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Arie Meadowlark /I\
@ariefarnam.bsky.social
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Backwoods progressive, Druid, writer, linguist, hearth keeper, herbalist healer, woke "take-no-shit" Pagan, and blind/disabled defender of human rights and the earth--forging strong communities around mutual aid, inclusion and responsibility. She/they
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Reality has raised the bar for dystopian #fiction. But fortunately, I have some very grim #dystopian ideas that no one would've taken seriously before and which now seem eerily realistic. 😹 #Writers will use anything.

#writer #writing #antifascist #amwriting #BookSky #Readers #WriteSky #BookLovers
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Basic #economic governance: If you give money to the wealthy, they just have a bigger cushion. If you give money to the poor, they spend it and grow the #economy 3 to 4 times more. "Conservative" #economists know this basic law of their #science. They just don't like it.

#TaxTheRich #StopCorruption
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A family, all US citizens, pepper-sprayed by ICE in a parking lot. No reason given, no detention, just cruelty. The 1-year-old couldn't open her eyes and struggled to breathe. She and her asthmatic father were briefly hospitalized.
#FightFascism #fighthate #unity #solidarity #theresistance #resist
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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"Conservatives" online tell me the Trump admin is helping people. When the facts are presented, they insist children, cancer patients and people with severe disabilities should get a job or die. I am trying to understand what kind of country they want.
#taxtherich #StopCorruption #unity #AntiFascist
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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When those who've had advantages since birth see someone hungry or homeless and exhausted from years of low-wage toil, they assume that person didn't work. I'm so tired of hearing about work from those who've done so little of it.
#TaxTheRich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #solidarity #TruthWarriors
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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And the #Earth still provides us with exquisite #beauty, a whisper of what we must not forget--life is #magical, we are all in this together, this is our home. This s is a photo of the northern lights over #Stonehenge last night.

#science #nature #oldgods #pagansky #climateaction #solidarity #green
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Just before walking in the Veterans' Day parade to remember those who fought fascism and stand with those who fought for democracy.

#VeteransDay #VetsSayNo #WWII #WWIIveteran #defenddemocracy #fighthate #USAProtest #AntiCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #organize #FreeElections
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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MAGA can't decide whether to be insultingly dismissive or fear-mongering about the opposition. The result is entertaining, but we're protesting fascism, so I'm busy.

#WeAreTheFlood #defenddemocracy #fighthate #protest #climateaction #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #DisabilityRights
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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When MAGA supporters saw what was in #Project2025, they didn't like it, so Trump claimed he knew nothing about it. Now look at the policy list. It's the plan. They are following it like a recipe.

#RobberBarons #FuckOligarchy #taxtherich #StopCorruption #solidarity #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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If you're pretending to be a political party, bit really you're a club for #billionaires to skim the last bits of wealth off the country and the only semblence of a popular base you can scrape together is from racists and #incels, the "Nazl problem" is inevitable.
#FuckOligarchy #resist #AntiFascist
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Something to keep in mind. While food pantries are needed, much of the food they provide is heavily processed and not very #healthy. When they provide #fresh #food, it is often stale and partly moldy. There are a few items in a #FoodPantry I could eat with my medical diet.
#poor #economy #compassion
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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There is a plan by predatory billionaires to devolve us to the gilded age of extreme inequality and pollution, to destroy #democracy and all "collectivism" as they call it (any empathy or community feeling). Read "Democracy in Chains" by MacLean. Also: www.wilsontimes.com/columns/how-...
#oligarchy
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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People have been giggling, but I find it ominous. What he means is: "The far right must win at all cost. No holds barred." Vast billionaire propaganda hasn't subdued the population. They will rig elections. They'll do whatever it takes. Be prepared.
#FuckOligarchy #resist #AntiFascist #FreeElections
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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What if working-class MAGAs really understood how predatory #billionaires have become?

What if the upper-middle-class saw how even their portion of #wealth has DECREASED as the 1% gobbles everything?

www.ariefarnam.com/freespirits/...

#taxtherich #StopCorruption #solidarity #resist #AntiFascist
The real "us against them": We must all come together to face economic predators — Arie Farnam
Once native people lived all across this land—18 million by many estimates. They had thriving towns, farms, cities, nations with laws and vast lands populated by ancient tribes. The first Europeans ...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Some good results! But Democrats will need more than just "not Trump." Let's tell them loud and clear, we want a party with a vision. And here it is. #Achievable #Realistic #Necessary
#defenddemocracy #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #climateaction #unity #solidarity #theresistance #resist
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I live in a very red town, so I hear from MAGA folks. They say it's too bad we can't afford healthcare and food as a country. "Money doesn't grow on trees." They get real quiet when I mention the things frump an afford.
#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #unity #solidarity #SaveOurDemocracy
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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His supporters often say they like him because he really means what he says. Yet the media acts like every threat is an exaggeration. He says he wants to be king & kill people who criticize him. When will they believe him?

#defenddemocracy #fighthate #DoNotObey #FuckOligarchy #resist #AntiFascist
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#SNAP is run by the Department of Agriculture. That's because it was originally a scheme to help #farmers--by increasing demand. Food stamps help the whole #economy, not just the #hungry people. It's like a bit "trickle-down" theory, except it actually works.

#taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #AntiFascist
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I remember how truly out of reach #healthcare was before the #ACA and I have the permanently messed up shoulder injury (which needed immediate surgery) to show for it. They want to yank back every bit of progress made.

#FuckOligarchy #PowerToThePeople #solidarity #AntiFascist #organize #taxtherich
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Other terrifying monsters you may notice this Halloween: AI overlords, Supreme Court judges with fascist leanings, cackling billionaires, and local neo-Nazis deputized as paramilitary "federal agents."

#FuckOligarchy #halloween #monsters #StopCorruption #climateaction #AntiFascist #taxtherich
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Hunter-gatherers (what we were for most of human #history) #work only 20-30 hours per week on getting/preparing #food, #shelter and clothing. Otherwise they #play, #rest and make #art. That's what our bodies were built for. #TaxTheRich. We work extra for their profits.
#revolution #organize #Disobey
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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We don't choose our nation, our physical bodies or the times we live in. We choose how we'll be remembered by history--passive and self-serving, aggressive and full of hate or dedicated and courageous.

#defenddemocracy #fighthate #protest #climateaction #compassion #unite #solidarity #AntiFascist
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Find the real problem.

#defenddemocrac #FuckOligarchy #PowerToThePeople #StopCorruption #climateaction #compassion #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #organize #DisabilityRights #socialsecurity #taxtherich #SocialJustice #WealthGap #Fairness #ClassDivide
#StrongerTogether
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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MAGAs love to imply LGBTQ+ people are ped0philes and accuse peaceful progressives of the political violence. Their accusations are confessions. So when they said #NoKings protesters hate America, just translate that into English.

#USAProtest #solidarity #TruthWarriors #AntiFascist #BuildCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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How to summarize the most essential needs in American democracy in one easily accessible segment: Publicly financed electoral campaigns, guaranteed health care and reduced inequality.

#FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #solidarity #resist #AntiFascist #organize #taxtherich

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Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show
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October 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM