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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Great, handy that this happened at same time as our NZ Perm Residency paperwork. World just keeps getting better and better (sarcastic). American and returning to USA for immediate future. We will fight to undo the damage and, then begin (again) to try to improve it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/w...

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Chinese Navy Drills in Tasman Sea Unnerve Australia and New Zealand (Gift Article)

The vessels were sailing in the Tasman Sea, and their announced intent to perform exercises prompted a call for commercial flights to divert course.

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Susan Nickerson @nickersonresearch.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

PSA: Are you age 50 or older? In late 2024, CDC came out with new recommendation that adults as young as age 50 get the pneumococcal vaccine (it used to be recommended for age 65+). This is NOT an annual vaccine. Get it once! Of course, check with your doctor, etc. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/w...

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C.D.C. Lowers Age to Get Vaccine Against Pneumonia (Gift Article)

Adults 50 and older can now get the shot, as rates of the illness climb.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

As tempting as it is to flee the US to Aotearoa / NZ or Portugal or Canada or wherever, you can't completely escape Trump's chaos with global security & global economy. However, Aotearoa is gorgeous, the people are kind, and hopefully it will not follow MAGA lead. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

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6500% increase: NZ immigration site swamped following Donald Trump's victory

Trump exodus: Americans have registered their interest in moving to NZ in their thousands.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

And they’re going to turn it into an “everytown for gun safety” website. This might be the most brilliant troll job in history.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I forgot I ordered this from #TheNation before the election. It arrived today to rub salt in the wounds. 😢 At least it is only 500 pieces. Ugh. But hey, I know we can come back from this. Let me just bury myself in a painful jigsaw puzzle for a minute.

Close up of the credit/title of the colorful jigsaw puzzle. The credit and title on lower left half of the puzzle box reads "Women Will Decide (VOTE!)" by Kat Gooch-Breaul.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

nzherald.co.nz

6500% increase: NZ immigration site swamped following Donald Trump's victory

Trump exodus: Americans have registered their interest in moving to NZ in their thousands.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

More about mois: Anti-facist 💪 anti-racist feminist 💗 pro-union 💙💙💙 for 60 yrs Married 25 yrs. 2 kids in 20's. Cats: Chookie & Sable 🐈‍⬛ #Resistor #CancerSurvivor #Genealogy #MovingImages #History LOVE #Libraries #Archives #Museums & the people who work there! Reside in #LosAngeles and #Aotearoa 🇳🇿

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Are there any #genealogy or #familyhistory or #DNA or #ancestry folks on here who are anti-facist liberal #blue 💙 whether American or not? Most who post about family history or genealogy don't seem to mix politics with a love of genealogy. Just wondering who else out there shares my 2 interests?

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

This is an important thing to remember. The harm won’t be evenly distributed. Mostly things will go on as usual, unless (and until) you’re a target. We can see this here in Aotearoa. The govt is diligently stripping rights and protections from Māori, from the disabled, from beneficiaries.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-fo...

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Run for Something

The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operat...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

One piece of early Twitter etiquette that would be a good addition to the culture here is the use of “h/t” acknowledgements. H/t means “hat tip” and is a way of giving credit to the account where you first saw the content you’re promoting. It’s a great network building tool and feels good as well.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free. Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I'm terribly awkward at online interactions (you'd love me in person) but I'm learning. One thing I do think I can help with is draw attention to Diane Ravitch's arrival. She had 144K on loser site. See below & repost! Put her on a starter kit! #resist #blue #education @dianeravitch.bsky.social‬

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Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I just joined BlueSky, leaving Twitter. I waited so long because I have 144k followers there. 0 here. I write about education and democracy. I got tired of being slammed on Twitter by Nazis. Thanks for following.

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Kate M (they/she) @katemontgomery.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Such a good piece. Read it. Make time to sit with it. And then keep planning.

So let's do things that fascists can't do. Let's not do things fascists want us to do. And let's refuse the fascist offer.

Let's seek people whose lives are hard, and learn from them how to make it easier for them, and then do what we can to ease their hardship.

When you encounter people who have made their lives comfortable by making it hard for others, learn what makes them comfortable, and make it uncomfortable for them.

And let us hope, with a clear awareness of how grim things truly are, with a conviction that a better world is possible, and a determination to fight for it against those who wish to kill it.

There are dark times ahead.

But hope is a thing that fights in the dark.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget

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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 10/11/2024

This is a photograph of my great uncle, Jim Ida, in 1942. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange as part of her documentation of the Japanese American incarceration. He is sitting with his family’s bags, waiting to be taken to an internment camp. (Tanforan, I believe.) He was 17.

A black and white photograph of a Japanese American teenage boy. He is sitting on a large duffel bag tied with string, on the sidewalk next to some suitcases. He is looking out of frame over his left shoulder, his hands folded in his lap and with one foot cocked on its edges. His body language looks anxious to me.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

CALL TO ACTIVISM is still catching up on our follow backs. To make it easier can you repost this, follow us and drop a 💙 in the comments? We’ll follow everyone who does!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/11/2024

Folks: we hate doing these posts, but now is the time to rebuild our pro-democracy community right here on BlueSky. No more leaving our future in the hands of Elon Musk. If you are able, please follow, repost this, and let your followers know we are here. Let's do this!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Going to reiterate that everyone on this website should run for something. Tree warden, Senator, horse catcher, whatever. The Democratic Party is currently screaming at each other about precisely how much more racist and transphobic they should get. Sneak past them, primary an old guy, take control.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Why did I just realize that all 4 of my grandparents were born in the 1800's? My kids say in reply, "You're soo old Mom." Well, I'm not that old. One set lived till ages 99 and 101, although that's pretty irrelevant. And my mom got married and had kids later than the norm for her demo at the time.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Just going to add my pinned tweet over here since Trump people are out in full force on Twitter today saying DOJ employees owe their loyalty to the President.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

If you’re new here from Twitter, the two most important things to know are: post a picture of your cat, and then pre-order a book from an author on blue sky. #proofofcat

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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

If you live in one of these districts, PLEASE check online to be sure your vote was counted and doesn’t need fixing! Please Repost 🚀

Screenshot from the New York Times, showing races that are still too close to call and impact which party takes control of the house

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Lucky for me I never "learned" much about the other place, since I just quietly read tweets. So there's that. Time that was not wasted on something about to die anyway.

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Reina (she/her) @reinamwilliams.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Thread on what elected officials can do for you

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Libraries, museums, archives. All under-appreciated by most, especially those who decide their fates.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

CALL TO ACTIVISM is now on Bluesky! We’re trying to find all of our million friends! Can you share this and follow us if you know us from the other site? 💙 @calltoactivism.bsky.social

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Hey everyone Jack @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social is here. Let’s give him a big welcome. REPOST

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

If you’re new here and you want to connect with other likeminded blue accounts please introduce yourself on this post so everyone can find you. I’m doing my best to keep up with all your follows. Not sure what the limits are here yet but I received over 1K new followers in 24 hours Thank you REPOST

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I hear Blue Sky World has been looking for me. Is this true? Let’s survive the apocalypse together. If this post gets enough interaction, I will start posting daily here.

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Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers. But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever. I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman. And I won. Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙

Emma holds a microphone as she delivers her victory speech.

Emma speaks to the crowd and news cameras at an election night watch party.

Emma covers her mouth, crying after receiving the news that she won. She’s standing next to two white men looking over her shoulder at the election results.

Emma hugs her campaign manager moments after her race was called.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

My wonderful publishers at Haymarket Books and I just made Hope in the Dark a free download for a week And yeah, I know I haven't been around much--three platforms is a lot, and I reach a lot of people on one and read a lot of key sources on the other. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-ho...

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Hope in the Dark

Bestselling author Rebecca Solnit reminds us that activism has changed the world in remarkable ways.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Our family lived in New Zealand for most of 2020-2022. We're still there part of the time. While in NZ, our first time living abroad, I realized that the US has such outsize influence that you can't "escape" a crazy corrupt dangerous US President.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Today all I'm set to accomplish is having made French toast for my kids because that is one thing that will make them happy. We do what we can.

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Snickster (she/hers) @snickster.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

OK, this is it. My first post. I never posted on the hellhole, just followed folks and read posts. Didn't interact at all. I'm starting with a cat photo. This is Chookie, my kid's awesome cat.

Big eyed housecat with chin on red kitchen table, with a look of longing. "Someday" in yellow text

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