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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · Feb 19

Ok use this as a starting point folks ~

www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/sustainable-...

20 Best Sustainable Alternatives to Amazon or Target

Whether you need books, tech, clothes, home goods, or groceries this guide has sustainable Amazon and Target alternatives for every category.

www.consciouslifeandstyle.com

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 3h

Turkey neck time!

The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 4h

Trump says he absolutely hates the photo of him on the cover of Time, so please share this cropped section of it with everyone you know

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AkLuvr @akchikky.bsky.social · 2h

Good advice

J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 19h

More on microplastics:

They're "released from exposure to heat," like when you pour coffee into a foam cup, brew a cuppa in a tea bag that has microplastics, & wash polyester fabric on high heat.

So "keeping your plastic away from heat is a low-hanging...

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.

www.washingtonpost.com

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 2h

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

What Ceasefire? Israel Is Back to Its Genocidal Ways as Trump Demands a Peace Prize.

Trump's alleged historic ceasefire & peace deal is about as real as a diploma from Trump University, yet that hasn't stopped Republicans from kissing up to their King and ignoring a genocide.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 9h

Commentary - Flooded Alaska villages face recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever see, writes Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com

alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/14/f...

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 9h

Totally agree - and yet we see so little written about it. Shameful and depressing both …

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 9h

Touché - I kept waiting n waiting such a big screwup

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 9h

I'm going to do a small thread on the Pearl Creek Steam Charter application.

Both the PCSC application and the districts response can be found in the school board meeting agendas for October 6 and 14, respectively.

www.k12northstar.org/school-board...

Meeting & Event Information - Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

www.k12northstar.org

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 10h

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... ~ I guess all the antivaxx folks will just get dementia…?
Here’s more from Nature re: shingles vax

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Jay Wal Alaska @jay-wal-alaska.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it looks like house speaker Johnson is a little nervous about the rally coming up on October 18. If you haven’t heard, Anchorage will be having a meet up at 3 PM in Downtown Town Square, Park. Show up. Bring a sign. Enjoy the fun. ✊💙

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 20h

:-)

สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 23h

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️

I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.

Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 20h

:-)

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 21h

tlingit, haida, unangan, athabascan, supiaq, yupik, and inupiaq all dancing together to celebrate us—indigenous peoples day—on our homeland sheet’ka kwaan

it was so beautiful 🥹

indigenous unity at its best. WE’RE STILL HERE 🫶🏼

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mivox is exHAUNTed 👻 @bs.mivox.net · 21h

I hear tell there are frogs & dinosaurs migrating towards Fairbanks, AK as we type…

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 1d

If measles hits Alaska we will most likely see it first in the home school community before public schools.

It won't take long to get into our public schools because the Interior (including Fairbanks) has a very low rate of vaccination for Kindergartners (ages 5-6) of 57%.

This is a tinderbox.

Vaccination rates by community in Alaska for childhood and kindergarten series

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 22h

:-(

Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 1d

UPDATED: One woman has been found dead in the village of Kwigillingok, where another two people remain unaccounted for, after a devastating storm battered Western Alaska over the weekend.

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

www.adn.com

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KrazyTheeAlaskan™️ @krazytheealaskan.bsky.social · 10d

We are more powerful than we realize.
When Maga boycotts a company (see Bud Light), the loss was around $1B YOY.

Sane Americans, Reagan Republicans, Libtards boycott and cancel Disney+. They lost $4B in 4 DAYS.

We are powerful, now go forth with this knowledge wisely.

#LikeIBeenSaying

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 2d

This is a logic of a 5 yo. A lower court HAS issued a long opinion resolving the issue. If you can't resolve the issue differently, don't issue an unexplained opinion that, for all functional purposes, resolve the issue in the exact opposite way.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 22h

Touché

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J(y)oda 🐸 @jodyoalaska.bsky.social · 23h

Getting signs ready for October 18th.

Protest signs reading as follows:
Never normalize this.
Fascism is the right word for it.
What will you tell your grandkids?
This is dissent, Jan 6th was insurrection.
Democracy is not a team sport.
It's all fun and games until they come for you too.

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tristanwalsh.bsky.social @tristanwalsh.bsky.social · 22h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)

Chicago attorney Robert Held took to a megaphone to address police officers on behalf of the protesters. There was a standoff that lasted about an hour. Police were instructing protesters to dispers...

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

:-)

AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Here’s a brief primer on the history of the holiday and its significance.

In the comments, feel free to share resources where folks can learn more.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...

Is Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 a federal holiday?

Here is a look at why it's called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.

www.nbcwashington.com

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... ~ “Microplastics, studies increasingly show, are released from exposure to heat.” Or just don’t buy anything packaged in plastic…”