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Linda Diak

@lindadiakquilts.bsky.social
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I make art quilts and longarm for others, my husband makes the world’s finest knitting needles and crochet hooks (DyakCraft). Lifelong Dem. 🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦. Lindadiakquilts.com dyakcraft.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 23h
Just finished putting the hanging sleeve on Ernie today. Such a cutie! I loved making this piece. Ernie is 30 x 30 inches. Ernie like to read with his dad, hence the books in the lower corner. #artquilt #quilting #quiltcommission
Art quilt of a small white dog done in whites, grays, and silvery blue, with big brown eyes and blue collar, on a dark blue background. A stack of books and eyeglasses are in the lower left corner with Ernie on the bottom book. Close up of an art quilt of a dog's faceclose up of an art quilt showing the background quilting.close up of an art quilt showing the books and glasses quilted in the lower left corner.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word!
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 04/10/2026
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. buff.ly/7tKf5r4
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Mississippians Will Pay Higher Energy Rates Due to Trump’s Policy Changes, Think Tank Says
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040, a nonpartisan think tank said Friday.
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tomorrow!
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don Clark has written a paper on what Vermont's Constitution has to say about our right to protest. He's done extensive research on the subject - paper will be published by Rutgers next year. Free to download, share the link. #vermont #freespeech #peacefulassembly papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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“The People Have a Right”: Vermont’s Village Greens, the Declaration of Rights, and Greater State Constitutional Protection for Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly
This Article argues, for the consideration of the Vermont Supreme Court, that Articles 13 and 20 of the Vermont Constitution, declaring the people’s rights of f
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
October 3-4 is Open Studio Weekend in Vermont. Chester will have 5 artists this year. Clockwise from Top Left: Cleopatra Redbird, Wisdom River Designs, Yours Truly, DyakCraft, and Fieldwork Vermont. On the green there will be a scarecrow festival all weekend too! #openstudioweekend
Graphic of five artists' work. Clockwise from top left: a linocut of an otter, silver earrings with colored stones, a quilted cardinal, a set of handcrafted knitting needles, and a photograph featuring grassy field and lookout tower. In the center is a yellow medallion with "Fall 2026, October 3 & 4, Vermont Open Studio". Below it says "one town, Chester, five artists, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.
Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A herd of European bison spotted in Białowieża Forest, Poland recently by wildlife guide Oliwier Myka. The recovery of European bison from the brink of extinction is one of the most exciting rewilding stories the world has ever seen.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This clip should be in every Dem campaign ad
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Káká is quilted. Still have to turn back the binding. The border has a stoat in the lower right corner and eggs in the upper left. Stoats were imported into NZ and nearly decimated the Káká population (which is rebounding), as stoats steal the eggs.
Art quilt of a Káká (New Zealand). Side view of his head, on a dark teal background.Art quilt of a Káká (New Zealand). Side view of his head, on a dark teal background, Peach inner border, black outer border, and burgundy binding that has yet to be turned back.Detail of border of the quilt: A stoat is stitched into the lower black border.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 01/09/2026
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social calls out Byron Donalds, Ron DeSantis, & the entire Republican Party for their silence on Trump ally Laura Loomer calling Black women — including Angie Nixon, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar & Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — "ghetto…black BITCHES.” 🔗 zeteo.com/subscribe
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hook this right into my veins.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hard to believe that "centrism-for-centrism's sake" and "look, not everyone gets to be full citizens" weren't more compelling pitches to the Democratic base.
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
quilted feathers all day today.
Portion of an art quilt showing feathers of a káká (from NZ). Stitched feathers in browns, golds, peaches, silver.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Adm. Daryl Caudle, the chief of Naval Operations, provided Hegseth with the dimmest picture, saying in the SDOB that the Navy cannot sustain its current level of support for the Iran conflict because there is no anticipated end date, those familiar with the assessment said.”
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Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations
A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Returning to this post from last spring, and it feels more obvious than ever. Just a series of 30-second ads of rapid-fire headlines about scandals in one Cabinet department with the tag line at the end: Had Enough? Vote Democratic
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oil guy…👇
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Good morning! My husband's first sunflower is opening up. Enjoy the day!
Sunflower just beginning to open up.
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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Workers at the signage firm Spanjer Brothers, Newark, New Jersey, with giant wooden letters destined for the Singer Sewing Machine Co., 1897 Image: 1916 company catalog, Avery Library Architectural Trade Catalogs Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/cata...
A photograph of the Spanjer Bros. Wood Carving & Sign Work building, showing workers lined up in front and a horse-drawn delivery wagon. The two-story brick building features commercial signage advertising specialized services like wood turning and scroll sawing. Displayed across the facade at ground level and a second-story loading bay are five large wooden letters made for exterior signage.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s new U.S. Postal Service rule setting new restrictions for mail ballots. Judge Talwani’s TRO lasts for 14 days while she considers the preliminary injunction requests, with a hearing set for Sept. 3.
Case 1:26-cv-11549-IT
Document 218 Filed 08/27/26 Page 2 of 11
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court are two motions for temporary restraining orders joined for briefing pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a)(1).? For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS a temporary restraining order staying the United States Postal Service ("USPS")
from implementing certain sections of its final rule, Ballot Mail for Federal Elections, 91 Fed.
Reg. 54966 (Aug. 26, 2026) (to be codified at 39 C.F.R. pt. 111) (the "Final Rule").Ill. Conclusion and Order
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' emergency motions' for a temporary restraining
order are GRANTED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b) as follows.
(1) The court grants an emergency fourteen-day stay of the implementation or enforcement of the following sections of the Final Rule as to elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026. USPS Defendants'° may take no further preparatory steps or
implement in any way for elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026:
19 Mot. for a TRO, Emergency Stay, and Expedited Prelim. Inj. and Stay, California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 3]; Emergency Mot. for TRO and Prelim. Inj., LVWM, No. 1:26-cv-11549
[Doc. No. 206].
20 USPS Defendants are the USPS, the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, and the members and Chair of the USPS Board of Governors. See Compl., California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 1]; Compl., Suppl. Compl., LWVM, No. 1:26-cv-i1549 [Doc. Nos. 1, 205].a. DMM Section 705.24.3.1, to the extent that the section makes Ballot Mail
Envelope Standards mandatory;
b. DMM Section 705.24.3.2, to the extent that the section makes Return Federal Ballot Mail Envelope Standards mandatory;
c. DMM Section 705.24.4.1; to the extent that the section makes Postal Service
Federal Ballot Mail Portal registration mandatory;
d. DMM Section 705.24.4.2; to the extent that the section makes voter enrollment in
the Postal Service Federal Ballot Mail Portal mandatory
e. DMM Section 705.24.5.1;
f. The first two sentences of DMM Section 705.24.5.2; and
g. DMM Section 705.24.5.3(a), (b), (c).
(2) Defendants' counsel must, within 24 hours after receiving service of this Order: (i)
provide written notice of this Order to the USPS Defendants and their employees; (i)
notify all
such recipients that they are required to comply with this Order, under penalty of
contempt; and (iii) file on the docket a copy of the notice and/or communications
referred to in (i)-(il).
Plaintiffs' motions for preliminary injunctions remain under advisement.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
August 27, 2026
/s/ Indira Talwani
United States District Judge
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This ruling preserves the status quo for mail-in balloting (i.e., no USPS interference).
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#BREAKING: In the League of Women Voters case, Judge Talwani (D. Mass.) has issued a temporary restraining order freezing the USPS Final Rule on mail-in ballots from going into effect for 14 days (while the parties litigate whether she should enter a preliminary injunction blocking it indefinitely).
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tom has new interchangeable knitting needle sets on the site tonight, from beautiful woods that are no longer in production - Malachite and Dakota swirl cut. Made in Vermont.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Former UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat: “CIA Chief Ratcliffe’s visit was likely like his predecessor’s in 2021 - a warning. We know that Putin is facing defeat in Ukraine, is he going to distract by expanding the conflict? The CIA visit is a warning: even if the Kremlin won’t listen, we must.”
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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 26/08/2026
In leaked audio, the Republican gubernatorial candidate says he's friends with border czar Tom Homan and that he'll ask him to send ICE agents and marshals to polling locations to guard against noncitizen voting. bit.ly/4i1dcn7
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Bobby Charles says he'll ask Trump's border chief to send ICE agents to Maine polls
In leaked audio, the Republican gubernatorial candidate says he's friends with border czar Tom Homan and that he'll ask him to send ICE agents and marshals to polling locations to guard against noncit...
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The polar bear is quilted!
Art quilt of a polar bear. He’s in shades of white and brown with a blue and purple nose. The background is a sea green, with quilting resembling fractured ice.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
No matter what metric you use, Republicans have been worse for the economy than Democrats for a century now. And yet they’ll *still* point to the latest mess they created as an argument to elect them again. And half the media will happily help carry their water for them.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unearthed documents just revealed Ken Paxton, as Attorney General, protected a research lab that tortured 400 puppies. Paxton was also one of the only Texas lawmakers to vote against a bill to hold animal abusers accountable.
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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Gov. Phil Scott crossed a line when he urged Republican voters to try to disrupt Democratic primaries. Which he did, brazenly, in a Facebook video published five days before the primary. thevpo.org/2026/08/18/p...
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Phil Scott Presses Thumb Firmly on the Partisan Scale
Here’s a screenshot from a recent hostage video political message posted on Gov. Phil Scott’s non-governmental Facebook account. And if there was any doubt about whether Scott is first …
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The polar bear is quilted. I still have a lot of "ice" to quilt in the background. It's a bit of a slog. To get through all that stippling, I'll put my headphones on and finish listening to Winter's Tale and all the wonderful description of a mythical winter.
a quilt in progress on a longarm machine: a polar bear face with a blue and purple nose, blue and brown eyes, on a soft blue/green background.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Vermont Arts Council has written a lovely article about my quilts. www.vermontartscouncil.org/blog/creatio...
portion of an article on my quilts by The Vermont Arts Council. A photo of me at the longarm is accompanied by text: Creation Grant in Action: Bringing Hidden Stories to Light with Linda Diak’s “Impacted”

Home › Featured Stories › Grants in Action › Creation Grant in Action: Bringing Hidden Stories to Light with Linda Diak’s “Impacted”
By Beck Natale | August 12, 2026 | Posted in Creation Grantee, Grants in Action
Tags: Creation Grants, fiber arts, Interviews
Linda Diak working on a quilt.
Linda Diak working on a quilt featuring a pair of oystercatchers, as part of her “Impacted” collection.
It’s a lovely cool summer day as I walk along Main Street in Chester to Linda Diak’s house. Couples are out popping between an antiques boutique, a bakery, a café, and a yarn shop. Tourists and locals alike are chatting under a restaurant’s veranda.
“We’re next to the Inn Victoria,” Diak had told me when I asked for directions to her house. “Tall white colonial.”
I couldn’t ask for a better place to do an interview. Her side porch sports two comfortably-cushioned chairs, a pot of flowers, a slight breeze, and—a giant flamingo?
Diak is a quilter, an abstract weaver turned animal portrait artist. And the curious fellow peering out from the porch is a fabric protest against unethical mining practices in South America.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hong doing a “unity tour” with Crowley in Wisconsin. Stevens enthusiastically endorsing El Sayed in Michigan. Some media figures and Bluesky posters keep pushing Factional Fight, while most of the candidates and voters are doing Popular Front, recognizing that bigger things are happening.
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Kris Koles @kriskoles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trump's imperialist plan to extract Greenland oil without authorization from Greenland or Danish govt. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The president's authority as "commander in chief" refers to the military only. The president cannot use executive orders to expand the definition of who is eligible for birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The president's aide saying these things is a virulent white nationalist.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 06/08/2026
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas firm — with no specialty in immigration law and run by a former Trump official — to provide legal services to tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children.
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Small Texas law firm run by Trump ally wins contract for legal aid to immigrant kids | Arizona Mirror
DHS plans to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas firm — with no specialty in immigration law and run by a former Trump official — to provide legal services to tens of thousands of unaccompa...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The eye has a whole head now. The Kākā (from New Zealand) is built and in line for quilting.
Art quilt - not yet quilted. The top is on a table with a green cutting mat. The top is of a New Zealand Kākā - his beak has touches of blue and teal, maroon/peach/orange/yellow feathers are on his face. His body is brown/gray/navy. He is on a dark teal background .
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I built an eye I really like today.
Art quilt of a KaKa bird in progress - just the eye is built - large black pupil with highlights of teal, gray, white, light blue. Feathers on brown, rust, teal, white, and coral frame the eye.
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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A brand spankin' new political action committee is spending big in support of Aly Richards' gubernatorial campaign. The bulk of its money came from out-of-state businesses. Things that make you go hmm. thevpo.org/2026/08/02/s...
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Some Deep Out-of-State Pockets are Backing Aly Richards
This is a screenshot of an ad that’s been circulating on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Aly Richards. But it didn’t come from her campaign; it was paid for by the (apparen…
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