Valerie
@flexie-vee.bsky.social
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Book worm, nature-lover, mom, atheopahan
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC Gem.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6949144
2 days ago
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What are y’all doing for International Wombat Day?
4 days ago
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Jon Cooper
7 days ago
See the difference? 👀
#NoKings
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Loved the positive energy at today’s
#NoKings
rally in Carlisle, PA!
#resist
8 days ago
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Found these pretty little puffs in my yard
21 days ago
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The absurdity of this would be funny if this weren’t all so real.
about 1 month ago
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I look forward to a time when this would be a non-issue because people aren’t obsessed with strangers genitals.
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French First Lady Brigitte Macron Will Present Court with Photographic and Scientific Evidence That Proves She's a Woman
As part of Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron's ongoing lawsuit against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, the French first lady plans to present evidence in court proving that she is a woman
https://people.com/brigitte-macron-photographic-scientific-evidence-prove-shes-woman-11812716
about 1 month ago
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Pete Buttigieg
about 1 month ago
What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.
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A powerful story of creating the world we want to live in.
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https://themoth.org/stories/meeting-the-jazz-giant
about 1 month ago
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The misnamed “Stop Illegal Immigration Act” will not deter migrants fleeing danger. It will only continue the racist scapegoating of brown people and destroy more lives. Please call your senators to make sure it has no chance of passing!
#democracy
#resist
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10 Tips For Making The Most Impact When You Call Congress
Here are 10 tips for calling Congress, to ensure your message is heard.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/tips-on-how-to-call-senator-congressperson/
about 1 month ago
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Authors Against Book Bans
2 months ago
Everyone can contribute something to the fight, but because certain actions tend to get all the coverage, it can be easy to feel shut out. So here's a thread of ways to help that do NOT include: Going anywhere Calling anyone Writing anything If you want to help, we want your help. Let's go....
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Senator Bernie Sanders
2 months ago
Congratulations to the nurses at UPMC Magee Hospital on their victory. Health care workers across the country are unionizing to fight for better care for all of us. Magee must respect the results of the election and begin bargaining for a fair contract immediately.
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses vote to unionize
A majority of about 700 nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital have voted to unionize with SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, the union announced Sunday. Ballots were counted late Saturday following voting t...
https://triblive.com/business/upmc-magee-womens-hospital-nurses-vote-to-unionize/
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America Xanadu
2 months ago
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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I don’t love what’s happening to my country, but I do love when someone captures it with the perfect sentence: “Ever since Trump retook office in January, rapid enshittification has become the organizing principle of US statecraft.”
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
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The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
https://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/
3 months ago
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Josh Lappen
3 months ago
Not at all a coincidence that this type of clean-energy comms - which presents a positive case in forceful terms rather than trying to dance around the issue - is coming almost exclusively from non-US firms. The comparison tells us a lot about why the IRA failed. More below: 1/9
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Gonna be listening to this on repeat. I love Lea Morris harmonies 🎶🎤
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UU Climate Justice Revival Commissioned Song: Part of It
YouTube video by Side With Love
https://youtu.be/UicUUR3O0yo
3 months ago
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The echoes of kindness ripple through time
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Decades later, Karen de Boer still remembers a kind gesture from her college hallmate
As a college freshman, Karen de Boer was sometimes inconsiderate to her hallmate, Pam. So when Karen missed the bus to her choir performance, she was surprised — and moved — when Pam came to her rescu...
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445369/unsung-hero-college-life-kindness
4 months ago
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The US FWS wants to remove habitat modification or degradation from the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. 🤦 There’s one more day for public comment:
#conservation
#resist
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Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06746/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act
5 months ago
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@oregonstate.edu
continues to stand by its values of inclusion and academic freedom and defending our ability as a society to continue making scientific progress. So proud to be a Beaver!
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OSU joins APLU, AAU, ACE and other universities in legal challenge to recent federal actions
From: University Relations and Marketing Dear OSU Community Members: Today, the university submitted a legal declaration in support of a lawsuit filed this week by the Association of Public & Land-Gra...
https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/student-emails/osu-joins-aplu-aau-ace-and-other-universities-legal-challenge-recent-federal-actions
6 months ago
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This is hope. Muddy and brown but ready. Ready to receive the bounty that will come come from the now unseen seeds.
7 months ago
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Today’s Hands Off protest in Harrisburg. Continuing a proud Pennsylvania tradition of opposing tyranny and supporting civil rights 🇺🇸
7 months ago
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Here’s a great song as we wander through The Great Unknown
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The Great Unknown
From the album Writing on the Wall
https://wookiefoot.com/track/2856100/the-great-unknown
7 months ago
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“A part of our country’s history has been erased,” but “history will write itself in people’s memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better.” from “The Mountains Sing” by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
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US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site
When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency removed a map of future climate hazards from its website, researchers built their own version
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2470279-us-scientists-rebuild-climate-risk-map-deleted-from-government-site/
7 months ago
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Instead of Amazon, try
Bookstore.org
and support local bookshops. The boycott may be over, but we can still put our money where our values are.
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
https://Bookstore.org
7 months ago
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Concrete steps toward healing the wounds of colonialism. Thanks for seeing a good example, Denmark!
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Netherlands to Return its Share of Nigeria’s Looted Treasures: 120 Statues Set for Repatriation
The hundreds of Benin Bronzes make up one of the most notorious and ongoing disputes over looted art during colonial activities.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/netherlands-to-return-its-share-of-nigerias-looted-treasures-120-statues-set-for-repatriation/
8 months ago
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Just one more example of what people can do when we work in harmony with each other and our environment 🦬
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Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem
The return of the bison means the return of the prairie, one of the three great grassland ecosystems on the planet.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tribal-bison-ranchers-return-thousands-of-animals-to-native-lands-and-witness-an-ecosystem-rejuvinate/
8 months ago
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Smart scientists in China and Sweden have been busy solving a problem I didn’t even know existed. I ❤️ science!
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New Rice Cultivar Eliminates 70% of Methane Emissions While Boosting Yields
The team is now seeking to demonstrate the importance of this new rice to the Chinese government in hopes that it can be provided nationwide
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-rice-revolution-slashing-70-of-methane-emissions-while-boosting-yields/
9 months ago
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To all of you out there making positive change in the middle of chaos:
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9 months ago
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Christopher Webb
9 months ago
This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit! We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
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I love knowing how hard some people work to be kind!
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9 months ago
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Just set up my first ranked choice ballot using
rcv123.org
This is a great way to introduce your friends to
#RCV
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RCV123 - Ranked choice voting and polling online. RCV calculator. Secure voting methods. Always free.
Make your own ranked choice voting election or poll. Secure voting methods. Free.
https://rcv123.org
11 months ago
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A little cash + a lot of love = an amazing (and very profitable) Airbnb
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/i...
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Family bought an abandoned train car from 1909 for $3,000 and turned it into an Airbnb that brings in over $90,000 a year—take a look inside
Isaac French and his family converted a 100-year-old train car into an Airbnb that's projected to earn over $100,000 in 2024.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/idaho-train-car-airbnb.html
11 months ago
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We shall overcome someday
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OPINION: Here’s how we get through the next four years
Venice Williams shares words of encouragement for us all.
https://milwaukeenns.org/2024/11/06/opinion-heres-how-we-get-through-the-next-four-years/
12 months ago
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We can do this hard thing.
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12 months ago
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Best quote from this article: “It’s much harder to hate up close.”
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Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender person elected to Congress
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is once again making history — she will be the first openly transgender person to serve in the U.S. Congress.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32741/sarah-mcbride-transgender-first-delaware
12 months ago
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Big win in the fight against climate change 🌍!
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12 months ago
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Peter Sagal
12 months ago
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NPR
12 months ago
The gentle animals are part of Portland International Airport's effort to counter travel stress with soothing elements from nature.
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Anxious at the Portland airport? Beni the Llama is here for you, spreading joy
The gentle animals are part of Portland International Airport's effort to counter travel stress with soothing elements from nature.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/03/nx-s1-5173755/therapy-animals-portland-airport-llama-alpaca
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Wow! I’m always amazed what people can do.
#goodnews
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Jordan Recognized as First in the World to Eradicate Leprosy
Leprosy is considered a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that still occurs in about 200,000 cases in more than 120 countries.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jordan-recognized-as-first-in-the-world-to-eradicate-leprosy/
12 months ago
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As usual, Radiolab does an amazing job of humanizing what could come off as a wonky topic, in this case, single transferable
#voting
and other forms of ranked-choice voting
#RCV
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about 1 year ago
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Wow! Our world could use more radical understanding and kindness like this!
#goodnews
#sheroes
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A Public Defender's Radical Approach to Representing The January 6th Rioters | The New Yorker
YouTube video by The New Yorker
https://youtu.be/Tt1Dwtm4fWM?si=AattUY1NathR83Qd
about 1 year ago
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#hope
for repairing brain damage from
#aging
or injury may come from understanding our own
#stemcells
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Stanford Breakthrough: Reviving Brain Stem Cells To Combat Aging
New research hints at ways to generate neurons. Most neurons in the human brain last a lifetime, and for good reason. Intricate, long-term information is preserved in the complex structural relationsh...
https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-breakthrough-reviving-brain-stem-cells-to-combat-aging/
about 1 year ago
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“A billion different people doing a billion different things to make a billion places better today” -Michael Franti
#sheroes
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A school uniform that 'grows' ensures African girls can continue their education for years to come
YouTube video by CNN
https://youtu.be/sj1Ubb-emm4?si=Pqj3uayeGoChoLxo
about 1 year ago
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Worst Boggle board ever 😂
#games
about 1 year ago
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Truly heroic rescue by a Michigan Sheriff 😮, complete with footage from traffic and body cams
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Officer climbs into moving vehicle to help driver
The driver was experiencing a medical emergency when deputies were dispatched, according to police.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70w8w5lw6jo
about 1 year ago
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