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Rachel K. (Tala)
@talaattanagra.bsky.social
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Here for science, nature, philosophy, mycology, history, advocacy, Afroasiatic languages, linguistics in general.

Medically-retired analyst w/ MEcfs. Epicurean. Humanist. Existentialist. DMV-area forager. SCA, Atlantia. Harvard, GSE. Tinzouline ⵣ♡.
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I didn't like the graphics I saw online, so I made a new graphic of Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah to accompany a #philosophy project I'm doing.

Feel free to use it (CC BY SA) for your own purposes.

#charity #giving #MutualAid #TikkunOlam #Maimonides #medieval #alAndalus #alMaghreb #Fustat #mySCA
Maimonides' ladder of Charity, outlining the best types of charity from best to worst. Empowering Giving Mutual Anonymity Anonymous Giver Anonymous Recipient Proactive Giving Reactive Giving Small But Glad Giving Reluctant Giving
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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teslatakedown.com
The very first #TeslaTakedown weekend of action was nearly nine months ago, on Feb. 15. Now we're calling for a mass mobilization on Nov. 15 to stand up to extreme greed and say #NoTrillionaires! Host an event in your community! 👇🧵 #teslatakedown

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#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Is Scott Galloway becoming the new Jordan Peterson? 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Hey #FrederickMD: Go Vote. 🗳️

Dropboxes make it easy!
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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maryshannonthomas.bsky.social
Hey, @rooseveltinstitute.org, maybe you want to take back the award you gave @teenvogue.com in light of their absolute gutting of their political reporting? Seems like a thing that should happen.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Happy #Halloween & early #Caturday from Tendi 🦇🎃
A gray cat with yellow eyes in a blue harness with blue bat wings attached to it. She is sitting next to an orange pumpkin and a terracotta pot with yellow mums A gray cat with blue construction paper bat wings standing in a doorway looking out at the street. Outside of the door is a bale of hay with a pumpkin on top of it and decorative corn resting against it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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ezralevin.bsky.social
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Gillz for dayz! Found in central Maryland, USA.

#mushroom #fungi #nature #disabledForager #LittleThings #FungiFriends 🍄📸
The underside of a mushroom on a branch with pink gills. In the background there is a blue sky with green leaves
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
Today is POTS Awareness Day.

We’re raising visibility for POTS and orthostatic intolerance (OI), common in ME/CFS and Long COVID.

Look back at this month’s posts & next week for more.

#POTSAwarenessDay #POTS #MECFS #LongCOVID #OI
White ribbon on teal background with the text "Today is POTS Awareness Day" in bold white letters.
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday! 🐈‍⬛

Today, we took Tendi on a hike. #AdventureCat #cat #LittleThings #nature #hiking #outdoors
A gray cat in a blue harness with yellow eyes. She is looking attentively at the camera while sitting in green grass. A light-skinned man with dark hair and glasses and beard holding a pet backpack on the front with a gray cat's head sticking out. They are standing in front of an autumn season creek and trees and a blue sky. A gray cat with a little tongue sticking out. Her head is sticking out of a backpack and she is next to a tree with mushrooms on it The back of a gray cat's head as she watches a light-skinned woman with brown hair kneeling on the ground in front of a lock, taking photos of a mushroom in two odds.
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
"Autism didn't exist back then!"

Cut to me cataloging a portion of the 300+ toothpicks holders my grandpa collected when he returned from fighting on Normandy Beach in WW2.

#antiques #glass #autism #GreatestGeneration #MedicalGaslighting #science #patterns #collections
A collage of nine labeled collections of small vintage glassware and decorative pieces arranged on towels with a black Sharpie marker for scale.
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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indivisible.org
Frogs for freedom. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Many disabled people couldn’t attend No Kings because of accessibility and/or safety issues.

ICE has a history of targeting and abusing the disabled … because we’re easy targets

The Nazi’s did the same. Called us “useless eaters”

Tested the gas chambers on us

Disability justice is anti fascist!
Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
www.disabledginger.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Of course I find my FAVORITE mushroom today while out on the town protecting democracy — 1st lion's mane of the year! #HericiumErinaceus

#FungiFriends 🍄📸
A tree in front of a green field with other trees and a tall building in the background. There is a white blob (mushroom) on the tree high up. A lion's mane mushroom, a white blob on a trees bark
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I'd estimate about 2.5-3k people in attendance. Good job, #FrederickMD ✅

#NoKings 🚫👑🪧
Protest sign in front of lots of other people with protest signs. It says we're not being paid Donnie you just can't comprehend having moral and a spine. A guy in a space suit inflatable costing with a sign that says The only ice I'm interested in are the Martian ice caps. A guy in a black T-shirt at a protest holding an American flag and an open mouth with red lips inside of it says free speech save it Protest sign that says I like my country like my Scotch no ice
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
Just felt like putting yellow flowers in my hair 🌻 #NoKings
Back of the head of a light-skinned woman with brown hair, and yellow flowers all throughout her braid. She is wearing a white and yellow collared shirt.
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
🚫👑🪧 Bedbound folks can participate too! #MEcfs #NoKings #resist
effies.bsky.social Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · Oct 14
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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raskin.house.gov
So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?
politico.com Politico @politico.com · Oct 14
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
talaattanagra.bsky.social
I remember conversations w/ our Rabbi on how Jews are cohesive amid external threats—how we should focus on being cohesive regardless of externalities.

Yet some of my Christian friends were actively discouraged from perceiving this phenomenon + encouraged to victimhood?

youtube.com/shorts/r75yJ...
An insider’s perspective #maga #republican #religion #politics #rightwing #god #indoctrination
YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
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October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Wishing a meaningful Indigenous Peoples Day to all!

I live on land between/shared by(?): Piscataway, Susquehannock, Massawomeck, and Mannahoac nations.

Check whose land you inhabit ➡️ native-land.ca. Consider supporting that group, or getting to know them by attending any of their public events.
A scene from the TV show *The Good Place*. In the first frame, Janet is smiling and raising her finger while saying, “Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place.” In the second frame, she continues smiling and says, “because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.” Michael looks surprised beside her, and Chidi is facing them, seen from behind.
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Wanna know who ICE is? Wanna know which companies are collaborating with them?

icelist.is
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
icelist.is
October 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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4nikkolas.bsky.social
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Paris Paloma being so very real again. Boys & men are suffering so much because of the patriarchy, and they're bringing the world down with them.

youtu.be/5NfyIpE4zaw?...
Paris Paloma - Good Boy [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Paris Paloma
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Did I mention how much I'm looking forward to this introductory #Haketia class? I'm grateful to the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages for providing this free opportunity!

#language #Langsky #morocco #ladino #spanish #hebrew #Arabic #NorthAfrica #Balkan #semitic #afroasiatic #romance
A screenshot saying: You are here: Home / Language Classes / Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages / Haketia HAKETIA Teacher: Dr Carlos Yebra López, Cal State Fullerton Class Level: Beginners Class Schedule 2025-26: Thursdays from 17:30- 18:30 UK Time (you can check time-zone comparisons on sites such as this one) Class Length: 2-term class (Michaelmas Term 025-Hilary Term 2026) (Oxford dates of term are available on the University website) Class Description: This course will introduce students to Haketia (Western Judeo-Spanish, Haquetia, Jaquetia), the language of the Western (North African) Sephardic Jews which survives in post-vernacular fashion mainly in Morocco, Spanish Africa (Ceuta, Melilla), Venezuela and Israel. Students Will acquire basic <nowledge of the grammar, syntax and lexicon of the language through reading and listening to selections from the rich culture of Western Sephardic Jews across Morocco, Spanish Africa and beyond.
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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1/3 #philsky Thanks, Dan! Now I have a whole new reading list for studying moral #philosophy!

• The Moral Brain: Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality - Springer Publishing

• Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality - Narvaez, Darcia
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM