Aria Elan
@ariaelan.bsky.social
Artist, Attorney, Environmentalist
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Aria Elan
@ariaelan.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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Many people are just one pay check away from #homelessness. Universal basic income goes a long way in affording housing.
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Many people are just one pay check away from #homelessness. Universal basic income goes a long way in affording housing.
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And yet the President of the United States is claiming that affordbability is a "hoax."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Americans are feeling the pain of the affordability crisis: ‘There’s not any wiggle room’
The costs of groceries, housing, childcare, education and healthcare have become intolerable to many
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And yet the President of the United States is claiming that affordbability is a "hoax."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
Giving is truly pleasurable. Perhaps Harper's friends were wealthy, but maybe they didn't have a lot of $ and sacrificed, seeing someone special. Harper was a great writer. RIP
In 2025, most of my friends can barely survive, but cool fantasy.
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Giving is truly pleasurable. Perhaps Harper's friends were wealthy, but maybe they didn't have a lot of $ and sacrificed, seeing someone special. Harper was a great writer. RIP
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Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
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I still can't get over the fact that "panels you point at sky and make electricity from sunlight with no fuel is the cheapest source of energy" needed explanation.
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I still can't get over the fact that "panels you point at sky and make electricity from sunlight with no fuel is the cheapest source of energy" needed explanation.
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🔭 🧪 #extragalactic 🧵
You are looking at the bright spiral galaxy M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy or NGC 3031.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap14111...
Its beauty and complexity make it a fascinating object for astronomers, a natural laboratory for understanding galaxy dynamics, galactic interactions,
You are looking at the bright spiral galaxy M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy or NGC 3031.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap14111...
Its beauty and complexity make it a fascinating object for astronomers, a natural laboratory for understanding galaxy dynamics, galactic interactions,
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔭 🧪 #extragalactic 🧵
You are looking at the bright spiral galaxy M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy or NGC 3031.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap14111...
Its beauty and complexity make it a fascinating object for astronomers, a natural laboratory for understanding galaxy dynamics, galactic interactions,
You are looking at the bright spiral galaxy M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy or NGC 3031.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap14111...
Its beauty and complexity make it a fascinating object for astronomers, a natural laboratory for understanding galaxy dynamics, galactic interactions,
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🌱
"...she clustered 24 new single-family homes around four shared gardening spaces, which help...the community accomplish one of their stated goals: getting to know their neighbors well. The success of these & other food-based developments has persuaded more developers to establish #agrihoods." #food
Agrihoods: Neighborhoods With Local Food at the Hub – Mother Earth News
Real estate developers and community members alike appreciate the added value of agrihoods that are established around vegetable gardens and small farms.
www.motherearthnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🌱
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🔭 🧪 #cosmology 🧵
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Crazy and fascinating!
High-resolution images from Hubble, combined with data from the WM Keck Observatory, have allowed the identification of 9 rings in the giant galaxy LEDA 1313424, nicknamed "Bullseye".
Image source➡️ esahubble.org/images/opo25...
The rings were probably⤵️
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Crazy and fascinating!
High-resolution images from Hubble, combined with data from the WM Keck Observatory, have allowed the identification of 9 rings in the giant galaxy LEDA 1313424, nicknamed "Bullseye".
Image source➡️ esahubble.org/images/opo25...
The rings were probably⤵️
February 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🔭 🧪 #cosmology 🧵
1/
Crazy and fascinating!
High-resolution images from Hubble, combined with data from the WM Keck Observatory, have allowed the identification of 9 rings in the giant galaxy LEDA 1313424, nicknamed "Bullseye".
Image source➡️ esahubble.org/images/opo25...
The rings were probably⤵️
1/
Crazy and fascinating!
High-resolution images from Hubble, combined with data from the WM Keck Observatory, have allowed the identification of 9 rings in the giant galaxy LEDA 1313424, nicknamed "Bullseye".
Image source➡️ esahubble.org/images/opo25...
The rings were probably⤵️
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This is what we all should remember.
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is what we all should remember.
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Another day of trying to replace the terrible news on your feed with beautiful landscape photography 📸
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
January 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Another day of trying to replace the terrible news on your feed with beautiful landscape photography 📸
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
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Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age
Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
www.npr.org
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
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🔭 🧪 🧵
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In this nice pic by Cristian Fattinnanzi, you see lined up left to right beyond the dark lunar limb: Callisto, Ganymede, Jupiter, Io, Europa.
The sunlit crescent is overexposed with the Moon's night side faintly illuminated by Earthshine.
Image source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap12072...
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In this nice pic by Cristian Fattinnanzi, you see lined up left to right beyond the dark lunar limb: Callisto, Ganymede, Jupiter, Io, Europa.
The sunlit crescent is overexposed with the Moon's night side faintly illuminated by Earthshine.
Image source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap12072...
January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🔭 🧪 🧵
1/
In this nice pic by Cristian Fattinnanzi, you see lined up left to right beyond the dark lunar limb: Callisto, Ganymede, Jupiter, Io, Europa.
The sunlit crescent is overexposed with the Moon's night side faintly illuminated by Earthshine.
Image source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap12072...
1/
In this nice pic by Cristian Fattinnanzi, you see lined up left to right beyond the dark lunar limb: Callisto, Ganymede, Jupiter, Io, Europa.
The sunlit crescent is overexposed with the Moon's night side faintly illuminated by Earthshine.
Image source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap12072...
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They give us unconditional love, devotion & loyalty.
They are a reliable source of peace, joy & contentment.
That they have made this a better world is an undisputed FACT.
👁️❤️🐶🐕
They are a reliable source of peace, joy & contentment.
That they have made this a better world is an undisputed FACT.
👁️❤️🐶🐕
January 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
They give us unconditional love, devotion & loyalty.
They are a reliable source of peace, joy & contentment.
That they have made this a better world is an undisputed FACT.
👁️❤️🐶🐕
They are a reliable source of peace, joy & contentment.
That they have made this a better world is an undisputed FACT.
👁️❤️🐶🐕
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"Some live in clouds/away from the crowds/without a care/totally unaware/of the suffering/the rough things/that poverty brings..." No Homelessness youtu.be/PZPGnJ7pqMs?...
No Homelessness
YouTube video by Aria Elan
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January 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Some live in clouds/away from the crowds/without a care/totally unaware/of the suffering/the rough things/that poverty brings..." No Homelessness youtu.be/PZPGnJ7pqMs?...
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Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork for the country to address climate change now.
Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy set the foundation for today's climate action
Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork for the country to address climate change now.
www.npr.org
January 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork for the country to address climate change now.
"Stand" is a classic Sly & The Family Stones hit.
Stand
In the end, you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
music.apple.com/us/album/sta...
In the end, you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
music.apple.com/us/album/sta...
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone on Apple Music
Song · 1969 · Duration 3:07
music.apple.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Stand" is a classic Sly & The Family Stones hit.
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A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that give a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
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Happy Public Domain Day!
Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse Enter the Public Domain
A wealth of art and literature, from the work of Robert Capa to Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, is now available for public access in the United States.
hyperallergic.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Happy Public Domain Day!
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this is probably my favourite photograph of 2024, taken on a long May evening at the shipwreck on Rhossili beach in the Gower, Wales
December 31, 2024 at 4:11 PM
this is probably my favourite photograph of 2024, taken on a long May evening at the shipwreck on Rhossili beach in the Gower, Wales
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The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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A dam was removed from North Carolina's Watauga River that not only allowed the river to begin recovery from a century of degradation, but also enabled the river to withstand Hurricane Helene without widespread destruction. Without a dam the river could move and better absorb the storm's shock. 🌍🌿🧪⚒️
Undamming Hope: A Watauga River Restoration -
In the heart of North Carolina’s High Country, the Watauga River is remembering its path. From its headwaters at Grandfather Mountain, it winds through forests and over rocky banks before flowing into...
www.americanrivers.org
December 23, 2024 at 10:14 PM
A dam was removed from North Carolina's Watauga River that not only allowed the river to begin recovery from a century of degradation, but also enabled the river to withstand Hurricane Helene without widespread destruction. Without a dam the river could move and better absorb the storm's shock. 🌍🌿🧪⚒️