Reposted by NicoleJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187813444
Reposted by NicolePeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I am truly honored and humbled to be Minnesota’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Thank you, Minnesota – for everything. 15597041133
Reposted by NicolePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/07/2026One way to address this would be for a new administration to restore the canceled grant PLUS interest. 741299
Reposted by NicoleMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport. 205107483186
Reposted by Nicolejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win. 11563221500
Reposted by NicoleBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 30/06/2026Here it is, after years of having this shot in my head, chasing the murder the night before the full Moon: dozens of crows flying in front of the Moon, my first edit. 🪶 532192488
Reposted by NicolePublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Corporations spent $517 MILLION in the 2026 election cycle alone. That's nearly 1/3 of ALL corporate political spending since the 2010 Citizens United Decision. Corporate domination of our elections has long been a problem, and now it’s getting MUCH worse. 25837
Reposted by NicoleData for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 23/06/2026NEW: A majority of voters across party lines support a data center moratorium. Sixty-seven percent of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 58% of Republicans support pausing the construction of new AI data centers for at least one year. 1125684
Reposted by NicoleJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026All workers deserve a union and yes, that includes union staff who are workers 131463166
Reposted by Nicole404 Media @404media.co · 02/06/2026SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.404media.coMicrosoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents RevealPlanning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features. 70946533
Reposted by NicoleCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/06/2026Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals. 4669531262
Reposted by Nicoleashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/06/2026People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jerseystandwithminnesota.orgNew Jersey — Stand With Minnesota 15873627
Reposted by NicoleKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.” 379153165987
Reposted by NicoleStudents Demand Action @studentsdemandaction.org · 24/05/2026Four years ago today, a teenager with an AR-15 and high-capacity magazines opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen fourth graders and two teachers were shot and killed, and 17 others were wounded. 195
Reposted by NicoleMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026one interesting thing so far about loudly hating AI is the way AI lovers are like "wow so you're just totally closed off to hearing another perspective??" as if their perspective hasn't been relentlessly pushed down our throats with no space to push back (particularly in professional settings) 211119371994
Reposted by Nicolekelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Stellar Examples of Letters Supporting Libraries and Diverse Books What does a good letter to the editor about book censorship and protecting libraries look like? Here are some examples. That, plus this week's book censorship news. bookriot.com/examples-of-...bookriot.comStellar Examples of Letters Supporting Libraries and Diverse Books: Book Censorship News, May 22, 2026What does a good letter to the editor about book censorship and protecting libraries look like? Here are some examples. 01711
Reposted by NicoleJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 22/05/2026I feel like it should be a bigger deal that this is just normal process 372166314
Reposted by NicoleMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026people are sending me important memes 302551341
Nicole @nicnacnoe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Did the same. Felt the same. The addiction breaks like a fever. 010
Nicole @nicnacnoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The game of baseball was invented for this man to play it. 000
Reposted by NicoleWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Vouchers are a scam. Charters are a scam. …by people who want to destroy public education. 619865
Reposted by NicoleAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16/05/2026To answer the q in the headline it can be both 441487
Reposted by NicoleMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026- Dem VA Gov vetos collective bargaining rights for state employees - CO Dem Gov to veto rollback of hybrid "right-to-work" law - LA Dems rolls back min wage increase for hotel & airport workers - Chicago Dems delay end of tipped min wage paydayreport.com/va-dem-gov-v...paydayreport.comVA Dem Gov Vetoes Collective Bargaining Rights Expansion --Chicago Dems Rollback Tipped Wage Phase Out -- LA Dems Vote to Delay Increase in Min WagesWhile Trump attacks union so are Democrats in Virginia, Colorado, LA, and Chicago 1314968
Nicole @nicnacnoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Wild blue phlox we planted last year. Slowly reclaiming this yard with natives. Zone 5A. ❇️ #bloomscrolling 050
Reposted by NicoleWendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 11/05/20262025 the highest number of documented book challenges ever recorded (slightly below 2023). Of these - 40% represent the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people and people of color. 92 percent of the challenges were initiated by pressure groups to suppress the stories LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍎 🗃️ala.orgAmerican Library Association releases 2025 Most Challenged Books List as National Library Week BeginsState of America’s Libraries Report reveals 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, marking the second-highest total on record 0115
Reposted by NicoleWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Klobuchar giving an assist to the Minnesota Republican Party. Useless. The moderates are useless. 1001338290
Reposted by NicoleMPR News @mprnews.org · 08/05/2026The first thing the editor in chief of the Roosevelt school newspaper did when she got home was hug her father. Then she opened her computer and started to type. Her article went viral. Lila Dominguez said running the newspaper during the ICE surge showed her “the power of truth.”mprnews.org‘The power of truth:’ How high school students reported on the ICE surge in their front yardStudent journalists at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis witnessed federal agents shove staffers and students and deploy pepper spray on school grounds last January. That inspired them to report st... 4709246
Reposted by NicoleStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 05/05/2026the next governor of Minnesota: school lunches are too glamorous 35371105
Reposted by NicoleJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/05/2026The single most defining thing Elon Musk has ever done is killing untold numbers of people by having DOGE illegally raid and disband USAID. Not rickets, not cars, not even the CSAMbot on X. It’s this, and so many media pundits just choose to unsee it.hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 1140341645
Reposted by NicoleBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 05/05/2026Wow what a day. Here's some news you can use, bluesky exclusive, from 15 minutes ago. 🐣 🪶 932937
Reposted by NicoleBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026While we're all talking about the Supreme Court and Callais sucking shit, make sure you read this new piece about how the Supreme Court and Callais are even worse than you thought ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...ballsandstrikes.orgSamuel Alito Didn’t Only Gut the Voting Rights Act. He Rewrote the Constitution, TooThe Court’s decision in Callais will make it more challenging for Congress to pass laws designed to protect multiracial democracy. 718373
Reposted by NicoleNPR @npr.org · 28/04/202615 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties. n.pr/3QAVNWDn.pr'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties. 1418491
Reposted by NicoleBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 26/04/2026At least birds won't email you asking for donations after tonight. 71179
Nicole @nicnacnoe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026. @maintenancephase.bsky.social put out a two-part episode and then he just ... said it. 000
Reposted by NicoleJessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 23/04/2026a 12-year-old Venezuelan boy w/asthma was detained with his family in St. Paul & sent to Dilley without his inhaler after, a habeas corpus petition alleges, “bounty hunters acting as agents of ICE” raided the home. While in detention, he woke in the night screaming sahanjournal.com/immigration/...sahanjournal.comICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data revealsImmigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows. 15643
Reposted by NicoleJulia B. Chan @juliachanb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026250 years in and we're still grappling with the history of this country. Today @19thnews.org launches Revolutionary, a project committed to telling a fuller, more honest story abt America's past, present & future. Read @errinhaines.bsky.social's 1st column in a series: 19thnews.org/2026/04/revo...19thnews.orgPresent at our nation’s founding — but excluded from its promiseElizabeth Freeman demanded her rightful place among this country's founders and helped forge a tradition of forcing America to live up to its ideals. 13215
Reposted by Nicolemolly taft @mollytaft.com · 22/04/2026NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)wired.comNew Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire NationsA WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. 351200675
Reposted by Nicoleashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/04/2026happy earth day. out of every place in the known universe, this is the only place we can survive without major intervention. we are a blip in earth’s history. it will go on without us. but we are nothing without it. 225470
Reposted by NicoleErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20261. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people. The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comMontana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark RulingThe ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state. 5979342388
Reposted by NicoleTruthout @truthout.org · 15/04/2026FedEx and UPS — two private carriers positioned to capitalize on a weakened U.S. Postal Service — poured nearly $20 million into federal lobbying in 2025, an OpenSecrets analysis found.truthout.orgAs Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on LobbyingLobbying from private carriers has helped limit USPS expansion into new services like postal banking. 25039
Reposted by NicoleMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won't tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 😍 912382529
Reposted by NicoleSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I’m SCREAMING. That lady just had to stand there???????? This country is a hostage situation. 930740
Reposted by NicoleChanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 11/04/2026Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛 172195364014
Reposted by NicoleBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This is driven by a huge drop in 13-17 year olds getting knocked up with no recourse so just take that into consideration 573093684
Reposted by NicoleThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! finance.yahoo.com/sectors/tech...finance.yahoo.comHalf of planned US data center builds have been delayed or canceled, growth limited by shortages of power infrastructure and parts from China — the AI build-out flips the breakersAs cloud giants plan to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure this year, the availability of power infrastructure components has become a significant obstacle to deploying AI data centers. 481054229
Reposted by NicoleStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 08/04/2026ALLIES: It's time for a call to action! Join us on April 14th to hear directly from baristas, get an update on bargaining with Starbucks, and learn how YOUR support can make a real difference for workers everywhere. RSVP today and we'll send you a Zoom link before the call! bit.ly/aprilSBWU 15022
