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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We rode Amtrak's Empire Builder between Seattle and Chicago a couple of times. The delight and excitement on people's faces getting on and off at the Essex station for Glacier NP!

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey friends, he talks about Spencer Cox it's all polarization

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59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sunday #ParkChat There’s no chat this week but we do have one scheduled on 10/14 with @camarowrx.bsky.social Please join us. Has anyone ever travelled to a Park by train? It used to be common. We haven’t except for overseas. We’re working on something.

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Beautiful fall drive over Stevens Pass

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Jonathan Thompson at the Land Desk @landdesk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I went down the wormhole trying to find out who is behind the newest batch of Bears Ears NM mining claims. Hobbyists? I don't think so. Still waiting for a response for the mining firm I suspect ... open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

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Massive nuclear plant/waste dump/data center complex planned for BLM land in Utah

Plus: Going down the Bears Ears mining claim wormhole ...

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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now: A federal court today enjoined 517 miles of border wall construction in the Big Bend region, prohibiting ground disturbing activity by DHS and its contractors pending a full hearing on the merits of Center for Biological Diversity litigation. More: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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Kelly Rebar @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The soft blue tones of a cement birdbath after an overnight rain in #October.

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I #FoundThatLizard in the 2nd picture, but can I say how fun it sounds to sculpt lizards out of clay after a lizard hike? 🫠

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hobby miners! Great term. We've all interacted with them

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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A successful walk today 🍂

Photo of a hand holding seven maple leaves, ranging in color from red to yellow.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paid signature gatherers were advertising that it was an income tax on everyone to get the initiative on the ballot. I stopped and asked one whether the average person was really going to pay this tax. He nervously said, “Uh, eventually.” They were lying before this even got out of the gate.

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyhow. From a week ago. Still sunny today.

Looking up at blue sky through fir and cedar trees. Sideways late afternoon sun

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spouse overran his body and damaged it. Someone posted an article about and 83yo woman still working. This is how it happened. When he retired, he discovered tha it was true that we couldn't afford supplemental medicare. Now he can barely move. Wish us luck

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Cameron Reed (she|they) @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Kindle edition of The Fortunate Fall is on sale now for $2.99. The deal is Amazon-only and seems to be US and Canada-only. It ends at midnight Pacific so don't dither! www.amazon.com/Fortunate-Fa...

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The Fortunate Fall

The Fortunate Fall - Kindle edition by Reed, Cameron, Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Fortunate Fall.

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Cameron Reed (she|they) @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I saw this on the Women's Prison Book Project's @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social wishlist, of course I had to get it for them. They pick up from the bookstore, so you don't have to pay shipping. (Be sure to put "WPBP pickup" in the comment box at checkout.) www.moonpalacebooks.com/lists/LMuid7...

The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens—and Ourselves by Arik Kershenbaum

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

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Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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Jonathan Thompson at the Land Desk @landdesk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Come for the news about Bears Ears NM mining claims; stick around for the tale of the 26k-ton radioactive waste pile entombed in Lake Powell’s silt. And consider a paid sub if you like it! open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

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More mining claims staked at Bears Ears

Plus: The story of Lake Powell’s 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you sign up for @landdesk.bsky.social emails, you can read it your email, not on substack. more #BearsEars mining claims filed some history on the Lake Powell mining waste (more details than I knew) open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

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More mining claims staked at Bears Ears

Plus: The story of Lake Powell’s 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste

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R Scott Jones @rsjon.es · 25/09/2026

On Saturday at 11am AZ time (MST), you can join the livestream to watch the 2026 release of California Condors from Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. It’s the 30th anniversary of the wildlife project that saved the species, known for the world’s largest wingspan, from total extinction.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every person running on the Dem side can say: 1. The GOP controls all branches of government. 2. Are you happy with how things are going? 3. Vote blue. 4. What do you have to lose? [use Trump's own words against him]. The end. lol.

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is facebook charging everybody for using links, or is that only for pages?

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I misread it as The Decorative Gourd Themes and was perplexed by the large cylindrical metallic object engraved with "It's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers" statuesquely standing in an autumnal park. Then I clicked the link and realized it is a Thermos www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

Pretty much what the post says. At the bottom it says in a fancy script: "The Quarterly Subscription/Gourd Thermos Combo" along with an orange cover titled Obey In Advance

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I missed on the first read, this was a partnership with Ancestry. At least for now, those records on Ancestry are in front of the paywall. ScotlandsPeople and FindMyPast also have portals www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/project/...

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Becky Lomax @beckyjlomax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Caught a glimpse of Mount Rainier while driving up White Pass this morning. Always a shock this time of year to see so much more exposed rock and smaller and thinner glaciers than even 30 years ago. Mount Rainier National Park #nationalparks #climatechange #glaciers #mountains #MountRainier

Foreground has shadowed firs framing the side of the photo that lead toward low forested hills below Mount Rainier showing so much rock now and much shorter and smaller glaciers. Blue skies overhead.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's ok to feel tired & overwhelmed It's good to take breaks Can't do all the things all the time, "some of the things some of the time" is fine! Collective action is a relay race What it is NOT is "get paralyzed & indulge in doomerism, surely that will convince someone else to fix it."

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

A thought exercise for transphobic Democrats: replace the "transgender" with "Jewish" in the ads and notice how uncomfortable you suddenly get. There is slightly more trans people in the U.S. (0.95%) than German Jews (0.75%) before the Holocaust. Can't you see how dangerous your slippery slope is?

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Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A very wet day indeed! Had to cancel some plans, but it's great to have everything thoroughly soaked before the next dry spell. Hopefully it keeps the wildfires damped-down until autumn rains put them out for good! #wawx

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hello good night Spouse dropped his phone It got run over by a pickup Tomorrow might be better?

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RCSJ Cumberland Campus Library @rcsjcclibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.” ― Jo Walton #booksky #librarysky #books

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zzorgon.bsky.social @zzorgon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#nightmusic Victor Démé, Burkina Faso🇧🇫, started as a club musician in Ivory Coast, returned to BF in his mid 20s & gained worldwide notoriety. He only lived to 53, dying of malaria, which is curable yet still kills over ½ M people each year. He left some quality music. Night. youtu.be/zlZ6T67tOus

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Victor Démé - Yafaké (Clip Officiel)

YouTube video by Chapa Blues Records

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