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Louise Auerhahn 🏳️‍🌈
@lauerhahn.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy
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policy wonk for worker justice.

Mostly posting about local (South Bay / Bay Area) politics, policy, workers and community organizing. And some plants and critters 🌱 […]

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San Jose, CA this evening.
#democracy #iceoutofthebay #sfba #nokings
A large, varied group of people at a protest, seen from the back, many holding signs and one with a U.S. flag flying upside down.
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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San Jose: 5 pm today, City Hall.
#democracy #protectthebay #somoscalifornia #nokings #HandsOff #abolishice #sanjose #santaclara #siliconvalley #sfba
A flyer with a photo of San Jose City Hall with US and California flags waving outside, which says: ICE Out of the Bay 10/23 San Jose City Hall Thursday 5 pm
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Bay Area, now is our time! Stand up against Trump's pathetic attempts to divide and intimidate our communities.

The Bay is uniting to protect our loved ones, our neighbors, and our friends.
This is a moment to come together to free the Bay and keep our families […]

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A flyer saying: Day 1 Show Unity Against Mass Raids Rally and March 5 PM in San Francisco Embarcadero Plaza Sign up for text alerts: bit.ly/freethebay Hands off the Bay! A flyer saying: Day 2 Vigil at Your Local Library Gather at 5 pm at your local library in your neighborhood Sign up for text alerts: bit.ly/freethebay Libraries were chosen because they are a communal space, safe for families, and a way to be more centralized.
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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No dictators, no oligarchs, no racist, fascist regime! Get out there #sanjose! #nokings
A flyer saying: NO KINGS WE THE PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT FASCISM! SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ST. JAMES PARK 180 N. FIRST ST. SAN JOSE, CA 95113 LINKTR.EE/SANJOSE5051 EMAIL: SANJOSE@50501.CA
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Welp, I'm sick as a dog (COVID), and so bummed I can't join the No Kings movement tomorrow. Please go and chant extra loud for me! (And wear a mask so you don't end up sick too) https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/844444/
A flyer saying: NO KINGS WE THE PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT FASCISM! SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ST. JAMES PARK 180 N. FIRST ST. SAN JOSE, CA 95113 LINKTR.EE/SANJOSE5051 EMAIL: SANJOSE@50501.CA
October 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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If you live near San Jose, join immigrant and faith communities Monday night to call for legal representation for all immigrants.
#SantaClaraCounty #sanjose #immigration #humanrights
A flyer with photos of people speaking and seated in church pews, with text: Hope and healing Join us with faith communities To support our immigrant community Universal Legal Representation October 6, 2025 6 pm Mass at 5:30 pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 2020 San Antonio More than 10,000 people in the county have deportation orders, 70% in detention centers do not have legal representation. Invited officials: Supervisor Betty Duong Senator Dave Cortese rubyramirez@pactsj.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Community march surrounding the ICE office in Morgan Hill, CA.
#goodtrouble #goodtroubleliveson #50501movement #immigrants #impeachtrump #abolishice #morganhill
A group of protestors marching down a city street, some holding signs for immigrants' rights and carrying U.S. flags.
July 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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SF! Turn out tomorrow to stop AI exploitation of workers.

Tuesday July 1st, 10:30 AM
Lot A & Pier 48, San Francisco, CA

When AI plays boss, workers pay the price. Gig workers are being exploited by tech giants hiding behind algorithms.

Join drivers in San […]

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A flyer with text, and background showing phots of rideshare drivers protesting. Text reads: WHEN Al PLAYS BOSS, WE ALL PAY THE PRICE. Uber and Lyft are using surveillance pricing to charge riders more while paying drivers less. JOIN US! STAND UP TO THE TECH OLIGARCHY PARKING, LOT A & PIER 48 74 MISSION ROCK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158 HAPPENING ON JULY 1, 10:30AM RSVP here: https://go.gigworkersrising.org/a/july1
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Swallowtail-in-waiting.
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera
A richly textured, green and yellow chrysalis, attached vertically to a thick plant stem via a strand of white insect silk.
June 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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#silentsunday #sanjose #nokings #stopthedeportations
A photo from within a large crowd of protesters holding signs and flags, leading up to the steps of an ornate building where people are standing holding a long hand-lettered banner saying "We the people serve no king."
June 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I made friends with a chicken taco (the good kind). #nokings #sanjose #taco
A man wearing a bright yellow taco costume, smiling and holding up a peace sign, next to a person smiling holding a protest sign and wearing a shirt with a pastel rainbow flame and fist that says "Stonewall Rebellion '69". Behind them is a crowd of protesters with signs.
June 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Families, students, seniors, everyone - the crowd keeps growing. #nokings #sanjose #50501movement #californiastrong
A panoramic photo of a huge, varied crowd of protesters outdoors, holding a variety of signs and flags.
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Ready for today.
#nokings #sanjose #californiastrong
A black and white poster depicting four people, with two orange monarch butterflies above their heads. Text states: "We are California. Come for one of us, come for all of us."
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Santa Clara County stands in solidarity with Los Angeles. #democracy #nokings #sanjose #abolishice #solidarity #immigrants
A panoramic photo of a large gathering of protesters in a plaza, with City Hall rotunda in the background. In the foreground, a person holds up a sign saying "We are all immigrants."
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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@graue.bsky.social and for folks in San Jose:
A flyer saying: Emergency Solidarity Action ICE, leave our communities alone! June 9, 4:30 PM San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St Join us - to defend our neighbors and stand with those in LA facing retaliation for protecting their families. From LA to San Jose, when you come for one of us, you come for all of us.
June 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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If you live near San Jose, show up Monday at 4:30 at City Hall to defend our neighbors and our democracy, and call on Mayor Matt Mahan to stand with the people of California.
#freedavidhuerta #immigration #democracy #abolishice #nokings #sanjose
A flyer saying: Emergency Solidarity Action ICE, leave our communities alone! June 9, 4:30 PM San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St Join us - to defend our neighbors and stand with those in LA facing retaliation for protecting their families. From LA to San Jose, when you come for one of us, you come for all of us.
June 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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At the CA Democratic Convention, rallying for #carenotcuts ! #cadem #homecare #childcare #CareWork #cabudget #budget
A crowd of people at a rally, listening to a Black woman with a microphone wearing a green shirt saying "United Domestic Workers", backed by a multiethnic group of people holding up signs and banners that say "Cuts Hurt Care".
May 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Cactus ombre.
#bloomscrolling #cactus
A cactus paddle growing off a larger plant, bright green at the bottom, shading to yellow-green at top.
May 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Also found this chonky Anise Swallowtail caterpillar on some dill. Good day for lepidoptera!
A fat green caterpillar with intricate patterns of yellow, black, and turquoise on each segment, climbing vertically up a green stem.
May 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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After years of growing milkweed in San Jose, today I got my first ever visit from a monarch. And I think Momma Monarch was laying eggs! #butterfly #monarch #milkweed #wildflowers
A milkweed plant with multiple stems each covered in narrow green leaves, with small white flower bunches at the top. On the leaves is perching a bright orange and black butterfly.
May 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Went for a nice walk along the Los Gatos Creek Trail yesterday, and discovered a new (to me) plant - sea-lavender. With bonus bumblebee! #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
Pale lavender bunches of papery-looking small flowers, interspersed with pale yellow ones. A large fuzzy bumblebee is sipping from one of the flowers.
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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#silentsunday #bloomscrolling
A small, light blue, six-petalled flower with lacy green stems beneath it, creating a fractal-like appearance.
May 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The humble soaproot, in bloom, turns ethereal.
#flowerreport #wildflowers #bloomscrolling
A white, airy flower with slender petals bending downward in a quarter circle, while even thinner white stamens reach upward.
May 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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#silentsunday #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
A huge red amaryllis flower, red with red stamens ending in yellow. Buds of other flowers in the bunch peek out from behind.
May 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Clarkia, three ways.
#flowerreport #wildflowers #bloomscrolling
A pair of 5-petaled flowers, pale lavender-pink streaked with white, and hot pink stamens in the center. A group of 4 flowers in various stages of opening, all with white petals having a bright red spot near the base, and whitish stamens. A group of three bright reddish-pink flowers with white stripes down the sides of each petal, and red and white stamens.
May 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM