Heather Millar
@heathermillar63.bsky.social
Writer, editor for Washington Conservation Action in Seattle. Mom. Gardener. Skier. Hiker. Dinner party giver. Believer in climate change, social justice and fried things.
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30,000,000 Bluesky accounts. Every one of us should be flying the Ukrainian flag. It’s a modest but visible act of support, as well as resistance.
Please join me and repost.
Please join me and repost.
a blue and yellow flag is waving in the wind against a blue sky
ALT: a blue and yellow flag is waving in the wind against a blue sky
media.tenor.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
30,000,000 Bluesky accounts. Every one of us should be flying the Ukrainian flag. It’s a modest but visible act of support, as well as resistance.
Please join me and repost.
Please join me and repost.
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Raise your ✋ and repost if you support Ukraine and Zelenskyy!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Raise your ✋ and repost if you support Ukraine and Zelenskyy!
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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We are the leaders that we have been waiting for.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are the leaders that we have been waiting for.
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In a world of JDs, be a Zelensky.
February 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In a world of JDs, be a Zelensky.
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Anybody who parrots the talking point that our current inequality "has always been the norm in America" is actually using Capitalism’s propaganda
The inequality of the past 45 years is NOT normal American inequality. It is not normal inequality in Europe either. It’s a parasite on the middle class.
The inequality of the past 45 years is NOT normal American inequality. It is not normal inequality in Europe either. It’s a parasite on the middle class.
February 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Anybody who parrots the talking point that our current inequality "has always been the norm in America" is actually using Capitalism’s propaganda
The inequality of the past 45 years is NOT normal American inequality. It is not normal inequality in Europe either. It’s a parasite on the middle class.
The inequality of the past 45 years is NOT normal American inequality. It is not normal inequality in Europe either. It’s a parasite on the middle class.
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Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
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Decent people thank Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Decent people thank Ukraine.
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We need to tax them until they bleed
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
We need to tax them until they bleed
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Is this the finding out part?
And it's not popular. Per @chrislhayes.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Is this the finding out part?
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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50% of babies are born on Medicaid.
Medicaid covered both my births while I was working class and then later when I was a student.
50%
They do it so babies get proper prenatal treatment bc NOT getting it cost society way more.
Medicaid covered both my births while I was working class and then later when I was a student.
50%
They do it so babies get proper prenatal treatment bc NOT getting it cost society way more.
February 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
50% of babies are born on Medicaid.
Medicaid covered both my births while I was working class and then later when I was a student.
50%
They do it so babies get proper prenatal treatment bc NOT getting it cost society way more.
Medicaid covered both my births while I was working class and then later when I was a student.
50%
They do it so babies get proper prenatal treatment bc NOT getting it cost society way more.
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Relevant History: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the first comprehensive merit-based civil service system in the US.
It was intended to do away with "The Spoils System" whereby unqualified people got govt jobs for their political loyalty, a bad system we've returned to.
It was intended to do away with "The Spoils System" whereby unqualified people got govt jobs for their political loyalty, a bad system we've returned to.
February 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Relevant History: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the first comprehensive merit-based civil service system in the US.
It was intended to do away with "The Spoils System" whereby unqualified people got govt jobs for their political loyalty, a bad system we've returned to.
It was intended to do away with "The Spoils System" whereby unqualified people got govt jobs for their political loyalty, a bad system we've returned to.
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Yes. Do this!
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yes. Do this!
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Every opinion piece in the Washington Post must now follow Bezos' new rightwing guidelines. Writers can say that they would have written the same thing anyway, but the fact remains: Their piece was only published because it met his new rightwing guidelines.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
February 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Every opinion piece in the Washington Post must now follow Bezos' new rightwing guidelines. Writers can say that they would have written the same thing anyway, but the fact remains: Their piece was only published because it met his new rightwing guidelines.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
Support independent, pro-democracy media.
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So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
February 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
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Jasmine Crockett speaks for me (and multitudes, and oy, WATCH THE VIDEO!)
February 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Jasmine Crockett speaks for me (and multitudes, and oy, WATCH THE VIDEO!)
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Cherry Hill, New Jersey:
The Tesla Cherry Protest is over 300 strong! Way to show up South Jersey! #teslatakedown #protest
February 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cherry Hill, New Jersey:
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In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night.
800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream.
There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
(📸 Anna Bahr)
800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream.
There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
(📸 Anna Bahr)
February 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night.
800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream.
There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
(📸 Anna Bahr)
800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream.
There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
(📸 Anna Bahr)
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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Mass protests today.
May there be many many more, larger, stronger.
About everything.
In solidarity with my fellow resistors
Do something
Don't just sit there
Take to the streets
As often as it takes
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
May there be many many more, larger, stronger.
About everything.
In solidarity with my fellow resistors
Do something
Don't just sit there
Take to the streets
As often as it takes
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Demonstrators opposing Trump's immigration crackdown block traffic in Los Angeles
Demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in response to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
www.usatoday.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Mass protests today.
May there be many many more, larger, stronger.
About everything.
In solidarity with my fellow resistors
Do something
Don't just sit there
Take to the streets
As often as it takes
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
May there be many many more, larger, stronger.
About everything.
In solidarity with my fellow resistors
Do something
Don't just sit there
Take to the streets
As often as it takes
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Heavier vehicles —> more particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
"The most abundant nanoplastic was tyre particles (41%), then polystyrene (28%) and polyethylene (12%). Each tyre on the world’s 1.6bn vehicles can lose 4kg during its lifetimes and may be the largest source of tiny plastic pollution."
Vehicle tyres found to be biggest source of nanoplastics in the high Alps
Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Heavier vehicles —> more particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles
More vehicles —> more particles
Mode shift on short trips —> fewer particles