Rebecca Watson
@reblewa.bsky.social
Artist/Designer. Nature lover. Daydreamer. Wanderer. Always on the lookout for the everyday wonders. Persister. Resistor. Never lose hope.
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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🐟 Arctic river turns toxic
Alaska’s remote Salmon River, once clear, is now orange and metal-laden due to permafrost thaw exposing sulfide minerals. Toxic levels threaten fish and salmon-dependent communities.
🔗 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Arctic 🧪
Alaska’s remote Salmon River, once clear, is now orange and metal-laden due to permafrost thaw exposing sulfide minerals. Toxic levels threaten fish and salmon-dependent communities.
🔗 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Arctic 🧪
'Astounding:' Alaska researchers make alarming discovery in Arctic rivers
"No place is spared."
www.sfgate.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🐟 Arctic river turns toxic
Alaska’s remote Salmon River, once clear, is now orange and metal-laden due to permafrost thaw exposing sulfide minerals. Toxic levels threaten fish and salmon-dependent communities.
🔗 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Arctic 🧪
Alaska’s remote Salmon River, once clear, is now orange and metal-laden due to permafrost thaw exposing sulfide minerals. Toxic levels threaten fish and salmon-dependent communities.
🔗 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Arctic 🧪
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Being careful about the use of language is useful for surviving authoritarianism because authoritarianism seeks to control fact, truth, history, reality itself through misleading, false, inflammatory, and distorted language, as well as suppressed information, and to make it the norm.
Stick With the Facts & Don't Be Like Them: Some Notes on a Recent Spate of Misreadings
On July 31, the Washington Post ran a story noting that the National Museum of American History, a branch of the Smithsonian, took down a portion of an exhibit about presidential impeachment concernin...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Being careful about the use of language is useful for surviving authoritarianism because authoritarianism seeks to control fact, truth, history, reality itself through misleading, false, inflammatory, and distorted language, as well as suppressed information, and to make it the norm.
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Barton Street P-Patch invites community to Summer fundraiser, celebrating a decade of green space and community spirit
www.westsideseattle.com/west-seattle...
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Barton Street P-Patch invites community to Summer fundraiser, celebrating a decade of green space and community spirit | Westside Seattle
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August 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Barton Street P-Patch invites community to Summer fundraiser, celebrating a decade of green space and community spirit
www.westsideseattle.com/west-seattle...
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✍️ 70,000+ petitions just delivered to the Senate.
We’re demanding a NO vote on Trump’s $9B attack on NPR, PBS & global AIDS relief.
This is a coordinated, authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the public good—not “fiscal policy.”
We’re demanding a NO vote on Trump’s $9B attack on NPR, PBS & global AIDS relief.
This is a coordinated, authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the public good—not “fiscal policy.”
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
✍️ 70,000+ petitions just delivered to the Senate.
We’re demanding a NO vote on Trump’s $9B attack on NPR, PBS & global AIDS relief.
This is a coordinated, authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the public good—not “fiscal policy.”
We’re demanding a NO vote on Trump’s $9B attack on NPR, PBS & global AIDS relief.
This is a coordinated, authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the public good—not “fiscal policy.”
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🚨 MEASLES OUTBREAK IN U.S.: WORST YEAR SINCE DISEASE WAS ERADICATED
A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone.
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A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone.
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July 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 MEASLES OUTBREAK IN U.S.: WORST YEAR SINCE DISEASE WAS ERADICATED
A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone.
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A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone.
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Our @ezralevin.bsky.social will soon join @jenpsaki.msnbc.com to discuss the grassroots organizing that’s happening to stop Trump’s Tax Scam in the House and more. Tune into @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social on @msnbc.com.
July 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Our @ezralevin.bsky.social will soon join @jenpsaki.msnbc.com to discuss the grassroots organizing that’s happening to stop Trump’s Tax Scam in the House and more. Tune into @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social on @msnbc.com.
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Republicans on whether poor Americans can get health care:
Sen. Joni Ernst: “We all are going to die.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They’ll get over it.”
Vice President JD Vance: “Immaterial.”
$1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. 12 MILLION people kicked off health care. Republicans don’t care.
Sen. Joni Ernst: “We all are going to die.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They’ll get over it.”
Vice President JD Vance: “Immaterial.”
$1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. 12 MILLION people kicked off health care. Republicans don’t care.
July 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Republicans on whether poor Americans can get health care:
Sen. Joni Ernst: “We all are going to die.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They’ll get over it.”
Vice President JD Vance: “Immaterial.”
$1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. 12 MILLION people kicked off health care. Republicans don’t care.
Sen. Joni Ernst: “We all are going to die.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They’ll get over it.”
Vice President JD Vance: “Immaterial.”
$1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. 12 MILLION people kicked off health care. Republicans don’t care.
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans just rammed through Trump’s massively unpopular Big Ugly bill after 26+ straight hours of debate.
It’s not over yet, the House MUST reject this bill. Now is the time to speak up and get loud.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. KILL THIS BILL!
It’s not over yet, the House MUST reject this bill. Now is the time to speak up and get loud.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. KILL THIS BILL!
July 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
BREAKING: Senate Republicans just rammed through Trump’s massively unpopular Big Ugly bill after 26+ straight hours of debate.
It’s not over yet, the House MUST reject this bill. Now is the time to speak up and get loud.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. KILL THIS BILL!
It’s not over yet, the House MUST reject this bill. Now is the time to speak up and get loud.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. KILL THIS BILL!
Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill act.indivisible.org/letter/amend...
Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill
Senate Republicans want to vote on their Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching reconciliation bill this weekend, and that means a “vote-a-rama,” when senators can propose endless changes that their...
act.indivisible.org
June 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill act.indivisible.org/letter/amend...
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Democrats stripped out the Republican provision in Trump's Big Ugly bill that would've put more than 250 MILLION acres of public lands up for auction.
This is a victory, but STAY VIGILANT. Republicans aren't giving up—keep speaking out so public lands remain in public hands.
This is a victory, but STAY VIGILANT. Republicans aren't giving up—keep speaking out so public lands remain in public hands.
GOP Sen. Mike Lee Forced To Revise Plan To Sell Public Lands After Major Backlash
The Senate parliamentarian advised on Monday that Lee's controversial proposal to sell millions of acres of public land violated the chamber's rules.
www.huffpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Democrats stripped out the Republican provision in Trump's Big Ugly bill that would've put more than 250 MILLION acres of public lands up for auction.
This is a victory, but STAY VIGILANT. Republicans aren't giving up—keep speaking out so public lands remain in public hands.
This is a victory, but STAY VIGILANT. Republicans aren't giving up—keep speaking out so public lands remain in public hands.
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After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes. By @stphnfwlr.com
Trump administration defends Iranian strikes as some lawmakers question its legality
After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes.
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June 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes. By @stphnfwlr.com
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
- Jimmy Carter
- Jimmy Carter
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
- Jimmy Carter
- Jimmy Carter
No Kings Day, 6-14-25
A great day for a peaceful protest in Seattle.
A great day for a peaceful protest in Seattle.
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
No Kings Day, 6-14-25
A great day for a peaceful protest in Seattle.
A great day for a peaceful protest in Seattle.
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This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful.
Then Trump brought the chaos.
He is responsible.
Then Trump brought the chaos.
He is responsible.
June 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful.
Then Trump brought the chaos.
He is responsible.
Then Trump brought the chaos.
He is responsible.
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Trump responded to peaceful protests standing up for immigrants in Los Angeles with tear gas and rubber bullets.
He’s a wannabe dictator using violence to advance his authoritarian playbook. We won’t stand for it.
He’s a wannabe dictator using violence to advance his authoritarian playbook. We won’t stand for it.
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump responded to peaceful protests standing up for immigrants in Los Angeles with tear gas and rubber bullets.
He’s a wannabe dictator using violence to advance his authoritarian playbook. We won’t stand for it.
He’s a wannabe dictator using violence to advance his authoritarian playbook. We won’t stand for it.
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Seattle to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/wkqiCfF1
Join me on June 14
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June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Seattle to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/wkqiCfF1
Do you care about nature & US scientists ability to study and monitor the environment? Sign up for National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science”, May 22, 9AM PST - www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...
#environment
#conservation
#EPA
#climatechange
#environment
#conservation
#EPA
#climatechange
Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation
We need YOU as we rally in support of critical federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs tha...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Do you care about nature & US scientists ability to study and monitor the environment? Sign up for National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science”, May 22, 9AM PST - www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...
#environment
#conservation
#EPA
#climatechange
#environment
#conservation
#EPA
#climatechange
"Epic American shit show for everyone". This about sums it up. The cat agrees. @westseattleindivisible.com @seattleindivisible.bsky.social #protests #seattle
April 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Epic American shit show for everyone". This about sums it up. The cat agrees. @westseattleindivisible.com @seattleindivisible.bsky.social #protests #seattle
Leave no trace. Thanks to all the volunteers who made sure any trash was picked up following today’s protests.
It's time to take out the trash!
(But we're going to need a bigger bucket!)
#Indivisible
#SeattleIndivisible
#WestSeattleIndivisible
(But we're going to need a bigger bucket!)
#Indivisible
#SeattleIndivisible
#WestSeattleIndivisible
April 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Leave no trace. Thanks to all the volunteers who made sure any trash was picked up following today’s protests.
Resistance West Seattle style. Lots of good neighborhood spirit and energy. @westseattleindivisible.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Resistance West Seattle style. Lots of good neighborhood spirit and energy. @westseattleindivisible.com