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Elizabeth Honer @grrlrighter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Visual relationship with my dreaming life has grounded me in a deeper sense of self that I trust, as well as inoculate me against propaganda, advertising, anything with an ulterior visual agenda, really. Can’t wait to discuss in this group with @whatashrinkthinks.com! Join us if this speaks to you!

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

But if I were trying to survive an empire collapsing I'd probably try to think like a marsh or a tide pool or something else watery that can take a good pummeling.

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I don't think you can play chess with a collapsing empire because of non-linearities and cascading feedbacks. There aren't likely next steps so much as cracks and shudders and diversion of energy from one thing to another.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

(I've spent my life around artists, and the worry that "what I've made isn't good" is so common. just wild to see the makers of AI models -- which suck up that art and rearrange it to induce murders and suicides -- so confidently declaring "YUP IT'S GOOD!" and clapping the dust off their hands.)

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I produce really magical walkabout theater for families w/ kids in the East Bay. Feedback from families who attend is "these experiences are important to us! please do more!" Feedback from funding channels (which are drying up) is tantamount to "these experiences are not important." So perverse.

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Alex Turnbull @alejandroturnbull.space · 22/02/2026

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

you have the dirt from the dead end to the dry riverbed to lostness to a moment of peace in the space between you are connected to something that will hold

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

To me this comic is about witnessing, and an invitation to witness together.

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Andrew Alden @geology.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Here's a long shot: a big orphan pebble collection from the USGS, yours if you can take and treasure it. See alt text

California Conglomerate Clast Collection Seeks New Home

Conglomerate clasts were collected from 279 sites by Vic Seiders and Brett Cox for their report, "Place of Origin of the Salinian Block, California, as Based on Clast Compositions of Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Conglomerates," USGS Professional Paper 1526 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1526/report.pdf).

This is an extremely important comprehensive collection. Localities are principally in or near the Salinian Block in western California, but cover from Anchor Bay (Stewarts Point quad, 4,281,400N, 462.390E) to Cabo Vizcaino in Baja California, including a bit of western Arizona. At least one locality, on Highway 92 near Pilarcitos Creek (site WO-268, Woodside quad, 4,149,080N, 555.710E), is now inaccessible, having been encased in Caltrans concrete.

In the mid 1990s, when the USGS closed their rock storage depository in Menlo Park, throwing irreplaceable collections in the trash, the Seiders and Cox collection was given by Brett Cox to Kathleen Burnham for safe keeping. However, she used only one of these clasts in her own work, has no further need of them, and has run out of room to store them.

The collection is entirely pebbles, size range 0.4-6.0 cm, mainly 0.4-3.0 cm, and samples were etched overnight in 5% hydrofluoric acid solution, to aid in identification. The rocks are neatly stored in boxes measuring 12" x 9.5" x 5". At present the stack is 6 by 3 by 6 boxes, which comes to 108 boxes, and the stack measures 69" x 39" x 30", roughly 47 cubic feet. The boxes are marked and numbered. One box was partially damaged, however, no clasts or markings on the box were lost.

Kathleen used the Seiders and Cox locations for some of her own collection, and reports that despite their work pre-dating GPS, their sample locations are extremely accurately specified in their publication.

If this collection would be useful to you, and/or you can give these rocks a home, DM me and I’ll pass on your name.

clean etched pebbles from the collection

Boxes of the collection, each one clearly marked and annotated

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Real talk, I’m grieving the loss of a loved one right now, and dream visitations have been a big part of how I’m processing. no way in helllllllllllll would I want to try to outsource that function to a corporation.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery

A crow whose feathers are sparse and scraggly stands still on a curb next to a paved road. Stunned? Focused?

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Andrew Alden @geology.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Oaklanders, I'll be leading a free geology walk on December 6, a one-way ramble from Montclair to Rockridge/College Avenue where the Rockridge Holidaze fair goes from 4 to 6 pm. Details at link.

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Free Geology Ramble, Montclair Park to the Rockridge Holidaze Festival

Combine geology and gift shopping in a 3.75-mile one-way downhill ramble as we visit the Hayward fault plus interesting rocks and terrain.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Last week in dream group, a dream someone shared led to the question: "What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?" It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.

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Mark Misoshnik @misoshnik.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🚨ICE IN OAKLAND🚨

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 17/11/2025

READ MORE OF "TEETH BEACH" AT @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/teeth-beach-...

Comics panels in which my spouse asks a man to tell her the location of a special teeth beach

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!

In the sky above suburban nighttime backyards, a cloud of glowing pink aurora is crossed by a band of green

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Canis Latranscendental @grimmycoyote.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

You can SORT OF see the aurora from Beacon Hill right now.

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Just… gorgeous. Columbus Ohio right now (11 Nov 25, 9:30 PM) Go out go out

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liz murdock @nerdbird.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

go outside right now and look north! naked eye visible from seattle and it’s not even fully dark! #aurora

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

It's just deeply wild to hear this from an administration which treats its people like prey.

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isaac @sevier.io · 22/10/2025

Hotlines for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties are here: www.acilep.org

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Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Bay Area people, do you have a favorite spot to see fall foliage in the East Bay? Does this exist? I take in these kinds of things passively (oh, nice tree!) and then never note it down.

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Anna McDuff @annamcduff.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Feeding America is a great organization to donate to, 98% of the money goes to programs and services and for each dollar they can provide 10 meals. If you donate $5 that’s 50 meals. It’s a national org that rescues, stores and distributes food to foodbanks and pantries. www.feedingamerica.org

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U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This is what I fully expect to happen.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I am super looking forward to being grandma-coded.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

One surprising thing about sharing your dreams w/ others -- well one, that there exists a group of people genuinely interested in listening. We can start there.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

When real-life headlines read like they come out of nightmares, it's a lifeline to have your dreams sift through the barrage of daily images and offer up one that's informative, helpful, insightful -- and then have a community of people just talk about it together. Our brains are trying to help us.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 01/10/2025

Ok: sorry for all the boosting but its fall and life is revving up again: Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis. Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive Four free seats. Or pay what you can

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Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks

Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building practice

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This is why when I had a dog I narrated my goings-on out loud in the third person using my first name. I wanted her to know, so that when we were in group settings and someone used my name she could follow the conversation. 😂

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We are in our last few days to raise $4,800 in support of Spanish-language theater for kids and families in the East Bay, and we're about halfway to our goal! Want to give families some good memories? YOU CAN. youtube.com/shorts/toKOr... connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...

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YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Not for nothing, but I really advocate for sitting by a campfire listening to someone tell an ancient story. This still happens in the world. It will make you feel deeply human and the feeling will linger into the next day, at least. Ask me for an invite to the next one in Oakland.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Pinecones and Portals is raising $4,800 for a Spanish-language version of Alice in Wonderland so that Spanish-speaking families in and around Berkeley can have an afternoon of magical fun. YOU CAN HELP! www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x... pineconesandportals.com/support

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Alicia en Los Caminos de las Maravillas: Juliana on Language Justice

YouTube video by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I'm gonna post a lot in the upcoming days about this gem of a show, Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas -- a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland happening in Berkeley in a little over a week. We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!! www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...

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"Alicia" Director Coi Coi on allowing kids to relate to each other in their native language!

YouTube video by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 18/09/2025

We actually have quite a lot of ancestral knowledge about how to survive and defeat inflated tyrants: think of giants.

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The Harder They Fall — What A Shrink Thinks

mythology of giants and fairy tales, defeating autocracy and pathocracy

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2025

I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 15/09/2025

Listen: one of the ways that people survive and hold on to reality in totalitarian environments is by forming sanity/reality pods - circles where we can tell each other the truths we hear and see and defend against collective delusions You can join one of mine or I’ll help you build your own.

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Groups & Workshops | Join Engaging Community Workshops — What A Shrink Thinks

Explore community groups, workshops, and trainings focused on community resilience, discernment and psycho-spiritual growth, Join our events to connect and learn.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I want to tell you that I loved a dog and a dog loved me, and yesterday she passed. This is Elfie the Loved.

A maltipoo lies in the grass at sunset by an estuary. She’s looking over her shoulder at her human and smiling. Everything is in golden light.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Genuine question: how are high school civics teachers doing? What's it feel like in the classroom? Do you know any high school civics teachers?

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I'm one of the producers of this Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, and we're fundraising to keep the costs of tickets w/in reach for families. If we funded the show just on ticket income, we'd need to charge $70 a ticket. So we're working to raise $4800 to bring prices down.

A postcard with fundraising campaign information: Support Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas. Spanish-language Alice in Wonderland! $48.000 goal! 3 Week campaign!

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

In a world where everything happens so much, this is also happening: pineconesandportals.com/alicia2025 It's a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland which winds its way along the trails of a beautiful park.

Postcard advertising Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas, a spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland produced by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Co. There is a photo of actors outdoors in a park, one dressed as the March Hare and one dressed as the White Rabbit. The White Rabbit is holding a puppet of the Red Queen. The audience blurb says “Encantador y lleno de diversión… ¡Meses después, nuestros hijos siguen hablando de lo mucho que lo disfrutaron!”

Back of postcard advertising Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas. It reads: ¡ALICIA NECESITA SU AYUDA, NIÑOS! ¡Sigue a Alicia por el agujero del conejo y a través del bosque! ¡Disfruta de Los Caminos de Las Maravillas a través de música en vivo, actuaciones acrobáticas, marionetas ingeniosas y vistas impresionantes! RECOMENDADO PARA EDADES DE 4 A 6 AÑOS. LOS ADULTOS ACOMPAÑARÁN A SUS HIJOS EN UN RECORRIDO NARRATIVO A PIE. CODORNICES PARK
27 & 28 SEPTIEMBRE 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM Para entradas con descuento, escríbenos a info@pineconesandportals.com.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hi, friends. For the next three weeks I'm gonna skeet in support of a fundraising effort by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Co, which is a sweet and scrappy Bay Area gem. I'm a producer w/ the company, and we make shows for kids and families which unfolds along the trails of Bay Area parks.

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I am telling you guys. Paying attention to your dreams will not unteather you from reality. It will help you consider the aspects of yourself and your relationships which billionaires are hoping you forget.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 04/09/2025

Dream work as Praxis Looking at collective practices, collective problems and collective guidance as they emerge in dreaming (Dreams really aren't boring if you know how to listen) 5 Saturdays starting in October. By donation/free seats available

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Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks

Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building practice

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Jessica Ferris @jessicaferris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

(hey happy wedding anniversary you lovable so-and-sos!)

David Schitt and Patrick Brewer embrace.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 22/08/2025

We made you a rigorously cited timeline of major moves, cases, changes, and other wildass developments in the immigration system since January 20. This is one of the most complicated things I've ever worked on, but we think it needs to be done. The thread breaks down the kinds of things we found.

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