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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 4h

Found this old video of #Savior in intake right after we picked him up from the vet (who was asked to euthanize but refused). An amazing old soul who knew we had his back.❤️He's here to remind you to VOTE🗳️- just 6 days left! theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...
🤍Thanks -your vote counts!🤍

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 1d

#COTD Nugget was just a four-month-old kitten when he was brought to us. He had tested positive for leukemia and was rescued from Animal Control in Tennessee by a caring facility that drove him 8 hours to save his life.

Read more: blindcatrescue.com/cats/nugget....

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 23h

It's that time again! The BCR Raffle is here! 🐱🐾
100% of proceeds go to the blind, FIV & FeLV cats! Buy 4 entries, get 1 free!
Enter: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
prizes: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
rules: blindcatrescue.com/rafflerules....
Thank you so much for helping them! 💙

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 20h

Leaf No Pet Behind Shelter Challenge is here! 🐾 Vote for blind, FELV+, & FIV+ cats—it's free & quick! Daily votes help them win! 😺 🐾

🔗 VOTE: bit.ly/3Ue7TmV
📧 Need a reminder? Email: [email protected]

Thank you so much for helping the kitties! 💙

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 1d

#Savior is here to announce we're down to just ⭐️7⭐️more days to VOTE for RappCats in the Leaf No Pet Behind Contest. Help us win much-needed funds for our #cats & #kittens! theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...
Thanks so much for caring and supporting our work!!! ❤️🧡💛🧡❤️

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 1d

Leaf No Pet Behind Shelter Challenge is here! 🐾 Vote for blind, FELV+, & FIV+ cats—it's free & quick! Daily votes help them win! 😺 🐾

🔗 VOTE: bit.ly/3Ue7TmV
📧 Need a reminder? Email: [email protected]

Thank you so much for helping the kitties! 💙

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time again! The BCR Raffle is here! 🐱🐾
100% of proceeds go to the blind, FIV & FeLV cats! Buy 4 entries, get 1 free!
Enter: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
prizes: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
rules: blindcatrescue.com/rafflerules....
Thank you so much for helping them! 💙

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 2d

We told #Savior he could sleep in this morning and WE would remind you to VOTE! Only 8 days left in the Leaf No Pet Behind Contest, where we can win $ to help other #cats like Savior. theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...
Thanks for helping us - for all the wonderful support and daily votes!

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 2d

❤️Meet Sally!❤️She just arrived & we're smitten. Her owner passed away & she needs a new home. She's 7 & is super friendly & gentle. She has plush fur, a bushy tail, & distinctive all white whiskers! She's still in intake, but watch our website for when she's adoption-ready!

black cat with golden eyes and all white whiskers

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 2d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 2d

Leaf No Pet Behind Shelter Challenge is here! 🐾 Vote for blind, FELV+, & FIV+ cats—it's free & quick! Daily votes help them win! 😺 🐾

🔗 VOTE: bit.ly/3Ue7TmV
📧 Need a reminder? Email: [email protected]

Thank you so much for helping the kitties! 💙

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Let’s be honest: there have already been several bizarre moments from Trump this morning alone that would justify invoking the 25th Amendment.

He is a seriously unwell individual.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 2d

This weekends adventure: having our hearts stolen by Treyarnon, North Cornwall

realised i said to a nice couple who ran a nice coffee place in Bampton that i was heading to ...Tregaron (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿)
a small change of consonants that would've in fact represented a 273 mile / 5hr 25min detour if true

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 3d

The day we got #Savior : someone had requested euthanasia but the vet called us instead. We were over capacity that wk but OF COURSE said WE'RE ON OUR WAY! Already, our precious Savior knew he was safe now. Pleass vote so we can help other #cats like him.
theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 3d

The very lovely 14th century doorway into the Church of St. Andrew in Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire 😍
As ever, there are plenty of bits of evidence still clinging on, to show that the doorway was once limewashed and the walls plastered.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 3d

Keep remembering.

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 6d

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supports my mission
to show Ukraine to the world.

This week’s gratitude for you –
my travel diary from the palaces of Vinnytsia region,
little-known, non-touristic places
in the heart of Ukraine:
www.patreon.com/posts/travel...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 3d

'Portrait of a Girl.' (1904) From early in his career, Ian Strang was recognized as a brilliant draughtsman. He was much admired for his portrait drawings, inspired by those of Hans Holbein in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

If Congress doesn't act, costs will rise on premiums for health care plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Here's what to know about the politics and real-world impact of this issue. n.pr/4qlDkuC

5 things to know about the health care fight behind the shutdown

If Congress doesn't act, costs will rise on premiums for health care plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Here's what to know about the politics and real-world impact of this issue.

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Annette @inkstercat5.bsky.social · 3d

Count Jellybean!

Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 4d

#COTD Jellybean is a blind kitty who loves to run or walk on his wheel daily. Jellybean likes to keep to himself but he loves when we have visitors and he can meet new people! His favorite thing is his cube tower.

Read more: blindcatrescue.com/cats/jellybe...

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 3d

It's that time again! The BCR Raffle is here! 🐱🐾
100% of proceeds go to the blind, FIV & FeLV cats! Buy 4 entries, get 1 free!
Enter: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
prizes: blindcatrescue.com/raffle.htm
rules: blindcatrescue.com/rafflerules....
Thank you so much for helping them! 💙

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Annette @inkstercat5.bsky.social · 3d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
"Outside the ICE building, demonstrators against the Trump administration’s immigration policies have blown bubbles at ICE agents, formed a flash mob to dance the “Cha-Cha Slide...& tying doughnuts to poles and pretending to lure federal officers with the pastries."

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

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