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Breadward of Oakland, CA
@edwardfrank.bsky.social
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Stay-at-home Dad. Sourdough bread baker. Doer. Lover of living this absurd and beautiful life in this absurd and beautiful moment.
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Bayer might stop selling RoundUp. Great news for all species!!
We should urge U.S. lawmakers not to provide legal protections~
www.ehn.org/bayer-warns-...
Bayer warns it may stop selling Roundup in the U.S. over lawsuits
Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it may pull its glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller from the market if it does not receive stronger legal protections against lawsuits claiming the product causes cancer....
www.ehn.org
March 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
With love, from Oakland.
March 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Reimagine everything.

www.reimaginerpe.org/19-2/boggs
Reimagine Everything | Reimagine!
www.reimaginerpe.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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A dear friend of mine penned this perspective...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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workingfamilies.org
Success should be shared, not hoarded by those at the top.
Billions in profits while your workers can't afford housing or groceries isn't success. That's called exploitation.
March 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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HOW YOU CAN HELP:
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
@workingfamilies.org card carrying member here.
www.wfpus.org
Check us out.
February 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Hit em where it hurts.
February 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
In this emergency, I think it likely that we are going to need to pitch a very big tent and invite everyone in who doesn't want to live in a dictatorship... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/big-tents-an...
Nobody wants an emergency, but perhaps we should want some of the remarkable things that can happen during them. On the top of my list of those things is how in the immediate aftermath of a hurricane, a fire, an earthquake,  people take care of each other and work together without the kind of vetting and fretting whether they agree entirely about politics or religion or other matters. We are in an unprecedented emergency in the United States with fallout that poses threats to environments, economies, human rights and even survival beyond our borders, and we could use some of that energy. As political scientist Erica Chenoweth said in Saturday's Meditations in an Emergency interview, "The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone."  Right now the courts are doing important business as they render verdict after verdict against Trump and Musk thanks to lawsuits brought by states, federal employees, and others with standing. Some of the Democrats in office are being amazing, and others in the opposition party are being waffles, milquetoasts, cookies that crumble, and other  refined-carbohydrate items. As is now clear, the administrative branch of the federal government of the United States is engaging in a coup attempt against the legislative and judicial branches, against the law and constitution itself, and against your rights and mine and the security and stability of the world. They can be defeated and at a minimum held in check, and the sooner they are the more limited the damage. But as Chenoweth points out, it's up to us. Are we up to it?
February 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Conformity as a long hot shower.
February 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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darwinbondgraham.bsky.social
Oakland mayor candidates forum🗳️🇺🇸🌳

Oaklandside is convening the candidates on Feb. 26 at Castlemont High to discuss the most pressing issues facing the city.

All Oakland residents are invited to this free event. Registration required.

More info soon.

oaklandside.org/2025/02/05/o...
Join the Oaklandside for a mayoral candidates forum in East Oakland
We will be asking those running for mayor the hard questions about issues Oakland residents care most about.
oaklandside.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Your heart is a weapon the size of your fist.
Keep Fighting.
Keep Loving.
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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garrettbucks.bsky.social
I'm glad that there are protests being planned for this week! Some gentle reminders from our shared past (esp. '20)-- 1. Single day protests are easier to ignore than multiple days of action. 2. We don't have to wait for nonprofits or national Dems to lead. Protests don't need permits or permission
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Sourdough togarashi | black sesame

Spread love and butter~
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Preparing to portion this beautiful blob of sourdough flaxseed-wheat dough. Enough for ~11 loaves.

Spread love and butter.
January 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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"Strike back against The Empire we must " - Yoda

Clouds above San Francisco Bay on my run this morning.

A full wheat-rye loaf, ear shadow-casting, sprung.

Spread love and butter~

Love always.
January 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
Wheat rye half loaf and a quarter loaf of pain aux graines (sourdough flaxseed-wheat topped with anise and fennel seeds).

Crescent moon pulling
Tidal churn
Exposing
Submerging
Forever repeating
Gaia's bellows
Cycles
Life

Love always!
January 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
This silo echoes too...
Are our bubbles problematic?

Sourdough flaxseed-wheat in morning sunlight.

That's a good thing.

Spread love and butter.
January 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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📢 Bluesky 1.96.7 for Android is rolling out now

This update should fix some issues people have experienced with scrolling feeds on certain Android devices
January 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Ulysses S. Grant: I am in this troublesome moment a mere statue and cannot smite this Confederate pudding with the sword I have in hand. #oafofoffice
Yep, you guessed it, inauguration picture with statue and puddinghead.
January 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
edwardfrank.bsky.social
A clarion call.

Godspeed to you, humanity.
Focus Courtney Martin's words Wendy MacNaughton's art
January 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Teabag wisdom~

Good night.
January 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM