iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When you grudgingly share mom's lap with your pesky new sister, but then end up having to put her in a headlock! 😂 Misha is still learning to love (tolerate) Marigold and Marigold needs to learn to be less bitey. 😅🐈‍⬛🐈🖤🧡

Large black cat and small white and orange cat laying on a lap.

Black cat has a smaller orange and white cat in a headlock.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things RIP Wendell Berry

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What an icon - what an example to follow! Dolly, I can't remember a time in my life without an awareness of you and I will feel your absence. Thank you for being you! ❤️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

There are some beautiful little blooms in the vegetable garden. Lovely to look at now and they will turn into delicious food soon! Ichiban eggplant, bell pepper, cucumber and yellow potatoes 🌿

Purple blossom and green leaves of an Ichiban eggplant.

Delicate white flower amid the green leaves of a bell pepper plant.

Multiple yellow blossoms, vines and leaves of a cucumber plant.

Delicate pink flowers on the top of potato plants.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The thing I love best about the Obama Presidential Center is that it's not just a library that houses documents & artifacts from the Obama administration, but that there is an *actual public library* inside! 📚

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The beauties of May! 🪻🌱🥰

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The lupine in my garden is extra lovely this spring! 🪻💜🌱

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We get stand-up talks nearly every month about dogs. "Don't look at the dogs. Don't talk to the dogs. Don't pet the dogs. Don't even think about dogs." But, seriously, there are some really great dogs out there! 🥰🐶

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Mammatus clouds following tonight's severe thunderstorms. Enjoying some views of the outside world since the power is out inside.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Christ is Risen! Kalo Pascha to all who celebrate this feast of all feasts and this festival above every festival! ☦️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Let’s be clear: Russia attacks, Russia refuses a ceasefire, Russia chooses to continue its war of aggression every single day. Ukraine has offered an unconditional ceasefire and wants peace. While Ru refuses to stop the war, Ukraine defends itself and retaliates. Ukraine has never attacked anyone.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Now is as good of a time as any to transition to green energy - maybe a better time than any this far!

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

"But, in the end, we lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military. The longer we remain blind to the terrible consequences of war, the more we are risking the most precious gift God gave us: our humanity."

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

👀 When @weratedogs.com is doing a takedown of the Ring Super Bowl ad, you know that we are in some deep sh*t as a society! 👀

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The US has no "skin in the game." The Trump administration needs to be told to mind their own business!

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Miller @milleryoho.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What a moment.

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Just, wow! What a song of protest & memorialization - thank you, Bruce Springsteen!

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Boy, do I relate to this! 😅

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

A letterpress card in cream with all caps writing:

R.E.M. GAVE ME UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW I'D FEEL AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

On this, the birthday of JRR #Tolkien, this #LotR quote has never been more relevant: Frodo: I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

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Fr. Steven Clark @frstevenclark.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Prayer is a state of continual gratitude. — St. John of Kronstadt

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

You don’t need a New Year’s resolution. You need a day’s. Do the right thing today. And then do it again tomorrow. That’s it. All it takes is your life. Day after day. That’s how life is lived. And how it’s wasted. Your choice. We all matter or none of us do. And all means all

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Howard Buffett & his wife have their home in my community. Their contributions to our little Midwest city have been immeasurable. ❤️ He spent a lot of time in Ukraine prior to the war working with farmers. It warms my heart to see his continued support of Ukraine & her people! 💙💛🇺🇦

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Creating light even in the darkest of times. Slava svitla! 💛💙🇺🇦

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Fr. Steven Clark @frstevenclark.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. — St. John Chrysostom

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/12/2025

No blood for oil

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

My fall project is now complete and ready for use! In Sept, I found this neglected little beauty at an estate sale. It is a 1930s sewing rocking chair with a built-in drawer under the seat. I cleaned the old finish, hubby repaired some cracks & then I applied layer after layer of linseed oil.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Martine Navratilova has been a hero of mine since I was a young girl in the 1980s. Her powerful message here confirms that I chose a good hero! Give it a listen... 💪🏻❤️🤍💙

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I received "happy mail" from Ukraine today! These are even more beautiful & detailed in person than the picture captures. 🥰 If you are looking for meticulously crafted beadwork that supports a Ukrainian artist, check out @ukrainianart.bsky.social! Nadiia's on Etsy!

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I love my local library! 📚

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If you've ever wondered what keeps your mail person going through the long, cold, snowy days of the holiday season - it's cookie trays from thoughtful customers! Remember to leave a porch light on for these short days & make sure to thank your letter carrier! ❄️🎄

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ukraine is not a mess. Ukraine is a home. A wounded home, yes, but real and full of life. Of people who refuse to disappear. Of families who hold each other close in stairwells while sirens echo through the night. Full of soldiers who fight with a loyalty the world does not always deserve.

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Now this looks like a real & just peace agreement! 🇺🇦

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Well, well, well.... Let's think about why the Russians leaked it and why Trump is pushing for it at this particular moment. Could they think his days in the White House are numbered and they need to grab whatever they can?

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

"Above all, Europe MUST accept that US leadership is not coming back - not in 2028, not in 2032. Waiting for Washington is self-destructive for Europe and harmful to Ukraine. I want to say this clearly one more time: stop running to Washington for rescue. U.S. leadership is gone and not coming back"

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Today is Holodomor Memorial Day. May their memory be eternal! 🙏🏻

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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The Russian surrender plan for Ukraine endorsed by Trump should be categorically rejected by Zelensky

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Blessed Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple to all who observe!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous. (video) snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...

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The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War

Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine

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Saranne @seesunshine.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

One of my customers put up a fun new mailbox this week! I love all the details, especially the Heineken bottle cap wheel hubs. 🚂

A black and forest green steam engine mailbox with the words Wabash Cannonball on the side.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A trillion dollars is one thousand billion dollars; a billion dollars is one thousand million dollars. Minimum wage has stayed seven dollars & twenty-five cents since 2009. All of this is a choice made repeatedly. Our self destruction is deliberate and it is well funded.

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