Reposted by Alaena aka Slackerchicka birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 6hworth also noting that both the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti happened in her district, and on top of the obviously racist targeting of her personally this is also an attempt to deny the people of Minneapolis their democratically elected representative 122001657
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 11hBeing GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity. 7795222776
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickCZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 14/10/2026May Jared Polis’ political career end entirely in January, 2027. May he drift into obscurity, always obsessed with getting in with the billionaires who won’t let him into their club. And may his family not suffer by his failures and angers. 2577
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickFiadh @condor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026cw: so many slurs. fuck this shit, vote against this. 031
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026anti-abortion activists are arguing that they have a First Amendment right to advertise "abortion pill reversal" services and I feel like feel like "free speech" should not give you a free pass to do fraud actually ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgLying To Pregnant Patients Is A Constitutional Right, Argue Anti-Abortion ActivistsThe conservative legal movement’s newest weapon in its war on reproductive autonomy: the First Amendment. 13332116
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickMatt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 14/10/2026AI is fucking everything up but it's not because it's some sophisticated technomancy beyond the ken of mortal men. It's because some rich dickheads have worked out an infinite money glitch at the expense of all of us and literally do not care who or what is harmed by exploiting it. 410715
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickMira @thefreeradical.org · 13/10/2026ICE activity has been ramping up heavily recently, keep your eyes on and don't forget about Minnesota. 14522
Reposted by Alaena aka Slackerchick🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 13hOperation Beaver Drop: 1948 the USA airdropped 76 “nuisance” beavers into Idaho. Beavers are important species in ecosystems, adorable, & you DO NOT FUCK WITH BEAVERS (they have killed a person).discoverwildlife.comUS officials parachuted 76 beavers into the Idaho wilderness – then something astounding happened | Discover WildlifeIn post-World War II North America, beavers were wreaking havoc in rural communities. So the state department came up with an ingenious solution involving parachutes 129226
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickMongabay @mongabay.com · 13/10/2026[Founder's Briefs] In Canada's Clayoquot Sound, a First Nation-led initiative is restoring degraded kelp forests. By combining nursery-grown bull and giant kelp with ancestral Tla-o-qui-aht knowledge, the project aims to rebuild vital coastal ecosystems from the seabed up. Learn more. 👇️mongabay.ccFirst Nation-led effort replants kelp forests in Clayoquot SoundFounder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In Clayoquot Sound, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, a… 02812
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickMeggie Z @nutmeggles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I need at least 2 or 3 local reporters constantly trailing Polis and asking him, "Why?" It won't stop whatever's wrong with him (libertarianism) but I want this shit on the record and him to literally be haunted by his decisions. 0112
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJulia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026🌟Call for sports fans🌟 I am looking to interview queer fans of men's sports about how their identity affects/engages with their relationship to sport! This is for a book project on queerness in high-level sports. If this sounds like you, hit my line (DM's or replies) and I'll get in touch! 13110121
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Also, I should have said upfront. Weird is neutral. Weird is okay. Weird can be hard. But weird can also be awesome. 45120971
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickSteve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Excited to read this article. This morning I was just working with tree-ring data that vividly display the role of Indigenous people on influencing the "wilderness" forests of the Lake Superior basin prior to the arrival of Europeans. The fire data is from the Missouri lab highlighted here. 073
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJack Brauer 🏔️📷 @jackbrauer.mountainphotography.com · 13/10/2026This was the best sunset I caught this autumn (on a day with a totally clear weather forecast, no less!). Above the town of Ophir, with Mt Wilson and the San Miguel Range beyond. See more photos from this autumn in the #SanJuanMountains, #Colorado here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/mons... 29013
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJosh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“I don’t think any of us, in our wildest dreams, expected this many fish this quickly to repatriate that area,” said Keith Parker, a senior fisheries biologist and member of the Yurok Tribe, which led the decades-long campaign to have the dams removed. enewspaper.pressdemocrat.com/infinity/art...enewspaper.pressdemocrat.comSalmon thrive after Klamath dam removalsSalmon thrive after Klamath dam removals 12634176
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJac ✨🧜♀️ @mirrorthestars.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Celebrating the Yurok Tribe for their tireless & incredible work on reintroducing the Condors to their ancestral home in Humboldt County. See link for more information & you can make a donation if you are able. Thank you Yurok Tribe! 💚 #IndigenousPeoplesDay www.yuroktribe.org/yurok-condor... 2288
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 12/10/2026This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant? 372545646
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickPyke Redrock @pykeredrock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Extreme levels of “Based” detected… 011834
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026“The O’odham have inhabited the Sonoran Desert, from what is now Southern Arizona to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, for thousands of years.”propublica.orgAs Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and DronesFor decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their... 13828
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickNome @nome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"ADHD label risks lifelong harm to children." If you don't label the disorder, then what we will be labelled instead is "Lazy." "Underachiever." "Doesn't live up to their potential." "Bad student." Those labels come with pain, shame, and abuse. The ADHD label comes with a chance for support. 411465525
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickSt. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Interviewer: Can you explain the gap in your resume? Me: well I mean it’s not my proudest career achievement but there are worse jobs than selling preppy clothes to yuppies 081
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickNo More Deaths | No Más Muertes @nomoredeaths.bsky.social · 10/10/2026⚠️ Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day. Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation. 1159128
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickUAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Tohono O'odham Nation has filed an emergency injunction to stop the removal of thousands of saguaros and other vegetation to construct a border wall. The removal of the sacred saguaros is scheduled to begin on Indigenous Peoples Day. www.modbee.com/news/nation-...modbee.comTribe fights saguaro removal in borderlands on Indigenous Peoples' DayThe Tohono O'odham Nation has filed an emergency injunction to stop the removal of thousands of saguaros and other vegetation to construct a border wall. 9161109
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickKari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I don't usually advocate for organic stuff because it usually doesn't mean much. But with chocolate, it means less slavery. Slavery conditions are incompatible with organic certification, and that cert also means hella inspections. 1329
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickEric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 11/10/2026prison labor is modern day slavery in Colorado we banned slavery in the constitution recently but still haven't been able to ban prison labor practices. it's so insidious 2168
Alaena aka Slackerchick @selcouthowl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Well now, yet another reason for me to hate Russell Stover! 000
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is. 231501206
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickAmy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I know the feed is bleak, but please have a brand new lamb picture. I wasn’t expecting this one, and he might be a premie, but his mom is great and he is eating well. 161204186
Reposted by Alaena aka Slackerchickc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is Nigel the Eastern Screech-Owl at the Avian Behavior Conservancy in Escondido, CA. Screech-owls have fairly complex vocalizations & Nigel has specific mews & trills he uses with humans to direct them to give him mealworms. It's =highly effective=. Meaning: He's domesticated his humans. 528855
Reposted by Alaena aka Slackerchickc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This video of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was taken by Sondre Eriksen Hensema (@itseriksen on IG). There are 4 species in genus Lynx & what's striking is that 2 of them are in North America, 2 in Eurasia... but the lynx line originates in Africa. Let's learn more about these right-sized kitties. 1231288
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickSarah Grey @sarahlynngrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The cheetah cub cam is back!!!! Don't miss this; it's extraordinarily good for the soul 083
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073527010613
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As she recounted her younger days, the old punk told me that she was lucky to have made it through her 20s, and when I asked about the present, the old punk replied that we will need more than luck to make it through the 2020s. 06518
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickUnited for a New Economy - UNE @unecolorado.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Every year, billionaires and corporations spend millions pushing deceptive ballot measures, hoping to trick working families into voting for policies that benefit the wealthy at our expense. 152
Alaena aka Slackerchick @selcouthowl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Menus don't even really need images! I've been to excellent restaurants with text only menus. 000
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET. 382766674
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Cornell undergrad Saya Taylor: “I just want to say one thing: Stop calling it the Cornell 7. It’s Cornell...The systems placed by this University & the state of NY have allowed sexual assault culture to thrive & for rape to go unpunished.” www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comThousands Flood Ho Plaza for ‘Justice for Survivors’ RallyThousands of students, faculty and Ithaca community members flooded Ho Plaza on Monday evening for a “Justice for Survivors” rally held in response to the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape case. 26322
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickPunished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 06/10/2026“That’s What You Get,” (Riot! 2007) 12742211
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A tree that took 250 years to grow getting cut down by Donald's jackbooted thugs in minutes is the type of on-the-nose symbolism that would have a writer panned by critics as a hack. 756693
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The mobility of children is simply not taken seriously or viewed as important. Something illustrative is how people will often say that kids "don't count" when you remind them that children and young teens are nondrivers who deserve the right to get around without cars. 335087
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickEric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 05/10/2026hey all, posting my 2026 voter guide today! a lot of work when into writing this year and I hope you find it useful. covers all Colorado ballot measures and more specifics if you live in Boulder County / City of Boulder. cheers! bouldercoloradovoterguide.combouldercoloradovoterguide.comElection 2026 — Boulder Colorado Voter GuideBoulder Colorado Voter Guide from Eric Budd covers 2026 Boulder City Council candidates — Colorado, Boulder County, and City of Boulder ballot issues, candidates, and judicial retention questions 126228
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickOwen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 06/10/202628 years ago today, Matthew Shepard, a 21yo student at the University of Wyoming, was tortured and left to die by 2 men in their early 20s simply because he was gay Shepard was beaten so brutally that his face was completely covered in blood, except where it had been partially cleansed by his tears 18533
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickNewspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com · 05/10/2026Nine years ago we told the Blocks they were going down a bad path. Today they hit the end of the road as the Supreme Court joined a very long list of people who also told them so. Humble appreciation to everyone who worked to hold the Blocks accountable. That family owes us a LOT of money.newsguild.orgPost-Gazette union-busters hit dead end at Supreme Court, must pay back millions to journalists | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 124460
Reposted by Alaena aka Slackerchickc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween. They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands. Let's talk about them. (📷: Petra Prager) 5568164
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickSarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's not "cheating" to use, say, a bag of shredded cabbage instead of buying a head and shredding it yourself. You think top chefs do all their own prep work? That's just making the grocery store your prep cook, so you can get on with the rest of the cooking. (inspired by a food feed post.) 811413
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851981384
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickThe Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first. 481244330
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31128203996
Reposted by Alaena aka SlackerchickBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026Slow motion pelican coasting above the coast bliss. 🪶 33931173