@germinatejo.bsky.social
In germination mode, wondering what can grow from this moment.
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Tax rates on the ultra rich have been plummeting for decades, and they now pay less than the bottom half.
But it’s never enough. This is the Republican agenda. On display again tonight — as they pretend to care about the debt.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But it’s never enough. This is the Republican agenda. On display again tonight — as they pretend to care about the debt.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Tax rates on the ultra rich have been plummeting for decades, and they now pay less than the bottom half.
But it’s never enough. This is the Republican agenda. On display again tonight — as they pretend to care about the debt.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But it’s never enough. This is the Republican agenda. On display again tonight — as they pretend to care about the debt.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.
March 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.
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Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.
March 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.
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The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.
Roy Ayers, whose 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' charmed generations, dies at 84
The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.
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Outside of my own events, I’ve never heard of a fantasy space that celebrates black culture and nerdiness. I literally created what I wanted to see in the world and invited EVERYONE to come join me in this space. If you love diverse spaces/people and want to frolic as a magical being, join me!
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Outside of my own events, I’ve never heard of a fantasy space that celebrates black culture and nerdiness. I literally created what I wanted to see in the world and invited EVERYONE to come join me in this space. If you love diverse spaces/people and want to frolic as a magical being, join me!
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Just listen to this amazing, powerful reading by a trans man near and dear to my heart! Stacy is at the top of his ability to enthrall us all with this tale of breath-stopping wizards and old stones listening to old men: www.jackstraw.org/sound_clip/t...
The Dim - Stacy Nathaniel Jackson - Jack Straw Cultural Center
Stacy Nathaniel Jackson’s project for the 2024 Jack Straw Writers Program is a novel that he describes as “Epic, leaning speculative fiction, with a horror lens.” The Dim centers on a headhunter who h...
www.jackstraw.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I learned something new today.
They’re not called Rare Earth Metals because they’re scarce, but because as a group of elements they took a long time to isolate. It’s an antiquated English use of rare meaning “widely distributed or isolated” that died in Victorian times.
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I learned something new today.
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Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.
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FYI, Amazon will no longer enable the downloading of ebooks to exterior devices starting February 26th.
Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/
Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/
Replying to @BookishbyJennaavh I got you! 🫶 #thecozyarchivist #ebooks #ereader #kindle #kindlegirlie #kindlealternative #boox #booxgocolor7 #kobo
TikTok video by candice🍿📚🏁
www.tiktok.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
FYI, Amazon will no longer enable the downloading of ebooks to exterior devices starting February 26th.
Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/
Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/
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These directories may be a useful starting point. ☃️
🛠 A great tool for resistance is 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭! Support ethical, community/worker-owned, and democratic businesses!
🌲 Worker Co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/
🍏 Food Co-ops: grocerystory.coop/food-co-op-d...
👷♀️ ESOPs:
www.esop.org/maps/esop-ma...
🅱️ Corps: www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a...
🌲 Worker Co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/
🍏 Food Co-ops: grocerystory.coop/food-co-op-d...
👷♀️ ESOPs:
www.esop.org/maps/esop-ma...
🅱️ Corps: www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a...
February 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Only 2 white doctors accepted Black patients in my Midwestern hometown, population 100,000. When I was a kid. Only 2. How's that not supposed to have a lasting impact? Must have been at least 5000 of us.
February 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Only 2 white doctors accepted Black patients in my Midwestern hometown, population 100,000. When I was a kid. Only 2. How's that not supposed to have a lasting impact? Must have been at least 5000 of us.
Short story collection by one of my current favorites in science fiction / fantasy. / speculative fiction whose title says it all. #blackbooksky #booksky
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Short story collection by one of my current favorites in science fiction / fantasy. / speculative fiction whose title says it all. #blackbooksky #booksky
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Hoping the bonobos are coming to get us really soon
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
Study provides evidence that our relatives have a “theory of mind.”…
arstechnica.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hoping the bonobos are coming to get us really soon
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New story just dropped!
“Gruff” is a reimagining of a famous fable involving a bridge, a troll, and a couple of goats. This time, the scariest monster might be Polly, the eldest sister in a family of powerful witches, who will take no mercy…
Big Sister Horror!
www.midnightandindigo.com/issue-12/
“Gruff” is a reimagining of a famous fable involving a bridge, a troll, and a couple of goats. This time, the scariest monster might be Polly, the eldest sister in a family of powerful witches, who will take no mercy…
Big Sister Horror!
www.midnightandindigo.com/issue-12/
Issue 11 is here! | midnight & indigo
A collection of Black speculative fiction stories that traverse the strange and the hauntingly real. 21 Black women writers across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe share tales in wh...
www.midnightandindigo.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New story just dropped!
“Gruff” is a reimagining of a famous fable involving a bridge, a troll, and a couple of goats. This time, the scariest monster might be Polly, the eldest sister in a family of powerful witches, who will take no mercy…
Big Sister Horror!
www.midnightandindigo.com/issue-12/
“Gruff” is a reimagining of a famous fable involving a bridge, a troll, and a couple of goats. This time, the scariest monster might be Polly, the eldest sister in a family of powerful witches, who will take no mercy…
Big Sister Horror!
www.midnightandindigo.com/issue-12/
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Dollar General is obeying in advance.
No more money to Dollar General.
Also, no one is safe there. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
No more money to Dollar General.
Also, no one is safe there. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dollar General Tells Stores to Let ICE Talk to Staff, Customers
Dollar General Corp. is instructing store managers to let immigration enforcement agents who visit their locations speak with staff and customers, showing how companies are preparing to cooperate on t...
www.bloomberg.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Dollar General is obeying in advance.
No more money to Dollar General.
Also, no one is safe there. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
No more money to Dollar General.
Also, no one is safe there. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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ICE raids are conditioning Americans to see people being snatched off the street, from their jobs, or from their schools without fighting back or assisting them.
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
ICE raids are conditioning Americans to see people being snatched off the street, from their jobs, or from their schools without fighting back or assisting them.
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Remember, the boycotts end when demands are met…
not in a specific date that we post to let the folks we are boycotting know to adjust their financials.
not in a specific date that we post to let the folks we are boycotting know to adjust their financials.
February 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Remember, the boycotts end when demands are met…
not in a specific date that we post to let the folks we are boycotting know to adjust their financials.
not in a specific date that we post to let the folks we are boycotting know to adjust their financials.
Before all of this, waved arms around. Kindred was the first Octavia Butler book I would refer to people. It is USA history lesson disguised as fiction. Traveling back and forth from 1976 ( published in 1979 ) to the early 1800s. #blackbooksky #booksky #blackhistory
February 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Before all of this, waved arms around. Kindred was the first Octavia Butler book I would refer to people. It is USA history lesson disguised as fiction. Traveling back and forth from 1976 ( published in 1979 ) to the early 1800s. #blackbooksky #booksky #blackhistory
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"Remind yourself constantly that no one gave you your identity, truth, or power, and no one can take them away without your permission." ⤵️
Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist
Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and nonbinary youth.
www.teenvogue.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Remind yourself constantly that no one gave you your identity, truth, or power, and no one can take them away without your permission." ⤵️
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Anti-Trump demonstrators in Los Angeles have taken over the 101 freeway to protest ICE deportation raids.
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February 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Anti-Trump demonstrators in Los Angeles have taken over the 101 freeway to protest ICE deportation raids.
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