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Patricia Washburn

@patwashburn.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, cybersecurity nerd, #author of Self-Care for Cats, #gamer, #disability activist, wheelchair user, recovering journalist, passionate reader of #sff living in Maine.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 5h

How your email finds me

Brown and white small dog hanging off bed

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 1h

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 1h

My favorite aunt was a professor of Slavic languages and wrote a textbook on Russian. One of the sentences, which I copied out in my four year-old handwriting, was “every day my father advises me in a loud voice to be a physicist.“

Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 1h

Chris Noth played him on TV

Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 1h

Chellie Pingree of Maine went, and posted video of herself speaking

Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 6h

I love how New Orleans brass band jazz has become the theme music of the resistance.

Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 8h

I can see why Antenociticus didn't catch on, that name is a mouthful.

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 17h

Graphic from Meidas Touch: "No Kings" is the whole damn point of the United State actually.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 8h

The inimitable @hcrichardson.bsky.social explains what happened in Portland (Maine) 250 years ago today -- an act of unprincipled aggression by agents of a king. Sound familiar? I spent the day giving history tours at my UU Church downtown, where we still have 3 cannonballs from the British bombing.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 17, 2025

October 17, 2025 (Friday)

On the morning of October 18, 1775, a small fleet of Royal Navy vessels opened fire on the seaport town that is now known as Portland, Maine.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 16h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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cathywalt.bsky.social @cathywalt.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, who can beat this guy. Portland ME.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

No Kings Maine

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 9h

Proud to be part of the resistance in the other Portland (not war-torn yet). #maine #mepolitics #nokings

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Just a bunch of paid domestic terrorists in Portland, Maine.

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 1d

Your small actions? They matter.
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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 2d

Remember, it’s not the size, it’s what you do with it

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You can't cover Washington accurately and not mention white supremacy | Press Watch

Media fails to sufficiently call out the racism that permeates Republican rule

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 2d

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

Exclusive poll: Inflation remains a concern despite president’s pledge to reduce prices on ‘day one’

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 3d

And this is why a great many jobs should permit remote work. People with chronic illness and disabilities can often work from home when they couldn’t make it into a workplace.

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This post is missing a kitten picture

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 4d

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 3d

So there is apparently a new wave of Twitter folks here? Well, here’s a starter pack of cat accounts if you’d like! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

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Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 3d

I love Ostia Antica! Especially the temples and shrines

Patricia Washburn @patwashburn.bsky.social · 4d

the fact that he has spent so much energy on this instead of, you know, doing something that would help science, is an indicator of the intelligence levels at play.

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Tiny cat @tinycatvideos.bsky.social · 4d

Rescued cat becomes Firehouse “dog” 🚒🐈

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