Shawnté Salabert
@shawntesalabert.bsky.social
Words & Music & Trees & Trails.
Outdoor writing about people and place. Author 'Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California'. Contributor: Outside, Treeline Review, Adventure Journal, Alpinist, etc.
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Outdoor writing about people and place. Author 'Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California'. Contributor: Outside, Treeline Review, Adventure Journal, Alpinist, etc.
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Any mention of transgender people has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument website. It's an absolute disgrace - FACT is, transgender people were instrumental in Stonewall & the subsequent movement for civil rights for LGBTQ people.
Please take a quick minute to leave a comment.
Please take a quick minute to leave a comment.
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Any mention of transgender people has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument website. It's an absolute disgrace - FACT is, transgender people were instrumental in Stonewall & the subsequent movement for civil rights for LGBTQ people.
Please take a quick minute to leave a comment.
Please take a quick minute to leave a comment.
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Forest Service employees: drop stories my way via the secure contact form on my website.
U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
February 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Forest Service employees: drop stories my way via the secure contact form on my website.
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By freezing federal funding, Trump is usurping powers that below to Congress, violating the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, creating a constitutional crisis, and sowing confusion and disorder.
Please write and/or call your representatives:
www.congress.gov/members/find...
(more in comments)
Please write and/or call your representatives:
www.congress.gov/members/find...
(more in comments)
January 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
By freezing federal funding, Trump is usurping powers that below to Congress, violating the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, creating a constitutional crisis, and sowing confusion and disorder.
Please write and/or call your representatives:
www.congress.gov/members/find...
(more in comments)
Please write and/or call your representatives:
www.congress.gov/members/find...
(more in comments)
A friendly reminder: your elected officials are supposed to serve you - and us. Start *telling* them what you want them to do. I recommend calling (or emailing if that's more comfy) & setting it as a daily to-do item. Here's how to find your Congressional reps:
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
www.commoncause.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A friendly reminder: your elected officials are supposed to serve you - and us. Start *telling* them what you want them to do. I recommend calling (or emailing if that's more comfy) & setting it as a daily to-do item. Here's how to find your Congressional reps:
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
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This was such a good interview.
Royal Ramey - Former Incarcerated Firefighter on Prison-to-Public Service Pipeline | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This was such a good interview.
Lil miffed at everyone who said that I would be asleep during my entire colonoscopy, wouldn't remember a thing, and would wake up "refreshed," because that is 900% NOT what happened today. Second time ever that I've been under sedation; second time I woke mid-procedure in discomfort & confusion :\
January 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Lil miffed at everyone who said that I would be asleep during my entire colonoscopy, wouldn't remember a thing, and would wake up "refreshed," because that is 900% NOT what happened today. Second time ever that I've been under sedation; second time I woke mid-procedure in discomfort & confusion :\
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Hi friends, if you're a journalist who has been reporting on the LA fires the International Women's Media Foundation is offering a virtual support group session next week and one/time grants up to $1500 if you need funding for gear. iwmf.org for more and if you need more details message me
Home - IWMF
The International Women’s
Media Foundation is a Washington-based organization that is dedicated to
strengthening the role of female journalists worldwide.
iwmf.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hi friends, if you're a journalist who has been reporting on the LA fires the International Women's Media Foundation is offering a virtual support group session next week and one/time grants up to $1500 if you need funding for gear. iwmf.org for more and if you need more details message me
We are so lucky to have people like Nikki and places like Octavia's in our community <3
January 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We are so lucky to have people like Nikki and places like Octavia's in our community <3
Amid the chaos, please don't forget about everyone impacted by the fires here - it's staggering how much help people are going to need and for how long. I'm maintaining a Google Doc of vetted GoFundMes & resources for people affected by the fires - please use / share: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
SoCal Wildfire Resources
docs.google.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Amid the chaos, please don't forget about everyone impacted by the fires here - it's staggering how much help people are going to need and for how long. I'm maintaining a Google Doc of vetted GoFundMes & resources for people affected by the fires - please use / share: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
December 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
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What an incredible piece from Patrick Fealey, an award-winning journalist and writer, who became homeless last year. I often think about how wide the gaps are in Britain's social security net compared with Germany's. But America is truly in a different league.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
What an incredible piece from Patrick Fealey, an award-winning journalist and writer, who became homeless last year. I often think about how wide the gaps are in Britain's social security net compared with Germany's. But America is truly in a different league.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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This is such a good story, and at its core is something that I think the scale of online shopping often hides from us in plain sight: So much of the abundance it promises is just a lot of disappointing sameness in the end
New from me: Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo.
Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
This is such a good story, and at its core is something that I think the scale of online shopping often hides from us in plain sight: So much of the abundance it promises is just a lot of disappointing sameness in the end
Nice lil reminder from @semi-rad.bsky.social that there's a 9.5-inch Silky Gomboy Curve 240 out there for all of us "somebodys"...
semi-rad.com/2024/11/some...
semi-rad.com/2024/11/some...
Somebody Should Do Something About This - Semi-Rad.com
if you are the big tree,
semi-rad.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Nice lil reminder from @semi-rad.bsky.social that there's a 9.5-inch Silky Gomboy Curve 240 out there for all of us "somebodys"...
semi-rad.com/2024/11/some...
semi-rad.com/2024/11/some...
I mean, y'all - this is nearly an exact rendering of the owl that perches in the tree outside my house every evening, hooting sweet nothings to its lover:
it has been my goal as an artist to master realism - one of my favorite illustrations from last year’s bird calendar was the great horned owl, depicted below to the best of my abilities! please let me know if you have any constructive criticism!
and: the 2025 edition is here! www.tommysiegel.net
and: the 2025 edition is here! www.tommysiegel.net
November 16, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I mean, y'all - this is nearly an exact rendering of the owl that perches in the tree outside my house every evening, hooting sweet nothings to its lover:
I cannot recommend @tommysiegel.bsky.social's Extremely Accurate Birds calendar highly enough for anyone who enjoys birds and their very anatomically correct lil legs 'n buns:
and PS: my 2025 Extremely Accurate Birds calendar is out now! Tasteful, accurate, and the perfect gift for any bird lover like me — or great as a white elephant gift! Many seem shocked these are illustrations and *not* photos!
tommysiegel.net
tommysiegel.net
November 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I cannot recommend @tommysiegel.bsky.social's Extremely Accurate Birds calendar highly enough for anyone who enjoys birds and their very anatomically correct lil legs 'n buns:
I was in the jury pool for a MONTHLONG case this week and I had a total meltdown while pleading hardship to the judge:
Internal monologue: Be strong, Shawnté
Internal monologue: Don't say anything EXTRA
External, tear-filled dialogue: "So when my family lost the farm in the great depression..."
Internal monologue: Be strong, Shawnté
Internal monologue: Don't say anything EXTRA
External, tear-filled dialogue: "So when my family lost the farm in the great depression..."
November 16, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I was in the jury pool for a MONTHLONG case this week and I had a total meltdown while pleading hardship to the judge:
Internal monologue: Be strong, Shawnté
Internal monologue: Don't say anything EXTRA
External, tear-filled dialogue: "So when my family lost the farm in the great depression..."
Internal monologue: Be strong, Shawnté
Internal monologue: Don't say anything EXTRA
External, tear-filled dialogue: "So when my family lost the farm in the great depression..."
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Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social turns one!!!
I can't believe it has already been one year of covering the Long COVID crisis. While we've accomplished a lot, we're just getting started. Thank you to our readers and for all who have shared their stories with us 🙏😷🥳
thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
I can't believe it has already been one year of covering the Long COVID crisis. While we've accomplished a lot, we're just getting started. Thank you to our readers and for all who have shared their stories with us 🙏😷🥳
thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
Press release: The Sick Times announces one year of covering the Long COVID crisis - The Sick Times
“Our reporting on Long COVID remains as vital today as it did when we launched,” executive editor Miles W. Griffis said. “Many of our colleagues in the media continue to minimize the disease and the o...
thesicktimes.org
November 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social turns one!!!
I can't believe it has already been one year of covering the Long COVID crisis. While we've accomplished a lot, we're just getting started. Thank you to our readers and for all who have shared their stories with us 🙏😷🥳
thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
I can't believe it has already been one year of covering the Long COVID crisis. While we've accomplished a lot, we're just getting started. Thank you to our readers and for all who have shared their stories with us 🙏😷🥳
thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
I feel like I've chosen exactly the wrong time to start testing heart rate monitors for a story I'm working on.
Monitor 1: Your resting HR is 105. You good?
Monitor 2: Is that anxiety, or you just happy to see me?
Monitor 3: M'am, we've run out of numbers high enough.
Monitor 1: Your resting HR is 105. You good?
Monitor 2: Is that anxiety, or you just happy to see me?
Monitor 3: M'am, we've run out of numbers high enough.
November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
I feel like I've chosen exactly the wrong time to start testing heart rate monitors for a story I'm working on.
Monitor 1: Your resting HR is 105. You good?
Monitor 2: Is that anxiety, or you just happy to see me?
Monitor 3: M'am, we've run out of numbers high enough.
Monitor 1: Your resting HR is 105. You good?
Monitor 2: Is that anxiety, or you just happy to see me?
Monitor 3: M'am, we've run out of numbers high enough.
I've been an admirer of @evaholland.bsky.social's writing for a long time, so I was very excited to order a copy of her forthcoming essay collection, No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks, earlier today: www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-...
No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks
A collection of nonfiction stories about Alaska and the Canadian North from Yukon writer Eva Holland | Check out 'No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
November 11, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I've been an admirer of @evaholland.bsky.social's writing for a long time, so I was very excited to order a copy of her forthcoming essay collection, No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks, earlier today: www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-...
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I guess I must be all-in here on the sunny skies platform, because I just created a Starter Pack featuring environmental journalists who have written for Sierra magazine over the years. Give 'em a follow. (and if I missed you, pls holler!)
go.bsky.app/CamWYrM
go.bsky.app/CamWYrM
November 11, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I guess I must be all-in here on the sunny skies platform, because I just created a Starter Pack featuring environmental journalists who have written for Sierra magazine over the years. Give 'em a follow. (and if I missed you, pls holler!)
go.bsky.app/CamWYrM
go.bsky.app/CamWYrM
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In addition to the 10 free ebooks Haymarket is offering because "books are crucial tools in struggles against racism, imperialism, and capitalism," there are several others available for free and the rest are just $2 — and one is 30¢. I'll add some more links. www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
In addition to the 10 free ebooks Haymarket is offering because "books are crucial tools in struggles against racism, imperialism, and capitalism," there are several others available for free and the rest are just $2 — and one is 30¢. I'll add some more links. www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Joined a gym in August and so far, the biggest flex I've witnessed is the dude who not only asked me how I was doing post-election, but then who divulged that he's on a mission to get Plan B to women in red states.
November 11, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Joined a gym in August and so far, the biggest flex I've witnessed is the dude who not only asked me how I was doing post-election, but then who divulged that he's on a mission to get Plan B to women in red states.
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I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚
November 7, 2024 at 12:11 PM
I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚