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Lisa Farrar

@lisafarrar.bsky.social

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Random acts of kindness are always a good idea. I follow journalists. I'm here to share accurate news, and to promote fundraisers for Ukraine. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 #WeAreNAFO P.S. Trump does not have a mandate.

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Lisa Farrar @lisafarrar.bsky.social · 2d

#NAFO #fellas ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
#69thSniffingBrigade

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Please join me in a new campaign to help protect Ukrainians in a very special way. My Ukrainian friends chose to call this campaign Freedom is Action. They are making an important point. One way to find our own courage is to act in support those who are showing it
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine

A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 4d

Yes I mention this briefly in my essay here but there are as you mention interesting studies proving the science. There’s also some work showing the connection between salmon on mushrooms and mycelium networks in forests.

Salmon is vital for everything here.

gradfoodstudies.org/2025/06/19/a...

A Wild River of Food: How Traditional Knowledge Can Help Rewild Ecosystems

The Klamath River, vital for ecosystems and Indigenous cultures, underwent a historic dam removal, enhancing salmon populations essential for ecological health. This restoration reflects deep triba…

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jan 28

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 4d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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LGBTQ Shrink @drronholt.bsky.social · 18h

Sending rainbow pride from San Francisco.

🌈 🌈 Be proud. Be you. 🌈 🌈

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 20h

This was the vibe at the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow!

@omarfatehmn.com got tons of love and support. Getting stopped every second.

And cars just kept honking at him and saying hello as he was leaving.

Something special is happening in Minneapolis.

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Lisa Farrar @lisafarrar.bsky.social · 24m

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 3h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Lisa Farrar @lisafarrar.bsky.social · 28m

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 33m

Reckless trade wars hurt American’s retirement security by causing volatility in financial markets. They hurt our farmers, producers, and growers by closing off vital foreign markets. Ohio soy growers are STILL waiting to be made whole, while President Trump bails out Argentina. This is shameful.

Trump to welcome Argentina's President Milei as US extends $20 billion lifeline

Argentina’s libertarian leader is sparing no praise for the U.S. president ahead of his first White House meeting with Donald Trump

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 37m

Opinion: The government must introduce new legislation to ban the captivity and entertainment use of elephants, great apes, and non-native big cats.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

The government must introduce new legislation to ban the captivity and entertainment use of elephants, great apes, and non-native big cats.

www.hilltimes.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1h

It can’t be said enough: Donald Trump is EVERYTHING a real man is not. He’s the antithesis of a real man. And he made that abundantly clear again yesterday. And Joe Biden made abundantly clear again yesterday that he is a real man. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

So Apparent Again Yesterday: Joe Biden Is A Real Man. Donald Trump Is Not

Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 10/14/2025 · 29m

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Brian Rosenwald @brianros1.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve got a new video up focused on Democratic primaries, especially in the Maine Senate race, and why the Graham Platner forces are gaslighting people. I also touch on fundraising numbers, the big SCOTUS case tomorrow, the Middle East, the young Republican story and more.

The Maine Senate Race, Redistricting & Fundraising, and More News and Notes.

A Tuesday Roundup

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Janet Mills will be 79 at the start of the next senate term. No matter how popular she was as a governor, this is not what voters are asking for. Chuck Schumer continues to miss the moment.

www.rawstory.com/janet-mills-...

Dem gov jumps into key Senate race — where surging progressive awaits

After weeks of speculation and reports that Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was privately calling on Maine Gov. Janet Mills to enter the race to unseat longtime Republican lawmaker Sus...

www.rawstory.com

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Official Toonie Tuesday @toonietuesday.bsky.social · 50m

#ToonieTuesday UPDATE 🐝💙💛

Laura Chiarello Arts 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @laurachiarello.bsky.social · 1h

#ToonieTuesday UPDATE👇
Flying to $ 7,200!

Please, keep supporting the 210th Assault Regiment and HUR’s “Arey” Special Forces with TT and the Wild Hornets, these units need 🐝s to sting the orcs!

Donate here: linktr.ee/WildHornets
📢+RAFFLE! $10 = 1 🎟️

#NAFO #Ukraine #FNDRUA #donatetoUkraine

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 45m

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Sue Clancy @artistclancy.bsky.social · 3h

So @hcrichardson.bsky.social has encouraged us to record or write what it means to us to live in a democracy. So today I spent some writing things I want from a democratic government.
We had these things as recently as last year, 2024. And that gives me hope that we can/will have these again.

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John Andreini @jpandre52.bsky.social · 1h

The wealthy elites who bent the knee to Trump were sure he would be good for business. Their greed blinded them. The My Pillow Guy, Dr. Oz and others, including Bezos, are finding out too late that they backed the wrong horse.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 22h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1h

Never vote for a Republican, ever. That party is done forever.

Politico @politico.com · 3h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 1h

Someone help me out here. What would be an example of a “Republican Program?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1h

The US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is looking increasingly fragile after Israel shot several people today and US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of further violence.

Trump threatens to disarm Hamas ‘quickly and perhaps violently’ as ceasefire wobbles

Israel and Hamas both accused of violating truce commitments.

www.politico.eu

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