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Animal and human rights. And trees, amor fati — 🌀
Sign of the phoenix — ❇️
Also like soapboxes — 🌻
Kookaburras aren't something to mess with
Viva la raza
Common mice elf
Pinned
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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On Veterans Day, we honor those who put service before self.

To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
age shall not wither them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
we will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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On this Veterans Day, I'm reflecting on the fact that our Commander-in-Chief is a lying draft dodger who kicked out 5,000 trans service members who, unlike him, were serving ably and honorably, after hiring a white supremacist, alcoholic TV chatterbox to run our military.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Extinctions unfold not through one fatal blow, but through the slow convergence of many.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.

I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Iman Maleki, Iranian, born 1976.
Alone with the Sea, 2008.
Oil on canvas.
Private collection.

🙏🏼🌍🕊️

📷 Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things:

1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?

2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Outstanding pack by Debbie @debbie156.bsky.social. These are all amazing accounts!
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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If the billionaires paid their fair share of taxes, they could end hunger.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I wonder why this much detail was never shown in the United States?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLQ...
Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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UPDATE: Donald Trump is so hellbent on denying people SNAP that he went all the way to the Supreme Court to block benefits.

Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.

It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
Donald Trump’s war on SNAP.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Tako: The Piano Playing Octopus
By Mattias Krantz

youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Pretty telling that all the people who supported The Greatest New York City Mayoral Candidate Ever™ are over on the other site celebrating his win by...attacking Democratic leaders and reliable Democratic voting blocs.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Well that's it I'm muting Seattle
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Do not pivot away from this talking point.
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM