Amanda W
@amwesselmann.bsky.social
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Interested in books, history, neurodiversity, cooking, art, and democracy
I have made fun of mourning dove nest, and it seems perhaps I judged hastily.
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Get To Know Nature
3 days ago
Hereâs the same path in November. I canât wait to see it in spring! đż
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George Takei
3 days ago
Simply horrific. What are we becoming?
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The Public Domain Review
3 days ago
Horse for
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. đ„ đŽ A painting by Joris Hoefnagel, late 17th century. Buy as a print here:
https://publicdomainreview.org/product/white-horse/
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Natee (they/them)
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This was drawn a few years ago but might as well be apt for how I'm feeling this
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onto a pyre of my sketchbooks and materials. đ Obvious nod to Arthur Rackham's 1911 illustration of BrĂŒnhilde's immolation scene from GötterdĂ€mmerung.
#ChineseNewYear
#LunarNewYear
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This is why I grow food in my back yard and flowers in my front. I Donât have an HOA, but a couple neighbors already donât like us. đ±
#GardenSky
#GrowYourFood
#resist
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Mother Jones
3 days ago
After watching a documentary about the horrors of industrial food production, Nicole and Dan Virgil decided to plant their own garden on their lawn. It wasn't long until the cityâs zoning board tried to shut them down.
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They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.
âWe are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.â
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
3 days ago
Do Americans know that in 39 states it is ILLEGAL to boycott Israel? I wrote about it today because we have a chance in Illinois to right this wrong. But I'm realizing most Americans have no idea Netanyahu spent at least $25M to criminalize boycotts of Israel.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/illinois-m...
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Illinois Made It Illegal to Boycott Israel
How you can help Illinois rectify a Constitutionally indefensible error committed by 39 states, and repeal its anti-BDS legislation
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/illinois-made-it-illegal-to-boycott
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Mother Jones
5 days ago
A private equityâowned airline is profiting from Trumpâs migrant crackdown. Now, deportation flights are getting longer and crueler as a result. Migrants said they sometimes soil themselves in their seats. Even when permitted to use the lavatory, it's difficult to clean themselves while shackled.
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equityâowned airline profits off Trumpâs migrant crackdown.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/
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My Irish ancestors couldnât get jobs when they first arrived in the US. Being proud of Scottish and Irish heritage has not always been a thing, Elon.
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Sarah J. Jackson
5 days ago
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. Itâs always a matter of will not resources.
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Roxane Gay
5 days ago
Whatâs so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these arenât irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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Medusaâs Wink (misses đ)
5 days ago
Today iâll be going state-by-state to make sure everyone has at least a place to start looking for food assistance in their region. You can help by replying to the post for your state/territory with any resources you know of.
#HelpSky
#Hunger
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
6 days ago
The federal government is barreling toward yet another shutdown. This crisis was entirely avoidable. Hereâs what Democratic leadership must do to stand their ground this time.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/another-sh...
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Another Shutdown Loomsâand It Was Entirely Avoidable
Don't look now but Lucy is about to pull the football from Chuck Schumer, again
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/another-shutdown-loomsand-it-was
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Claude âĄïžđŠđŠ
6 days ago
honey, it's time to share the dicynodont husbands again
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ProPublica
7 days ago
Since the start of Trumpâs second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold. In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
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âI Have Been Here Too Longâ: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICEâs Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1771036203&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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John Lechner
7 days ago
I dearly love the hoverfly, more than any other fly. Don't be fooled, it's not a bee, though quite adept at mimicry!
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Uri Wolkowski
7 days ago
Featured today is one of the fossils that stumped Darwin: Toxodon! This beast proved challenging for young Darwin to identify, featuring rodent-like, ever growing teeth - albeit much bigger than any living rodent! Richard Owen, later Darwin's rival, formally described and named them.
#FossilFriday
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Anna Holmes
7 days ago
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli
7 days ago
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast! Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. đŠ đŠ
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The Tennessee Holler
8 days ago
A) This is a lie. Other countries have it. B) Trump uses it regularly. Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
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ProPublica
8 days ago
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldnât be concerned because agents will âpromptly let the individual go.â For these Americans, that wasnât true. (Published Oct. 2025)
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyâve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally â almost certainly incomplete â includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1770955206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Tennessee Holler
8 days ago
Yikes â Epstein showing appreciation for @GovBillLee pal Betsy Devos making it harder to report sexual abuse on campuses
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Middle Age Riot
8 days ago
"The Dow is over 50,000 right now." - Pam Bondi, doing the cost-benefit analysis for child rape
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Oni
11 days ago
If you hate Generative Al, the best way to fight back is to support real artists âïž
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Alejandra Caraballo
10 days ago
THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY. I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
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JustinGee69
11 days ago
Billionaire Wealth Tax factoid of the day Your homework. Read the Billionaire Wealth Tax Act
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
#EatTheRich
#TaxTheRich
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Alessandro Rigolon
11 days ago
âBut I didnât understand a word he said.â Guess what, thatâs the experience of many immigrants when they arrive in a new country, including the United States. You get humbled. Then you work hard and start understanding. We could all use that experience
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Carve Her Name
11 days ago
#OnThisDay,
10 Feb 1917, plant pathologist Johanna Westerdijk becomes the first woman appointed as a professor in the Netherlands when she joins Utrecht University.
#WomenInHistory
#OTD
#History
#WomensHistory
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At a
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#BadBunny
songs and we are speaking in tongues. Itâs like a high school Spanish sleeper cell. đ
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Nick Pettigrew
12 days ago
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Biggie
13 days ago
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Katie Mack
14 days ago
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: thatâs a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? đ
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Biggie
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George Takei
14 days ago
âI needed it for my own ego.â
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Tea Pain
14 days ago
Pritzker can lose weight, but Trump will always be a racist.
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MeidasTouch
14 days ago
Maybe we need to take a different approach: who in this administration is *not* in the Epstein files?
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Carve Her Name
15 days ago
#OnThisDay,
6 Feb 1918, the Representation of the People Act receives royal assent, allowing some women in the UK the right to vote in general elections.
#VotesForWomen
#WomenInHistory
#BritishHistory
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Lester
15 days ago
Far beyond 'sex slaves' and 'sex trafficking' which are already demonstrably bad. But the sheer enormity of what the elites quite literally got away with is an evil that can barely be comprehended. The systemic coverup for their evils and how they enabled that It's something we need to reckon with
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost
14 days ago
PSA: The U.S. Postal Service has announced a change to their postmark date system, which could impact filing taxes, mailing important government documents, and voting.
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Rebel with a Cause
16 days ago
Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs 1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--" The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
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'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/own-government-attempted-execute-chicago-043218412.html
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Kyle Griffin
15 days ago
The Justice Dept. unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement â including during the crackdown in Minneapolis â has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.
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Exclusive: Justice Department unit on police misconduct sees staffing plunge and probes scaled back, sources say
The U.S. Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, has lost two-thirds of its p...
https://www.reuters.com/world/justice-department-unit-police-misconduct-sees-staffing-plunge-probes-scaled-2026-02-05/
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Scott Horton
15 days ago
The conflict in Minneapolis plays out to a certain degree as a clash between mainstream Christians, led most notably by Catholics and Lutherans, on one hand, and white Evangelicals, especially Southern Baptists, on the other.
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The Religious Left Is a Leader in the ICE Resistance
University of Louisville political scientist David Buckley says liberal religious leaders are playing a key role in Minneapolis and in other efforts to resist Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206110/religious-left-leader-ice-resistance
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John Scalzi
15 days ago
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
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Misa on Wheels
15 days ago
Crocheted wheelchair decor is a thing, and it is AMAZING! đ©·
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Jon Cooper
16 days ago
Excellent news.
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Alt Library of Congress
17 days ago
Why even have a constitution if you arenât going to use it to crush tyranny when it rears its ugly orange head?
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot
16 days ago
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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Rebecca Fachner
16 days ago
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires. I donât think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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