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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Graduating in less than a month. It doesn't feel real at all. I don't intend to attend commencement. Not my scene. Gonna have a backyard party instead.

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Here is a thread of all the emails, links & numbers to call regarding Teresa Borrenpohl’s unlawful arrest after being dragged from the Town Hall meeting in Kootenai County, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 🧵 👇

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

www.librariesforthepeople.org We need to defend our local libraries! This is imperative!

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For The People

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) just now: “You could literally walk down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I love it when christians try to tell me how much they've been persecuted and that socialism is wrong bc of it. It makes it easier to block them. I'm indigenous. Not a big fan of colonizers.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I've gone ahead and blocked ya, but I don't think you realize how little regard I have for colonizers. I'm indigenous.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Finishing my AS in psych this semester and kinda wondering what I've signed myself up for

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Just received this email from a local disability support and education group that teaches parenting skills. Hearing similar things about financial aid for colleges. They want us scared, stuck, and stupid. We must stand together and learn everything we can. Do not go quietly.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I apologize for my absence. I'm sick in bed and have been for however many days I've been delirious. My Fitbit thinks I'm running daily marathons in my sleep. This shit is heinous. Wear a mask if you can. My daughter works at local hospitals and says everyone's sick right now.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My family keeps our kids classrooms stocked in healthy snacks and juice boxes so growing kids aren't hungry and can stay focused on learning. It's a few hundred bucks a month. Taking away snap, wic, and school meals will make filling in the gap impossible, because it will be all gap.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I did it, but I don't love that it made me log into FB

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I'm going to continue spending some limited time on TikTok. It's been a hard decision, but as I've explored this week, I've found that there is a LOT of community organizing happening over there right now. I don't trust the app, but I will work to connect with my community every way I can.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Didn't know when I got up this morning that I'd be bringing home another foster puppy, but that's okay. This is Jeff the Land Shark. Like most land sharks, he is a 10 week old teething puppy. Huge personality.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Established #gardeners and urban farmers, here's your challenge today: Invite at least 3 people in your neighborhood to meet up for a seed swap. If you don't want to host at home, reserve a room at the library. Bring coin envelopes for everyone to use as seed envelopes. They're cheap & work great.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Good morning. It's another perfect day to resist and build community. Do you know your neighbors? Make some cookies or buy a nice loaf of bread from a local bakery and take it to a neighbor you haven't gotten to know yet. Yes, even if they align differently from you. Local community is vital now.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

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Melody Nicolette Pilotte ✨️coloratura soprano @lebasfondmusic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

She looks like she's about to execute Roger Rabbit and pave over Toon Town.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Good morning. I've got school today, so I won't be online much, but I wanted to remind you that you get to choose where your energy gets spent today. Don't let anyone steal it, okay? You've got this.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 20/01/2025

Just a reminder, apropos of nothing going on today, that you can mute words here on bluesky and set timeframes for when they will be unmuted. 💙

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Don't let the bastards keep you down. Let me know if you need help brainstorming for your own morning routine to maintain your #mentalhealth! I'm happy to help (when I'm not in classes 😅 I'm a psychology student)

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Great! Followed. Follow me back, please! Let's build community

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littlesiha @littlesiha.tv · 20/01/2025

COAT DRIVE FOR SEATTLE HOMELESS OUTREACH TOMORROW starts at 10am pt on twitch!! be there or be square 🧥🙂‍↕️

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

In the US, seeds are packaged to be used within a year. You can extend this by storing them in a dark, dry space and keeping them cool. A great method to cut your initial cost is by not buying more seeds than you need. Most carrot packets can grow hundreds of carrots. Split an order w a friend!

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Use that massive dose of empathy that comes w your anxiety to recognize who in your community needs a friend right now. Ask them to join you for coffee or tea and listen to them. It doesn't have to always be something big. Everyone can do ✨something✨

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Some of you are so scared right now that your anxiety means you won't be able to help in those red letter moments Use it You're a citizen & you find yourself in an ICE raid? Too scared to loudly ask "Why is La Migra here?" - PERFECT. Look scared. Take up their time by looking 😰 so others can run

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shawndra (she/her) @shawndra.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

If you need help spotting a toxic, gaslighting relationship, TikTok has you covered: lies, silence, behavior shifts, and crap communication. 180M Americans: don’t take back that looser boyfriend who stormed out last night. You deserve way better.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/01/2025

This didn't happen. The only source is some satire website on twitter. 44 thousand likes from people who think this is resistance. For fucks sake

Post from @trisresists.bsky.social reading: This is brilliant!!

BREAKING: After Donald Trump announced he was giving his inauguration speech indoors on account of the cold weather, the chancellor of Greenland taunted him on social media saying, "If Trump can't handle one polar vortex, he can't handle Greenland."

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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Guys..... Perdue Farms & JBS, two of America's largest meatpackers, will pay a total of $8 million for using migrant children in their slaughter houses for YEARS. Gift 🎁 Article Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations (Gift Article)

Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I took a screenshot of it, too. Haven't deleted yet, but I probably will soon. I don't want to give them any more free content, though. It feels like a trap. I'm certain it is. There's a part of me that wants to see who goes back over there and plays like this is normal, you know? Who are the snakes

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm not supporting any billionaires right now.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Yeah, I will keep paying attention, but I will not be producing any more free content for them.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It seems platform specific. Friends & family on FB haven't seemed able to comprehend any of this so far. They trust the government. Maybe it's bc I'm in Utah?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I don't really want to go back after all of this. It's not the same. Let's not pretend that it's the same. I don't begrudge anyone who goes back, but I don't want to create content for them while they lick his boots. I'm good here for now.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm not eager to do free labor for this, so I don't know that I will. I'm feeling just fine about being here.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

We should definitely reach out to our reps. They're aware of it.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

You want congress to get more benefits while the people supposedly represented have no faith in congress? AOC's bill to end stock advantages to congress FIRST - then try asking for more benefits.

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Leia @galaxyrabbit.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Good morning #booksky Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.

libro.fm

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores

Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Op. Look at that. We are destined to be friends. Happy I found you!

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Literally nothing you just said would make me unfollow you. I'd follow you again if I could. I would also like to humbly request your favorite Hold Steady character. Mine is Halle/Holly.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

There's a small group in congress led by AOC pushing for a new bipartisan law that would make it so congress members and their families cannot buy and trade stocks. I am in FULL support of this! They're gonna need a lot of us to get very, very loud about this. Are you ready?

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Irrigation paths! I'm smitten. Hello, new friend!

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Dr. Zil Roars (Paul H. White, Ph.D.) @drzilwhite.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

How quickly some folks seem to forget that Trump called for the ban, signing an executive order in 2020. This has been bipartisan. Yes, old enough to recall what was said when Pres. Obama’s administration helped bail out the auto industry.

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Candace Tarkes @ctarkes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Start your corn and beans about 2 weeks before your squash. This way the sproutlings can get enough light before the squash leaves start shading everything. 🥰

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