Not AI-generated patches that say “power to the peaceful” and “vote”

You’re doing it wrong: Fashion/linens edition

Wear your❤️on your sleeve w/less-toxic patches/thread/elastic/superglue

See who'll:
-Plant dye/mend/reuse/recycle holey textiles
-Wash them w/o wear& tear, shedding microplastics

bit.ly/immortal-textiles

Tips from @alisonstine.bsky.social @ifixit.com

You’re doing it wrong: breathing edition

90% of people aren’t breathing well. Studies on why & how to inflate/deflate like a blowfish.

Warning: breathwork might make you want to get away from social media/popularity contests, take care of yourself/our planet in real life

bit.ly/blowfish-breathing

Best ways to tell your friends you're not paying accomplices to murderers:

Support updated, more ethical, greener businesses, such as ones that aren't ICE contractors:
-☎️Cell phone carriers
-💻Electronics: @frame.work, more
-More products & services

bit.ly/BoycottBuycott

New research shows boycotts and strikes often weaken a regime more than mass protests Keep protesting and see this friendly neighborhood boycott list (and buycott list of green, ethical businesses)

Need web access in the Bay Area that's not an ICE contractor? Try the local #InternetServiceProvider Monkeybrains.net. Unlike Comcast (which owns Xfinity), Verizon, AT&T, you don't pay more to get Hulu/Netflix to stream properly (@brokeassstuart.bsky.social).

More ethical biz bit.ly/BoycottBuycott

Image: Not AI-generated pixelated gift, smartphone, letter, all with hearts

Why boycott ICE contractors:
Amazon, AT&T, Comcast, Dell, Fedex, Motorola, UPS, Xfinity, more

Research shows boycotts often weaken a regime.

Amazon-owned or operated companies: Alexa, Audible, Ring security, Zappos, WholeFoods, AbeBooks, Shopbop

Ethical, green businesses

bit.ly/BoycottBuycott

(Image: Non-AI generated self-portrait headshot of the writer, an Asian woman, in a brown, pierced wolf-ear balaclava hat)

You’re doing it wrong: cold and flu edition!

New mythbusting from studies, medical doctors, hospitals, Chinese medicine. Less-toxic, green tips too.

bit.ly/mythbusting-colds

But first, I always recommend seeing medical and classical or traditional Chinese medicine doctors before self-medicating.

New research shows boycotts and strikes often weaken a regime even more than mass protests Here's your friendly neighborhood boycott list (and buycott list of green, ethical businesses)

Comment below with boycott and buycott tips that I didn't mention at bit.ly/BoycottBuycott (fixed link) that you'd like me to research!

And thanks to people writing about these topics that I linked to, such as:
@chenoweth.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
@ologies.bsky.social

New research shows boycotts & strikes often weaken a regime even more than mass protests. Govs have been suppressing protests more.

Your friendly neighborhood boycott list (Whole Foods/Airbnb/PublicSquare/more) & buycott list (green/ethical tips/food/products/services/lodging) bit.ly/BoycottBuycott

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Vegan plantsgiving potluck, alcohol-free (and fun ;), with a secret menu of surprising Thanksgiving myths, at a SF yoga studio, of course!

momence.com/Mukunda-Studio/Plantsgiving-Vegan-Potluck!/125649462

instagram.com/p/DRc8ve9EkEI

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Please share because I met people who didn't know they could register & vote today. You can do it in almost half of US states. How: rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/same-day-voter-registration.

If you're not voting, I'd love to hear why. I'll even put on my hat that turns me into a nonjudgmental person!

Food vendor logos and their food, such as a chocolate cake and Puerto Rican food.

Winner, winner, eat cake for dinner!

Enter a $5 raffle for a vegan cake from instagram.com/DeliciouslyVeganSF.

Your $5 will feed people losing SNAP benefits. They can eat yummy vegan MalibusBurgers.com and Puerto Rican food at CasaBoriquena.com. And you might want to eat there too!

Person voting in booth with witch hat with caption: Local races in 2025 that have the power to block Trump's agenda

Please share this with voters registered in NYC, NJ, VA, or CA!

Why vote & what you can vote for instagram.com/p/DQWqpqBAJft :

NYC mayor: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
NJ governor: @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
VA: @abigailspanberger.com
CA: Prop 50 Stopelectionrigging.com

Image: Text: Safer ways to “dry” clean your wizard outfit and more: Here’s the dirt on “green” dry cleaners, where to get reusable garment bags, donate hangers Pixelated panda in wizard outfit stirring toxic cauldron. Pixelated tank top with heart on hanger.

See if:

-Dry cleaning chemicals like perc offgas from clothes and harm people at or near cleaners. Perc has no health perks! Other chemicals can cause harm, even if “green, organic, or nontoxic.”

-You can wash "dry clean only” clothes at home.

-Wet cleaners are safer.

bit.ly/wet-clean

(Image: yelling #Trumpkin jack o’lantern)

California: Are you voting YES on PROP 50 so we can compost this creep?

You can help all 50 states (per the nonpartisan article at bit.ly/CompostTheCreep and @warren.senate.gov 's video instagram.com/p/DOq5spTCXOt).

See who else is voting yes at Stopelectionrigging.com.

Vote by Tuesday, 11/4/25!

(Image: Photo of a blue sky and headshots of youth winners)

Step into your “save the planet” era!

Come meet youth aged 13 to 22 who’ll inspire you to protect our health and environment.

FREE, Thursday, 10/9, 6P, Berkeley, CA

BrowerYouthAwards.org

(Image: fabulous #genderqueer person with makeup and caption: Ever catch yourself saying, "Is it me? Am I the drama? Am I the villain?" Everyone needs therapy sometimes. See why and where to find a therapist who won’t judge you.)

See studies and a fabulous video on reasons to get therapy, such as any reason😉 or you:

-Don’t think you need it

-Want your situation to improve

-Feel judgmental, jealous, that you have little impact, not your true self

-Replay past hurts, reject advice

bit.ly/AmITheVillain

Rainbow-colored linoleum flooring with text below: Almost all building surfaces have toxic chemicals (even tiles, cork, natural wood and linoleum). Natural linoleum can have toxic pigments and backings. Safer brands and ecolabels, petition

Building products w/certain ecolabels might be safer than ones w/only Healthy Product Declaration/Declare labels. You have to be an expert to decipher HPD/Declare.

I don’t know certifiers who test for toxics though

Safer brand/ecolabel/petition @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social
bit.ly/GetFlooredSafely

Two retro cartoon hearts holding hands with text below: It's not healthy to give care (a type of emotional labor) without receiving something of equal value. Nonreciprocal interactions can​ negatively affect the giver's health and ability to give. How to actually give empathy (without accidentally physically experiencing someone else's stress).

Many people are going through a lot. Here's how to:

- Be reciprocal, not just receive emotional labor

- Actually give empathy without taking on someone else's stress

- Ask for someone’s time (e.g., research first, ask for consent before venting or trauma dumping)

bit.ly/ReciprocityRules

Image: Fruits with retro happy faces

“Regenerative/sustainable/carbon neutral” crops might have pesticides.

Dig into safer certifications for veggies/fruit/grains/crops bit.ly/SaferCertifications.

Ask me how to not plow your garden/grow it regeneratively. There’s no “tilling” what I’ll find when I dig :)

@foodprintorg.bsky.social

Image of text below: 📢Protect yourself/others at #protests See BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURITY for more info If someone asks you to open your phone, only do it with your lawyer present, such as one from the @NationalLawyersGuild. Write their phone number on your arm in case you get arrested. Before you share photos: - Don’t post photos or videos of people’s faces without their consent. Obscure the faces of people only using the shape/rectangle tool. Don’t use drawing or blurring tools because they can be reversed by others. - Photos have hidden information, or metadata, embedded in them which include the type of phone/camera you used, the photo's location, and other potentially sensitive data. So use a metadata removal tool. If you send a photo to someone using Signal, that app removes this metadata automatically. - Let people know your photos or videos are real with the #ProofModeApp. Don’t leave anything with your fingerprints or saliva, such as drinks. If you’re in custody: If cops ask, you only need to say your name, birthday, and these magic words. Avoid saying much to anyone else in custody or if you’re on a call.

📢Protect yourself/others at protests

Before sharing photos/videos:

-Obscure faces with the shape/rectangle tool. Other tools can be reversed by others.

-Use a metadata removal tool

-Prove they're real with ProofMode app

Thanks @elizaorlins.bsky.social

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...

Image of text below: Call, text, or meet online via the free Signal app: Here’s why Signal is safer than WhatsApp and how to use WhatsApp and Signal. Whether you use WhatsApp or Signal, check to make sure: -There aren't links to devices you don't recognize. -With groups you created, disable group links. -Regularly change your app pin. Your cell phone: Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on in your home, and only add the Signal App, not other accounts (social media, financial, etc). Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off Bluetooth, wifi, and Airdrop. Make sure your notifications are only visible when your device is unlocked. On an iPhone: Open Settings. Press Notifications, then Show Previews, then Never. Turn off biometric opening of your phone (face or fingerprint ID, etc.). Use a long, complicated alphanumeric password. Backup your phone regularly. On iPhones, enable Advanced Data Protection on your iCloud account.

☎️Protect yourself and your contacts on your phone:

Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on at home and only add the Signal app.

Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off bluetooth, wifi, and airdrop.

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...

Signalgate—NSA Says Change Smartphone Message Settings Do not make this dangerous mistake—what to do now.

If you use WhatsApp or Signal, make sure:

- There aren't links to devices you don't recognize.

- With groups you created, you disabled group links.

- Regularly change your app pin.

Don't say I didn't warn you :)

As an energyworker, I have talked for months about what I thought would happen in the United States. Those things have happened. The more you trust your intuition, the more you can be prepared.

If you ask energyworkers about their journey and if you learn to heal yourself through ways your ancestors did, you might learn that you are more powerful than you might think you are.

❤️🌈🕯If you feel stressed and nothing else seems to work, energywork can work. (Studies: FunAndUtopian.com).

FREE healings (breathwork, limpias, meditation, etc.) by BIPOC in-person and (also possibly online in the future): klbri.org/sana-sana.

More tips in comments below!

Everything you do affects you well-being and other beings. You can also support efforts to decolonize it (decoloniseMSF.univer.se/media) (Image includes text in post and above, and heart and angel icons)

Bro In Your Head: What am I going to get out of donating to DoctorsWithoutBorders.org?

Your Higher Self: They might help you someday w/free medical care/food/water worldwide w/no gov't funds in areas of conflict/disasters/poverty

Studies: people are happier if they give

bit.ly/HappyEquitableWorld

Image of rose-colored flower of life sacred geometry soap with text below: Safer brands of scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners: See bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts on if: 100% essential oils, synthetic scents, and scent-masking agents have toxic phthalates and are associated with allergies, eczema, respiratory issues. “Phthalate-free fragrance oil," “nontoxic,” “100% plant based,” “biodegradable,” “natural extracts,” or “water-soluble” claims aren’t safe.

My two "scents" on safer scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners

See if:

-Essential oils & synthetic scents have toxic phthalates & are linked with allergies, eczema, asthma

-Phthalate-free fragrance oil, nontoxic, biodegradable & other claims aren’t safe

bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts

Neighborhood pin asks, “Would you do that to a man?" Either way, tell your therapist❤️”

Maybe you and "Mother Earth" need a "Would You Do That To A Man?" pin?

Maybe we’d save our planet (and ourselves) more if we called it “Father Earth.” But there’s a catch.

Studies:
-gendered language➡️gender inequity
-87% women bullied

More/hope: bit.ly/YouNeedHalp

Thanks @owenozier.bsky.social

Sad mattress in nature looking at BEING DUMPED SUCKS

Where to get someone to repair, reuse, or responsibly recycle random stuff:
Not with thrift stores, junk haulers, and recyclers that dump stuff behind your back!

See bit.ly/being-dumped-sucks for that, more responsible groups & how to ask sellers to give you products naked (naked products that is)!