@nseattle.bsky.social
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October 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Avoiding US tech? Some European alts:
🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar
https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar
https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
European alternatives to US tech | Proton | Proton
Take back control of your digital life with privacy-focused European alternatives to US Big Tech apps and services.
proton.me
October 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Avoiding US tech? Some European alts:
🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar
https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar
https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
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This beloved actor from ‘The Cosby Show’ kept a very gay secret for over 50 years - buff.ly/cpZ2Gxv
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This beloved actor from ‘The Cosby Show’ kept a very gay secret for over 50 years - buff.ly/cpZ2Gxv
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This letter, posted by @rickperlstein.bsky.social, is “from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller” in the USA.
February 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This letter, posted by @rickperlstein.bsky.social, is “from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller” in the USA.
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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
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Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, joined @maddowmaddow and responded to comments made by President Trump — who criticized her appeal to “have mercy” on constituents, specifically naming LGBTQ people and immigrants.
January 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, joined @maddowmaddow and responded to comments made by President Trump — who criticized her appeal to “have mercy” on constituents, specifically naming LGBTQ people and immigrants.
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he’s right and he should say it and more people should say it
15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
January 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
he’s right and he should say it and more people should say it
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Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.
January 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.
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We'd better get back to it pronto because H5N1 is here.
scitechdaily.com/first-u-s-h5...
scitechdaily.com/first-u-s-h5...
First U.S. H5N1 Death Sparks Urgency: Scientists Warn That Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Expected
Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This strain shows an increased ability to cause disease and is more effective a...
scitechdaily.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We'd better get back to it pronto because H5N1 is here.
scitechdaily.com/first-u-s-h5...
scitechdaily.com/first-u-s-h5...
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Reminding people again that we eliminated a flu strain when we took precautions for COVID.
Imagine what we could do if we:
- improved our indoor air quality
- masked
- washed our hands
What other disease could we make extinct?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Imagine what we could do if we:
- improved our indoor air quality
- masked
- washed our hands
What other disease could we make extinct?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Influenza lineage extinction during the COVID-19 pandemic? - Nature Reviews Microbiology
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has seen a notable global reduction in influenza cases of both influenza A and B viruses. In particular, the B/Yamagata lineage has not been isolated from April 2020 to August ...
www.nature.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Reminding people again that we eliminated a flu strain when we took precautions for COVID.
Imagine what we could do if we:
- improved our indoor air quality
- masked
- washed our hands
What other disease could we make extinct?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Imagine what we could do if we:
- improved our indoor air quality
- masked
- washed our hands
What other disease could we make extinct?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Protesting is the best way to make a difference. Depending on how this TikTok legislation goes, I may be deleting all my Meta apps. So, it's nice to be here.
Now, I'd like to share about some lesser known facts about the Tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
Something we don't learn....
Now, I'd like to share about some lesser known facts about the Tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
Something we don't learn....
January 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Protesting is the best way to make a difference. Depending on how this TikTok legislation goes, I may be deleting all my Meta apps. So, it's nice to be here.
Now, I'd like to share about some lesser known facts about the Tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
Something we don't learn....
Now, I'd like to share about some lesser known facts about the Tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
Something we don't learn....
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Pasadena Humane (remember their cute Rose Parade float last week?) urgently needs donations to care for abandoned and injured animals. They are right on the front lines of the Eaton fire. If you're watching the news and feeling helpless, here's a way to help! give.pasadenahumane.org/give/264243/...
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January 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pasadena Humane (remember their cute Rose Parade float last week?) urgently needs donations to care for abandoned and injured animals. They are right on the front lines of the Eaton fire. If you're watching the news and feeling helpless, here's a way to help! give.pasadenahumane.org/give/264243/...
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There will be a lot of posts in a few days time with people sharing how much they achieved in 2024. But, in case someone needs to hear this… It’s okay if the only thing you did this year was get through it.
a close up of a man 's face with a tear coming out of his eye .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a tear coming out of his eye .
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:30 PM
There will be a lot of posts in a few days time with people sharing how much they achieved in 2024. But, in case someone needs to hear this… It’s okay if the only thing you did this year was get through it.
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Rest in Peace #POTUS #JimmyCarter, age 100, a president and a true gentleman. Your country mourns your passing.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/u...
Jimmy Carter, a one-term president who became a globe-trotting elder statesman, dies at 100 | CNN
Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House scandal and who redefined post-presidential service, died Sunday ...
www.cnn.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Rest in Peace #POTUS #JimmyCarter, age 100, a president and a true gentleman. Your country mourns your passing.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/u...
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
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11 Ways To Find Stillness In Your Life:
1. Journal
2. Take Walks
3. Stop Watching the News
4. Read Books
5. Put Your Phone Away
6. Get Rid of Stuff
7. Seek Solitude
8. Enjoy the Small Pleasures
9. Realize You Have Plenty
10. Build A Routine
11. Pace Yourself
1. Journal
2. Take Walks
3. Stop Watching the News
4. Read Books
5. Put Your Phone Away
6. Get Rid of Stuff
7. Seek Solitude
8. Enjoy the Small Pleasures
9. Realize You Have Plenty
10. Build A Routine
11. Pace Yourself
December 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM
11 Ways To Find Stillness In Your Life:
1. Journal
2. Take Walks
3. Stop Watching the News
4. Read Books
5. Put Your Phone Away
6. Get Rid of Stuff
7. Seek Solitude
8. Enjoy the Small Pleasures
9. Realize You Have Plenty
10. Build A Routine
11. Pace Yourself
1. Journal
2. Take Walks
3. Stop Watching the News
4. Read Books
5. Put Your Phone Away
6. Get Rid of Stuff
7. Seek Solitude
8. Enjoy the Small Pleasures
9. Realize You Have Plenty
10. Build A Routine
11. Pace Yourself