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KatieO

@katieo80.bsky.social

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Lifelong learner. Believer in science as well as ghosts. Educator. Casual witch and musician. Kitchen improvisor. Interested in community building, democracy, and practical prosperity for every human animal, as well as non-human animals and the Earth.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 13h

Essential read, though it is complex and dark. We must know these things and make these connections; gotta listen to the #truthtellers .

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13h

October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 13h

I wonder if they know that a) Argentina has free public healthcare and b) abortion is legal and free, with their $40billion bailout for them, and i pay so damn much for groceries and could die of antiabortion sepsis

KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 13h

Reflective egret in Katy, TX #latetothegame

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 17h

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 14h

Lahaina botanical garden ♥️

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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸 @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · 2d

🙏🏽❤️

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 3d

Love a gothy petunia 🖤

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ShethaDamnTruth 🌊🌊🌊 @shethadamntruth.bsky.social · 4d

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 3d

Sunset over the Creuse river, La Roche Posay, July '24

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

Grand Canyon south rim

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

I was covering a classroom the other day and a 6th grader handed me a post it at the end of class as she walked out... reminds me so much of your awesome jellysketch!

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 5d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

Rainbow on Taos mesa

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

I saw Bryan Stevenson speak in Dallas in September 2018, what a gift. He is a powerful truth teller and exactly whom we need to listen to right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u... gift article

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

Agree 💯current view:

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

School performance, graduation rates, and proficiency are all making strides in Illinois.

We know that here we can’t abandon the pursuit of academic excellence.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 5d

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 6d

“I am not fearful, I am fearless” -New York Attorney General Letitia James

Letitia James smiling at the camera. She is wearing a deep blue top.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 6d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 8d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to María Corina Machado of Venezuela. Winner of the 2025 Peace Prize.

May we learn through your example.

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KatieO @katieo80.bsky.social · 6d

Between Clovis and Albuquerque somewhere...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 6d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 7d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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