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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 1d

I should call or ask about this. Would love to. I rang a Paul Revere bell this year, and that was really fun.

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! But I'm sure those apples are reserved for the apple aficionados who discovered it and did the research.

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 1d

Here for the apple reviews!

Thought of you when this very old French apple tree (Drap D'Or de Bretagna) was discovered in Maine:

www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 7d

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The YouTube image and description doesn't show the great points in the show.

Ken Burns: The Founders Would Be SHOCKED by Congress | The Bulwark Podcast

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 7d

Yes! I listened to this and it was encouraging.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 8d

Regarding National Guardsmen and women being deployed in various cities, please don't demonize them. They can't be expected to know if their orders are legal or not. They aren't the problem, the people giving the orders are (Trump, Bondi,iller, Patel, etc).

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Tiffany BoOoOo 👻 @tiffanybond.com · 9d

We should not create a process with prohibitive paperwork and then catastrophically punish people for not being able to navigate the administrative burden.

This is an immigration post.

Or is it a healthcare post?

Or a student loan post?

Or an affordable housing post?

Or a SSDI post?

Or a...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 11d

Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 13d

Because they don't want to tip the algorithm to build his presence by spelling his name correctly.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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em ✨🏴‍☠️💖💜💙 @emcolbs.bsky.social · 16d

if you’ve been wanting to take a break from your phone i highly recommend taking up paper mache! can’t touch phone if hands are covered in glue

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 20d

It's Watergate, Every Day.

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-waterg...

It’s Watergate, Every Day

Plus: What’s more America First than bailing out foreign countries with MAGA-ish leaders?

www.thebulwark.com

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · 28d

Yes! (Just found you from the old site.)

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · Sep 11

Disinformation – lies & manipulation to divide us – created conditions for political violence, hatred & normality of disgusting views. Disinformation erodes democracy. The enemy is us, but the macro-villains are authoritarian leaders & structures pulling strings to make us enemies of ourselves.

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · Sep 11

We each come into contact every day with a range of untrue, manipulated, micro targeted content designed & given to us specifically to deepen differences, move our behaviors & emotions to extremes. Please breathe online. Or get offline. Go hug your friends. Look someone in the eye. Commit to truth.

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · Sep 10

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'

Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.

Here, he tells us his story.

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Exit take: If this is the first you are hearing about Iryna Zarutska, you should ask yourself why… and consider moving beyond the safe spaces that shield you from her story."

Suggestions for information outposts which will not rot my brain?

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Sep 7

I adapted this recipe from a King Arthur vanilla version:
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Dec 22

You can make them if you like! Here's the recipe.

Almond & Orange Cake
BAKE: 30 to 35 mins for cake or 15-20 minutes for large muffins
YIELD: one 8" cake or 6 large muffins.

I use large muffin tins (about ¾ of a cup to 1 cup each) and get 6 cakes. I bake them for about 18 minutes.

Ingredients (get all the ingredients ready first)
• 4 large eggs, separated, at room temperature (can let sit in hot tap water to warm them quickly)
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (124g) granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon orange juice
• 1 tablespoon (or more) orange zest
• 1 1/2 cups (145g) Almond Flour (sifted)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8" round pan with non-dairy (oil-based) non-stick baking spray. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the sugar listed in the ingredients into the bottom and sides of the pan and sprinkle in some orange zest.
2. Using an electric mixer or stand mixer, beat together the egg yolks, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the almond extract, orange juice, and orange zest until sugar is dissolved and the yolks turn a pale yellow.
3. Using an electric mixer or stand mixer (you have to clean your whisk attachment if you used it for the yolks), whip the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Slowly beat in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Set aside.
4. Whisk together the dry ingredients — flour, baking powder and salt — and add to the egg yolks. Stir together to form a thick dough.
5. Fold in the egg whites in three stages. The first 1/3 will lighten the thick yolk & flour mixture, so don’t worry about knocking out the air at that point. Be gentle as you fold in the rema

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Sep 7

Last week, invited to brunch. What can I bring? Oh, please bring the little cakes!

This week, invited to dinner. What can I bring? Oh, please bring the little cakes!

🥰 gluten & dairy free and in high demand!

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Dec 22

This almond & orange cake has no business being as delicious as it is, being dairy & gluten free. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Small almond and orange cakes cooling on a counter.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Timeline cleanse

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer: "When the systems meant to protect us recreate the abuse cycle, the betrayal that occurs can be just as damaging as the original trauma...We are not going to be quiet. We are not going to give up. And I ask the American public to stand with us."

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 2

We asked 12 staffers at The Atlantic: What’s the one book you recommend again and again to friends and loved ones? One of their favorites will, we hope, be the title you pick up next: https://theatln.tc/VebePpnm

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Dixie in Maine @northdixie.bsky.social · Aug 29

Many people with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities are not able to get transportation to programs which serve them. These are adults with disabilities who need 24-7 care while parents work.

Sometimes the rides just don't show up.

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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · Aug 29

In case you're wondering, in the last few months in Maine alone, ICE has detained

A teenaged construction worker
A jail officer
A reserve police officer
A pastor
A soccer player

www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/l...

Lewiston soccer club fundraising for star defender detained by ICE

Malunda Destino, 24, a starting defender for Maine Legends FC, was detained by ICE last week and is currently in custody in Massachusetts.

www.pressherald.com

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