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@racheldamaya.bsky.social

Working on being a better human and making this world a better place for as long as we have it.

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Latest posts by racheldamaya.bsky.social on Bluesky

Always being the key word. β™₯️

14.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've always thought that Victorian and Regency writers were the best writers on grumpiness

13.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

12.02.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4895    πŸ” 1768    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 164

Someone in whistle chat called people saying β€œI love your work, but I just thought of this other, different work you should be doing too” idea fairies and it’s so accurate. Don’t be an idea fairy unless you’re also going to be the project planning and volunteer coordination fairy.

13.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
Preeti Chhibber Interview - Supernatural Valentine's Day Special
YouTube video by Cryptid Creator Corner Preeti Chhibber Interview - Supernatural Valentine's Day Special

Are you a Supernatural fan? @jimmygaspero.bsky.social’s chat with @runwithskizzers.bsky.social about her project The Supernatural Valentine’s Day Special from @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social is up on the YouTube channel.
youtu.be/-d2F5uwDaLM?...

13.02.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
APPLY β€” CIVIC MEDIA FELLOWSHIP

Hey I am plugging my Fellowship... I am going rogue here, because I am the elopement senior but!

I like it and I especially want more people in it , the future of media and civics is being built and I want you to have resources ! www.usccmf.org/apply

13.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.

CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.

13.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 329

Due to the Seahawks' championship parade, the Seattle DOL2Go event scheduled for today has been canceled. With many roads blocked off, parking and access would be a challenge.

The event will be rescheduled.

11.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Family of Jaahnavi Kandula, Pedestrian Killed by SPD Officer in 2023, Reaches $29 Million Settlement with City - PubliCola In an incident that sparked widespread outrage, police guild leader Daniel Auderer joked that the 23-year-old student was only worth…

Updated tonight: @andyengelson.bsky.social reports for PubliCola that the city of Seattle has reached a settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the 23-year-old killed by a speeding SPD officer, totaling at least $29 million.

publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

11.02.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
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A set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six greenhouse gases is being reversed by the Trump administration. Dr. Gretchen Goldman, president and CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists, calls it a "devastating" development.

11.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Point of no return: a hellish β€˜hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a β€œpoint of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said. This would lock the world into a new and hellish β€œhothouse Earth” climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed. Continue reading...

Point of no return: a hellish β€˜hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

11.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 21
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Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.

β€œHistorians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”

11.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3086    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 58
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β€” the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

11.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 25503    πŸ” 7231    πŸ’¬ 409    πŸ“Œ 544
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Cambridge University museum set to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria A Cambridge University museumΒ  will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative, the UK's weekly newspaper the Observer has reported.

Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative - more here:

www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

10.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Learn more: dol.wa.gov/dol2go

10.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A concept D.O.L. 2 Go vehicle is pictured. (Department of Licensing mobile events are held at locations, not out of cars.) Events coming soon include: February 10 at the Quincy Public Library (208 Central Avenue South) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; February 11 at the Compass Center in Seattle (201 Alaskan Way South) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; February 12 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and February 13 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. D.O.L. 2 Go focuses on helping people who may have barriers to visiting driver licensing offices. It offers the same services. No appointment is necessary.

A concept D.O.L. 2 Go vehicle is pictured. (Department of Licensing mobile events are held at locations, not out of cars.) Events coming soon include: February 10 at the Quincy Public Library (208 Central Avenue South) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; February 11 at the Compass Center in Seattle (201 Alaskan Way South) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; February 12 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and February 13 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. D.O.L. 2 Go focuses on helping people who may have barriers to visiting driver licensing offices. It offers the same services. No appointment is necessary.

DOL2Go serves Washington residents with barriers to visiting a traditional driver licensing office. The mobile team provides:

β€’ First-time WA driver license or ID card
β€’ Renewals
β€’ Out-of-state transfers
β€’ Driver record
β€’ Reinstatement letters
β€’ Document review for proof of identity

10.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSince AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”

09.02.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 919    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 17
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As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: β€œCerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

09.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3749    πŸ” 2077    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 616

I think I said this a while ago while arguing with people who said that bots can do law / medicine.

The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.

09.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 589    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

It is up to a community to decide how it's going to respond, and that's obviously going to be a hyper-local decision.

If whistles aren't for your community you can just walk on by the whistle discussion.

09.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The great thing about having romance authors on a project is that we tend to operate under rules of consent. If people don't want whistles, we don't send to them. We reach out to every rapid response # and ask for consent to use their numbers before putting them on whistles.

09.02.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

This is an important point about what we do. Whistles are not a universal tool. Some communities want them, some do not. Some orgs within communities disagree. We are not means testing OR gatekeeping the whistles, but we are getting consent from orgs before using their info on whistles.

09.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy SeaHawks win the Super Bowl day to everyone who celebrates.

09.02.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Lol. I turned on captions bc i can read Spanish better than follow it in song.

09.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Support a Single Parent & Their Child Make It Through 2025 Hello, my name is Meave Gallagher, and I'm sponsoring this fundraiser on behalf of my dear friend Wolf and their child, who have suddenly found themselves in dire financial straits. It is so easy to…

Maybe some of yall got paid today; can you pay it forward for Wolf?

They’re a cornerstone of the MA community on here and now really need help themselves. Truly anything helps, especially clicking β€œweekly” or β€œmonthly”: chuffed.org/project/1243...

09.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

08.02.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19564    πŸ” 5048    πŸ’¬ 1864    πŸ“Œ 650

Not a writer but as someone who is trying to hone other artistic skills, also seems like there’s very little joy, if any, from it. The elation comes from winning β€œthe race” rather than the act/process of creating. I sense joy from you & other writers here when you speak about your work.

08.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway if you appreciate my posting, please do me a favor and preorder my book and if you cannot afford to, put in a request to your local library, which is a great way to keep books alive for generations

I esp. appreciate support for Loyalty which is working hard to support local organizing in DC

08.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

I guess also I probably should have included a link to preorder my book but I also know that people would have stopped reading the thread after that post (which doesn't feel good actually!!!)

General preorder links here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

Signed copies here:

08.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

β€œHave a good day! Make good choices!”

07.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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