@heylesterherman.bsky.social
Growing pains and hopefully a few learning gains. | Not running a grifting campaign with a mailing list, but I'll still accept your $1 donation. | Mutual aid, of course.
Outside temps are lower than we're used to (in this area) right now, but it's still muggy & uncomfortable for many.
If you're able, keeping a small cooler stocked with bottled water in your car &/or on your person during the summer is an easy way to help care for your neighbors, ya Okies.
If you're able, keeping a small cooler stocked with bottled water in your car &/or on your person during the summer is an easy way to help care for your neighbors, ya Okies.
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Outside temps are lower than we're used to (in this area) right now, but it's still muggy & uncomfortable for many.
If you're able, keeping a small cooler stocked with bottled water in your car &/or on your person during the summer is an easy way to help care for your neighbors, ya Okies.
If you're able, keeping a small cooler stocked with bottled water in your car &/or on your person during the summer is an easy way to help care for your neighbors, ya Okies.
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we totally agree
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
we totally agree
Now's a really good time to learn how to grow your own food.
Go buy local seeds. Grow in containers, bags, raised beds.
Locate a seed library and/or community garden near you.
Whatever you can do.
We can't rely on systems not meant for the community.
Go buy local seeds. Grow in containers, bags, raised beds.
Locate a seed library and/or community garden near you.
Whatever you can do.
We can't rely on systems not meant for the community.
April 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Now's a really good time to learn how to grow your own food.
Go buy local seeds. Grow in containers, bags, raised beds.
Locate a seed library and/or community garden near you.
Whatever you can do.
We can't rely on systems not meant for the community.
Go buy local seeds. Grow in containers, bags, raised beds.
Locate a seed library and/or community garden near you.
Whatever you can do.
We can't rely on systems not meant for the community.
I wish folks would get loud(er) about how important The Internet Archive is. @archive.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wish folks would get loud(er) about how important The Internet Archive is. @archive.org
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🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark?
From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever.
🎧 Listen now ⤵️
www.kqed.org/news/1203198...
From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever.
🎧 Listen now ⤵️
www.kqed.org/news/1203198...
What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED
For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideolog...
www.kqed.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark?
From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever.
🎧 Listen now ⤵️
www.kqed.org/news/1203198...
From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever.
🎧 Listen now ⤵️
www.kqed.org/news/1203198...
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i just read the JFK files and woah, turns out he died or was killed maybe..? wow. stay safe out there
March 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
i just read the JFK files and woah, turns out he died or was killed maybe..? wow. stay safe out there
Happy 3:16 to you and yours.
March 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Happy 3:16 to you and yours.
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Great news! The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-3 to pass SB 601, a bill that pauses executions in our state until June 1, 2027 and creates a death penalty review task force.
It now heads to the senate floor. Contact your state senators to vote YES on SB 601!
It now heads to the senate floor. Contact your state senators to vote YES on SB 601!
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Great news! The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-3 to pass SB 601, a bill that pauses executions in our state until June 1, 2027 and creates a death penalty review task force.
It now heads to the senate floor. Contact your state senators to vote YES on SB 601!
It now heads to the senate floor. Contact your state senators to vote YES on SB 601!
Storms, reports of a previously eradicated disease making its comeback, backtracking on said reports, and news headlines involving great dane pornography.
Today in Oklahoma.
Today in Oklahoma.
March 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Storms, reports of a previously eradicated disease making its comeback, backtracking on said reports, and news headlines involving great dane pornography.
Today in Oklahoma.
Today in Oklahoma.
I'm not going to repost any of the fluff pieces with complicated legacy notes, but my love goes out to his victims, and my 2SLGBTQ+ community members who are struggling today after reading the news this morning.
You are seen. You are believed.
You are loved. You matter.
You are seen. You are believed.
You are loved. You matter.
February 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'm not going to repost any of the fluff pieces with complicated legacy notes, but my love goes out to his victims, and my 2SLGBTQ+ community members who are struggling today after reading the news this morning.
You are seen. You are believed.
You are loved. You matter.
You are seen. You are believed.
You are loved. You matter.
This show rules.
a cartoon of a man with the words just go with me for a minute
ALT: a cartoon of a man with the words just go with me for a minute
media.tenor.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This show rules.
I wasn't funny enough to be an SNL cast member. (I'm still not.)
But Jimmy Fallon also wasn't funny enough. (He still isn't.) And look at the career he's had.
But Jimmy Fallon also wasn't funny enough. (He still isn't.) And look at the career he's had.
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I wasn't funny enough to be an SNL cast member. (I'm still not.)
But Jimmy Fallon also wasn't funny enough. (He still isn't.) And look at the career he's had.
But Jimmy Fallon also wasn't funny enough. (He still isn't.) And look at the career he's had.
USA Hockey
February 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
USA Hockey
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Losing Nex upended lives in and beyond Oklahoma. There's a profound grief in marking 1 year since Nex died with the conditions that killed Nex having only worsened. I'm grateful to @leximcmenamin.bsky.social for the care with which they told this story, and gave space for our community to reflect.
a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights.
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
www.teenvogue.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Losing Nex upended lives in and beyond Oklahoma. There's a profound grief in marking 1 year since Nex died with the conditions that killed Nex having only worsened. I'm grateful to @leximcmenamin.bsky.social for the care with which they told this story, and gave space for our community to reflect.
Saw eggs priced for over $10 a carton at a grocery story yesterday.
This is a good time to learn new skills and nourish community because the rich and the powerful are not going to save us. Not because they can't, but because they don't want to.
This is a good time to learn new skills and nourish community because the rich and the powerful are not going to save us. Not because they can't, but because they don't want to.
February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Saw eggs priced for over $10 a carton at a grocery story yesterday.
This is a good time to learn new skills and nourish community because the rich and the powerful are not going to save us. Not because they can't, but because they don't want to.
This is a good time to learn new skills and nourish community because the rich and the powerful are not going to save us. Not because they can't, but because they don't want to.
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Not many people know the Kool-Aid man played baseball.
He was a pitcher
He was a pitcher
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Not many people know the Kool-Aid man played baseball.
He was a pitcher
He was a pitcher
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February 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Yeah, I think this entire 4 years will probably be like the last 15 minutes of a horror movie. Where people keep sighing and thinking that it's over and then like boom! something else comes out of the closet." - @ryangrim.bsky.social on today's Counter Points.
January 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Yeah, I think this entire 4 years will probably be like the last 15 minutes of a horror movie. Where people keep sighing and thinking that it's over and then like boom! something else comes out of the closet." - @ryangrim.bsky.social on today's Counter Points.
If you're growing frustrated by neo-con and neo-liberal policies,
I'd like to point you in the direction of the Socialism Conference podcast. Lots of great panels and episodes worth listening to. You can check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.
I'd like to point you in the direction of the Socialism Conference podcast. Lots of great panels and episodes worth listening to. You can check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.
January 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're growing frustrated by neo-con and neo-liberal policies,
I'd like to point you in the direction of the Socialism Conference podcast. Lots of great panels and episodes worth listening to. You can check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.
I'd like to point you in the direction of the Socialism Conference podcast. Lots of great panels and episodes worth listening to. You can check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.
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upside to bluesky: not many right-wing assholes.
downside to bluesky: crowded with libs.
i hope the discourse here moves from "trump is bad" to something meaningful at some point.
downside to bluesky: crowded with libs.
i hope the discourse here moves from "trump is bad" to something meaningful at some point.
January 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
upside to bluesky: not many right-wing assholes.
downside to bluesky: crowded with libs.
i hope the discourse here moves from "trump is bad" to something meaningful at some point.
downside to bluesky: crowded with libs.
i hope the discourse here moves from "trump is bad" to something meaningful at some point.
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Check out which bills we’re tracking during Oklahoma’s legislative session!
🎉 Our 2025 Legislative Bill Tracker is here to help you follow the policies shaping Oklahoma. Track key bills, learn about critical issues, and join the fight for justice. #okleg docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Check out which bills we’re tracking during Oklahoma’s legislative session!
The world's trying to get @martypeercy.bsky.social to be a basketball fan.
yeah gritty is cool but have any american sports franchises considered adopting karl marx as a mascot
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The world's trying to get @martypeercy.bsky.social to be a basketball fan.
You deserve some joy so watch a little bit of Abbott Elementary this weekend. It doesn't matter which season. They're all full of laughs.
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You deserve some joy so watch a little bit of Abbott Elementary this weekend. It doesn't matter which season. They're all full of laughs.
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As Native #citizenship is being argued in court, this is a reminder that you are on stolen land and we have and always will be here. I am a dual citizen, a PROUD member of the #MvskokeNation and also that of the US. We stand strong in our #SOVEREIGNTY! Treaties are the SUPREME law of the land!
"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court
The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship.
www.salon.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
As Native #citizenship is being argued in court, this is a reminder that you are on stolen land and we have and always will be here. I am a dual citizen, a PROUD member of the #MvskokeNation and also that of the US. We stand strong in our #SOVEREIGNTY! Treaties are the SUPREME law of the land!