That's my mayor!!!! (I live in Oregon)🎉

a gruntled customer

It's a very fast read - just a couple of hours - enjoy 🌷

The Little Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, since childhood
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet - by Becky Chambers, just a few years
Illusions - by Richard Bach, about 40 years, since teenagehood

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yes, love them! Adding that www.betterworldbooks.com is another really good online bookseller with new and cheap used books; they donate millions of books and raise funds for libraries and literacy. Also, local brick and mortar bookstores can often order books that they don't have in stock.

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Run for Something Run for Something recruits and supports talented, passionate young people who will advocate for progressive values now and for the next 30 years, with the ultimate goal of building a progressive bench...

How lovely is this? An organization helping young progressives to run for office. Gen Z is so amazing, let's nourish their empowerment 🌷🌷🌷
runforsomething.net

Resistance : The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945 used book by Halik Kochanski: 9781324091653 Buy a used copy of Resistance : The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945 book by Halik Kochanski. It's almost shocking to think that now, more than seventy years after the Nazi surrender in 1945,...

This post is just about a great place to buy books in case you are avoiding any particular online seller. Better World Books, recycling/upcycling & donating books, is 2nd only to buying from brick & mortar local bookstores.
#booksky
www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...

Home - Reasons to be Cheerful A tonic for tumultuous times.

A reminder that David Bryne's (of Talking Heads) Reasons To Be Cheerful website is out there providing a small respite from horrible news and shining a light on positive moments, efforts, and innovations.
reasonstobecheerful.world

Perhaps we shall start it Lisa

Americans of Conscience Checklist - Subscribe to our checklist Americans of Conscience Checklist is an email checklist for democracy, voting access, equality for ALL and good news for the American people.

This group sends out newsletters with easy action items and important good news. We need to maintain positive resistance🌷 Positive meaning doing, action items, forward movement. Also staying aware of good works, resisting the intentional blanket of despair americansofconscience.com

Hey Bluesky folk, I just wanted to wish everyone a peaceful day. Take actions if you can to stand up against fascism and protect the vulnerable and our planet; if no actions are possible, or when the actions are done, rest, have a cookie, wrap yourself in kindness - may you be well and safe 🌷

Booksky folk! Do you know how/where I can find the cottage core book nook book chatter around here?
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Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

It's like Tiktok burger, Instagram burger and Pinterest burger got together and made a Chinese bao that is soft and nice

so many layers

lifelong vegan, it was my understanding that because humans (unlike cats) synthesize our own taurine, veg diet has not been found to lead to taurine deficiency. Do you have link to a study? I know smoking and alcohol can impact synthesis and absorption but I thopught veg diet doesn't factor so much

Thank you for telling us; knowing this, I have unpinned the Discover feed as AI uses massive amounts of energy such that casual use is environmentally reckless. Strive to use this tool for important matters please and thank you! :)

Just bringing this up again because I thought it was a really important message from Amanda Hu on how N95s ARE NOT SIEVES
#maskup #covidsafe #cleanair

yup, masking was assumed for anyone still trying to avoid getting sick. Seat choice is just another (thinner) layer 🌷

Beautiful logo, well done. Happy to be an aspirant. #cleanairforall

The Grateful Dead-Box of Rain-Shoreline Amphitheatre YouTube video by Warriorstrail

Let his spirit sing, always grateful
#ripphil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jln...

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No algorithm, no far right, and the culture here is "just block" rather than "debate". If it's a creepy guy or a TERF, people let each other know so we all do the same thing.

It feels like twitter in '07. Beach umbrellas. People selling lovely stuff. Solidarity & support.

I know someone who is in one of the live mucosal vaccine studies. He reports they had him mask for two weeks post vaccination due to the live nature. Probably erring on side of caution, which is a good thing

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New Nasal Spray Vaccines, Puffs Up the Nose, Can Give Stronger Protection from Disease—No More Needles Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm

This is a fantastic in-depth article about nasal vaccines being developed. The author really goes deep into immunology, covers a lot of ground. #SARSCoV #vaccines #Immunology #medsky
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

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