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Anna Kullgren, Optic Verve 🇸🇪🇺🇸
@ovanna11.bsky.social
Seeker of beauty, benevolence, and badassery. Designer, visionary, gardener, functional tetrachromat, avid follower of politics and student of history. Practice kindness, curiosity and tolerance.

Work:
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Did you know that Spotify is airing recruitment ads for ICE? My response is shutting down my account. I hear Qobuz is a good alternative, though not quite as developed - yet. The audio quality of Qobuz is said to be superior, and they do pay artists more per stream.
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
News from around the world that you likely would otherwise never hear about. And, for the price of a cup of java (at your choosing - the issues are many), they play a role in numerous great initiatives to stop cruelty and destruction around the globe. Ekō News ekonews.substack.com?r=6ycc7&utm_...
Ekō News | Substack
News and views from Ekō. Click to read Ekō News, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
ekonews.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fab fall plant sale TODAY!! Started as a Covid project in spring of 2020 (seems like eons ago…) we’re now in our 6th year. Many great vendors this time around - beside the tried and true regulars, we’re super stoked to welcome our friends from the legendary Joy Creek Nursery. Don’t miss it!
September 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our neighborhood plant sale is coming up soon - just a few weeks away! Hope to see you there!
August 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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This.
When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Sign this petition from a very worthy organization for a very worthy cause. Convince Lula to stand up to those who are pushing their short term financial goals ahead of planetary wellbeing. Help him protect what’s left of Brazil’s rainforests.

action.eko.org/a/lula-s-las...
Lula: Protect nature and climate
When Lula took office, he promised zero deforestation in the Amazon and zero greenhouse gas emissions.Yet he’s caved into lobbying from oil companies, opening up the Amazon basin for drilling and allo
action.eko.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...
sign.moveon.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our neighborhood plant sale is tomorrow (Sat May 3, 11am - 3pm). If you’re in our part of the world, stop by, find a new favorite (or two, or five) or just talk plants with all of us nerds. I spent the morning prepping for the event - it’s our sixth year doing it! Can’t wait! Hope you can come!
May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
April 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is from one of the most worthy organizations I know. I've been a sustaining member since 2012. Please join me in taking action with @ucsusa on global warming, our broken food system, and more: www.ucsusa.org/action-cente...
Take Action
We are experts and everyday people, fighting for change together.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
For those of you near Portland, OR - here is the flyer for our neighborhood plant sale. It is now in its 6th year! As usual, we’ll offer the cool and unusual, natives, shrubs and perennials at great prices, ceramics, gobs of free nerdy garden expertise, and more. Hope to see you there!
April 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My Easter Bunny planting panned out this year. The timing worked, for a change. (It really doesn’t happen often.)
April 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A few favorites from yesterday. Portland shows up!
April 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Some favorites from yesterday’s protest in Portland, OR. The penguins… 😂
April 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My mom sent me this - it’s fantastic! I might have to learn it for the next protest on April 19.

youtube.com/shorts/TLEbX...
These Grannies Wrote a Diss Track for Trump
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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April 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A cute little tree frog!
April 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A MUST READ! And then, pass it on to everyone you know. This is happening NOW!!

open.substack.com/pub/critical...
Banking Collapse Update: The FDIC Dismantling is Underway
An update to the original analysis on the FDIC dismantling.
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Denmark PM joins Greenland officials by objecting to JD & Usha Vance’s trip there on Thurs: “It is unacceptable pressure being placed on Denmark & Greenland, and it is pressure we will resist. It is not what Greenland wants or needs.” meidasnews.com/news/denmark...
Denmark Prime Minister Calls U.S. Visit to Greenland 'Unacceptable'
Neither Denmark nor Greenland is recognizing the visit of JD and Usha Vance as official
meidasnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The fuzzy ”mushrooms” of emerging Syneilesis palmata are so soft and gentle looking. As my mother says - they would fit perfectly into the Moomin Valley, Just what the world needs right now.
March 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Be sure to read and watch the clip at the end. And with everything we know in limbo, be sure to attend one of the nationwide protests on April 5th.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
March 23, 2025
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March 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM