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Hey #skystorians this article also has a link to the JER's Early Republic Tracker, which is cataloguing efforts to suppress Early Republic history right now. If you teach this stuff or study it, it's worth reading through the tracker and adding to it.

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The seams are ripping. Voters in some states benefit from rigorous legal protections. Voters elsewhere are challenged with burdensome rules. Voting is a constitutionally protected right essential to democratic society. Exercise it. Resist two-tiered democracy. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

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"If Crater Lake were fully staffed this summer, it would have eight park rangers, said a current park employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. Instead, it has three...." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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The V&A Storehouse is, as you might expect, incredible.

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Good riddance. Musk and his Musk-rats probably caused more waste than they cleaned out. Now the job falls to the insidious fossil-fuel-funded creep Russell Vought, their henchman at OMB.

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I editing is by far the worst part of the writing experience... 😂 @writers @writingcommunity @writing @humour @indieauthors @authorindiespeak #Editing #Revision #WritingMemes #Memes #Author #Authors #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AmWriting #Writerdons #Writers […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

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Moments from the field with Justin Robinson… This tune is “Ryestraw” from our new album “What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow.” Listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow

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Detroit, Denver, Omaha, Newark, Oakland are almost sold out. JoshJohnsonComedy.com for tix

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One of the last places Emmilee Risling was seen was on the Yurok Reservation, in an area known as End of Road. More than three years later, she’s the face of a crisis: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.

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#ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory We all know by now that ICE isn't deporting people with criminal convictions. They're taking our friends and neighbors. Two months ago, they "disappeared" 48 New Mexico residents. No one knows where they are. #OnYourSide sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/i...

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Oralè Resister $400 Million Qatar Presidential Con is on! Qatar gift Trump Flying Palace then transfer to Trump Library! That’s the scam, they’ll be two Air Force Ones after he leaves office, you know it’s going to be parked at Mar a Lago for his use!

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Bleak!

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I'm so excited to share my Warrior Life Podcast episode with Mohawk/Tuscarora artist, poet & writer January Marie Rogers who also owns Ojistoh Publishing. She is so inspiring, I listened to this episode over & over! #indigenous #firstnations #mohawk #warriorlifepodcast soundcloud.com/pampalmater/...

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Don’t forget your gas mask when you take the fam to Yosemite!

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We had a massive ice storm in Ontario about a month ago. No electricity for 9 days, couldn’t get out of the driveway for 4. Extensive tree damage. Still doing cleanup & discover this. Black locust wood, when it’s freshly cut, fluoresces. 😱

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Articulated Porcelain - Delft Variation 12 #art #aiart #surrealism #insectart

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Mike Waltz has left the chat.

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Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed www.cbsnews.com/news/viktori...

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www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/04/28/c...

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Peter Hurd, American (1904-1984), Blue Mountain, 1950, oil on board, 22 x 17.5 in, private collection

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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Resistence is NOT futile

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Citizen investigation: All 4 continuing Calaveras County incumbent Supervisors received formal notification from the Enforcement Division of the California FPPC informing each they were under investigation for multiple violations of the Political Reform Act. calaveras2024election.com/f/calaveras-...

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RIP German artist Käthe Kollwitz, died this day in 1945. She was an "advocate for victims of social injustice, war, and inhumanity."

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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Welcome to the public domain, DO SOMETHING (1929), a song first featured in the film SYNCOPATION (1929), then a hit for Helen Kane, who helped inspire Betty Boop. 🎶💃💋 More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/w... #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #InternetArchive

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"A sizable group of mostly-privileged parents have decided that reviving a group of life-threatening diseases and potentially inflicting them on their loved ones and neighbors is infinitely preferable to having an autistic child." thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a...

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The American Library Association and a union representing more than 42,000 cultural workers in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit contesting the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries, arguing that the cuts are already causing “irreparable harm.”

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California is bursting with color. Love this combination of blue Ceanothus and orange California poppies in my garden.

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Jasmine Crockett tells it like it is…

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Join us on May 8 for the next online book group for Central Sierra California Native Plant Society. We’ll be discussing a wonderful non-fiction book The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger #cnps #nativeplants

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Back Gardens, Castle Hedingham by Eric Ravilious 1935

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Daughter and I at the Hands Off protest in MAGA Sonora. We had a boggle-your-mind amazing turnout.

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Given the history of Japanese-Americans... The Japanese American National Museum will “scrub nothing,” Board chairman Bill Fujioka said. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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History 😶

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As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said. nyti.ms/3E9ZtIT

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So PROUD OF US ! Sonora California ! #HandsOFF ! 4/05/2025

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