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Mary Feliz Author

@maryfelizauthor.bsky.social
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Votes for Women! Seeks solace in nature. Writes cozy mysteries that feel like the best parts of life—diversity, community, love, hope, connection—win over the worst. Bird Brain. #SistersinCrime #MysteryWritersofAmerica #AuthorsGuild #Oregon #PNW

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Missouri voter: Just this week Trump said, 'Maybe people want a dictator.' Do we want a dictator? Crowd: NO!
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Jordan @gm-jordan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... I was surprised by how moving it was to “sign” the form. It’s just a little online form, but it felt bigger than that. And there was NO request for money! See what you think…
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Vote of No Confidence in Our Current Federal Government
You may want to add your name
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Charlie (our cat) discovered that baby carrots make good toys last night in the middle of the night. I found one in his dish, one in the bathroom, one in our bed and another in the dining room. He’s zonked out.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
And does the “flirt flop” when it sees a chess piece it likes.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Once upon our pond. The ducklings are pretty big right now, but he’s standing right where the duck family likes to take its daily nap.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Today’s visitor. He isn’t legless. The hillside just drops off dramatically there. We’re still waiting to see a mama with babies. Last year she had twins she’d bring up close to the house. I don’t know if she thought we were quiet and safe, or if she liked the tasty weeds we don’t cut.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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E.R. LeVar @erlevar1031.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it?? Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
First shelf: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Reyes), Learning to Fall (Morris), I Love You S'more (Desombre), She Gets the Girl (Lippincott & Derrick)

Second Shelf: All That's Left in the World (Brown), Caught in a Bad Fauxmance (Rose), Heartstopper Vol. 1 (Oseman), The Darkness Between Us (Schaeffer)

Third Shelf: Going Bicoastal (Adler), Where the Dark Stands Still (Poranek), Never Ever Getting Back Together (Gonzales), Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (Hibbert), Flowerheart (Bakewell)

Fourth Shelf: Hell Followed With Us (White), I Wish You All the Best (Deaver), The Sunbearer Trials (Thomas), Dead End Girls (Heard), The Sacrifice (Chupeco)

Fifth Shelf: Loveless (Oseman), Icarus (Ancrum), Summer Bird Blue (Bowman), Radio Silence (Oseman), The Weight of Stars (Dow), Sawkill Girls (Legrand)

Bottom Shelf: I Kissed Shara Wheeler (McQuiston), Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Albertelli), Nimona (Stevenson), Forget Me Not (Derrick)
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“…during his recent Senate testimony, Dr. Bhattacharya acted as if he were a passive observer to the organization he purportedly leads...” He takes no accountability. He does not follow through on what he says publicly. sciencebasedmedicine.org/go-ahead/
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Go Ahead, Make the Case that Science, Free Speech, and the NIH are Thriving Under Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Many smart people reassured us that Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was both qualified to run the NIH and motivated to make it a better place. They should make the case they were right.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/06/2025
Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS. How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share. I’ve got a bill to get it done.
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Social Security's insolvency date is now a year earlier. Here's how it could impact your benefits.
Social Security is dipping into its trust fund to pay current retirees, with spending outpacing its revenue from payroll taxes.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Our fundamental rights are being eroded by the very people charged with protecting us and our rights. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Texas judge throws out Biden rule protecting medical privacy on abortion
The HIPAA decision opens the floodgates for law enforcement to use patient records to investigate any type of reproductive care.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions. action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#addbirder
Belted Kingfisher male, in Oregon Wetland.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What she said.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
From a guy who used to work there: Rachel is a remarkable person and the best TV news talent there is. If she says something is fucked up, it is. Getting rid of Joy, who dared to see through this fascism bullshit years ago and had the gall of occasionally being funny about it, is dumb.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Gray Wool Sweater: You are in a TV commercial, struggling to play with your grandchild because of your rheumatoid arthritis. My gray sweater isn't wool & I'm not in a TV commercial as far as I know, but the rest is actually a little too true. Damn! Here's a link, if you dare.
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social
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Carol McNamara @missallot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Tesla stock down 9% in a morning's trading. Good!
Graph of Tesla stock price currently valued at $300.71 down 9.02% today.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I’m so excited! We had Belted Kingfishers in CA. I loved them with their goofy bedhead, sleepy eyes, & precise fishing skills. I hadn’t seen them in OR. Today, while doing dishes, my husband spotted one. He hates my camera but grabbed these shots anyway. Great husband. OK pics.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Seen at CPAC
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
CPAC is the Conservative Political Action Committee which met in Washington DC.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Steve Bannon did a Sieg Heil at CPAC. I'm a 3rd generation Holocaust survivor. My grandparents met in a Concentration Camp. My grandfather's wife & young daughter were murdered. My grandmother's brothers were murdered. Her mother died in her arms from starvation. Is THIS what life in America is NOW?
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cooper’s Hawk observed while doing dishes—now one of the most popular chores in our house. Might be Sharp-shinned Hawk, but I will confirm in comments later.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Hooded Merganser on our pond. We’re also seeing lots of super cute Red-breasted Nut Hatches, but they are too fast for me to photograph. At least so far! (Full disclosure, it’s neither a pond nor ours, but we can catch it while we do the dishes.)
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Great Blue Heron sleeping in a tree behind our house. The males are supposed to start picking out their nesting trees around Valentine’s Day in our area, so we’re hoping to have a ring-side seat. But…if the Herons nest here it will almost certainly limit the number of ducklings who survive + and -
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Red-headed Woodpecker on a Wild Cherry Tree in our backyard.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Wood Ducks on our pond this morning.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our first Oregon snow
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The “slippery” road sign on a bridge near us has lost a bolt and slipped so that the car is upside down. I have two thoughts 1. This way it may make an even better warning sign. 2. This may be the sign of the times right now.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Anna’s Hummingbird on our fence. I had to make sure the feeder hadn’t frozen. It had not.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Great Blue Heron on our icy pond. It’s been cold and sunny and still, but we expect some warming over the next few days resulting in snow or freezing rain.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Has Trump EVER done his homework? In an attempt to codify fetal personhood AND outlaw trans people in one fell swoop, Trump’s badly written and researched exec order accidentally defines all men as trans. (Yup, even Trump, Bannon, Vance) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump's Trans Ban Defines Everyone as Female -- But That's Not the Problem
Donald Trump's executive order attempts to get rid of trans rights. LGBTQ+ advocates intend to fight back.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Correcting lies I’ve read today: THE TRUTH: Despite pearl clutching over “mutilation” few trans teens have gender-affirming surgery. In fact, 97% of such surgeries on adults in the US are breast-reductions on cis-men (men assigned male at birth who identify as men. hsph.harvard.edu/news/gender-...
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Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
A new Harvard Chan School study found little to no utilization of gender-affirming surgeries by transgender and gender-diverse minors in the U.S.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Correcting misinformation I’ve read today: The truth: Those living here w/o documentation are ineligible for public services or benefits. Yet, if they earn money here, they pay taxes. Bloomberg calculates they pay nearly 100 BILLION in taxes annually. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes
Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Playing footsie with the cat and retweeting MLK memes, @borowitzreport.bsky.social , @hcrichardson.bsky.social . We will overcome.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I find this with my writing. When I feel I’ve tried everything and there is no way out, I’m about to learn something important. But only if I keep slogging through the mire. It’s not the most fun part of writing but it is worth it.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Archive April 17, 2024 Connections Puzzle #311 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I get a kick out of solving the puzzle in a completely backwards fashion. Getting there in unexpected ways by unpredicted paths is kinda me all the way.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Molly MacRae @mollymacrae.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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New Releases ~ Week of January 12, 2025
Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of January 12 – 18, 2025 with two debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. …
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/01/2025
JUST IN: The U.S. added 256,000 jobs in December, surpassing expectations and bringing the total for 2024 to 2.2 million. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%, and wages grew 3.9% over the past year, far outpacing inflation.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"In the eyes of autocrats and plutocrats, the future is not a right but a commodity." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) hidinginplainsightbook.com
Excerpt from HIDING on climate change and vicious exploitation by plutocrats who want to depopulate the earth
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our bird baths (plastic plates) froze overnight as did the pond below. We’re expecting the sound of tiny slap shots any minute.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NYT ran an article covering Trudeau’s visit to Florida to attempt to explain tariffs to T. Nowhere in that article does it mention that Trump will never again be able to enter Canada. Why? Canada does not admit convicted felons.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I marched for the ERA in 1981. 19 fricking 81. The amendment has been ratified by the number of states required, but wasn’t ratified in the time frame required. Very much a case of “running out the clock.” But there is still much Biden can do. You can help by calling the White House.
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Mary Feliz Author @maryfelizauthor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'... "They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean. Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'. Louise Penny, Still Life
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