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@oakandredwood9.bsky.social
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She/Her, Mom, teacher, disabled/chronically ill, bi/queer, community marine science, birder, hockey fan🐧🦈, writer. ♿️🏳️‍🌈Anti-Zionist ✡️ Protect trans kids.

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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
10/10/26 Brandt's Cormorant, Brown Pelican, Common Murre California Gulls, Sooty Shearwater (hundreds!) Elegant Tern Other participants @ the sardine party: humpback whales (3 adults, 1 calf), bottlenose dolphins, sea lions, 1 great white shark (just the fin spotted)! #MarineLife #MontereyBay
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A1: The bit about merriment as pointless resonated rn as I see people both online & in-person who find their joy being ridiculed. If someone can’t see how important it is, then they will certainly focus on acquiring physical things instead of experiences to cherish/share with others. #ParshaChat
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Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! @bloodyhades.northsky.social · 27/09/2026
LRP: additionally important to know that if you’re allergic to coconut, you’re also allergic to most activated charcoal products. Many of them are made using burned down coconut husks, but no one advertises that/it’s extremely hard to find out. So be careful this Halloween season!
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Aaaand 1 injured and/or starving juvenile cormorant wrapped up in a spare towel, now getting picked up for transport. It literally limped over & looked up at us. 😢 A young fisherman helped. We got it to the local kayak place (they have animal transport crates). A morning of adventures. 🙄 #MarineLife
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Currently standing on the shore at Moss Landing and watching 30+ whales feeding!!! They’ve surrounded the whale-watching boats and some are big enough to be seen even without my binoculars?! Fin whales as well as humpbacks, possible blue whale spouts at the horizon. OMG. #MarineLife #MontereyBay
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last night at sunset in Santa Cruz, CA. Must have been some tasty anchovies in the water because these pelicans were just falling out of the sky to get their dinner! #MarineLife
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
School photo day. Photographer says, "you can take the mask off". When I said I was immunocompromised & would not be doing that, she replied, "Guess since you're a teacher, you're allowed". Had she been requiring students who still wear masks at school to remove them during a surge?! #CovidIsNotOver
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Teaching so far this week: - email that the drone flying over campus is from the city re: fixing our field, so not to panic 😬 - former student asked where he could get a Napoleonic Wars uniform online "because everyone knows that you know history costumes" 🤣 - AUTHOR SCHOOL VISIT TOMORROW! ❤️
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Heads up to those folks in the U.S. who use @BreatheTeq KN95 masks - new tariff kicks in on Monday & will increase the prices. (got a warning email today thank goodness) If you can order by Sunday, you can perhaps stock up at a better price.😬 - your friendly neighborhood immunocompromised teacher
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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 05/08/2026
Peter, 7, is a dog-loving prankster who's obsessed with Bluey and Ms. Rachel. He also has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and needs 24/7 care. Mississippi Medicaid's home nursing keeps him healthy at home with his mom and brother, not in a hospital bed. Read his story: littlelobbyists.org/peters-story...
Lisa, wearing a Little Lobbyists t-shirt, poses with her sons Peter and Zachary, both also in Little Lobbyists shirts, at a birthday event with colorful balloon letters in the background. Peter sits in his wheelchair on the right. Text overlay reads "Peter's Story: A Dog-Loving Prankster Counting on Home Care — Mississippi Medicaid is what allows Peter, his brother Zachary, and his widowed mother Lisa to live happy, healthy lives."Lisa stands behind Zachary and Peter, who is in his wheelchair, all three wearing Chicago Cubs gear on a baseball field. A quote bubble reads: "After my husband's death in 2022, I am staying in Mississippi with my boys because it is the home we created together, the cost of living is lower, and life is slower here. It's especially important for us because living within an ambulance ride of a children's hospital is non-negotiable for us, and many cities with high-quality care and services are too expensive to live in."
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it.
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
When watching humpback whales bubble feed close to shore, and a baby whale manages to breach completely out of the water with a huge splash, it is necessary to add a “wheeeee!” sound effect out loud. 🐋🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 #MarineLife #MontereyBay
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.
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Amy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Awful. & to be clear, queer parents, along with disabled, Black, Indigenous…this sort of thing is a constant fear. Will someone decide that we’re dangerous simply because of who we are & make a false report “to protect children”? It’s not being overdramatic - it’s documented, personal, & violence.
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Michael Kelley says Vote NO on Amendment 3 @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
On this and every #LovingDay, I want to express my gratitude for the courage of Richard and Mildred Loving. My wife and girls appreciate them as well. (1/2)
A black and white photo of Richard and Mildred Loving.A selfie with Michael and his wife, Johanna.Michael's two daughters holding hands as they walk through a theme park.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Ah, the chronic illness tradition of spending two hours online looking for a new version of an MCAS-safe (at least for me) med that has suddenly disappeared from the pharmacy I usually use. Found it. But I am SO TIRED of this happening. The only med I get that is not made at a compounding pharmacy.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Happy #Pride to #disabled & #ChronicallyIll queer folks who end up at home during the festivities (which we planned to attend - IYKYK, sigh) when our bodies don't cooperate. & to those whose local events aren't accessible - you deserve to be included. We're still part of the community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
People love historical what if scenarios. What if JFK was never assassinated? What if the Nazis won in WW2? A scenario I never see discussed is what if the aids crisis didnt decimate the gay men of America in the 80s-90s? Its easy to forget 1 in 15 gay boomer men died. An estimated 300,000 deaths-
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hey I interviewed a queer Yemeni man, who spent nearly 3 years in ICE detention before being granted asylum. He’s looking for therapy— do we know a Queer Arab or queer affirming Arab therapist who’d be willing to take him on? He has Medicaid so it’d have to be that pro bono
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Ah yes. The most frustrating thing about #MCAS - having a four-day reaction to something, having to work all four days anyway, and when it finally ends, you still have zero idea what triggered it. 😬🙄
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
#tdih 1942 Fred Koremastu arrested for resisting Executive Order 9066 (people of Japanese descent incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps.) Convicted & sent to Topaz in Utah. He took case to Supreme Court, DOJ hid key evidence. Read what happened next ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fr...
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May 30, 1942: Fred Korematsu Arrested
Fred Korematsu was arrested on a street corner in San Leandro, California for resisting Executive Order 9066, in which all people of Japanese descent were incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps.
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Chelsea Cristene Bock @chelseacristene.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I was trying to explain what ChatGPT is to my mom (she thought it was a messaging app) and after my explanation and some thought, she volunteered, “Oh, so it’s the magic mirror in the beginning of Snow White when it only tells the queen what she wants to hear.” Perfect analogy.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Leaving a Harvey Milk Day school district LGBTQ+ celebration - couldn’t help making an extra bracelet today at the craft booth... 😊🏒 @pwhl-sanjose.bsky.social
A white person’s wrist with multiple bracelets, including several “Love is Love” themes, one that says “Pride” in beads, and one in PWHL San Jose colors of blue, white, and orange that says “San Jose”
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Elizabeth [Redacted] @elizabeth-eisen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#ClimateChange #FoodSupply #CostOfGroceries Yesterday I visited a farmer in the Shenandoah Valley who lost 2/3 of his flower crop due to our warm April, followed by hard freezes. He said, “no cherries this year, either.”
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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I loved working on this. These booksellers are amazing, please take a look and consider buying your books from these stores! #booksky
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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 09/05/2026
“officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”
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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure — POLITICO
Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10/05/2026
One thing I'm going to point out is how much attention is being paid to the cruise ship "guests" and how little is being paid to the workers on that ship who were at highest risk of exposure.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It’s #TeacherAppreciationWeek. There have been four emails of “someone brought teachers a gift/treat”. All of them were food. I have #FoodAllergies & #MCAS & can’t have any of it. Please consider gifting non-food items. I may be in my 50s but it still kinda sucks being left out. 😕 #DisabledTeachers
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Ok fuck yeah disability REPRESENT People with disabilities can be fashionable and stunningly beautiful too.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#FCBD2026 #FreeComicBookDay My offspring went to our local comic shop before work (youth group at the public library). Line was long. Employee who has known them for more than a decade: “you have to go wrangle teenagers now, yes? Here, I grabbed the free comics for you!” ❤️
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Friday notes from a tired middle school teacher: - bubbles/giggles at lunch after I gave bubble wands to groups that completed a word sort - student caught flipping the bird at a girl was "just playing" - actual fledgling bird (grackle) that hit a window but eventually flew Yay, weekend! ☀️#teaching
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/04/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr Advocate SCOTUS refuses to revive FL lawsuit against public school that respected a trans student’s identity, leaving in place lower court ruling that protects their being forcibly outed to parents.
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Supreme Court rejects bid to punish school for respecting trans student’s identity
A Florida couple argued that school officials violated their rights by honoring their child’s request for a different name and pronouns without first informing them.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
My sister and I have collected empty olive snail shells for decades. First time I’ve seen the live critter! #MarineLife #Gastropods
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Chilling out on the tidepools after a feeding frenzy of tasty anchovies and other fish. So the pelican on the left attempting to swallow lunch tried for five minutes, and after I stopped filming, finally gave up and spat out a huge surf perch! 🤣 (it was promptly fought over) #MarineLife #Shorebirds
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Colleague: We had more than 50 kids out sick this week. Me: That’s…a lot. Colleague: Covid, flu, oh & now whooping cough. Me (in my KN95): What?!! Colleague (not masked): I’m definitely fighting something today. So I’ve had Covid 3 times now. Is it weird my heart races when I lie down? Me: 🥺🤦🏼‍♀️
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
@ Tech CU (San Jose Barracuda) last night: - the 2 year old who very earnestly wanted to say hi & show us her tiny beach ball after warmups was adorable - the very drunk woman literally screaming at players was terrifying - Being 6 yards away from Crespo getting his 1st AHL goal in OT was awesome!
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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 19/04/2026
I'm very pleased with how these designs came out & really glad to launch them.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/2026
1. 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.
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Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling
The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Walking by the ocean and listening to a sea otter cracking open molluscs with its favorite rock. Husband: Oh don’t look over there. Baby seagulls being made. Me: What! Oh. We can give them some privacy then…🤣😳
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Ben Titford @dr-b-titford.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Really good piece on negative portrayal of disability in film … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’? | Kathryn Bromwich
Films such as Frankenstein still use disability as shorthand for moral depravity. But human behaviour is far scarier than human appearance, says journalist Kathryn Bromwich
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 12/04/2026
All of these pictures of the moon from Artemis are amazing, but y'all should really be including alt-text on them.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 11/04/2026
Matthew is one of the best at fighting for disability rights and healthcare access, please support if you can spare. They are one of our best fighters, let's get them back at it. Fuck IBD.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Here’s the story of one of them. Awful www.thestranger.com/forced-out/f...
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Forced Out: The Electrical Engineer
Anti-Trans Laws in Florida Forced a Woman to Quit Her Dream Job with NASA
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
My new Cambrian Period collection is now LIVE! New Paleozoic-themed designs and other new goods available now 🦐 💖 🛒 shop.fossilforager.art (reshares are mega appreciated!) #sciart
A photo collage on a black background showcasing several of my new Cambrian-period themed items that are now available in my online store! There are stickers featuring a fossil from the Burgess Shale, Hallucigenia, and Anomalocaris with funny text that reads "Back in my day, this was the apex predator". There is also a sticker sheet containing an assortment of weird Cambrian invertebrates, a tea towel, and Burgess Shale iron-on patch. At the center of the collage is white text that reads "Cambrian Collection, now available!" and a URL to my shop: shop.fossilforager.art
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