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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Will be very happy to not have to flip off his office every time I walk past it downtown!

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

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Trans Continental Pipeline

Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Twooooooo hockey golds :D🥇 🥇

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I would love to see something like the last reskeet locally! Salem had a kickoff event for our 400+ celebration yesterday and they PACKED the high school with tables for local orgs to get the word out about community support options. I've been here almost 15 yrs and I learned of some new ones!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

ICE has been seizing people in Allston. Boston area folks, spread the word about the LUCE hotline to report ICE sightings. And here's stickers you can print and put up anywhere:

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whetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This is a great resource in precarious times. Tried it for my city and it pulled up all the things I know about + more I didn’t. It finds food pantries, but also stuff like legal help and housing assistance. For those of us more fortunate, great way to find volunteer and donation opportunities.

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findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care

Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It's so very rare to catch all four voids in one photo, but here's one to celebrate our favorite furry family members :)

A picture of my our four black cats in my office: one is sitting on a grey blanket on top of two stacks of white comic book boxes under the window. Another is on top of a small cat tree under the same window to the right of the first. On the floor in front of the cat tree, curled up in a round, cream and grey cat bed is the third. To the right of the window, on the other side of an eight-cube shelving unit full of odds and ends, under a bar height chair, you can just make out the fourth void.

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

As a Salem local, I can say these teas are delicious and I would LOVE to have a Gothic themed tea/dry bar in town! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mid...

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Midnight Teas(e) Brick & Mortar Shop

Help bring a gothic tea room and dry nightlife space to Salem, MA.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 20/10/2025

A year ago I cofounded @theflytrapmedia.com w a bunch of extremely talented feminist writers/artists. We're celebrating our first year with a 15% sale for new subscribers, as we need 950 new + recurring readers to be able to pay ourselves this year + set us up for another year of feminist badassery.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 09/09/2025

hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Digital Revolutionary #zine is now free for 24 hours only: www.patreon.com/posts/free-d... Lock down your phone or burner, safety in crowd panics, protest prep myths, crowd surveillance 101, a crossword puzzle, and powerful laser Kiwis. Please share. #NoKings #Cybersecurity #privacy

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/06/2025

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 23/05/2025

this is excellent work & contains call/email templates at the end with callouts for the specific legislative mechanisms democratic senators could use to kill this part of the bill. read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...

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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Are your wallets ready? The It's Cosmic Collection drops TOMORROW at 1pm ET. ✨ www.peculiarityshop.com/itscosmic202...

A black and marble blue green star bead sewn pendant.

A small silver pendant with a painted galaxy, pearls, and star beads set in resin.

Teal and bronze and silver chandelier earrings.

A cobalt blue, black, and silver charm bracelet.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 24/03/2025

oh! one more thing! the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential benefit is open til april 11. proposed rules are supposed to have more time than that but—shocker!—the comment period here is shorter. you have 19 days, as of this post. please comment.💜🏳️‍⚧️

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability

This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of "lawfully present"; the evidentiary st...

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Okay, all. I have a call to action for all CA residents. If you're not a CA resident, please help share and boost? 1. Most of you know what happened to me last month. If not, my @calmatters.org op-ed was posted this morning. I'm working on changing the penal code.

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How a well-intended California domestic violence law results in victims being arrested | Opinion

The California Penal Code requires officers to make an arrest in domestic violence incidents, sometimes leading to victims being detained.

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

They had me at "burnt honey ice cream", but the honeycomb candy mix-ins are soooo good too. Northshore Boston seasonal treat!

On the left is an ice cream pint container, white with blue and black cow spots on the lid and a blue and white cow with a halo on the front. The creamery's name across the cow is Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe. The pint label at the bottom says Honeycoma: Burnt honey ice cream loaded with house-made chocolate covered honeycomb candy.

On the right is a small dark bowl with a couple scoops of a deep yellow ice cream speckled with darker yellow and chocolate candy pieces.

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 05/03/2025

Wu: "We are the cradle of liberty and the city of champions. we are all of these things not in spite of our immigrants but because of them."

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

But if there's one thing I've realized after a lot of therapy? It's as terrible as all of this was, I have a platform to say something. I have a platform to do something. So goal one? Changing how this penal code is being applied by local PD, and I'm going to need your help if you're in CA.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2025

Incredible thread - full of practical info about the process that shows where we can stop these marauders. Please read, and keep on calling your reps (whom you can find at reps.fyi).

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

People fuck up, but Wild Coast Raw is literally killing cats and declining to take ANY responsibility for it. My COMPLETELY INDOOR cats ate batch 22660. They are still acting like the bird flu results were fake. My stud who does not eat raw was negative. This WILL kill cats. This is evil.

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evilanne.bsky.social @evilanne.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks: 1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Please, PLEASE call your senators and urge them to oppose RFK Jr.'s nomination. You may think public health doesn't impact you (which would be impressive five years into a global pandemic), but it does, and people will die if he's confirmed.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/01/2025

The final vote on Russell Vought’s nomination for OMB director could happen this week, so make sure your senators hear from you. 👇

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Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Oppose Russ Vought's Nomination to Lead the Office of Management and Budget

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 27/01/2025

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵  legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

legiscan showing US Congress Senate Bill 9

Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 36-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.

Summary A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/01/2025

If you live in Rhode Island, please call Whitehouse's office and tell him to vote NO on RFK, Jr. No excuses for endangering all of our lives during an age of pandemics. (202) 224-2921.

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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The bling is upon us, and soon, it might be on you. ✨ The EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME Collection drops today at Noon EST. www.peculiarityshop.com/everythingev...

A wire wrapped necklace crown with glass star beads and crystals.

A wire wrapped labradorite pendant that is in the shape of a cloud, with raindrops; and matching earrings.

A brass mosaic ring featuring a dragaon, several slabs of labradorite and many other small gems.

A stunning jewel tone sewn bead chandelier necklace with matching earrings.

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If you're looking for ways to help those in CA, this thread here has a bunch! I already have a monthly donation to WCK, but thanks to this thread I also sent funds along to KTownForAll and the Humane Society.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Only 9 Democrats voted against advancing the Laken Riley Act: Booker Hirono Kim Markey Merkley Sanders Schatz Smith Warren The Democrats could have blocked the 60 votes needed to advance. They didn't. They are already caving. Thank the 9, and yell at the rest.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 07/01/2025

hi, cis folks! meet HB28. it's a sports ban on trans athletes. but actually, it's the first step to something much worse—see below. 45 sec call scripts for democrats & republicans in congress follow. if you've been saying you'd stand with trans people, now's the time.🧵 legiscan.com/US/bill/HB28...

US Congress House Bill 28
US State Legislature page for HB28&

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 54-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Pending: House Education and Workforce Committee
Summary To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based
solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The joys of visiting a gym while traveling and having to do a bunch of last minute plate math because they've got kg plates instead of lbs...

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Got to do two of my favorite things while on business in TX - hit up a local distillery and enjoy some hiking. I'll never got over how differently beautiful TX is from MA. Also, if you haven't tried Balcones and enjoy whiskey, you need to fix that!!

An angled view of a four story, red brick industrial building from across the street. Vertical at the foremost corner on the first level is the name Balcones (one of the best single malt distilleries in the country!)

Picture of myself on the left, in a black leather jacket and wearing a teal ombre mask in a restaurant bathroom mirror. In the center, reflected in the mirror, is the message "Do or do not, There is no try". For it to read this way means it's mounted in reverse on the wall itself!

Image of a sandy trail, winding through tall green grass/weeds under a roiling cloudy sky from my hike near Stillhouse Lake.

Image of a piece of driftwood with Stillhouse Lake in the background. The wood is the top half of a tree turned upside-down. It's heavily weathered and sun bleached. The thicker trunk at the top leading down to spindly branches gives off a super creepy, almost cthulu-esque appearance, like it's reaching and walking towards you on hundreds of branching appendages.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

In a couple weeks you're all going to meet the 16-year-old trans girl who's challenge to a ban on gender-affirming medical care is being heard at SCOTUS and I'm going to need you all to 1) be loud and thankful for how badass she's being and 2) fight for her like your life depends on it

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Gonna be sitting down today to start putting together lists: small things I can do when it all feels like too much, larger things I can work towards when the anger is fuel, etc. But gonna start with some kitten pics

A picture of a cardboard Terracycle box, with RECYCLE written in all caps on top above the opening. From inside the opening you can just make out the eyes and nose of a black kitten hiding in said box. You can see the back of the head and a paw from the other kitten coming from the left side of the frame to bat at the kitten hiding in the box

Picture of a black kitten curled up on a fluffy white top of a cat tree in front of an open window. The kitten is looking out the window at the bright red cardinal sitting on a nearby powerline absolutely taunting said kitten from their safe perch.

A close up shot of the top half of a passed out black kitten on a grey woven blanket, with the littlest blep of a pink tongue showing through her front teeth.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/11/2024

A thing I appreciated about this Working Families Party call last night is that it was ALL about the people - all about what you can DO, not what you can DONATE. The main call to action was to organize community gatherings. A prelude to action. weareworthfightingfor.org

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Worth Fighting For

We are worth fighting for. Our freedom, our future, and our democracy demand it. With Donald Trump back in power, our rights and communities are under direct threat—but we won’t back down. Together, w...

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Hiking in the desert while visiting family. Looks a wee bit different out here than back home! Also, it's hot as balls this week in AZ, what a time to visit...

A sandy trail with rocky edges and many tall cacti dotting the background.

Looking up at a shady rock face, with distinct dark and light stripes and plenty of rusty red markings from iron deposits.

A very dry, rocky river bed with some uncharacteristically leafy green trees providing shade

A giant saguro cactus with a tall central stem and several short arms about 1/3 of the way up. At the very top of the central stem are two small white flowers placed like eyeballs, which makes the cactus look like a very tall muppet.

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

Cataloging complete! Media center under the TV is now a throwback to the 90s (yes, that IS a dual tape deck that we inherited. Jaime is glad to have a way to play the few he still has kicking around XD)

A black IKEA BESTA setup against a blue wall just under a wall mounted TV you can only see the bottom few inches of. Center column contains the stereo equipment, the 45s, and our gaming systems. The left side is full of two rows of LPs. The right side has the few remaining LPs so there's lots of room for modern expansion.

Screenshot of the cataloging app CLZ Music. It shows in pie chart format that we have cataloged 439 vinyl records and 5 CDs. Below is a bar graph showing top albums by artist: The Beatles (18), Neil Diamond (9), Various (9), Simon & Garfunkel (8), and Elton John (7).

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

If you live in one of these 10 states (AZ, TX AR, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, OH), today is THE LAST DAY you can register to vote. Even if you think you're registered already, double check to see if your registration is still active. Please do this, it only takes a few minutes. Pass it on.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 03/10/2024

FRIENDS, TODAY I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO: THE FLYTRAP we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism

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The Flytrap: Bringing Back the Feminist Blog

Worker-Owned, Reader-Supported Intersectional Feminist Journalism to Unfuck Your Algorithm

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Kris @kriken06.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

Voter #242 in 3-1 for the state primary. Go vote if you're in Mass!

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