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Isabella Fiske McFarlin (Ladybelle)
@ladybellevt.bsky.social
Writer, activist for kids and animals, co-sustainer of Quarry Hill Creative Center, Rochester, VT. QH is an almost 80- year old artists/writers/thinkers retreat, among other things. The photo is of me with my daughter Joya when she was little.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Messaging, Media, and Digital Engagement Training” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Messaging, Media, and Digital Engagement Training · No Kings
Your No Kings event is in motion. Now it’s time to make sure the world knows about it! (Or at least the world around your community.) Join us for a training on how to talk about your local No Kings mo...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups
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September 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We can prevent stillbirths. Urge Congress to pass the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act! #SHINE #SHINEforAutumn #stillbirth #maternaljustice action.momsrising.org/sign/SHINE20...
Urge Congress to Act In Support of Stillbirth Prevention
Add your name to our letter urging Congress to pass the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act!
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September 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Please make as many objections as you can to this please please please
September 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Profoundly distressing as is the bombing and starving of children. What Hamas did was horrible, and the hostages should be returned to Israel, but I cannot understand anyone bombing and starving, children and old people.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit - WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-slate-p...
Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit - WyoFile
A federal judge and the Bureau of Land Management haven’t determined how they will remedy an appeals court’s decision that declared the agency's plans for eliminating whole horse herds illegal.
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September 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Non-monetary ways to support a book: requesting it at libraries, bookstores or comic shops. Sharing on socials. Copying & pasting your review in a few places. Word of mouth. On the mega retailers, hearting a title, following an author, carting a title, even doing a search. So crucial to visibility.
August 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Please help migrant workers, Jose and Heidi, who have lived in Vermont for a very long time. They were detained with their daughter who just graduated from high school a few days before she was detained. Please consider writing a letter to help them.

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Free Nacho! Free Heidy! Not one more deportation!
Two Migrant Justice leaders were detained by Border Patrol agents in Vermont on June 14th; they are at imminent risk of deportation. Nacho was driving with his stepdaughter Heidy in Franklin County wh...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Add your name to Free Press Action’s petition today.
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I have a new graphic novel releasing and you should preorder it! (And if you can't, please repost this!) ✨📚✨

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/

summary: A nerdy black girl swaps bodies with her rich white boy crush. Self-love, humor, kpop stanning, boarding school, Houston! #booksky
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#BookSky
New pretties ...
June 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Please help migrant workers, Jose and Heidi, who have lived in Vermont for a very long time. They were detained with their daughter who just graduated from high school a few days before she was detained. Please consider writing a letter to help them.

actionnetwork.org/letters/free...
Free Nacho! Free Heidy! Not one more deportation!
Two Migrant Justice leaders were detained by Border Patrol agents in Vermont on June 14th; they are at imminent risk of deportation. Nacho was driving with his stepdaughter Heidy in Franklin County wh...
actionnetwork.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Middlebury, Vermont” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
NO KINGS - Middlebury, Vermont · Indivisible
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** # NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption. ## Show up for Dem...
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June 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Middlebury, Vermont” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS - Middlebury, Vermont · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** # NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption. ## Show up for Dem...
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June 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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NO KINGS BRANDON! · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Monkeys at @ohsunews.bsky.social's National Primate Research Center are born into misery and abuse. Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to cut funding to all seven National Primate Research Centers NOW 👉 peta.vg/42mt/
June 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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What they said 👇

Compassion doesn’t look like bullhooks and whips. Shrine circuses routinely work with cruel exhibitors who rely on fear to control animals. 

Call them out ➡️ peta.vg/42op
June 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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ADOPT CAMERON! After being severely neglected, this sweet angel is ready to find his forever family! Are you who he’s been waiting for? 🐶💙
June 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.
 
Now that you’ve seen the truth, take action 👉 peta.vg/42lc
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Cheese is just spoiled breastmilk stolen from grieving mothers. Nothing tasty about cruelty 🐄💔 #NationalCheeseDay
June 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Happy birthday to Theo Tossi—actor, dog dad, and real-life tough guy with a soft spot for animals 🎉

With Jenni by his side, he proves that real strength means 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, not posturing.
Thanks for showing the world that compassion is badass 💗🐶
June 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Ask Domino's to add dairy free cheese to its menus! peta.vg/42n7
Vegan Cheese, Please! Ask Domino’s to Add Dairy-Free Cheese to Its Menu | PETA
Please, join PETA in urging Domino’s CEO to add vegan cheese!
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June 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM