Mosaic Heart
@valinpa.bsky.social
Retired, pretty darn chill, rocks/minerals and nature, mosaic hobbyist and coaster enthusiast. Photos are mine unless otherwise noted or reposted. Please, 🚫crypto 🚫meanies. Be yourself. All we need is love 🩷💚🩷
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Repeat after me: *the purpose of a system is what it does*
If you wanted a justice system whose purpose was to ensure public safety you would need to make a different system that *does that*
The current carceral system's purpose is racialized oppression. That's what it does.
If you wanted a justice system whose purpose was to ensure public safety you would need to make a different system that *does that*
The current carceral system's purpose is racialized oppression. That's what it does.
For the people asking me what I mean by "people over institutions" and "abolish the carceral state":
The American prison industrial complex is a for profit institution built on the systematic oppression and criminalization of racialized people. It should be eliminated.
The American prison industrial complex is a for profit institution built on the systematic oppression and criminalization of racialized people. It should be eliminated.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Repeat after me: *the purpose of a system is what it does*
If you wanted a justice system whose purpose was to ensure public safety you would need to make a different system that *does that*
The current carceral system's purpose is racialized oppression. That's what it does.
If you wanted a justice system whose purpose was to ensure public safety you would need to make a different system that *does that*
The current carceral system's purpose is racialized oppression. That's what it does.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pine Creek, Tioga County, PA
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pine Creek, Tioga County, PA
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Shapiro: I just heard from a woman who spoke at the press conference where I announced the disaster declaration. She’s got 30 bucks left on her SNAP card to get her through the holidays here in November…
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Shapiro: I just heard from a woman who spoke at the press conference where I announced the disaster declaration. She’s got 30 bucks left on her SNAP card to get her through the holidays here in November…
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Trick or Treat! Salty and Sweet.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Trick or Treat! Salty and Sweet.
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Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.
But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭
#Astrophotography
But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭
#Astrophotography
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.
But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭
#Astrophotography
But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭
#Astrophotography
Canada Geese, mallards and swans at Children’s Lake, Boiling Springs, Pa. ♥️
October 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Canada Geese, mallards and swans at Children’s Lake, Boiling Springs, Pa. ♥️
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Steve displaying his "rock."
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Steve displaying his "rock."
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Dunes and flowers on Hatteras Island. 💛
September 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dunes and flowers on Hatteras Island. 💛
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Rainbow 🌈 over Capitan mountains ⛰️ New Mexico
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Rainbow 🌈 over Capitan mountains ⛰️ New Mexico
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The Soothingly Blue Ridge Mountains
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Soothingly Blue Ridge Mountains
Pretty sure this guy posed for the photo ❤️
#atlanticghostcrab
#atlanticghostcrab
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Pretty sure this guy posed for the photo ❤️
#atlanticghostcrab
#atlanticghostcrab
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
September 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
August 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Finally! Several large caterpillars enjoying the milkweed! 💚🖤💛
#monarchbutterfly
#monarchbutterfly
August 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Finally! Several large caterpillars enjoying the milkweed! 💚🖤💛
#monarchbutterfly
#monarchbutterfly
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Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
August 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.