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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Got to visit Humboldt Bay for a few days last week for a small conference. Bonus was a quick dinner with one of my kids and his partner at ralibertos Beautiful time of year up there.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Happy Veneta day Check out 1972-08-27 (Old Renaissance Faire Grounds) by Grateful Dead on @relistenapp relisten.net/grateful-dea...

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1972-08-27 | Grateful Dead | Relisten

Old Renaissance Faire Grounds Veneta, OR, USA

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The changes proposed in the Section 106 implementing regs are broad and vast and will drastically change preservation efforts by the federal government (if passed): culturalheritagepartners.com/wp-content/u...

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Hot buttered rum string band on Friday . I remember the first time seeing this band (only 2 members are still there: Nat and Bryan) at Cato’s in Oakland. It’s been several years since I last saw them. They played a history of bluegrass music, which was fun to hear.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Alex Pretti memorial ride, Nevada City, CA

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Critical mass rides this Friday in remembrance of Alex Pretti

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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

2 things! 1. This is an awesome program! 2. That’s my kid!!! (In the rad lifeguard hat) - Woot!

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 22/01/2026

NEW: Trump is floating a $1.5 trillion war budget. $1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED. War costs us a better world.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Following the thread of who (or what entity) would authorize the costs and action of the US to purchase Greenland…

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.

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himbobottomus.bsky.social @himbobottomus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

BLOCK them.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This is a threat, gaslighting, a lie, and irrational -- all at the same time. Quite an accomplishment.

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Mbsolheim @mbsolheim.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🇮🇷 In Iran, protesters have taken control of an entire city — Abdanan: local police have laid down their weapons and sided with the people Protesters are destroying streets and burning cars. Fierce clashes are ongoing between protesters and police in other cities.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

We visit this area of our neighborhood in hope to hear or see the (apparent) resident great gray owl(s?), but the sunsets never get old.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Near miss 2 night ago. Bummed to lose a sugar pine.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Storm break. Driving through north Mendocino County

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Another warm and dry December weekend <sigh>

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’ve seen this concern raised by some FF leaders related to the proposed use of goats/sheep for the purpose of grasslands fuel reduction. The concern: the herds will spread invasives from other grazing sites thru their scat and the invasives will exacerbate wf hazard or change the fire ecology.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Stars aligned this afternoon with conditions and personal schedule for a small burn. Entry into an area close to the house that we haven’t burned yet.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In my neighborhood. Please consider donating. Herd owners are doing this work on fed lands (w/ approval) for free. The BLM lands and adjacent state park are used by 100k’s peeps. This would help protect several summer camps, my neighborhood, and nearby areas. gofund.me/40163d9fd

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Donate to Support the Round Mountain Shaded Fuel Break with First Rain, organized by Tim VanWagner

First Rain Farm and Land Stewardship Services is partnering w… Tim VanWagner needs your support for Support the Round Mountain Shaded Fuel Break with First Rain

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

It is maddening and frustrating to observe and experience this in real time. I hope more of our population can wake up to this reality soon to move forward to something more sane. It’ll be interesting how flood risk assessments play out with the current paradigm. 1/

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This is a key step towards primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, one of the big 3 age-related diseases that we should prevent from ever occurring. More here erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...

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Dawn of A New Era of Primary Prevention in Medicine

Recent groundbreaking reports highlight our newfound potential to prevent diseases

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

So, why is the Trump Administration gifting Argentina $20 billion dollars for “infrastructure” when Natives on the Navajo Nation Reservation must have water trucked in because reservation water is polluted from decades of non-Native mining?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I’ve read/heard SO many nauseating and deeply concerning statements made during the prez cabinet meeting today…. I think this dog-whistle may be the worse one. Awful.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Big news out of Florida tonight! An environmental challenge has brought the use of the Everglades detention camp to a halt.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this. Definition of terms: “these people” = Latino migrants “Inner city people” = Black people “We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Poem for today: Kristi Noem is Stephen Miller With hair extensions and tons of filler

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Geoff Thornton @geoffthornton.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

“Any federal actions designed to terrorize and separate farm worker communities is an attack on Californians and a dangerous waste of resources. Indiscriminate raids and chaotic sweeps put public safety at risk.”

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We feed you. They hunt us.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Efficiency is when you make the troops homeless *before* they're veterans

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Statement from the White House regarding deployment of the national guard in California: “Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen…”

STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
"In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California. These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California's feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens. That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been
allowed to fester. The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers
trying to do their jobs. These criminals will be arrested and swiftly brought to justice. The Commander-in-Chief will ensure the laws of the United States are executed fully and completely."
-Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025

As the federal government conducts chaotic immigration sweeps across the country, the state is deploying additional CHP to maintain safety on Los Angeles highways to keep the peace. It's not their job to assist in federal immigration enforcement.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Re-reading Justice Robert H. Jackson's famous speech on the dangerous discretion of federal prosecutors in light of the dubious indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This section stood out. www.roberthjackson.org/speech-and-w...

If the prosecutor is obliged to choose his cases, it follows that he can choose his defendants. Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted. With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him. It is in this realm-in which the prosecutor picks some person whom he dislikes or desires to embarrass, or selects some group of unpopular persons and then looks for an offense, that the greatest danger of abuse of prosecuting power lies. It is here that law enforcement becomes personal, and the real crime becomes that of being unpopular with the predominant or governing group, being attached to the wrong political views, or being personally obnoxious to or in the way of the prosecutor himself.

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