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Biologist, hiker, and backpacker. Lover of books and playing in the garden dirt. Unions matter. Please, no DM unless we have met in person.

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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

β€”Harry Truman, 1952

21.11.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23087    πŸ” 7947    πŸ’¬ 457    πŸ“Œ 328

What a lovely spot! Thanks for sharing!

21.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like that idea!

17.11.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight was a very bad night.

10.11.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 31910    πŸ” 10000    πŸ’¬ 1741    πŸ“Œ 912

Shut us down for good reason.

Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed.

You want us to have confidence in you?

You want us to think YOU can lead US?

Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.

10.11.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 707    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

This is going to be awful for folks depending on Medicade. I can see folks in rural areas falling off of Medicade b/c they can not meet job requirements (volunteer 80/month in small towns?). Freq. they do not drive or have a dependable car. Dr offices don't have to take their insurance = travel.

10.11.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's always fun to find something different in the net!

10.11.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nffe eagle and cogs logo on a tealish background.

With holdover funding running low,
we're going to start seeing changed statuses.

Definitions worth knowing:

β€’ Exempt- working and paid as normal

β€’ Excepted- working, Not paid*
leave canceled
β€’Intermittent excepted-
working part time, not paid*
β€’ Non-excepted aka
Furloughed- not working, not
paid*, leave canceled

*not paid real time. Once appropriations are passed, you'll recieve back pay

@ http://www.NFFE.org & @ https://www.nffe-fsc.org

Nffe eagle and cogs logo on a tealish background. With holdover funding running low, we're going to start seeing changed statuses. Definitions worth knowing: β€’ Exempt- working and paid as normal β€’ Excepted- working, Not paid* leave canceled β€’Intermittent excepted- working part time, not paid* β€’ Non-excepted aka Furloughed- not working, not paid*, leave canceled *not paid real time. Once appropriations are passed, you'll recieve back pay @ http://www.NFFE.org & @ https://www.nffe-fsc.org

Help with the 'e' words.

29.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
If you and your colleagues received a follow-up furlough notice that omits the wording about getting repaid after the shutdown ends, employees may want to respond back with some version of the following:

 

β€œAcknowledged receipt of furlough notice dated 31OCT2025. I understand that I am being placed in a furlough status due to the lapse in appropriations. However, I note that this notice omits the standard statement regarding retroactive pay under 31 U.S.C. Β§ 1341(c) and the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which provides that both furloughed and excepted employees are entitled to receive back pay at their standard rate after the lapse ends. My acknowledgment of this notice does not waive any rights or entitlements under applicable law.”

If you and your colleagues received a follow-up furlough notice that omits the wording about getting repaid after the shutdown ends, employees may want to respond back with some version of the following: β€œAcknowledged receipt of furlough notice dated 31OCT2025. I understand that I am being placed in a furlough status due to the lapse in appropriations. However, I note that this notice omits the standard statement regarding retroactive pay under 31 U.S.C. Β§ 1341(c) and the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which provides that both furloughed and excepted employees are entitled to receive back pay at their standard rate after the lapse ends. My acknowledgment of this notice does not waive any rights or entitlements under applicable law.”

We've had some questions about the omission of the furlough pay provisions in the recent shutdown notices. Here's language you can include w/signature acknowledging the new notice that ensures you aren't waiving your rights.

#yourworkmatters #bettertogether #holdtheline #nffestrong #UnionsMatter

06.11.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I know where this church is in central Idaho! I've seen deer, bear, and door cam footage of cougars in town but never fox. Watching these two πŸ˜†

04.11.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a first πŸ˜†

04.11.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This one came up in a conversation with my neighbor yesterday. They claimed that they heard on the news and other places that the democrats didn't want to fund SNAP. I looked back at them somewhat confused and fig it wasn't worth the argument, probably just another twisted truth dep on news source

03.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My cat reminded me that it was breakfast time

02.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't technology amazing?

01.11.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Insomniac anatomy academy 362: baby teeth #science #stem #anatomy #sciencefacts #halloween
YouTube video by Bethany Brookshire Insomniac anatomy academy 362: baby teeth #science #stem #anatomy #sciencefacts #halloween

Second, as you know we have baby and adult teeth. Well, while the baby teeth are there, you can’t just wait to grow the adult ones right? No they are WAITING. IN LINE. Behind the baby teeth. youtube.com/shorts/n-A_O...

31.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A field full of pumpkins

A field full of pumpkins

"Gabriel" shares, "I'm currently working pumpkins in Watsonville, CA. I will work so families will have Jack-o'-lanterns for #Halloween. It's hard work as pumpkins are large and heavy. The average pumpkin weighs 12–15 lbs, but some weigh 70 lbs and take two of us to lift." #WeFeedYou

31.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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When Autumn Leaves start to Fall... πŸ‚πŸŽΆ #Photography #EastCoastKin #Fall #Nature #GSMNP

30.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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I have a garlic puzzler. I planted Duganski and Spanish Roja in separate locations, but the ID tags were removed. I did keep them separate when harvesting, though.. Any idea which one is which? My guess is on the photos.

29.10.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, wow, I need to try this!

26.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise...

"'A story of hardship'

After Rascovan and his team finished that puzzle, they had two hits. Both of them were bacteria: one that caused paratyphoid fever and the other relapsing fever, a pathogen transmitted by body lice that dated back to the Iron Age."

25.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#catsofbluesky #caturday

25.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm trying my hand at falafel using a recipe from www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-... tasty stuff and the patties hold together quite well! Next time I'll use my larger pan to fry it ;)

25.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aldi unveils jacket potato jacket complete with silver foil poncho Supermarket chain Aldi has teamed up with London fashion brand Agro Studio to create a puffer coat that resembles a giant baked potato.

A guarantee you'll be unforgettable in this jacket.

24.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She has her butt on the windowsill and her front feet in her pot of oat grass.
#catsofbluesky

22.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see you may have captured the perpetrator

22.10.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response. Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

New in PN: No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

"Calling this movement 'No Kings' turns out to have been a stroke of genius, because Trump’s response was to essentially say *Yeah, I’m the king β€” and because I’m the king, I can poop on people!*"

20.10.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3103    πŸ” 709    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 26
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I had several kinds as well. Some of the plants I received from someone else (Sungold, Early Girl, Big Beef, and a plum type). The ones I started are in the pic. I really like the Cherokee Purple and Ace 55.

20.10.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What kind of tomatoes did you grow?

19.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.

18.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 589    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 9

I don't think I can just say the numbers. They must be sung!

18.10.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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