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We are deeply grateful for all of the donations we have received thus far in support of the June 14th #NoKings Twin Cities event. We need additional funds as our expenses continue to mount. Thanks so much for your support!See you Saturday!!! tinyurl.com/2z947nva

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Secty of Defense Pete Hegseth is literally threatening to send the US Marines to attack Los Angeles. This is like out of a movie but it’s real. Trump has declared war on the Blue States. Is it time for Blue state legislatures to meet to plan ways to protect their citizens from Trump?!

submitted 11 days ago • 62 comments

By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.

submitted 12 days ago • 1036 comments

Untitled Rainbow, 2006 by Australian Aboriginal artist, Gloria Mills Petyarre #WomensArt

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Illustration from 'The #Summer Book', 1972 by Tove Jansson #womensart #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

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“To live in community with a place creates a sense of collective coherence….The absence of it: trauma.” @bridgetcrocker.bsky.social‬ on the importance of listening to the voice of the natural world.

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So damn proud of these kids for their courage. 💥 Hundreds of Milford, MA high schoolers walked out in protest today after ICE detained their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Detained on his way to volleyball practice. Illegally. These students aren’t backing down—they’re rising up. #OnYourSide

submitted 16 days ago • 78 comments

In the face of unprecedented attacks on science in America, have at least the courage of a South Florida weatherman.

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These are the ICE agents who showed up at Portland's US Immigration Courthouse today. Be sure to spread their picture and let them know we see them. #immigration #ice #portland #oregon #courthouse #ICE #DHS

submitted 16 days ago • 61 comments

My husband wanted to get me something classic that I could enjoy for years to come, and this Cameo from Kazuhisa Uekesa is IT!! 💕 Happy Anniversary to us!

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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ

submitted 26 days ago • 340 comments

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

submitted 27 days ago • 542 comments

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

submitted 29 days ago • 1233 comments

“You cannot permanently ruin a piece of writing. You cannot damage it or break it, or harm it in any permanent way. It is not made of glass, or stone. On your worst day as a writer you can only render it as needing for you to go over it again.“ —Richard Bausch

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Determination is a powerful emotion that can tell your readers a lot about your characters. Write it effectively.

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Lisa Benson, contemporary printmaker based in Somerset, UK #WomensArt #Sunday

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Very honored bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

submitted 32 days ago • 41 comments

They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.

submitted 31 days ago • 477 comments

I love a well-placed semicolon.

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Yesterday & today mark two major Supreme Court decisions. Tomorrow, we owe it to our children to teach them the complete story of Civil Rights—not a sanitized version of history. There is still work to be done. In classrooms. On Civil Rights. We cannot go back. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

It was never about birthright citizenship, this is about limiting the power of the courts www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

submitted 34 days ago • 259 comments

hi everyone! we are looking for people to teach foundation classes at RIT in Rochester NY this fall! specifically: 2D Design 3D Design Drawing note that these are in-person only, part time, paid positions, no MFA needed. if you are interested please message me! thank you! #art #design

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

'Wheelbarrow Washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt

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Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt

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Vietnamese artist Diem Chau sculpts incredibly detailed figures on the top of Crayola crayons #WomensArt

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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

submitted 43 days ago • 658 comments

'Hector' linocut by UK contemporary artist and printmaker Vanessa Lubach #WomensArt

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From a small town in Indiana to the halls of the White House — don’t miss this inspiring profile of NPR’s Asma Khalid and her remarkable reporting journey

submitted 49 days ago • 4 comments

The elephant in the boardroom…

submitted 49 days ago • 9 comments

BREAKING: A judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student detained amid Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. @liz_crampton was in the Vermont courthouse where the decision just camedown. Details TK

submitted 49 days ago • 58 comments

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

submitted 50 days ago • 1748 comments

Mohsen was just released by the federal judge in VT!!

submitted 49 days ago • 190 comments

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

submitted 49 days ago • 1027 comments

by joe biden's 100th day in office he had deployed covid vaccines and signed the american rescue plan that fueled an economic recovery by trump's 100th day in office he deleted jackie robinson's web page celebrating his military service

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people: Unions Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid) Universal public education Labor laws Environmental regulations Social Security If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?

submitted 51 days ago • 63 comments

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

submitted 50 days ago • 971 comments

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope still has the power to astonish - grateful to @kokogiak.bsky.social for putting its recent gems all in one place for us to peruse: www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...

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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

submitted 51 days ago • 344 comments

Kolam, a complex geometric drawing art ceated on the ground with rice flour or chalk, relating philosophical and religious motifs, widely practised by female family members, in Indonesia, Indian, Malaysia, Thailand #WomensArt

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From Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Call Me By My True Names. Published by @parallax.org. Get it here: bookshop.org/a/862/978195... #poem #books #writing

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Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates unique ceramic figures #womensart

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African American sculptor Augusta Savage in the studio with her work 'The Harp', 1939 #womensart

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The House Judiciary's mammoth spending bill for "mass deportation" is now public and will be marked up in committee on Wednesday. Here are all items I see that are $100 million or more. They add up to a staggering $79.52 billion. See bit.ly/2025-04-30-h...

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If you wonder why men obsessed with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.