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peregrine kate (she/her)
@peregrinekate.bsky.social
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cat lady, Democratic PD, gardener, birder, mother, grandmother, recovering academic (UMich Am Cult PhD), TNG-CWA member, climate justice activist, local TEC admin, Third Act MI co-fac (roles not ranked). #ShutDownLine5 #WaterIsLife #OldAndBold
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Michigan 9, deep MAGA territory unfortunately. They’ll stick with the GOP to the end.
Wikipedia entry for Michigan Congressional District 9, most of the “Thumb” of the Lower Peninsula, showing Republican Lisa McClain’s margin of victory in 2024 (66.8%). Deep MAGA territory there & they are proud of it.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
peregrinekate.bsky.social
Thanks so much for being willing to share your creativity with the Bluesky community.
Image documents a donation of $30 to a local farm stop/food pantry
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
peregrinekate.bsky.social
Ding ding ding. The plutocrats want to disconnect themselves from the polity. They think they deserve it all and that they did it all by themselves. We had better make it clear how wrong they are.
Protest sign shows a big fish composed of smaller red, white, and blue fish preparing to swallow one white fish with an orange toupee. Caption says Organize! (Anti-Trump protest in March, 2017.)
May 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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So sweet! Miss my dear Coco.
Tortie cat half-burrowed under a cloud-patterned quilt
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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This week, from Th May 1 through Sat May 3, there are dozens of May Day Strong rallies and protests throughout Michigan. Check out the Mobilize portal, filter on the date and place, and find one near you! www.mobilize.us
White text on black background reads "May Day National Day of Action"
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Image displays a large red shark with a MAGA cap being confronted by a large school of green fish gathered in opposition. Text reads “The Many Can Overcome the Many” (image from @intoactionus)
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Berkeley CA today!
#TeslaTakedown
Light-skinned woman with long brown hair holding a sign that says, “Does this (ass) [donkey body with Elon’s face] make our country look small?” and footnoted (Borrowed, but too good not to use)
March 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Save the EPA Rally! Thursday 13 March, 4:30 - 6:00 PM, 2601 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor. #StopTheCoup #BlockBillionaireBullies #ProtectOurEnvironment #SaveTheEPA
Save the EPA! Protect the Environment and EPA Workers You are invited to march with the EPA union! Fight back against the unelected billionaire Elon Musk who is illegally defunding and firing employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)! Support EPA in reducing water and air pollution, like greenhouse gases and CO2! Help protect real people with real lives, families and jobs. Hundreds of people work at the EPA lab in Ann Arbor. March with AFGE union local 3907! Thursday, 13 March, 4:30-6:00 PM 2501 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor Co-sponsored by Huron Valley Area Labor Federation; AFGE Local 3907; AFGE Veterans; Ann Arbor Indivisible
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
peregrinekate.bsky.social
Thank you. Thank you. I was at Selma this very day and walked across that very bridge, thinking all the while of that searing, terrifying event 60 years ago. The short bridge span must have seemed miles long to the brave marchers. Such inspiration to make “good trouble” will serve us well now.
Foreground of the image shows SELMA in large metal letters, at the approach (from the north) to the Edmund Pettis Bridge across the Alabama River. Bridge arches and the name of the infamous bridge show in the background. Image taken 7 March 2025, 60 years to the day after Bloody Sunday, a landmark event of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
March 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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#DidThisToday #StopTheCoup #NoKings #SaveOurServices (~24 hours notice, about 40 people)
Protestors with signs outside the Federal Bldg & Courthouse in Ann Arbor on 2/20/2025. Most prominent sign reads: Musk has your number: SSN, Checking account, brokerage account, Medicare, IRA, and much more
February 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Rally at the Federal Bldg in downtown Ann Arbor today drew ~40 people with one day’s notice (& windchill in the low teens). We had songs and action sheets and truth-telling. We’ll keep it up! (MOC visits planned too.) #SaveOurServices #NoKings #StopTheTrumpMuskCoup #DidThisToday
Crowd of people on Ann Arbor street corner protesting the Trump Musk Coup with signs, songs, and testimonials.
February 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Happening TODAY!
4:00 PM Ann Arbor Federal Bldg (Liberty & Fifth) Join us! We’ll be singing & speaking out & planning what comes next. #NoKings 🚫👑 #StopTheCoup #SaveOurServices #PowerResidesInThePeople 🙌🏼✊
(We’re on Mobilize—sign up there for updates) #DidThisToday
Image is from @intoactionus Large red fish with a MAGA hat is confronted by a school of smaller green fish that are larger than the red one when they group up. Caption in yellow says The Many can Overcome the Money, all on a bright blue background.
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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THE MANY CAN OVERCOME THE MONEY: STOPPING THE TRUMP-MUSK TAKEOVER
Flash Rally! 4:00-5:00 PM Thurs. 2/20/2025
Federal Building/Courthouse:
200 E. Liberty (at Fifth St.) Ann Arbor MI
#BlockTheBillionaires #PeopleHaveThePower #StopTheCoup #SaveOurServices
Large red fish with a MAGA hat is confronted by a school of smaller green fish that are larger than the red one when they group up. Caption in yellow says The Many can Overcome the Money, all on a bright blue background.
February 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
Orange and brown butterfly (maybe Atlantis fritillary?) sipping nectar from a pink and yellow lantana flower, multiple plant foliage in the background in greens and browns Single white trillium blossom in closeup
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Thank you. I’m reading this now, one week after letting go of my dear companion of 17.5 years, Coco. I’ll print it out to keep with her ashes. 💔
Coco, an ailing 17.5 year old tortoiseshell cat, catching a last sniff of outdoor air from her favorite vantage point.
December 3, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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Today is the day, people! Vote blue up and down the ballot. Let’s go win this thing!
Me, peregrine kate, holding a campaign sign for Kyra [Harris Bolden] and Kim [Thomas], Democratic-endorsed candidates for the MI Supreme Court, outside my polling place where I am greeting voters today
November 5, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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One more: local judges & proposals.
Washtenaw Dems endorsements for local judgeships and ballot proposals.
November 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Washtenaw Dems endorsements: County Commissioners, city & township offices, school boards.
November 2, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Mock-up of sample ballot for Washtenaw County (MI) showing Democratic/Dem-endorsed candidates, downballot & non-partisan races.
November 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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I voted already in Michigan and got this cool sticker
Cartoon of a snazzy gray tabby cat sporting an Uncle Sam top hat and carrying a sign saying “I voted”
October 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Probably will! I picked this one from the Ypsi clerk’s office when I dropped off my ballot last week during business hours.
“I Voted” sticker in Michigan featuring a snazzy gray tabby cat sporting an Uncle Sam-style top hat
October 26, 2024 at 4:08 PM