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This is a beautiful explanation about the price of local foods by one of our bakers in Olympia — with a sweet (and generous) surprise at the end. Thank you, Meg, for making us delicious baked goods with love and for working to provide it for as many people as possible. ❤️ 🍞

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I keep wondering if Trump voters are surprised? Angry? Not paying attention? TLDR: egg & energy prices ate still going up. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

submitted 7 days ago • 58 comments

This is the seal of the state of Virginia. According to Wikipedia, “The standing allegorical female figure of virtue is shown having vanquished tyranny, symbolized by a fallen king at her feet.”

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

submitted 15 days ago • 599 comments

I just learned how to group and code tabs by color. My work life just got so much better. 💜❤️🩵💚

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This is what I’ve been looking for from our Democratic leadership. An alternative team. I’m going to start pressuring my reps to push this idea. Will someone with a bigger following than I have share this out? https://www.rsn.org/001/shadow-cabinet-a-positive-form-of-opposition.html

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

submitted 17 days ago • 53 comments

Today is my birthday and I celebrated by making a terrarium at www.underhillplants.com and eating a beautiful meal at www.carrellorestaurant.com. (Carrello earned a #snailofapproval last year. ❤️) Beautiful notes from friends all day. Having a birthday fall on a Saturday is pretty great.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Call and get your AG on board if they aren’t already. https://therecord.media/doge-privacy-lawsuit-state-attorneys-general

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I can’t get through to Nick Brown’s office but I can imagine WA joining soon. Keep calling about this and other issues. Make them encounter a wall of protest and refusal.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Powerful reminder from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. In his first month of presidency, Trump has attempted multiple power grabs. He'll try to get away with as much as he can until the ppl stop him. Our job is to fight back. Democracy is a verb. It is something we must do, something we must fight for.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Cyrus figured out an exact counter weight for my birthday balloon and now it’s floating around the house. Mind of its own.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

A great turnout today on the Washington State Capitol campus. Feeling grateful for solidarity. Thank you to the organizers and to everyone who spent the afternoon in the cold protesting this administration’s inhumane and dangerous actions.

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Do you know about 1440? I just discovered them and have been following their daily news briefs for several weeks. I appreciate the broad, brief overview without commentary. Resources like these are going to help get me through this era. join1440.com?utm_campaign...

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January 30: Blame "DEI"

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Check out these Impact Media Awards nominees by wildseedsfund.org! Incredible food work and food storytelling going on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqH8...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

🚨📣Rights re: ICE interactions In a nice graphic: ⤵️⤵️

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I’m partway through this list of advice and quotes by great writers. A beautiful, useful curation that I imagine I’ll return to often during this era. Tip #11 is something I’d never thought about. www.obligatorynoteofhope.com/tips/?utm_so...

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

The weirdest, most disorienting and distressing week. Gaslighting and doublespeak are going full throttle.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

💖💖💖 I do love sending mail to great humans. #KeepWritingProject

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

About 75% of immigrant farm workers did not show up for work this week in Bakersfield, California, as the threat of Trump’s immigration raids looms.

submitted 36 days ago • 173 comments

75% of field workers didn’t show up in Bakersfield and oranges that need to be harvested are going unpicked. “Losing the bulk of America’s agricultural workforce overnight is a recipe for ‘absolute economic devastation,’”

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

A quiet work day with the dog, the clutter, and sunlight during a short stretch of clear skies. I’m reading See No Stranger by Valarie Kaur, a good, grounding book as we head into next week and beyond. It’s already hard and it’s going to get much harder.

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

An excellent opportunity to create organization: open.substack.com/pub/georgego...

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These poor guys. They’re beautiful but I’m worried about them. Metaphorically, though, it could be instructive. When the world’s fraying, bloom?

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This is wild and inexcusable. theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

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