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Independent progressive leaning person, into photography, gardening, nature, environmental sustainability, philosophy, ecology, art, painting, music, sustainable architecture, culture, spirituality (animistic, pagan, buddhism), freedom of choice, sociology
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Despite all the ridiculousness going on in the world, we are grateful for many things, including but not limited to:
✅ warm socks
✅ floofy friends
✅ humans who understand us, mostly
✅ waking up without an alarm
✅ inspiration and laughs we get from all of you each day.
What are you grateful for?
✅ warm socks
✅ floofy friends
✅ humans who understand us, mostly
✅ waking up without an alarm
✅ inspiration and laughs we get from all of you each day.
What are you grateful for?
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Despite all the ridiculousness going on in the world, we are grateful for many things, including but not limited to:
✅ warm socks
✅ floofy friends
✅ humans who understand us, mostly
✅ waking up without an alarm
✅ inspiration and laughs we get from all of you each day.
What are you grateful for?
✅ warm socks
✅ floofy friends
✅ humans who understand us, mostly
✅ waking up without an alarm
✅ inspiration and laughs we get from all of you each day.
What are you grateful for?
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "kahnaw-hayluh-hee"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "kahnaw-hayluh-hee"
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "kahnaw-hayluh-hee"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "kahnaw-hayluh-hee"
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Hume's Leaf Warbler was showing and calling well at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hume's Leaf Warbler was showing and calling well at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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Disgusted to hear of the targeted shooting of National Guard members in DC today. All Americans should unite in condemning and rejecting this violence. Sending prayers to these victims and their families, and thankful to the responders who acted so quickly.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Disgusted to hear of the targeted shooting of National Guard members in DC today. All Americans should unite in condemning and rejecting this violence. Sending prayers to these victims and their families, and thankful to the responders who acted so quickly.
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If you want a sense of how far the surveillance state has expanded inside the United States, look at what federal authorities are doing on our highways.
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If you want a sense of how far the surveillance state has expanded inside the United States, look at what federal authorities are doing on our highways.
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NEWS: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump wage cut rule, which effectively expands the H2A guest worker program, and undercuts the jobs and wages of American workers.
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEWS: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump wage cut rule, which effectively expands the H2A guest worker program, and undercuts the jobs and wages of American workers.
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Every sacred dance and religious rite, as well as almost every important detail of Cherokee ceremonial, is
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Every sacred dance and religious rite, as well as almost every important detail of Cherokee ceremonial, is
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Every sacred dance and religious rite, as well as almost every important detail of Cherokee ceremonial, is
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Every sacred dance and religious rite, as well as almost every important detail of Cherokee ceremonial, is
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A quick reminder about tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who’s shown up over the last two days to lobby Congress! Let’s keep it going!
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A quick reminder about tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who’s shown up over the last two days to lobby Congress! Let’s keep it going!
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State courts handle about 96% of all cases, yet many state supreme court benches still fail to reflect the diversity of the populations they serve. Justices of color hold just 21% of state high court seats, despite making up more than 37% of the population. bit.ly/3JW6lN6
State Supreme Court Diversity - November 2025 Update
Many state supreme courts lack diversity in terms of their justices’ race, ethnicity, gender, and professional background.
www.brennancenter.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
State courts handle about 96% of all cases, yet many state supreme court benches still fail to reflect the diversity of the populations they serve. Justices of color hold just 21% of state high court seats, despite making up more than 37% of the population. bit.ly/3JW6lN6
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
Tell Home Depot: Stop cooperating with ICE!
Home Depot locations have recently been the site of cruel ICE raids and roundups, targeting day laborers who are just trying to work.
In August, Carlos Roberto Montoya, a native of Guatemala, was str...
sign.moveon.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
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Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.
Americans deserve affordable home insurance
Fed up with skyrocketing home insurance rates? Demand home insurance companies adopt basic protections for all policyholders. Take action by signing Consumer Reports’ petition today.
action.consumerreports.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.
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Buddha’s teaching invites us to see things as they are, not as we wish them to be. It encourages us to sit quietly and investigate the reality of suffering, impermanence, and not-self, and to cultivate the wisdom to let go.
Night night everyone.
Night night everyone.
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Buddha’s teaching invites us to see things as they are, not as we wish them to be. It encourages us to sit quietly and investigate the reality of suffering, impermanence, and not-self, and to cultivate the wisdom to let go.
Night night everyone.
Night night everyone.
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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Snuck up to La Cumbre Peak for the sunset tonight and was not disappointed! #Photography #Santabarbara #sunset
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Snuck up to La Cumbre Peak for the sunset tonight and was not disappointed! #Photography #Santabarbara #sunset
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The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Trump administration announced new efforts today to roll back key parts of the Endangered Species Act, aiming to reinstate changes from his first term that were previously halted by a federal court.
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This regime supports energy over wildlife. That is, they promote corporations and sacrifice conservation to do so.
Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security.
Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.
Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security.
Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.
Administration Revises Endangered Species Act Regulations to Strengthen Certainty, Reduce Burdens and Uphold the Law | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced four proposed rules to restore Endangered Species Act regulations to their proven 2019 and 2020 framework. ...
www.fws.gov
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This regime supports energy over wildlife. That is, they promote corporations and sacrifice conservation to do so.
Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security.
Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.
Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security.
Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM