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April
@vulturenjoyer.bsky.social
Elementary teacher. Lifelong artist. Lover of ecology.
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Since FB is getting Bad I figure i make an equivalent here that's like... worksafe I guess? Hi. I will post about books I'm reading and shows I'm watching and the usual social justice things I'm passionate about.
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clouds 💖

#sciart #pleinair #nature #art #illustration 🧪 🌎 🌿
July 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Hey guys- White nationalists have helped a white woman in Minnesota raise $300k after she was filmed calling a five-year-old Black child the n-word.

The local NAACP chapter is fundraising for the boy and his family to get legal help. The least we could do is out-fundraise the nazis.

Donate here:
Donate to Help Us Seek Justice for a 5-Year-Old Facing Racial Hate, organized by Rochester Branch NAACP
On April 30, 2025, in a City of Rochester public park, a whit… Rochester Branch NAACP needs your support for Help Us Seek Justice for a 5-Year-Old Facing Racial Hate
gofund.me
May 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Read my latest:
ICE efforts in DC thwarted by solidarity
Kristi Noem has been denied another camera-ready moment of cruelty.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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A gentle reminder that you can do something to make the world suck less for yourself and the people you care about:
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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When people say they're using AI because they don't want to get professionally left behind in this era of tech I'm like you do realize the whole point of AI is to fire people. You're training the machines they're building to fire you
March 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Today is a beautiful day for peaceful protest, to get out with your fellow citizens, exercise your First Amendment rights and make your voices heard! Join one of the hundreds of #TeslaTakedown protests or organize one in your city at TeslaTakedown.com!
Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.
TeslaTakedown.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Saying it’s ‘about hate,’ Beshear vetoes ban on DEI in Kentucky public higher education kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/s...
Saying it's 'about hate,' Beshear vetoes ban on DEI in Kentucky public higher education • Kentucky Lantern
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issues expected veto of a Republican-backed bn on diversity, equity and inclusion in Kentucky’s public colleges.
kentuckylantern.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Was not expecting tears of joy this morning but here we are!
March 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Vultures are such amazing birds, this broke my heart www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cl...
Vultures in mourning? Bizarre bird behavior spotted in Maryland
Vultures are intelligent and complex birds who form lasting relationships, according to one vulture expert.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.

And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.

I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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The tide is shifting. Republicans are beginning to recognize that the attacks on trans people need to stop.

They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana
One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Fruit shaped bus stops in Japan #moodboard
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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It´s all about mushrooms!
Trametes versicolor
#fungifriends #mycology
February 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I want to get back to writing again... there was a short period where I was scribbling down story notes here and there and it'd be nice to at least do that semi regularly
February 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Despite the narrative there’s no popular resistance to Trump, protests are erupting at Tesla dealerships, in public squares, and beyond.

@alexwinter.com joins the show to talk about the Tesla Takedown and the movement to fight DOGE and save democracy.

Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I need it to not be chemicals
stories about love
loloverruled.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.

link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Just had an excellent interview with @advocate.com, and I really think this one is worth your time to read.
Chris Kluwe 'figured' he would get arrested for protesting MAGA — and he'd do it again (exclusive)
Chris Kluwe, a former NFL kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, tells The Advocate about getting arrested for protesting MAGA proposals on his city council.
www.advocate.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Just a reminder that people used to put paint and formaldehyde into milk and there had to be a huge movement to get proper food regulation, and without it people will die www.eater.com/2020/1/28/21...
We Owe Food Regulation to a 19th-Century Chemist Who Poisoned His Colleagues
The Poison Squad, as they became known, was a group of men who willingly consumed dangerous substances to force the government into consumer protections
www.eater.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:22 PM