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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

“Why aren’t college students protesting” stories are almost always wrong (they are protesting), omit crucial context (they were brutally punished for protesting before), and somehow suggest that 19 yr olds have more moral responsibility than elected officials three times their age

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I have been neglecting my camera and need to change that. This is a through a less than clean window photo of the first Gambel’s quail chicks that I have spotted this year. Mom visited my water dish/feeding area with 4 young chicks #birds

Very small tan and brown quail chick with down. Chick is walking toward camera on a tan colored desert soil scattered with small pebbles. Chick ins in the shadow of an unidentified desert plant with narrow leave.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/01/2026

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

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Stand With Minnesota

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Hoping against hope that Democrats in the House do a better job of #holdingtheline

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Any Democrat who caves deserves to lose their seat.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Today is a struggle but I am grateful for the nature just outside my glass doors: desert cottontails, Gambel’s quail, a gila woodpecker, and white-crowned sparrows helped me breathe a my last meeting.

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Danielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I do not believe the FBI images for a second & neither should you. This is all being orchestrated for their escalation against immigrants and people of color. A MAJORITY of shooters are white, cis, heterosexual men. So, watch the spin, and who is in charge of the information that is being released!

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 10/09/2025

Just going to leave this from @onthemedia.bsky.social here

OTM's Breaking News Consumer's Handbook, noting
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• “We are getting reports” … could mean anything.
• “We are seeking confirmation” … means they don’t have it.
• “[News outlet] has learned” … means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I am pretty sure I have had an expression much like that of this White-winged dove Cafter returning from a vacation looking for #birds in and around the Chiricahua Mountains and seeing the latest headlines.

Close up of a brown/gray dove with a bright red eye surrounded by a sky blue ring. Bird has medium long thinnish dark beak and black patch on cheek. Bird’s head is leaning slightly away from camera and the look suggests the emotion of unpleasant surprise and disbelief.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Only one very bad photo taken through a dirty windshield but I was able to add an Elegant Trogon to my life list today. Not the only lifer but the most unexpected.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I had a peeping tom this afternoon who was completely unbothered when I got up to get my camera and take several photos through the glass door #birds

Mostly black and brown bird closeup. Photo shows the head (turned to the right) and upper back of the bird. Bird has a dark crest which is flattened back, white horizontal striping on the face, and a longish dark beak.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Juvenile male Costa’s hummingbird, taken at Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon near Green Valley, Arizona. #birds

small hummingbird with pale underside, greenish grey back, black bill, and the first few purple gorget and crown feathers showing. Bird is perched on a twig in front of a gray background and is looking toward camera with head turned slightly to the side so only one eye visible.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

As part the SE Arizona Birding Festival, I joined 3 accessible outings for my first time birding as part of an organized group. Having more than just my own eyes was a treat as was meeting some nice folks. Lists yet to be tabulated/ photos sorted but this reflection was a nice surprise. #birds

small mostly pale bird with distinctive face strips in white, black, and chestnut. Bird has pink feed and is perched on small rocks at the edge of the of the water. The bird is clearly reflected in the water.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

If you are posting info (especially numerical data) following a disaster, please include a date and time. Also disaster tourism gets in the way of finding and helping those affected and cash is the most helpful thing to donate unless responding to a specific and credible request.

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Grateful that someone let me grab a photo while they were visiting. #birds

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

White-winged doves can be bullies at the feeders but this one was looking lovely in the early morning light. Taken at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Hereford, Arizona. #birds

Medium sized bird on a perch in front of a mostly blue background. Bird is mostly a grayish tan with white wing edges, red feet and legs, and a bright blue patch around it reddish eye.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I took a much needed break from all the bad things happening in the world to visit Las Cienegas NCA, Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, and Paton’s Center for Hummingbirds. I added at least two lifers (White-tailed Kite, and Ash-throated Flycatcher. Here is an Anna’s Hummingbirds from Ash Canyon. #birds

Small hummingbird with a bright fushia head and a mostly pale belly. Perched on a bare twig with thorns looking almost straight at the camera in front of a blurry leaf background.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Not a productive photo or bird day but a chance to explore Tohono Chul before it got too hot. I found a few spots likely to be favorites for meincluding the area where I finally got an identifiable photo of a Lucy’s warbler one of the life birds I have added since arriving in AZ. #birds

small grey bird with a lighter chest and belly and dark legs perched on the edge of a metal container into which water is falling.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I miss waking up and my first thought not being what fresh hell has been set in motion while I slept?

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

One of the round-tailed ground squirrels who have been entertaining and distracting me the last couple of days. The adults like this one are cute but the young are cute magnified. Sadly the babies are not cooperating when it comes to photos. Taken through a glass door.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Two lifers today but only one with a photo. This Bronze Cowbird was taken at Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon. The second was my first Harris Hawk while driving to Saguaro NP East early this morning. #birds

Dark bird perched on a branch with a blurred background of brownish ground. Bird is looking to the right of the photo. It has a red eye and thick dark bill. The bird has a somewhat sinister look.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Grateful for a summer next that exceeds my expectations. Three days and a “yard” bird count of over twenty.

Peaceful scene of a table and chairs on a covered porch looking into desert scrubland and a view of Mount Lemmon in the distance.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Darn it; how did my settings change to lose the reminder to add alt text.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Lucky spot if not great photo of the day was this Swainson’s hawk nesting along the road at Smith Reservoir in Colorado. More exciting but a worse photo was finally managing to spot a Pinyon Jay to add it to my life list. It made me work for it but an identifiable photo was managed.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I spent a delightful few hours at Monte Vista NWR today. This Wilson’s Snipe was one of my favorite subjects. #birds As delightful as today was, I am so looking forward a month from now . I will have lots of new places to explore and a different set of birds to photograph

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

As someone who received such benefits from the age of 6 until 18, I would have much rather had my mother alive than my father get those checks.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Protests aren’t the only tool in the anti-authoritarian toolkit, but they’re incredibly important. Protests help us see each other; they make it feel safer to refuse to obey the dictator, and make it more possible for us to organize mass non-cooperation. It’s an essential step in the process.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Are more of the “leaders” willing to stand up and follow the people now? Much gratitude to the minority who have already been making noise and good trouble.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Talking heads who try to discount the crowds today as “paid agitators” are going to look far more stupid than usual.

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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 03/04/2025

Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

" On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change. It's a seismic shift.
At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans. We do know that we can't absorb this kind of cost increase without raising prices. We've done our best over the past few years to shield players and retailers from the full brunt of rising freight costs and other increases, but this new tax changes the equation entirely.
Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math.
Some people ask, "Why not manufacture in the U.S.?" I wish we could. But the infrastructure to support full-scale boardgame production – specialty dice making, die-cutting, custom plastic and wood components – doesn't meaningfully exist here yet. I've gotten quotes. I've talked to factories. Even when the willingness is there, the equipment, labor, and timelines simply aren't."

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You might be a nature nerd if you are building out a Notion template to help you keep track not just of what you have seen but when and where you might see things not already on that list.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The look I am giving the day and it is only 6:30 am #birds Anhinga closeup. Taken at Merritt Island NWR in early 2020.

Closeup of a pale tan bird with a red eye surrounded by a bright blue ring. Bird looks suspicious and irritated.

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

60 days until a new bird centered chapter of my life begins. I can hardly wait to get to know a new group of birds.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 02/04/2025

Liberal Susan Crawford has won the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, an election in which the richest person in the world featured prominently and one that could determine the future of abortion in the state.

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Liberals hold Wisconsin Supreme Court after campaign shaped heavily by Musk

The Wisconsin Supreme Court, on which liberals hold a 4-3 majority, could determine the future of abortion in the state.

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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you Vik! isn't it brilliant 🌱

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Upcoming move? Spring fever? Overwhelm and exhaustion from the state of the world? Lingering effects from Covid? Something else? Who knows but the number of important things I cannot find and chaotic state of my inner and outer worlds is far above my comfort line.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The divide isn’t left v. liberal or moderate v. progressive. It’s this is normal—not good, sure, but ultimately fine—and therefore requires a standard 20th century-style response v. this is highly abnormal, very dangerous, and getting worse, so it needs a nonstandard response that meets the moment.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

best way to know you did the absolute wrong thing is that trump said you did the right thing

the cacophonous cockroach in the oval office blurped:

Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing — Took "guts" and courage! The big Tax Cuts, L.A. fire fix, Debt Ceiling Bill, and so much more, is coming. We should all work together on that very dangerous situation. A non pass would be a Country destroyer, approval will lead us to new heights. Again, really good and smart move by Senator Schumer. This could lead to something big for the USA, a whole new direction and beginning! DJT

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

According to Trump and his cabal It’s illegal to criticize him Voice dissent to a side he disfavors in an armed conflict Represent anyone who opposes him in a court of law Receive grants-even if they were approved-with which he disagrees Or protest corrupt billionaires if they’re his friends

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Today the biggest split among Democrats is between those who want to stand and fight and those who want to play dead. House Democrats united to stand and fight. Too many Senate Democrats played dead. We need more leaders from the stand and fight wing of the Democratic Party.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

When pro-cloture Senators are up: 2030 Gillibrand (NY) King (ME) 2028 Cortez Masto (NV) Fetterman (PA) Hassan (NH) Schatz (HI) Schumer (NY) 2026 Peters (MI) not running Shaheen (NH) not running ...evidently one has to protect one's post-office livelihood www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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How senators are voting on a bill to avert a government shutdown

The Senate is voting on a measure to extend federal funding through September. See how your lawmaker voted.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/03/2025

Yes a shutdown would have consequences. And a Republican President, Republican House, and Republican Senate would be responsible. They have acted in a unilateral and unprecedented way. Democrats cannot cave. They must fight back.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Again: A shutdown will directly, negatively affect my household. But everything the Republicans are doing is also negatively affecting us, and will for a long, long time. Putting in obstacles to slow them down is the *least* we can do. No on cloture, no on the CR and the GOP bill. Fight.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Mirabilia Magpie (she/her) @curiousliving.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It is time for the old guard to step aside and let those with courage - especially those who are other than rich, cis, straight, white males - lead.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/03/2025

“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover

“We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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