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Samwitch

@silkunderground.bsky.social

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she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)

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Samwitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · Oct 17

I've never done an introduction post, so: I'm Samantha from Virginia, love just about all of nature & taking pictures of it. Used to study biology & turtles but got stuck working in a dental office. Now I'm mostly housebound with chronic illness & watch classic film all day long! loves: 🍄🐝🕷️🪶🐢🐇🌼🌱🌫️🌧️📷🎥

yellow rumped warbler perched on a branch surrounded by greenery

old man of the woods mushroom in green grass

blooming common milkweed with a fat bee flying above it

painted turtle on a log in a lake, dipping its back toe in, with a reflection

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 16h

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 16h

Increased detentions and police/ fed presence heavily limited our compa's ability to leave their homes to work, get groceries and essentials, or even go to immigration court. In response, our grocery, perinatal, one roof clinic, furniture, and recreation teams adapted and expanded their work.

Food, Supplies, and Resettlement

Increased detentions and police/ fed presence heavily limited our compa's ability to work or leave their homes to get groceries and essentials.

In response, our MSMA grocery & free store teams adapted & scaled up their work to deliver essentials, including groceries, clothes, and diapers, to up to 100 families every week, reaching nearly 2,500 people.

Our furniture team picked up over 60 pieces of furniture (cribs, mattresses, and couches) from donors to distribute to 20 families.

Unable to do in-person events out of satety concerns, our recreation team delivered toys and games to families and had smaller hangouts at compas' homes.

Legal support and family care

MSMA's One Roof Clinic continued to support our compas with pro se asylum apps along with providing up to date, accurate information on relevant immigration changes (e.g., application fees, KYR, TPS).
One Roof also pivoted, in response to need, assisting folks with changing in-person immigration court hearings to virtual and helping compas from Venezuela with filing re-registrations for TPS when they were only given just a week to do so.

Since Aug 12, our perinatal team -
• delivered perinatal packages to 17 mothers, sourcing the majority of items from donations.
• matched volunteer doulas with mothers who are giving birth alone due to their partners being detained.
• delivered baby food, diapers, milk, and medicine to postpartum women
• supported many pregnant women through DC Alliance changes & with last-minute applications

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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 16h

It has been over three months since the expanded federal occupation of DC began. (We say expanded because the federal presence in DC did not begin in August 2025-the District has always been occupied by the feds.)

MSMA has been busy. Learn more about what we’ve been up to 👉🏽

Three months of expanded occupation in DC

It has been over three months since the expanded federal occupation of DC began. We say expanded because the federal presence in DC did not begin in August 2025—the District has always been occupied by the feds.

MSMA has been busy. Overnight our ICE emergency hotline became the hotline for reporting all police and fed activity in the city. And our mutual aid teams had to rapidly scale up and pivot to respond to the increased & changing needs.

Learn more about what we’ve been up to.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Most of us who are covid conscious understand that widespread masking is not returning.

But masking in healthcare facilities should be an easy ask.

Getting folks to mask when they’re sick should be an easy ask.

Cleaning the air should be an easy ask.

It’s time we adapt!

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Jodie Griffin @jodiegriffin.bsky.social · 15h

Take a walk with me as I see what I can find that catches my eye.....(a thread)
#photography #nature

A path in the woods, with vivid green all the way around, some trees starting to show bits of color, and a leaf strewn path between the trees.

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Samwitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 3h

painted turtles 🐢

Samwitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 3h

this is how he does things, with his golf courses etc. he just does whatever he wants, knowing the worst they'll do to him is a fine.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4h

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants destruction of the White House East Wing halted, saying it's "deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself." savingplaces.org/press-center...