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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. The photo shows an uneven scarf mostly red Day 1 results.... #WomensArt

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There exist legitimate questions about the chemistry of contrails in high altitude emissions (despite the weirdness of HHS director). And alongside that, important questions about environmental justice.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My painting, The Pump House. Oil on canvas (2026). From my father-in-law’s stories of going to get water in winter. I loved that old roundhouse. He built it by hand. With no more than a 4th grade education, he ran a dairy farm and raised 8 kids and kept the farm #art #OilPainting #traditionalmediums

An oil painting on canvas, perspective looking out the door of a round shed on a snowy day. A well pump is in the left foreground and someone outside trying to close the door

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I would like to propose that we rename the species Homo sapiens to Homo pseudosapiens. We might hold the sapiens in reserve, against the day we potentially earn it. It is, obviously, aspirational rather than descriptive. #science #scienceandecology

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A good local story about how massive real estate investment firms and property managers are making life difficult for tenants. *shouting into the hurricane* HOUSING IS A BASIC NEED, a right not a commodity. Profit out of housing @warren.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My painting in progress. The pump house. Oil on canvass. What do you think? #art #painting #bskyartists #traditionalmediums

An oil painting of an old pump house for a farm well in a snow storm. Work in progress

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My first try at oil painting. Big mental switch from watercolor. #painting #art

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I met a banana slug on my walk today. Cradling in a birch tree, respite from the heat. The tree whispered in the breeze, all is well. All is well with my soul. #pnw #photography #ecology

A close up photo of a birch tree with a banana slug hiding in a knot hole.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The video shows a garbage truck doing and emergency dump of a load on fire. There are way too many many toxic and ignitable chemicals. These combine and react in unpredictable ways and can cause dangerous fires. We need to remove toxic chemicals from our production process and clean up toxic waste

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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I know there's not much of a chance newspapers will print this one but you can't have a word like 'ballroom' and expect me not to do a joke about it.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Anybody know what happened to mitch McConnell?

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Systemic racism stems from historical and ongoing colonisation, which continues to dispossess and dehumanise First Nations people. Many have been calling for truth-telling and treaty, as a starting point to address centuries of colonisation.”

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Racism against First Nations people is ‘like a cancer’, federal inquiry told

A three-month-long federal inquiry has heard accounts of widespread abuse, harassment and structural discrimination against First Nations people. Ben Radford reports.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two photos of river otters in southern Humboldt Bay.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So the quarry has literally built a dam across the river. Cut off fish and a family of river otters from water. County: They have a permit, so *yawn* Me: don’t they have to file EIR? County: I haven’t looked at that paperwork. but anything they do affects wildlife, ya know. 🤯🙄 #ecology #science

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I went to pick up my meds at the pharmacy today. The copay was 15 cents. It literally cost more to collect and process the copay than the MediCare contract made. Then I went to a medical appt and a nurse spent 20 minutes confirming my contact info and entering data. We can do better

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On the phone again with health insurance. Been 20 minutes on hold. Last week was 1 hour11minutes. “We are currently experiencing a higher than normal call volume.” They keep on using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means. To paraphrase Inugo Montoya.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You know what’s worse than regular health insurance? Worker’s Comp. And worse than that? Hospitals and medical facilities that refuse MediCaid and Medicare. Worse than that? A CONGRESS working for insurance companies. 😖 Tear it all down yesterday I’m not done ranting yet.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Work in progress on a new painting. Trying acrylic washes with glycerin to add flow and slow drying. #artists #painting #traditionalmediums

A painting of a young child looking at a sea star

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Good morning! Today is a good day to dissent Go make trouble y’all. A photo of my chickens enjoying a dirt bath. it’s like chicken morning coffee hour

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Learn from the bees. For screen readers, the post is a bright yellow poster with text that reads, “When bees don’t remove a defective queen, the entire hive collapses.”

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Moving from water color to acrylic. Strugg with values and color mixing but still having fun. #art #traditionalmediums #artists

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A sample of garden harvest for today’s lunch. It’s nice to be my own trusted source. #permaculture. #gardening

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

the deep monkey flower is thriving. Very hard to propagate from wild but here’s the results!

A photo of deep monkey flower shows trumpets of bright yellow growing in pairs from a central stem

A close up photo of monkey flower looking down the inside of a trumpet shaped flower. Five lobes with a channel formed on the bottom that leads to the ovum chamber. Red polka dots and tiny yellow feathers.

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (🎶SOUND UP) 🎶 SING-a-LONG .. WAIT TILL THE END!!🎶 TODAY 100 DAYS TILL THE MIDTERMS We RISE .. We VOTE 🎶Our VOICES must be HEARD This November make us PROUD. . On your feet and STAND YOUR GROUND and HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SHOUT. . VOTE THESE MFR'S OUT !!🎶 Iwillvote.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Healthcare is a human right. we in the US need to solve our healthcare problems and pass universal, single payer healthcare now!! The link below is a video of Congressmember Standsbury speaking about this

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I woke up the day after making a birthday wish, disappointed that he is still with us. That champagne is quietly aging in my’fridge. You know who I mean.

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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

💔Canadians sent aid, Trump sent tariffs and ongoing ugliness.

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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If they want to build a data center, they should have to buy the worst land possible for the highest price and then be forced to create a way to power all of that independently and without harming the environment I mean, they are supposed to be geniuses Figure it out

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So far, Lord Hades not responding to my urgent prayers regarding the si so many of us are waiting for. I left offering for multiple other deities, just in case. My alter is a big welcoming altar. If this produce shortage continues, I’m going to have to sacrifice the champagne I’m saving

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Absolutely 💯 I didn’t even Realize this…. “Actually, requiring Doctor’s notes to excuse sick days is inherently classist in a country without universal healthcare.”

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Solidarity✊ @solidarity2025.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

☎️ Call your member of Congress and make your voice heard. Civic participation doesn’t end on Election Day—it starts with staying engaged. The U.S. Capitol switchboard can connect you to your Representative or Senators: (202) 224-3121 🇺🇸 #CallCongress #CivicEngagement

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Please vote some younger, tougher leftists into Congress. These long term corporate dems ain't cutting it.

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I want the persons who promulgated this to explain it. I want my three federal reps to sit down at my kitchen table and fill out all the shiity, badly written, capricious paperwork required of me for sell my home. #taxes #taxreform @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Ok. New feckin rule. Every elected representative in federal or State office, shall, without professional assistance, complete their own income tax forms. with a proctor. allowed the following resources: two number two pencils, one calculator w/o WiFi or cell, IRS help line. mistakes punished

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

THIS 👇 HERE FOR SURE.......

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!

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Gina @rettmama.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Eat the rich. @rbreich.bsky.social Brightness for your day, Professor

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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 01/07/2026

Parked but not idle: The buses “will charge up their nearly 200-kilowatt-hour batteries overnight, when the power supply is at its cleanest & cheapest, then send energy back to the grid from 4 pm to 7 pm on days when the grid is strained. The district will earn revenue for the power it shares…”

canarymedia.com

In Massachusetts, parked EVs will start feeding the grid this summer

Three electric school buses will kick-start the state’s groundbreaking vehicle-to-grid pilot program once school's out, with more EVs to be added in the…

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