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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today’s #10MinMerlin from the Willamette Valley. Also seen, a Rufous Hummingbird. Between them and the Turkey Vultures showing up a couple of weeks ago, and the swallows this week, it definitely feels Springy!

Screenshot from the free app Merlin listing American Goldfinch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Bushtit, Western Bluebird, and Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Screenshot from the free app Merlin listing White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Purple Finch, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper, and Violet-green Swallow.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My first non-butterbutt warbler of the year! Hello Orange-crowned warbler! #10MinMerlin

A list from the free app Merlin that lists Bushtit, White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Red-winged Blackbird.

A list from the free app Merlin that lists American Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Rufous Hummingbird, Black-capped Chickadee, Purple Finch, and Downy Woodpecker.

A list from the free app Merlin which includes Purple Finch, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, America Crow, and Orange-crowned Warbler.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's almost the end of night 2 here for the United States of Science Challenge! There are only 5 states left with open bubbles: Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, New York, and New Jersey. Help us cross the finish line and fill some bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Regularly in awe of my surroundings!

Brown-black outcropping of basalt towers overhead with blue sky covered in wispy white clouds above. The slopes downhill toward the viewer are covered in a rainbow of green from light acid green ground cover to deep shades of mature conifers.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Joy is abundant for me when the first local strawberries arrive at the Grower’s Market!

8 red strawberries with green stem tops are nestled together on a white plate resting on a blond wood table.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Clover is suspicious of the interloper.

A gray tabby cat up on her rear legs has a front paw on a beaded black cat face change purse. The purse rests on a round metal tray that has an etched design which sits on a round stool. The cat is looking intently at the purse.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Today’s #TenMinMerlin didn’t turn up the Orange-crowned warbler or the butterbutts who were here earlier this week. Also, a SOSP spent most of the time eating within 10 feet of me and never made a peep.

Screenshot from Merlin app showing Dark-eyed Junco, Lesser Goldfinch, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Pine Siskin

Screenshot from Merlin app showing American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Acorn Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Canada Goose.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Getting reacquainted with old familiar haunts is refreshing when they look like this. Saw 5 Sandhill cranes, my first of the season, just a couple of miles from here.

A tall snow capped mountain is seen behind meadow and conifer forest. Some scraps of snow are in the foreground on the brownish meadow. Cloud banks and blue sky are over the whole scene.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Last night, my until-this-point, abstract job came together in a magical way!🎶🎹🎺🎻🪇🪘🎼

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I know the rain is a blessing but I’m going to flashback to a recent sunny Saturday. 😎

A couple of flights of wine both red and white are on a table on an outdoor patio. Blue skies are over the whole scene with some wispy white clouds. A valley vista of green-brown mountains are in the background.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The growers market is open and I can walk to it! The trip over this morning sure felt like spring!

In the foreground, green open fields, in the distance, mountains that are soft green. Some farm buildings including a red barn are in the middle.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

That’s my Senator! Thank you @wyden.senate.gov for representing Oregonians and all who believe in democracy!

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It’s been inspiring to see everyone come together for LA,,, but there’s one community I need to highlight. Not enough is being done for the black families after the LA fires. Ive partnered up with GoFundMe and the BMAC to create ONE main GoFundMe campaign to immediately help those in need. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

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Donate to Providing Relief for Black Families Impacted by LA Wildfires, organized by Flavor Flav

The wildfires in Los Angeles have had a heartbreaking impact,… Flavor Flav needs your support for Providing Relief for Black Families Impacted by LA Wildfires

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.

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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Pay attention to the newly accelerated war on porn.

If you are not already, pay attention to

increasing attacks on porn even if porn is

something you do not care for. The attacks,

architected and carried out by zealots, are

intended to broaden the classification of "porn"

to include all sorts of speech determined

"subversive" by zealots.

This is what has drawn me to this community and

fight. I'm not a porn super fan. "Obscenity" is

long where this battle has been fought and sex

workers are on the front lines of that fight.

*Their* free speech battle is one you benefit from, fellow artists.

Don't get me wrong!
I don't mean to distance myself from love and appreciation for smut, subversive art, literature, trash and more.
I am a true fan of all of the above (in no small part because I also know and appreciate its role in the history of this struggle).
But one should not feel they have to be a fan to appreciate what this fight means for the freedom of speech (especially speech including queer and feminist perspectives, which have often been grouped together as "subversive" and "dangerous" texts in the name of state censorship).

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Thought my first bird of the year would be a Dark-eyed Junco or American Crow but California Scrub-Jay dive bombed in for the win!

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

GARS OF THE WORLD! We present to you the 7 species of living gars! Each GARphic features an illustration of an adult and juvenile fish, along with a headshot photo. We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about these awesome living fossil fishes during #GarWeek!

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20/12/2024

We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org

Black wolf looking straight at the camera. Pine forest behind. Yellow eyes.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

🎶No cheeses for the meeses.🎵

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 14/12/2024

If you'd like to make a tax deductible Christmas gift to us you can, anytime 😇 just follow the link. We'll be carrying ~ $34K in research debt into this next year and any help at all will be dearly appreciated. You can read all about what we do here at gofund.me/839ae416

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Donate to Please Support our Research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous Ann

Having found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find fundin… Ominous Ann needs your support for Please Support our Research at ALTYNP

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Beautiful photo of a bird that’s fooled me into thinking it’s a kestrel too many times

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Watched the series finale of Somebody Somewhere with laughter and tears. I consistently laughed/cried at this beautiful, compelling show. Of course, I’m incredibly sad it’s done (for now?) but so joyful it was made!!

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Depressing news about local news. 😡😢

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Horrifying piece, amazing reporting! So thankful @propublica.org published and @davidmcswane.bsky.social researched and wrote it!

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 05/12/2024

Bold AF, @npr.org , to call the CEO of UnitedHealthcare a HEALTHCARE WORKER. Doctors and nurses save lives. UnitedHealthcare did everything in their power to prevent access to that care. What a shameful framing you chose this morning.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

FFS, British Museum, give them back already!!

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Among the many lovable details about Brown is that he loved Harriet Tubman and called her "General." Tubman assisted planning the Harper's Ferry raid by drawing geographical maps and sharing knowledge about the area she'd gained through her own liberatory activities RIP to Captain Brown

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Wow! This story about the end of cash bail in Illinois is heartening! An excellent step in incarceration reform. I hope more states follow.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Finally deleted my account from the hellsite but before I did, learned Haley has won over Chickenstar, and wished I could still keep apprised of the Carls Jr gang and all the others @friendsofbear.bsky.social over here!

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“By glorifying the arrival of European settlers and ignoring the intentional eradication and oppression of Indigenous peoples, Thanksgiving becomes less about gratitude and more of a tool for perpetuating historical erasure and distraction, further marginalizing Indigenous voices and struggles.”

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It costs you nothing to share this. For every $1 you donate to your local food pantry you'll be providing 12 pounds of food — the equivalent of 10 meals — to families in need this holiday season. #GivingTuesday

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Dr. Yolande Bouka @yolandebouka.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Come work with me! I am recruiting a PhD student who wants to work at the intersection of Afrofeminist Thought and International Relations. www.queensu.ca/research/res...

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Yolande Bouka

#QueensuResearch | Queen's researcher Yolande Bouka, Canada Research Chair in Afrofeminist Thought and Political Transformation

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

ICYMI, Hakai Magazine will be joining forces with bioGraphic. But we need your help to hit the ground running! Please help us raise $150K by Giving Tuesday on Dec 3. We’re a little over a third of the way there, and no amount is too small. 🐳💙 www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Today, I ate what is likely my last local, fresh corn on the cob of the season.🌽 One of the joys of Oregon living - long growing seasons!

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I have plans to increase the breadth and scope of our team's journalism. We are launching a new newsletter that will be separate from Popular Information and will serve a critical purpose in this political moment. We are hiring someone to be the lead writer. Please spread the word.

Location: Remote

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Oops! Warning ahead:

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Cricket @cricketf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

2 white flowers with a tinge of pink on their hairy petals stand amongst green ferns and other green foliage.

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