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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Feb 15

An important reminder that artists (and art) can help save the world.

we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.

Support and protect artists!

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Feb 15

There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism.

A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.

Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.

They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.

Claude Cahun with hearts on their face and I AM IN TRAINING DON'T KISS ME shirt

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 7

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses

U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Feb 7

The tone work in this one is really top notch. I love it, and not just because it's my favorite city in the world 😉

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Feb 5

The MF can try to cancel Black History Month

but it's still Black History Month.

(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)

Read Black Writers

Read Black writers all the time. Always. For the month of Feb we're recommending a book a day to highlight great voices, so compiling here. 

bookshop.org

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · Feb 4

Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:

Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.

If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 1

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Jan 31

2/ Our reporting is incomplete but what limited reporting we have says that Musk's crew isn't using any of the federal cybersecurity protocols. If you collect Social Security I'd imagine you have standing to sue Musk for endangering your financial information and private medical records.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.

Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

CDC Data Are Disappearing

The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jan 23

One way you can do that? Wear a respirator. Whenever you’re in public, mask up.

It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.

Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · Jan 23

yeah so I'm gonna need all you liberals to just go ahead and radicalize real quick, that'd be great, thanks

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Jan 22

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"

So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Nov 25

Looking for a supernatural queer read?

🏳️‍🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality

Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:

a.co/d/bufFU4f

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · Jan 16

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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Roxi Wheels @roxiwheels.bsky.social · Jan 20

Today and in the coming days, remember

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 20

#timelinecleanse

A still closed flower bud is all wrinkled and puckered on the outside. The flower is dark pink, and there is a smaller purple wrinkled flower on the same stem. The background is a jewel-toned green bokeh, which is a beautiful blur.

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 20

#timelinecleanse

This abstract waterscape photograph is calm and soothing with tan and taupe reflecting off the deep blue surface of a river. The river also reflects the lighter blue tints of nearby buildings.

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 20

#timelinecleanse

Dramatic clouds fill 2/3 of the sky in this vivid sunset photograph. The colors in the clouds range from fire orange to deep red and even purple. The robin egg blue sky peeks out from underneath, and beneath that is a dark silhouetted tree line on the horizon.

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 20

#timelinecleanse

A colorful abstract photograph in an Impressionist style, this piece is full of dark and light purple, green, and yellow green. Upward moving purple salvia are surrounded by lush green grass and foliage, but the intentional movement of the camera has reduced them to blurred sweeps of color, with very little identifiable detail. The vibe of the artwork is peaceful and uplifting.

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Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 20

My Election Day tradition is to post regular timeline cleanses, so you can pause the doomscroll, and rest your eyes and your spirit with art.

I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.

I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...

Christi Kraft @christikraft.bsky.social · Jan 19

Need a break? Check out this virtual art exhibition:

christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)

I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙

#CalmInTheStorm

A screenshot of a virtual art gallery. This portion of the gallery is a long wall with a standalone wall opposite, and a short wall with three art prints in the back. A "bench" sits in the middle of the long space. The walls are covered with curated waterscape photographs, each framed and matted. They are arranged such that like goes with like - 4 aqua and turquoise colored prints on the lefthand short wall, 3 midwestern beach scenes on the far short wall, and 5 wave abstracts on the longest wall.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Jan 18

The amazing part isn’t just the wrong answer, but that the explanation it gives is accurate — and it *simply doesn’t know that 27 is a smaller number than 32.*

Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.

AI OVERVIEW from Google search: “No, water will not freeze at 27 degrees Fahrenheit; water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. So, if the temperature is at 27 degrees Fahrenheit, the water will still be liquid.
Explanation: The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning that water will begin to turn into ice when the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Key point: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. “

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jan 14

If you’re still masking - thank you.

If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.

If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.

Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jan 14

All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!

N95 Masks are Available at all Los Angeles Public Library Locations

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · Jan 11

I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · Jan 9

And this organization is helping animals who have been displaced by these fires. Donate if you have the desire or means to donate.

pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...

Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane

Eaton Fire Update: We have taken in over 100 animals overnight and are continuing to take in animals for emergency boarding. Due to the proximity of the evacuation zones, we […]

pasadenahumane.org

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