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Laurelsbooks

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Clambering onto the Bluesky life raft as Twitter sinks to the depths A maker of miniature books and large oatmeal cookies

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Abeja Melifera@melrup.bsky.social · 20h ago

Art is a mirror of our experiences - both individual and collective. This year's MN State Fair Fine Arts exhibit is a reminder that we've all been through some shit this year. Powerful stuff.

SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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Laurelsbooks@laurelsbooks.bsky.social · 3d ago

Not going to re-post or quote-post that photo. But I’m sure that it utterly delighted a number of people in this administration, it’s what they lusted for. May their every vicious desire be visited on them, tenfold. 🤬

Laurelsbooks@laurelsbooks.bsky.social · 4d ago

In the early 80’s, pre-VCR, cable TV a few-channels luxury that showed the same movies over and over, in a town that didn’t have a movie theater: any movies we saw hit hard. 9 to 5 was on cable, and I watched it over & over. Rocky Horror? I was too ignorant/innocent to get most of the jokes, but—

Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · 5d ago

Dolly's parting gift to us, after a lifetime of relentless philanthropy and love, was one afternoon where social media was truly, and for once, a good place to be.

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 5d ago

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting. What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it. Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. No Contract? No Coffee.
FT@fucktheory.bsky.social · 5d ago

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6d ago

I understand the confidence about how this will all end, but I'm still livid at the Postmaster General for having the gall to say the USPS has the right to decide who gets to vote, when the USPS's actual job is to DELIVER THE GODDAMN MAIL, including every ballot, whether Donald Trump likes it or not

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 6d ago

I unpacked Supreme Court mail-in ballot ruling @outfrontcnn.bsky.social ⤵️ - The Executive Order is still blocked under a totally separate court order. - States should win quick victories now that USPS has "final rule" (SCOTUS simply held it's premature before that final rule issues). Explanation:

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d ago

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in history, & then it's Monday.

tomwellborn3rd@wellborn.net · 6d ago

Congress funded the CDC's Alzheimer's work, the sickle cell and epilepsy data programs and a rape prevention unit, and Vought simply will not release the money. Grassley told him to his face he lacks the authority. The pocket rescission alone took 4.9 billion.

Bill Corbett@billcorbett.bsky.social · last wk.

I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1

Donate to Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense, organized by Ash Chudgar

Awesome update: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so t… Ash Chudgar needs your support for Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense

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Laurelsbooks@laurelsbooks.bsky.social · last wk.

As usual, I learn from each vacation how to pack better next time: 1. Bring a spray sunscreen + a face sunscreen. The face stuff won’t sting your eyes & a spray coats the rest of you without gaps. 2. Bring 2 Turkish towels, not just 1. Swimsuits, too. 3. Can never have too many handkerchiefs.

Stone Cold Jane Austen@woolbotherer.bsky.social · last wk.

More and more this AI bollocks is making me aware of all the ways tech is rotting my brain and making me want to get rid of more of it. No more google maps, no more search engines. More books, more maps, more human interaction. I'm going to end up in a cave with a stick if this continues