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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 22/07/2025

“A source that cannot be verified or remain consistent is useless.” Shout this sentence from on high.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Kitamura Junko, Japanese ceramics artist #womensart

Round ceramic vase with white on black swirling dotted design

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Rank MI Vote @rankmivote.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

At the Ann Arbor Art Fair, our Executive Director Pat Zabawa proudly signed one of the first official Rank MI Vote petitions to bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan! It’s the moment we’ve all been working toward! Where you can sign next: RankMiVote.org/Where-Do-I-Sign #AAAF2025 #RankMIVote

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Rank MI Vote @rankmivote.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We couldn't be more grateful and proud of every volunteer and donation making this day possible. Find signature gathering events at RankMiVote.org/Where-Do-I-Sign. Please note, ONLINE SIGNATURES DO NOT COUNT. Petitions must be signed IN PERSON! Support our grassroots efforts: RankMiVote.org/Donate

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I’m currently working on a grassroots ballot initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan rankmivote.org!

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Push for anti-corruption, pro-voter reforms. If you state allows ballot initiatives, get involved with one or donate to a group working on one! They are a TON of work, but they are a great way to get the politically disengaged activated!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt #Summer

Painting featuring a stylised rural landscape with red fields, a central farmhouse and blue hills beyond under a rising gold sun

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Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Forget Me Not - 26x32” acrylic on canvas, unstretched. Available.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Rank MI Vote is a grassroots, volunteer-driven organization. We will be starting our signature collection in the coming days/weeks.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

His campaign was only possible with Ranked Choice Voting. I’m currently involved with Rank MI Vote, an organization to get Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan through the ballot initiative process. We are hoping to start a tidal wave of citizen led initiatives in other states.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

It’s weird how folks assume when something really bad happens in a red state it must of happened to someone that is rightwing. Not to state the obvious, but many of the most rabid rightwing supporters in red states are wealthy and not affected by the inadequacies of the government.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop working

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Painting by Mia Tarney CHERRY BLOSSOM 2011. Oil on linen. Size 153.1 x 122.3 cm miatarney.com/paintings

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Joe F Spaulding 🦉 @joespaulding.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Hey fam, I'm going to need your help for a bit to help @rankmivote.bsky.social volunteers get 611,231 signatures we need to make sure we put #RankedChoiceVoting on the ballot in Michigan! These volunteers are tireless, and all we need right now is a like, follow, and share for me at Rank MI Vote!

Rank MI Vote volunteers prepare to run the petition program to bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan through ballot initiative amendment to the state constitution in 2026. 10 volunteers in the lobby of the state senate building across the street from the Michigan State Capitol building. They appear to be between the ages of 26 and 40, and evenly split between men and women.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I’m currently working on a grassroots campaign in Michigan to get RCV, and we hope it can start a tidal wave of states putting in the effort to get RCV and other voting reforms! Check out RankMIVote.org!

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Not being an asshole is typically (not always) an outcome of having Ranked Choice Voting!

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

lost count of how many striking workers I chatted with today, but some of the things they said are still weighing so heavily on me. “I can’t afford diapers for my baby.” “We pick up bags filled with human shit. And sometimes they break.” “I’m so tired.” “They treat us like trash. We’re human.”

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/07/2025

Hot take: Young men “playing video games all day” deserve access to health insurance too. In a humane society everyone should have access to health care regardless of who they are or what they do. We should be expanding health insurance coverage, not kicking people off it.

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Nimasprout 🔜 LBX @nimasprout.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Wanted to try out this watercolor paper on wood panel (by Trekell), so tried this larger 5x7" cottage piece. Acryla gouache, ink, on wood. $200 (includes US shipping) DM to purchase

A cozy cottage with alliums, lupin and brown eye susan flowers.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

'Watiya Tjuta' by Indigenous Australian artist Mitjili Napurrula from Pintubi country #WomensArt

Painting with symbolic stylised different coloured leaves or plant shapes which swirl into a circular pattern

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Like Ranked Choice Voting? Want to help start the tidal wave movement of getting it across the US? Sign up to Volunteer or Donate to RankMIVote.org! We are a grassroots, volunteer-run organization in the process of getting RCV on Michigan’s 2026 Ballot. 🗳️

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Samantha French, US contemporary painter known for her underwater portraits #WomensArt

Painting featuring the head and shoulders of a white woman under turquoise water just under the surface with eyes closed

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Shirley (Not the Horror Author) Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Reduction block print inspired by the Anna's Hummingbird 🪶🌿 Done for the month of May Print Pals' crew over on my patreon ~* www.patreon.com/lioninthetrees #art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking

A linoblock print featuring an Anna’s Hummingbird and watermelon salvia utilising a lime green, a dark hunter green, and a magenta pink ink. The hummingbird sits on a branch in the center of an oval surrounded by foliage.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 27/06/2025

Burnett: Do you like capitalism? Mamdani: No, I have many critiques of capitalism. Yes! For too long it has been taboo to discuss legitimate critiques of capitalism in mainstream US media. This has shut down any chance of implementing real solutions to social crises. A new day is coming.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

'Polytunnel poppies' by Pamela Grace, a contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, south west Scotland #WomensArt

Artwork of scene looking down the inside of an arched polytunnel with door in tbe center background, pink and red poppies are to the right and a red watering can and other plants to the left

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Kate Mitchell, Invoking the spirit of art to help complete this work, 2022, Australian artist #WomensArt

Painting of a woman lying on a floor in a room as rainbow like streaks of energy enter through a window

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

RankMIVote.org is hopefully going to start the momentum of RCV implementation in states across the country. We are getting our policy reviewed by the State Board of Canvassers this Friday!

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Bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan | Rank MI Vote

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Michigan is technically incorrect. RCV isn’t allowed, due to ballot language rules. The good news? We are working to change that.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you want to help start the tidal wave of RCV across the nation, consider signing up for the newsletter or donating to RankMiVote.org. We are the top grassroots campaign in the nation working to get RCV on a statewide level and are arguing our policy in front of the Board of Canvassers this week!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

'Counterpoint' red by contemporary printmaker Veta Gorner #WomensArt

Print featuring a transparent human body created with pinkish lines as if twisting in black space

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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Yellowstone 16”x20” oil

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Stephanie Williams @stephwilliams.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Everyone has something they can contribute to the fight to keep our humanity, no matter how small. It all counts. I know it feels overwhelming, and it is. And it's okay to feel overwhelmed—you're human. But we can't let the atrocities harden our hearts. Empathy is your superpower. Embrace it.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you want to mention Rank MI Vote, we are currently the grassroots, volunteer-run movement in Michigan that is working to get RCV statewide! We are going in front of the State Board of Canvassers this Friday! RankMIVote.org

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you want to start a nationwide push, the grassroots group I’m working with in Michigan is the farthest organization along on getting RCV statewide. We are being seen at the State Board of Canvassers THIS FRIDAY! We currently need donations and would love more volunteers! RankMiVote.org

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Rank MI Vote @rankmivote.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

🗽 NYC’s RCV moment is a win for democracy ✨ New York City used Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in its Democratic mayoral primary—where former governor Andrew Cuomo just conceded tonight, recognizing Zohran Mamdani’s lead—showcases how RCV can deliver clearer majority outcomes even in big, crowded races.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"The Violet Kimono" 1910 Oil on canvas Robert Lewis Reid ( 1862 - 1929 ) American Impressionist painter and muralist Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Chirun Ilya (Russian Artist, born 1985) "View from the Golitsyn Trail", 2025. Oil on Canvas, 50 × 65 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We actually have VNP’s founding field director working on our campaign, along several other VNP volunteers! RankMIVote.org/volunteer is the best way to get started. If people want to learn more, we are constantly having events for volunteers and the general public.

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Kate @k8g98.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I have family in Ohio, which is about to ban it. I keep telling other volunteers that when we are successful, this will objectively make Michigan better than Ohio. But this shit pisses me off! Democracy means you are representing your voters, not whatever rules you use to twist what voters want

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