I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 6h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

"Martin" is thinning apples at a non-union work site in Parker WA. Due to wildfire smoke, there is a 175 "unhealthy" AQI. He is earning WA minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Just thinkin' about the best film ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_M...

Sesame Street: Making Crayons

YouTube video by Sesame Street

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Trump is rolling out yet another key plank of Project 2025: privatizing airport security. History has shown us time and again this makes both workers and passengers less safe. Everything is for sale under Trump.

TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past - The American Prospect

The Trump administration wants airport screening to revert to the way it was before 9/11, when private security companie

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of course no Very Serious political observer ever says “Republicans need to shove the fascists, bigots and crooked oligarchs out of the party” because they are aware this would leave the Republicans representing 10-15% of the public

Txnewsprincess@txnewsprincess.bsky.social · yesterday

Counterpoint: Nah. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit...

To learn about Dr. Fernández‘s legacy, explore the recording of her 2022 Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class, where she discusses her book “The Young Lords: A Radical History”: www.zinnedproject.org/news/johanna...

Johanna Fernández on the Young Lords

On Monday, April 25, 2022, historian Johanna Fernández spoke about the history of the Young Lords, the Puerto Rican counterpart of the Black Panther Party. This session was part of the Zinn Education ...

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Rebuilding.

Come behind the scenes to learn the challenges and rewards of filming queer porn, how performers practice safer sex, what's hot about T4T daddy play, and why we do what we do! New... CrashPad 446: @memphisbradleyftm.bsky.social & Nino Ryder 🎥 Streaming now! crashpadseries.com/queer-porn/e...

It's wild how ominous the word "wellness" has become

Have anyone downloaded my Playlist of Black indie artists from the late 90s and early 2000s? I figured I would make a list of artists who music simply didn't make mainstream success. open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ae...

Late 90s, early 2000s Black Indie Artists

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My name is Nilah and I'm here to say I'll illustrate your picture book any time you're looking for an illustrator to do that, just hit me up! Look I'm an illustrator, not a poet. Hire me to DRAW! My portfolio: www.nilahmagruder.com/portfolio/ #kidlitart

Has anyone written an account of Black activism around racism in the movies during the teens? Something like that would be so useful for teaching in film history classes. I've only found pieces with partial accounts.

Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 3d ago

You may ask how Hollywood could have been so clueless. Look, they marketed Ebony comedies to Black audiences too, we're not dealing with geniuses of sensitivity. (Black American activists were justly furious and took the Ebony studio down through protest in 1919.)

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

another reason i urge y'all to go in-person & when you can (besides being able to touch the documents) & trying multiple resources is bc these databases aren't fool-proof the document i just searched for doesn't come up but i know it's there bc i got it DIRECTLY from the archive (2nd pic)

Broken Historian@practicalnecromancy.com · 12mo ago

The Compiled Service Records have all been scanned for USCT by Fold3 - they often open up free access for Black History Month. The Freedmen’s Bureau Records were scanned and transcribed by NMAAHC volunteers and are (for now) all available online for free: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/free... 2/2

eBay will pay $56 million to the couple behind EcommerceBytes. The company tried to silence their coverage with a harassment campaign, including sending shipments of live cockroaches and a bloody pig mask. A portion of the $$ will go to First Amendment charities www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/t...

Couple Stalked by eBay Settle for $56 Million

Two Massachusetts journalists were harassed by a Silicon Valley security team in a case that raised questions about when executives should be held responsible.

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I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Lift the burden where you are able, so that we can make it a little lighter for the next generation who will be tasked with it.

Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

If you’re a fan of my writing and would like to upgrade to a paid subscription now is the time: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/SilentSummer... With this discount, you’d greatly support my ability to keep working as a freelancer for less than a cup of coffee a week!

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Spanish crochet teacher Eva Pacheco and her students created a street canopy in crochet and knitting, making welcome shade for the community of Alhaurín de la Torre, Malaga #WomensArt

This really isn’t the app that I use for my fitness hobbies, but there is a major Nazi scandal going on in the powerlifting world right now where one of the beastiest (laudatory) women powerlifters in the world (Sonita Muluh) got robbed of a world record squat (over 700lbs) by a spotter

This is good advice for anyone. If a person or situation seems off leave. I once had a doctor's appointment and when he came in I could tell he was upset and agitated. Did I leave? No. Did I have to repeat a painful medical procedure because the first doctor fucked up? Yes. Be smarter than me.

Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.

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those same people will tell you they don't see color and we're past race issues in this country

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle@dytsras.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ms Rachel sure has garnered a lot of enemies for being a decent person

TransLuent is seeking to intervene in the forthcoming case, Sex Matters v City of London Corporation, regarding Hampstead Heath Ponds. If you are trans and use the ponds, please email us at: contact@translucent.org.uk

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG