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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is such a sick, evil thing to say. Especially because he’s not saying this as a joke. Just as sick that his supporters are laughing at it

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Find a Wind Phone in your area here:https://www.mywindphone.com/windphonelocations

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have a new abode- now I am s stone's throw from the Wind Phone that can be found on the paved trail along Branciforte Creek- Santa Cruz CA. What we humans do to connect with our dearly departed-I call Oliver whenever I ride or walk by....

Image shows a small wooden box that holds an old rotary phone used to call our dearly departed. "Wind Phones were created by Itaru Sasaki in Ōtsuchi, Japan, in 2010, a disconnected phone booth became a place of comfort for thousands following the 2011 tsunami. Wind Phones offer a gentle invitation to pause, remember, and speak from the heart.:

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Feel the same way about taking a survey and being asked to rate everything and every interaction!

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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The biggest cloud appreciator?😀

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Check this out the Cloud Appreciation Website all the different kinds of clouds: cloudappreciationsociety.org/cloud-library/

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Clouds Archive - Cloud Appreciation Society

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

someone mentioned they might be "Aspiratis clouds, somewhat rare" #aspiratis_clouds

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Never saw clouds like this, today sunset in Santa Cruz, CA #Clouds

Wispy cloud formations unlike anything ever viewed before.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cynthia Begin This Saturday 7.25.26 Oliver Tree's Celebration of life will be live streamed here is the link for the RSVP #OliverTree #UglyisBeautiful laylo.com/olivertree/p...

Image of Oliver Tree, making a funny face, holding a Mirrored disco ball, with the words Oliver Tree's Celebration of Life written underneath his image.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Looks Fun!!! One of these days😀

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"You are not stuck in traffic. You are traffic. Break free, Ride a bike!" 2011 🎨Antoine

Illustration depicting the sort of bits of plastic that come with a a plastic model that you put together with glue, all held together as one unit that you have to pull apart. On this the pieces are cars, plus the words, "You are not stuck in traffic, You are traffic. Break free, Ride a Bike." In the lower right there's a picture of a person on a bike breaking free of the plastic attachments.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

When the grief is deep, I watch one of Oliver's shorts, laughter is a very good medicine. #oliverTree #loveisthejob youtube.com/shorts/qXSFT...

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ugly is beautiful

YouTube video by Oliver Tree

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/c... “The best solutions to our climate challenges are going to come from a climate literate public,” Here is the new site: www.climate.us

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Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We received the devastating news yesterday that my nephew, Oliver Tree Nickell died yesterday, an artist, he lived his life to the fullest, the last text I had with him was that he needed to bring this song back, we needed the message, early Tree from 2013 www.youtube.com/watch?v=om_K... #OliverTree

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Tree - Universal (ft. Ariel Thiermann) - Music Video

YouTube video by Tree Collaborations

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Will always love this place, North Shore #LakeTahoe

Morning light hits Lake Tahoe, a pier with boat house and pine trees can be seen the distance. Sierra Nevada mountains and pines surround the lake.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"As the Trump Administration strong-arms the Cuban government into opening up their economy to foreign investors and private businesses, what advice (or warnings) would you give to Cubans as Capitalism slowly starts making its way onto the island?"Read it for freeNYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/o...

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Opinion | What Cubans Really Think About Trump

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Everything old is new again...

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"This relatively recent discovery may have opened up new research frontiers that connect to some of the most ancient life-forms on our planet." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body’s Hidden Pathways (Gift Article)

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Garage sale magazine from 1909 wow-imagine if we had followed The path toward EVs 117 years ago! #EV #stoptheoilwars

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Yes could be avian flu they recommend staying 6 feet away from carcass - U.S. Fish & Wildlife would like to know were you saw them Beachcombers@fws.gov is where you can reach them.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If you are in the Monterey Bay area and aare interest they are having another training: If interested:https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/c98db34a-84ec-4fcd-976f-3c6a3b6ef388@0693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Beautiful day to do some citizen science, Beachcombers collect data, dead marine mammals and sea birds for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Aptos beach to LaSelva Beach, is our segment more dead loons then we have ever seen.

A beachcomber looking at a dead loon at Aptos Beach. It is a beautiful day looking at the Monterey Bay with fluffy clouds.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Me too! Live oak jolted awake!

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I love this while we are reducing our dependence on the fossil fuel machine we are improving our brain health! 50+ years of bike commuting and still going strong!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

“Compared with non-active travelers, the cyclists had a 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia, a 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's, a 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia (before the age of 65), and a 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia.” Getting around a bike more often could reduce dementia risk.

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Cycling Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Study of Half a Million Finds

Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

me too, had a beautiful view down here in Live Osk

Blood Moon through the trees in Santa Cruz CA

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

2.23.26 palate cleanser for these crazy times #bestbikecommute #santacruz

A hill of calla lilies add color to this landscape in Santa Cruz, the sky is a cloudy blue grey, the sun’s reflection can be seen in Schwan Lagoon and on the Pacific beyond. In the distance is Walton lighthouse and the harbor.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c... “The basic science on greenhouse gases from fossil fuels as a driver of climate change has been clear for well over a century,” Robert Howarth, a professor at Cornell University #endangermentfinding #epa

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What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

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Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"The most corrupt president The United States have ever seen." UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

"The American people elected a man who, no matter what he tells us, is taking us to a future not of “America first,” but of “America alone” and “Me first"." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hi Lara, are you using stencils on your gelli plate? I have been loving printing with the gelli plate and am inspired by your colors and simplicity of your designs!

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Are you using an iPhone for your beautiful images?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Please SHARE if you agree!

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Cynthia Begin @cynbegin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

DakhaBrakha the voices of resistance out of Ukraine seems like the perfect sound track to our current unrest. New album released 12.25.25 #resist #DakhaBraka dakhabrakha.bandcamp.com/album/ptakh

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Ptakh, by DakhaBrakha

14 track album

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 15/01/2026

It’s hard to take Trump’s calls for restraint in Iran seriously when he is at the same time threatening to deploy the Insurrection Act against Minnesotans.

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