Kitt — painting by Lady Bird Cleveland — 1954

#BlackHistory #BlackBeauty #BlackExcellence
A painting of Eartha Kitt looking fierce. She is seated cross-legged, head held high, gazing directly at the viewer. She is wearing a geometrically patterned bandeau top and striped pants — both highlighted with shades of lilac and lavender. She is wearing red lipstick, golden earrings, a silver necklace, a serpentine bicep bracelet on her left arm, and silver studded ballet flats. The background is many shades of purple with the suggestion of spires and minarets in the distance. Painted by Lady Bird Cleveland in 1954.
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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aapf.org
On today's AI slop from the president: The world is watching us. Our children are watching us. And anything short of outright condemnation, outrage and reflection on the systemic failures that brought us here—the consistent apologies or obscuring of racism in our national discourse—is unacceptable.
MAGA and its enablers have moved overt anti-Black racism back into the mainstream while civil society has time and again managed only a muted response to egregiously racist attacks. As one side uses abject racism to openly galvanize its supporters, and another shies away from confronting it directly, this dangerous asymmetry is pushing us further into crisis and away from democracy.
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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erinnthered.bsky.social
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officialjackwhite This post would basically get anyone, at any job fired immediately...except for arguably the most important position in the world. That's right, trump is a racist, a rapist, a felon, a grifter (currently ordering the US govt. to pay him 10 billion dollars simply because no one will stop him.) and a full on dementia sufferer, and yet he has the power to send in gestapo ICE soldiers to kill our citizens, and so much more dangerously, has the nuclear codes and the ability to end humanity at any moment based on an egotistical whim. How is it possible we've given this evil man so much power? The two party system, the electoral college, the responsibility that the internet has brought to humanity and its direct conflict with truth, and America's obsession with celebrity, are all to blame, but the fact that we aren't stopping it is..insanity. Arrest this man. Impeach this man. 25th amendment this man. Indict this man. Jail this man. This longtime friend of pedophile epstein, who appears 40 thousand times in the files. This demolisher of the White House, demolisher of the Constitution demolisher of the Bill of Rights, this demolisher of America full stop. It's hard to believe the government does almost nothing about this lunacy and we just all have to sit back and watch as a people. And when he's finally gone? we had better put into place new laws and regulations that don't allow anvone to find dangerous loopholes based solely on the assumption that our President has some sort of dignity and decency. Abolish these loopholes, abolish the electoral college, and if we had any sense we would abolish the two party system (that George Washington advised us never to have) that got us here in the first place and has failed not only Americans, but everyone else in the world who is currently suffering from our policies and suffering from the whims of this sick, deranged man who I will state again, has his tiny, bruised fingers on the nuclear launch button.
February 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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dogofthedesert.bsky.social
A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) racing his reflection. Photo taken at Isleta Lakes, New Mexico on February 6, 2026.

#nature #naturephotography #birds
The aesthetic key to this image is the finely and evenly rippled water. The ripples are mostly brown above (reflecting winter vegetation) and blue below (reflecting the sky). Flying just above the rippled water, the male hooded merganser has his wings in their downbeat. His head is black with a white patch, and with his hood folded back (think aerodynamic drag). The beak is black and the eye is yellow-orange. The outer parts of the wings are gray but the visible inner part of the near upperwing is patterned white, black, and gray. The breast and belly are white. Near the tail, above the midline, is a patch of brown. The tail is seen on edge so the details aren't apparent. Below the merganser, its reflection is blurred by the ripples in the pond's surface.
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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clintsmithiii.bsky.social
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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weratedogs.com
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
A sleepy male Wood Duck this morning at my local pond.

#ducks #birds #nature
Close-up portrait of a colorful duck with an iridescent green head, red eye, and patterned chest against a soft, blurred background.
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM