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@beachesnbooks.bsky.social
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Anti-fascism, the Pacific Northwest, nature, health, books, movies. I will follow back if we share interests. No DMs, please, unless we already know each other.

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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The President of the U.S. invited Iran to bomb Los Angeles and San Diego. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FurU...
youtube.com
'Small Price to Pay': Trump says Iran can 'take out' San Diego, Los Angeles
YouTube video by CBS 8 San Diego
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've never lived outside the U.S. If you have, was every day a fresh hell or is that unique to the U.S.?
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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The idea that Newsom is even remotely a serious candidate for president is so goddamn clown shoes at this point In the past month he's vetoed LGBTQ+ rights measures, pushed the Paramount merger through, further cozied up to AI barons and now this. Dude couldn't even win a Governor reelection now
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JoJoKC 💙🏳️‍🌈 | Queertauqua @jpe1974.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you have LGBTQ+ family or friends and still defend this administration while it rolls back their protections, spare us the “I love you” speeches. Love without standing up for someone’s equal rights rings pretty damn hollow. #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #CivilRights
lgbtqnation.com
A "monstrous injustice": Trump admin announces pro-LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination rule ends tomorrow - LGBTQ Nation
LGBTQ+ advocates denounced the administration for rescinding the rule without any public comment period.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maybe it is time to pronounce social media a failed experiment.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 23/09/2026
Happy Bi Visibility Day 💚🩷💜💙
Bi Visibility Day
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Northwest rail fans eager for Sept. 30 debut of Amtrak’s Airo fleet • Idaho Capital Sun
Amtrak’s sleek, amenity-packed new trains will debut on the Cascades intercity route in Washington and Oregon on Sept. 30.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The most beautiful part of the U.S., IMHO. #PNW
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good. #ImpeachHegseth
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That would be the point of them refusing to abide court orders and continue their mail ballot scams - they could not lose the House or Senate if they decide which votes count. Like Hitler or Putin, they wish to control all voting. “It isn’t who votes that matters, but who counts the votes” - Stalin.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've never bought Macklemore's music, but I will now.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore: Genocide is bad. Ed Sheeran: Hey some people find those words very hurtful.
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Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸 @michaelostrogorsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Washington State Ferry Tacoma sailing across Puget Sound below Her Majesty Tahoma, bound for Bainbridge Island:
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview the FCC censored. Let’s make it very, very popular. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 10/09/2026
I hit the streets of Bellingham, WA to hear from local business owners about how Trump's tariffs are costing them—literally. They all agreed: let’s pass my bill to end Trump’s tariffs NOW.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 10/09/2026
Pete Hegseth tried to mock Canadians, so This Hour Has 22 Minutes brought the receipts and his workout form. 😂🇨🇦 Nothing brings Canadians together quite like an arrogant bully underestimating us. This is comedy gold! #SheShed #ElbowsUp #ChickenLegs #CanadaStrong #ThisHourHas22Minutes
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day 2026! #thankaunion
List from the AFL-CIO of reasons to thank a union on Labor Day 2026.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use union-busting laws to further exploit workers 5) Rinse and repeat How we break this cycle? Build back a powerful labor movement.
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why Joaquin Phoenix, George Clooney & Nearly 200 Other Jewish Artists Artists Are Defending Mark Ruffalo youtu.be/8yAfsxAXf7U?...
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Deeply disappointed in Apple's cowardice about #LakeOntario. Guess I will be exploring alternatives to MacBooks and iPhones.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-ra...
newsweek.com
Map shows 'rapid spread’ of covid cases as school classes canceled
A Texas district canceled classes amid a COVID spread as cases rise in 47 states and outbreaks continue disrupting schools.
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💙🌊 Billionaire Boycott 🌊💙 @billionaireboycott.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BOYCOTT GOOGLE AT THE VERY LEAST USE A DIFFERENT SEARCH ENGINE e.g. DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Startpage (businesses will stop paying google for advertising to appear in search results if no one is using it!) #PeoplePower #BoycottGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottTwitter #BoycottFacebook
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@developers.google.com Shame on you Google. Your actual motto used to be "Don't be evil," and now you've turned into pure evil. I'm done with you. @mapquest.com gets it, google doesn't and has caved in to fascism. Lake Ontario forever 💙 #BoycottGoogle 🖕 www.newsweek.com/google-revea...
newsweek.com
Google reveals how ‘Lake America’ name change will appear on maps
Lake Ontario will appear as “Lake America” on Google Maps, the company said - but only to users in the United States.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Duh.
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I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you are so inclined, you can go over to dollyparton.com and leave a message about what Dolly meant to you and maybe make a donation to her Imagination Library
Thank you so much for your monetary gift to support my Imagination Library. This program is so special to me and I am thrilled that it is special to you, too. My Daddy was the inspiration for the Imagination Library and he told me many times that out of all of the dreams I had fulfilled, this program was the one thing that made him the most proud of me!

Your generosity will help us continue to grow this program so that we can gift books to more children to inspire a love of reading. We have surpassed over 2 million children receiving books each month but we have dreams to do more!

Your support will help give those dreams wings, along with the generous help from our local partners who manage the program and raise funds to support it in communities around the world. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Together we are going to keep dreaming and keep growing!

Love,
Dolly
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fedupwiththis.bsky.social @fedupwiththis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
But hey — @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to work with them, right?!
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
2.4%. Just because it is legal doesn't make it right.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Who else is officially freaked out?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you care about protecting Big Bend, it may be time to rethink where you spend your money. YETI co-founder Ryan Seiders is part-owner of a West Texas ranch that has been facilitating construction tied to Trump’s border wall project in the Big Bend region.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is a reminder that if we let 🍊destroy what is special about Big Bend National Park, introducing light pollution, it will be tragic.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
SCOTUS lets @ejeancarroll.bsky.social’s verdict against Trump stand. He is formally out of excuses.
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Rain Dog @brushwolf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Local parks are a really great thing about the Seattle area, even a fairly small neighborhood park can feel as deep in the woods as if I were near Mount Baker. Even when you can hear the road or when you know you’re near a strip mall with a teriyaki place. 
Photograph of trees looking downhill
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/08/2026
Let's give the unhinged, untrained, unaccountable bullies electroshock gloves. While we're at it, do a no-bid contract for this bullshit.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'd watch that!🎯 substack.com/@newsgirls/n...
substack.com
The Fired 60 Minutes Team Is Building a $50 Million Rival Show
Scott Pelley, Bill Owens and other journalists pushed out of CBS could reunite for a new investigative newsmagazine—and honestly, it may be more 60 Minutes than the show CBS will air this fall.
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Gorgeous. I want to visit this place. #RubyBeach
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The hilarious thing about this slam on Jeanine Pirro is that Donald Trump *quite famously* doesn’t know how to fold an umbrella.
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Seattle -- This is a good app to have on your phone in case wildfire smoke heads our way.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Spokane, Washington. In 2024 governments gave $725,000,000,000 of taxpayer money directly to the fossil fuel industry. We’ve PAID to inflict these horrors on our world. Our children are going to pay a great deal more. We are nowhere near angry enough.🤬🤬🤬 Climate Dad
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
news.com.au
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
404media.co
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/07/2026
For years, Microsoft had failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server. Given that and other unknowns, government reviewers couldn’t vouch for the tech’s security. It was approved anyway. (Published March)
propublica.org
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive dat...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
NEW: Kennedy is talking about orange juice, peptide injections, dental fillings & his new TikTok account. The rest of us are trying to figure out if the produce at the local grocery store is safe to eat or not. We need straight answers, not more MAHA nonsense. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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Kennedy's summer sh*t show
Americans want straight answers about the cyclosporiasis outbreak but the nation’s top health official is too busy talking about orange juice and TikTok
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Tuta @tuta.com · 25/07/2026
Tuta Mail has 1.2 MILLION DOWNLOADS on F-DROID 🥰 How amazing to see so many people choosing to get Tuta on an alternative to the Google Play Store! Yes, #DeGoogling is possible. 😎✅ #FOSS #FDroid
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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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BeachesNBooks @beachesnbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Oh, no, @firefox.com - WHY??????
Firefox announcing they are back on X.
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
For #MountainMonday, a chill look on a July about 4 years ago at #MtRainier. Portland is going to have a short heat wave, so I'm providing this vibe. #📷 #Glaciers #ECK #PNW
A photo of a huge snow and glacier covered mountain dominating the image. The shape of the mountain is a blunt topped cone, with a flat top and dark blue rocky ridges showing through the massive glaciers down it's sides. A faint blue sky is visible above the mountain.
the scene is criss-crossed by faint clouds allowing the view through.
A closer  forest covered mountainside is visible at middle right and from it's much shorter peak, descends toward lower middle left.
The lower foreground is all silhouetted tree tops.
The big mountain is Washington State's Mount Rainier, 14,406 feet high (4390m).
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14/10/2025
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
consumerreports.org
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 15/07/2026
And you know who's using all that compute power? Anthropic, the "good guys" of AI, are paying Musk a billion dollars a month to rent capacity from this toxic data center. #TeslaTakedown
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pnwtrickster.bsky.social @pnwtrickster.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Mountain was out (partially) today! Always in awe of it. #Tahoma From Thea’s Park.
Mount Tahoma (aka Rainier) peaking out from clouds. From Thea’s Park
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