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Rabbi, Granny, Teacher, Queer. Mostly retired. Loving my 70's. Not loving what I see on the news.
Heartbreaking, bone-chilling news. If you want to DO something, support organizations that fight for LGBTQ+ rights. NCLR is a good one.
National Center for LGBTQ Rights@nclrights.bsky.social · 16h agoMessage from NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon: "Yesterday, Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros were killed outside of Tucson's Venture-N, a safe place for local LGBTQ+ community members to be exactly who they are.
If you have even a little money to share, your local Food Banks need our support right now.
San Francisco News@sfnews.bsky.social · 8h ago“Snap recipients lose benefits as new rules take effect; San Francisco launches program to help people satisfy work requirement” — ABC7 Bay Area #SFNews #SF #SNAP
Time for action. Plan A– let your elected officials know what you think of this thievery. Plan B– Consider exactly how & where you will cast your vote if the Trump Admin goes ahead with this plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
nytimes.com
If you read nothing else today, read Jerome Smith's obituary. Don't know that name? That much more reason to read it.
SaraSmirks@sarasmirks.bsky.social · 15h agoI ws too young, but somehow I saw what was happening. it's what always connects me to this era and Mississippi. I will never understand, but I saw. shared: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
Regardless of our beliefs we all share the hope of peace, love & kindness for a better world... It's been a disaster of a few weeks but we must hold onto our faith. We must hope that out of all this suffering will emerge something beautiful! That change is possible & goodness can & will prevail! 💛🙏
WheelchairTravel.org is a great source of info if you use a wheelchair or mobility scooter. wheelchairtravel.org/ranking-airl...
Ranking: Airlines Most Likely to Damage Wheelchairs
Data from the DOT's Air Travel Consumer Report includes insights on airline wheelchair damage from the 2025 calendar year.
wheelchairtravel.org
🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 BIG BRO / LITTLE BRO HARPER & SCOUT LIFE LESSONS 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 MOMMY: What do you think the Universe needs today, Boys? SCOUT & HARPER: 2 poodle butts on a beach. THE UNIVERSE: Ahhhhhhh. 1/1
"Do I hear Mama? I don't care about the stupid toy."
From the volunteer plant in our front yard, a present.
Thursday night eclipse visible from SF Bay Area? How to watch Thursday's unusual lunar eclipse in California skies www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
How to watch Thursday's unusual lunar eclipse in California skies
California experts explain.
sfgate.com
Interesting item on how racism can skew perception: theconversation.com/lactose-into...
Lactose intolerance is actually the human norm – but racism, the US government and business interests have made it into a condition
The vast majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant. But American propaganda and scientific biases have made milk and dairy products a staple in global diets.
theconversation.com
Remembering my little sweetheart, Gabi. She loved her squeakly toys.
I am a TN girl, living in CA for the past 40 years. I remember when Dolly first appeared on the Porter Waggoner Show, how she out-sparkled his rhinestones with her sheer goodness. Listening to her was a sure cure for homesickness. I cannot believe that she is gone.
Three years ago, Jack found Linda (and me, and his forever home.) It was a very good day.
How “thunderquakes” could help reveal hidden structures inside the Earth | Scientific American share.google/HZn1Ym9Xvo5D... Fascinating stuff.
How “thunderquakes” could help reveal hidden structures inside the Earth
When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves that ripple through the soil and rock beneath—“thunderquakes”
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There are certainly debates between two positions that are worth having. But the very act of debating implies that there are two sides that have intellectual merit, that are worth seriously engaging. This is why you can’t win a debate with race science people. They win by engaging with them at all.
🚨 URGENT RESCUE — Moose #A1880095 🚨 Rescue needed by 8/26! 4Y, 82-lb neutered Poodle/Golden Retriever mix. Experienced rescue placement urgently needed. 📍Tustin, CA 🔗Full info: https://hopepawsfund.org/dogs-in-need-of-rescue/urgent_a1880095/ #RescueNeeded #UrgentRescue
I just want to note that Woke "1.0" was actually Black Americans urging each other (if I understood correctly) to be/remain awake to the lasting, overlapping, current, & future consequences of 400 yrs of chattel slavery, Jim Crow, institutional+systemic racism, & white supremacy (like, say, Callais)
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2w agoThe problem with Woke 1 was its lack of proportionality. That's why everyone who tweeted about how racism is bad should be sent to the Hague. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
Read this thread if you want a quick infusion of wonder in your scroll!
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is a video of a ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) captured by Tjeerd Schone in waters near Padangbai, Bali in 2025. Every ribbon eel is born male, with jet black skin & transitions first to this colorful male, then to female - only when they've reached their max size. Let's talk about it.
I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest
