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anyway, are there any like ...... arizona state politics knowers i should be following on this website. it's a cursed subject i realize but i'm sure there are masochists out there

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Unbelievably, Republicans are trying to stop all federal heat safety protection regs, now or in the future. HR 6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. We MUST stop it! 2/ act.seiu.org/a/fedheatreg... #WeFeedYou

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 03/10/2026

Country is a massive supergenre that includes many many variations and subgenres. Most of them are grassroots, independent, and countercultural. Listen to something other than top 40.

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On the pod's latest ep (that's how the cool kids abbreviate "podcast" & "episode"): Fairtest's director Harry Feder and I discuss why high or rising test scores are meaningless at best - and bad news at worst. Listen to "Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools" here: www.alfiekohn.org/podcasts/

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The Work Of Alfie Kohn

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 03/10/2026

Busan has a new resident named Bukangi, a shark who started chilling in the canals near the train station a couple weeks ago. The city has been trying all sorts of schemes to gently lead her back to the ocean but she foils every attempt and swims back and forth being admired by crowds of fans.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had enough of ICE brutality? Here’s your chance to do something about the times we live in where human rights and the constitution don’t matter to Trump’s agents. Sign our pledge to vote and do all you can to fight back this critical midterm election. 1/2

Graphic reads “Trump’s DHS is waging war on American communities” and “Sign our pledge,” showing armed figures, Farm worker holding a box of grapes loading it and another Farm worker with a hat; with a urgent tone.

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're heading into flooded road season, hereabouts. Good to remember:

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Important video update for *sigh* "spooky season"

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another big win for Newsom: helping abusers and governments escape the consequences of child sexual abuse

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026

Did you know that @heygavin.bsky.social will provide you with a Gavin Newsom fact if you @ him (and if you have suggestions for facts to add, lmk!).

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Told my friend who is approaching 50: if you can't get benefits & discounts for your age, you're not old. Convinced him.

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've gotten a mailer from a coalition of healthcare organizations against the proposed California wealth tax. They're against it, they say, because it has no stipulations on how the money will be spent, & they say that itvwill somehow result in less money for health care. I'm confused.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is actually an *extremely* strong statement to see in a science paper, FYI. And earned after spending a huge amount of effort to tear apart alternate hypotheses. Screenshot from here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Screenshot from the conclusions of linked paper reading "Using new P. taiti specimens, we demonstrate that P. taiti is structurally distinct from all known Fungi, that the molecular fingerprint of P. taiti is distinct from contemporaneous fossil Fungi in the Rhynie chert, and that P. taiti lacks the fungal biomarker perylene. With no support for a Fungal affinity, we suggest that Prototaxites is best considered a member of a previously undescribed, independent and extinct lineage of complex multicellular eukaryotes (Fig. 4)."

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scabby the Rat is a famous inflatable champion of the working class, yet there is no Scabby the Rat inflatable costume? Big Halloween is afraid of what a Scabby Army can do.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.

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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farm workers making far less. With a union contract they can stand up to the bosses. Make your donation today. act.seiu.org/a/tools?ms=b... #WeFeedYou

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A UFW union contract can stop farm workers being ripped off by growers

CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farmworkers making far less. With a union contract they can stand u...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Lupe" shares, "Today's my first day harvesting grapes at night. I had to buy my own gloves, scissors, and flashlight because the foreman told me the crew was full, but he'd make an exception if I bought my own tools. What I earned today will go towards these costs." #WeFeedYou

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026

This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds Chuckleheads: a flock of laughing gulls yucking it up at City Park in New Orleans. March 22, 2018

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Garbanzo beans are pretty damn good in a lot of different dishes & the price on them has not gone up so much. Buckwheat groats are amusing food & the price on them has not gone up much at all. Carrots and cabbage are really lovely and versatile.

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely right, as is the 3rd post in this thread. Current bipartisan acceptance of the SOR propaganda campaign's claims about reading instruction echoes bipartisan acceptance 25 years ago of NCLB (punitive high-stakes testing) - in both cases, rubber-stamped by mainstream media.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026

If you own 20+ flashlights, at a certain point you're probably running an unregistered lighthouse but we're not the lighthouse safety commission so keep up the good work.

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Newsom is nothing but talking points & selfishness though.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 25/09/2026

Headlamp is fine! Anything that isn't your phone... or an oil lantern... or a candle you carry around like you're a 17th century child looking for ghosts. Spoiler - the ghosts are carbon monoxide and you need to get out of there.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 24/09/2026

Take our seven-question quiz to meet your otter twin! Are you bold and adventurous? Or do you have the superstar energy who shows off for her fans? Discover if you're most like Selka, Ivy, Opal, Suri, or Willow! 👉 bit.ly/4hJaW30

Two southern sea otters with wet fur sitting next to each other. One otter is holding food in their paws.

A California sea otter, or southern sea otter, with wet fur looks at the camera

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 24/09/2026

del camino motel, el paso, texas, 1977

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A prominent member of the red-tailed hawk community says they’re tired of eagles getting all the credit for the haunting cries heard in films, TV shows or whenever Indigenous people say something sacred. walkingeaglenews.com/2021/09/24/r...

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Red-tailed hawk sick of eagles getting credit for its haunting cries

A prominent member of the red-tailed hawk community says they're tired of eagles getting all the credit for the haunting cries that are heard in films, television shows or whenever Indigenous people s...

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Support Walking Eagle News. It’s in the treaties somewhere. ko-fi.com/theeagleist

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Support Walking Eagle News

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 23/09/2026

H1578.1.6 Test of sex of girl masking as man: warned by a parrot, she picks only one flower.

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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 21/09/2026

I want to be very clear: Some things do not require rebuttal because they are prima facie absurd and should be mocked.

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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 22/09/2026

I invite you all to do Skinktober with me this year. It started as a bit and now I refuse to let it die.

Line art drawing of a monkey tailed skink

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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#seaotterawarenessweek Sea otters have a terrible fossil record - which makes it easy to summarize in a short thread! What do we actually know about the evolutionary history of sea otters? [blog post here for more in depth reading] coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-...

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The terrible fossil record of sea otters, part 2: un-fantastic otter fossils and where to find them

Make sure to take a look at part 1, where I summarized what we know about modern sea otter anatomy, behavior, geography, and molecular phylo...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Enrique" is picking oranges in Visalia, CA area. "We're paid $33 per 900 lb bin. We get this rate as the fruit on the trees is very small, so it takes much longer to fill a bin. I work 6 hours, from 5 to 11 am and managed to fill 3 bins. Basically, about one every 2 hrs." #WeFeedYou

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.

a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Martin Luther King, Jr, wearing a button that says ASK ME WHAT ELSE I SAID.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I don't _like_ when a red state Dem attempts to triangulate away my rights because they think it will get them elected, but I can at least sort of build a theory of the mind as to how they ended up there. (Still think they should eat shit.) But Newsom? Has no reason to be an asshole! He just is!

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵US Weekly COVID update: Sep 21, 2026 🔸1 in 91 Actively Infectious 🔸542,000 Daily Infections 🔸3,810,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸111,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸191,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com

An infographic titled "COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data & Standard Levels" dated Sep 21, 2026.
The graphic features a color-coded map of the United States displaying transmission levels: Very Low (green), Low (light green), Moderate (yellow), High (orange), and Very High (pink/purple). Large portions of the South, West Coast, and Northeast are shaded in High or Very High categories.
Below the map, text states: "The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVID outbreaks." It lists specific areas including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West.
The map credits "Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael_hoerger" and links to pmc19.com.

A chart titled "National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)" from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 21, 2026 (pmc19.com). It lists key statistical estimates across three categories:
Infections:
• Proportion Actively Infectious: 1 in 91 (1.1%)
• New Daily Infections: 542,000
• Infections the Past Week: 3,810,000
• Infections in 2026: 111,000,000
• Cumulative Infections per Person: 5.41
Long COVID:
• Cases from New Daily Infections: 27,000 to 108,000
• Cases from New Weekly Infections: 191,000 to 760,000
Excess Deaths:
• Deaths from New Daily Infections: 130 to 240
• Deaths from New Weekly Infections: 900 to 1,700

A chart titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 21, 2026 (pmc19.com).
The table details transmission metrics for states from Alabama to Mississippi, including PMC estimates of the percentage actively infectious and the mathematical chances someone is infectious in rooms of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people.
Key high-prevalence rows highlighted in pink include:
• California: 1 in 25 actively infectious (4.0%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 98% chance someone is infectious.
• Florida: 1 in 25 actively infectious (4.0%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 98% chance someone is infectious.
• Guam: 1 in 23 actively infectious (4.3%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 99% chance someone is infectious.
A footnote states that on August 14, 2026, the CDC revised categorical descriptors downward without explanation

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Periodic reminder that Gavin Newsom sucks.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 22/09/2026

Here's an update on proposed California state laws that affect landlord-tenant law or affordable housing rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

White squash (Curcurbita pepo) is a trait due to either a dominant or recessive mutations depending on which varieties you're working with. Squash shape genetics is similarly complicated, with multiple differently inherited mutations leading to the same effect.

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BatsCaulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 21/09/2026

Since I've had to remind multiple people over the last week: Microsoft is still under active BDS protest. That means Xbox and it's subsidies including Activision, Blizzard and Bethesda Yes that means the new Diablo. Yes that means the new DOOM. Yes that means World of Warcraft Forever

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No Games For Genocide

The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On Rosh Hashanah it is written, but on Yom Kippur it is Yaaaaasss!

Yaaaaasss! Yom Kippur Banner Jewish New Year Decor Rosh Hashanah
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Leonardo" is harvesting grapes in the Arvin CA area. He shares, "Harvesting the grapes - especially with the current temperatures is a very hard, tiring and poorly paid job." The high on the day he sent us this photo was 104°. #WeFeedYou

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Lucy Kemnitzer @lucykemnitzer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Newsom gonna Newsom. We have to kill that man's career.

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