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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 11h

every once in a while I feel like I get a glimpse of what social networking would be if the platform incentives were just to give us a glimpse of normal people enjoying themselves...

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 21h

I had another #restaurant nightmare last night and wanted to write about it.
Why does everyone have them?
They are so weird!
I’ve never had one about writing!

tovedanovich.substack.com/p/server-nig...

Server nightmare

this is an invitation for you to tell me about your bad dreams

tovedanovich.substack.com

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Occupy Wall Street @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social · 3d

The community is fighting back. #abolishICE

‘ICE Kidnapping’ Signs Are Popping Up Around D.C. —And the White House Is Freaking Out

Washington, D.C. residents are posting “ICE ABDUCTED SOMEONE HERE” signs across the city, accusing agents of targeting vulnerable people — a grassroots campaign that’s igniting outrage from the Trump ...

mhtntimes.com

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 4d

I do prefer signal for texting with my android friends because otherwise photos and reactions between their phones and my iPhone don’t work right. But they work on signal!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 4d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 4d

A little essay on typing

tovedanovich.substack.com/p/so-i-bough...

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 4d

I was delighted by this @audubon.org Magazine story on the Hautman brothers, the winningest duck stamp painters of all time.

#birds #stamps

www.audubon.org/magazine/hau...

For The Hautman Brothers, the Secret to Duck Stamp Dominance Is All in the Family

The Minnesota painters have achieved unrivaled success in the federal government’s conservation-boosting art competition. They insist technical know-how has little to do with it.

www.audubon.org

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 5d

Type Space in Portland! It’s great.

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 5d

Oops I went to a typewriter store “just to look”

A smiling white woman with bangs wearing a flannel stands outside of The Type Space holding a very cute leather typewriter bag. She is grinning like a happy clam!

A Royalite typewriter from late 1950s in green.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8d

related, the NYT has portland-based reporters, but chose to assign this piece to one based in SF

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 10d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8d

The Ojibwe tribe is fighting to preserve manoomin, a wild rice in northern Wisconsin that’s under threat from a pipeline, climate change, pollution and invasive plant species.

Wild rice binds this tribe together. It’s under threat from every direction.

Inside the Ojibwe’s fight to preserve a plant and the extraordinary traditions around it in northern Wisconsin.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 9d

I kind of lose track of where I am in the roll so I try but it doesn’t always work out. It’s a fun surprise when I get the film back!

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! With Kodak ultramax film

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 10d

Film is so beautiful. Even on a cheap little camera.

Two half frames. The first side shows part of a lighthouse against the sky. The other is a view of the ocean from high up

Coney Island. The beach stretches out in front full of people and umbrellas.

Two half frames of a kitten on a couch near a window. In one he looks at the camera and in the other he peers over the edge of the sofa

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11d

“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 11d

A close friend of mine had an open adoption for her daughter and the adoptive parents kind of became like aunts or parents for my friend as well. I can’t speak to how the daughter feels but from the outside it seems like such a best case scenario at least for this family.Thank you for writing this.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 11d

I have no children but the picture book area of my bookshelf is one of my favorite places. I’m so in love with the form.

Beautiful short stories and pictures? What’s not to like!
#shelfie

A small shelf stuffed with picture books—some new and others very old.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12d

The fact that SF cameras have already caught thousands of people going more than 15 miles over the speed limit is a perfect illustration of why these cameras were needed in the first place. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

S.F. speed cameras are generating mountains of tickets and fines. Here are the totals so far

August was the first month that San Francisco’s automated speed cameras generated citations with a fine. One camera accounted for a quarter of all the tickets, according to data.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 11d

Have you ever dropped an injured or orphaned animal off at a wildlife rehab center? This essay is for you!

www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

#birds

Wildlife Care Centers and Ecosystem Education

Wildlife rehab facilities can enhance our understanding of local ecosystems.

www.earthisland.org

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 12d

My latest essay is about #wildlife rehab. I hope you’ll give it a read.

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 12d

"[E]very time the doorbell rings [at a wildlife care center], it’s also an opportunity to get someone to understand that wildlife are our neighbors. That they need our help to keep them safe." @tkdano.bsky.social

Wildlife Care Centers and Ecosystem Education

Wildlife rehab facilities can enhance our understanding of local ecosystems.

www.earthisland.org

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13d

trumpcare will increase my monthly health insurance bill by over 80%. that’s more than $400 higher. i’m glad democrats are taking a stand against trumpcare

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 13d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 14d

I’m really enjoying the heavy presence of chickens in HBO’s TASK. They’re basically a side plot at this point. Extensive, beautiful shots of chickens.

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