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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

@rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
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Two Spirit storyteller, strategist, & curious human on Ohlone land. Founded the @roots of change agency after Jan 6 to grow heart-first #activism and combat […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ federate.social/@rootschange, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
Bear, the corgi, and I kickoff the @roots of change summer podcast series with literal waves crashing in! We touch on major news events that touch on the same root. Ultimately, our many crises are the same thing. In this week's podcast, we discuss how we […] [Original post on federate.social]
A white wave crashes in over the Golden Gate bridge in the background onto a person in a red hat and red and blue flannel and a orange and white corgi who's barking at the waves
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
Cubic, the horrible monopoly that owns the Clipper transit payment system in the Bay Area, didn’t pay their bills and caused a 27 hour problem with fare gates www.kqed.org/news/12085683/zero-cre… #Transit #Clipper […]
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
Leen Hijaz, valedictorian at her high school in North Carolina, said the following in her graduation speech: "My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent."
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
RE: federate.social/@rootschange/115935… Looking for healthy media & tech? 🗞️ Big Tech & Billionaire-owned media want us to feel like there are no alternatives so they starve and silence independent creators speaking truth to power. Consider following our many federated […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride 🌈 Creator was celebrating this morning. Trans and queer people have been and will always be here. We are nature. #Pride #LGBTQ #queer #PrideMonth
A faint rainbow arches from the grass field in front of a tennis court towards a signal tower painted red and white stripes. Sky is blue and sunny with green trees along the side of the hill
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg & the Pope are the Antichrist. Mark Zuckerberg created a woman-hating website and became a billionaire. Elon Musk is an Afrikaner. And we’re supposed to treat these guys as geniuses?! Sick of tech’s dominance? Check out our @roots zines to understand the […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
The most obvious attack is against voting but it’s not the only one! They used the mail as a weapon against women & abortion rights in the last Guilded Age. Comstock called the U.S. mail "the greatest thoroughfare of communication leading up into all our homes, schools, and colleges. It is the […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
RE: masto.ai/@Nonilex/116652054945997940 The Post Office is a front for the fascist takeover & Democrats left the door open. Trump installed his corporate lackey to make the USPS a business in 2019. Joe Biden didn’t fire him. So he stripped the USPS, cutting services, making costs […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
If you haven’t been paying attention to the midterms, now’s a good time! San Francisco has a number of nefarious ballot measures that elites & tech are pushing to destroy the people’s say in city government. Governments work for us, not billionaires. I recommend the League of Pissed Off […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
If you have half a million dollars to spend against the Overpaid CEO Tax, you should be taxed. Thanks for proving the point, Google founder, Sergei Brin! Vote yes on Prop D! missionlocal.org/2026/05/san-franci… #SanFrancisco #Midterms #uselection #BigTech […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
You want me to go outside? In *this* economy?! #economics #finance #uspol
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
The invisible man had trans parents.
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@MikeElgan/11662815… Don’t they understand economics! They should really stop buying avocado toast. They should stop buying iPhones and shop at the Dollar Store. This whole AI boom & busy sets a torch to the way elites shame people for their financial […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
“Things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. We must hold each other right and continue to pull back the veil.” - adrienne maree brown
Quote in an orange circle with colorful flowers drawn on the outside of the sun-like circle
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026
She also misgendered me and then continued to double down about patriarchy. I really encourage people to understand the history of Turtle Island. Our problems today are tied to our problems then. Our @roots deep dive on two spirit offers an entryway to start leaning […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026
Had a white woman bow to me after I shared that I was native. This is after she told me she wanted to retire in New Mexico, asked if Franciscans “discovered” Albuquerque, and told me a “native” story she knows. Please don’t do this. #indigenous #us #whitesupremacy #newmexico #native
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026
Not enough people understand narcissism. Trump’s behavior is classic narcissistic, addict behavior. He’s actually very predictable. It’s all about Trump. It’s all about survival. It’s all about getting to the next day. No matter the costs. #trump #uspol #donjr #mentalhealth #disabilityjustice
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aburtch @aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026
#Trans
Social media post lifted from elsewhere reads:

Every day I contemplate the fact that
we still don't know what causes left-
handedness. Ages ago we as a
society decided it was totally normal
and stopped punishing and ostracizing
kids for it. Today the thought of being
anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us.

This is a post about trans kids.
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
RE: tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116609065… Another one bites the dust. Mainstream media is sinking into fascism faster than the Titan submersible. #usnews #media #fascism #rightwing
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
Learn more about Casa Chàvez and consider donating a community meal. We serve our most vulnerable in the Bay Area and would love to share more meals with our unhoused neighbors. knurdology.com/casachavez #mutualaid #vegan #climate #food #cooking
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# Bienvenido a Casa Chávez! Order Comida Catering & Hosting Get Our Newsletter * * * # ****Comida a Casa Chàvez**** * * * Our work at**_the roots of change agency_ **and our larger organization, **Knurdology,** is about creating lasting liberatory change. Change doesn’t always come in the most expected places. **The United Farm Workers Movement****,The Black Panther Party,** and centuries of **indigenous organizing** show the power of food and gathering. Mi cocina está abierto! We sell vegan, sustainable, and plastic-free food meant to keep us and the climate healthy serving the Bay Area. What's on the Menu? * * * * * * * * * # ****Watch Fascists Outta My Kitchen!**** Watch our pro-climate, anti-fascist cooking show, Fascists Outta My Kitchen, from **the roots of change podcast.** We explore the roots of health, food, and our capitalist food industry. Learn how we keep our communities safe when capitalism won't! Get practical tips, new vegan recipes, and the roots of food. We explore the background on why our capitalist system doesn't allow us to have healthy food and how community is the answer to create healthy food systems. Watch **our preview episodes** below or the full series by becoming **a Seedling Member starting at $2/month!** * * * * * * Become a Seedling Member * * * ▸ ##### **🤠 as a kid in Texas** __I loved all the foods of the Southwest. TexMex, New Mexican green chile, fajitas, pozole, guacamole, & my family’s favorite recipes. __ __As the climate crisis has intensified, I’ve turned to more__** __sustainable practices__** __and became vegan in 2022. Now, I want to offer the culture with the sustainability and share sustainable, vegan, & plastic-free alternatives to our old cultural favorites and other global cuisine. __ __This new offering is a love story to my family, ancestors, & the mother Earth we call home. __ * * * _**Jump to Menu**_ ▸ ##### 🌍 I Can Vegan-ize That! __Healthy, vegan, & plastic-free cooking & catering. Going vegan and limiting your plastic usage are the top ways individuals can build collective power to overcome **the climate crisis**. Learn more about **the plastic crisis**. __ __My specialties are New Mexican food, but I love cooking recipes from across the world, while staying sustainable. Explore our snacks or reach out about**catering** at small gatherings.__ * * * **Get In Touch** ▸ ##### ❤️‍🔥Feed a Neighbor; Buy a Community Meal _If you have the means, consider adding a community meal to your purchase to help us feed our most vulnerable community members._ _We intentionally make extra food to give to our unhoused neighbors and other community members who've been abandoned by our systems. By purchasing a community meal, you are allowing us to buy extra ingredients and supplies.__Donations go towards snacks, materials, & other basics (socks, etc) plus we plan to donate quarterly to local food banks and indigenous organizations as we grow._ * * * _**Donate a Community Meal**_ **“To be guided by love is to live in community with all life.”** — bell hooks # ****Our Latest Seasonal Specials**** Purchase your items on **this page**. Start by selecting a product size. You can add to your order from there! Explore **our full menu**. * * * Explore the Menu * * * #### _Land Acknowledgement_ _We respectfully acknowledge that the Roots of Change Agency lives and grows on Indigenous and First Nations peoples' unceded, ancestral, and historic lands. We continue to strive for ways to repair the harms, improve the lives, and amplify the voices of Indigenous people. We welcome opportunities to collaborate, learn from, and compensate Indigenous creators._ _We recognize that our organization resides on the ancestral & historic lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone people, who were subjected to genocide and forced removal. _ _We support and donate a portion of our monthly revenue to the present-day effort to rematriate the land.__Learn more at**www.ramaytush.org/land-trust.html**. Donate here. _ _Identify the indigenous land you live on at**native-land.ca**._
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
Because the world is dark and full of terrors, here’s my 2nd batch of fruit leather! 😋 Summer is my favorite fruit season with apricots, peaches, plums, and more. All reminding me of my ancestral home, New Mexico. 🍑 So I’m especially excited to release Casa […] [Original post on federate.social]
A baking sheet with a white mixture with pink and red specs next to a bowl of vibrant orange, red, and pink apricots and peaches
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
🪦 RIP Google Search We used to be close but you stopped caring and now you just want our attention and money. As Arianna says, it’s time to “break up with your boyfriend” Boy, bye. techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-se… For more on how AI impacts Google Search […]
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
Looks like Google is killing off its search engine, in favour of just providing AI summaries: techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-se… It won't be an option anymore to get 10 blue links. Your query will be answered by Google on Google, without visiting a […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
In the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, two men have gotten most of the coverage. But Connie Chan is growing her momentum in the final stretch before the June 2nd primary with an endorsement from the speaker emerita herself. She’s the only candidate not taking money from billionaires or their own […]
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
“Let’s call this what it is: a billion-dollar #SlushFund for #Trump to reward #felons, #insurrectionists, & cronies, paid for by YOUR taxpayer dollars,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the subcommittee from Delaware, wrote on X. “It’s bad enough that this #DOJ believes it works for […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
Friendly reminder that “it’s too expensive to fix the climate crisis” argument was trillions of dollars of waste ago! 💸 #climate #climatecrisis #economics
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Anti. 🐘 @antiaall3s.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Went to see a doctor last Friday. We had called ahead and asked the if they could please wear a mask. Already the fact that we needed to that lives beyond my comprehension. Doctor waltzes into the room without a mask, asks me if i would like her to wear a mask, while she already is inside the […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
@jonny have had far too many conversations about this in grassroots groups, nonprofits, and regular leftists. The kool-aid is strong. The worst was an LLM for people of color to solve white supremacy 🙈 Just start over but do it with Black and Brown people ignoring the abusive impacts of AI now […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
San Franciscans! Feeling the starin of the news and social media feeds? Join me today at Sour Cherry Comics in the Mission to discuss how social media influences our emotions and how we can build stronger self-care and community-care practices to better […] [Original post on federate.social]
Gatherings for Change - strengthening our social care” text overlaid on a pink-hued picture of San Francisco skyline with palm trees in the foreground. Saturday May 16
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
It’s so disheartening to see so many nonprofits ask the question, “where can I find ethical AI?” Hint: there is no such thing The non-profit industrial complex is built on exploitative work and people’s desire to “do good” so AI is a natural fit for overworked employees. Except, it’s not. In […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
The biggest lesson in our Art & Science of Changing Minds Zine Library is that we aren’t changing minds. We’re listening and remaining curious. Change happens when we are open to change. Not when we’re locked into our beliefs and untrusting of others. knurdology.com/changing-minds-zine
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
I’m deeply skeptical of people who know exactly how the world works. In my experience, humans fuck up and don’t know as much as they think. We gain knowledge in community. It’s like a power up. We gain energy when we combine our powers. People who know everything will only know as much as […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
RE: mastodon.world/@signalapp/116558180… If you are a human, add a profile picture. 🖼️ It doesn’t have to be your face or anything identifiable. But it does show that your a human with thumbs. Some folks are so security conscious that they turn into robots without anyway for […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
How can things ever change? By talking to each other! Big Tech’s algorithms have divided & enraged. We stopped listening and built walls to keep others out. Learn communications techniques like motivational interviewing and deep canvassing to deepen your chats. Want to stop AI? Want an […]
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
I’m a little behind this Monday 🍑 Emergency corgi booty to help kick off the week. We’re taking it one step at a time. #corgi #dogsofmastodon #monday #lgbtq
Corgi with his front paws on the stairs below looks back at the camera showing off his fluffy booty in a narrow alleyway with stairs leading to an LGBTQ rainbow flag with trans triangle
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
RE: mindly.social/@joewynne/11655178689… Mangroves are magic ✨ and a huge untapped climate opportunity. #climate #climatecrisis
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026
I now understand why the mad scientists in movies always start with a coffee making invention ☕️ #coffee #silentsunday #tech #backtothefuture #movies
An older man’s with white hair and a silver and black tux wearing a metal dome with wires on his head greets a young man’s with a red puffer vest and jeans at the door.
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026
RE: hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/1165395100… We are living in Biffs Tannen’s future from Back to the Future.
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Well hello, zines! Based in the Bay Area and organizing for change? Find our zines at your local salon, coffee shop, book store, & more! We’re steadily growing our footprint in the Bay! Check back for our latest locations to buy our @roots zine libraries […] [Original post on federate.social]
Small booklets with animated figures arranged in a circular fan with warm lights in the background
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
@futurebird Alan Turing also made the Internet gay! www.rootschangemedia.com/the-intern…
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🌱 The Internet is Gay! Remembering Alan Turing
Part IV: Making the Revolution Queer-resistible
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
The Red Nation podcast has a great episode on Avatar and it’s exploitation of indigenous communities. pca.st/episode/8ec6e507-87b5-4ff2-8…
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Blue Cat People are not Indigenous: RPH vs. Avatar (pt.1)
*Producer's note: This is only the first half of the conversation, which in total stretched almost 2.5 hours! To listen to the second half, please sign up at Patreon.com/redmediapr or you can…
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-… Good! More of this, please. Avatar is a colonizer story and James Cameron is another white boy who exploits indigenous communities and our stories for Hollywood profit. #indigenous #movies […]
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Doctor M. Popular @docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
Gemini: A new kind of hell from Google. (a modified Google ad spotted this morning) #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco
The advertising over the back wheel of a Bay Wheels bike. It is an ad from Google that once said “a new kind of help” but has been modified by vandals to say “hell” instead. They used a white sticker to block out part of the p. The sticker looks like it may have been produced in bulk (rather than handmade). Another shot of the Bay Wheels bike with the modified Google ad.
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026
The Supreme Court wants us back to Jim Crow where only white men of property can vote. 🗳️ “Gerrymandering is invisible which is why it feels like our democracy is deeply divided when in reality the Republicans have an unfair advantage in most aspects of our political system that makes it feel […]
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/1153… For no reason at all, please take a look at this thread I wrote a few months ago to remind yourself how terrible Reflect Orbital is:
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026
⭐️ May the 4th be with you today and every day! Star Wars is a story of light (community) vs dark (fascism) and one we can learn for our resistance here on Earth. To celebrate the best day of the year with some rebel spirit, I created our 1st specialty zine […] [Original post on federate.social]
Black background with stars with an illustration of BB-8 a white and Orange droid shaped like a ball. Text reads “Your Resistance Journey” and smaller text “community organizing for the young at heart” “zines by the roots of change agency”
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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
#SilentSunday with my boy. #corgi #dogsofmastodon
Pointed tan-colored Corgi ears and face poke out from tall grass in the sun in front of a hill and trees
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