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Holly

@hpaten.bsky.social

She/Her πŸ‘©πŸ»β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘¨πŸ» Married, mom of 2 πŸ• #DogMom 🧳 #Traveler #Explorer πŸ₯Ύ #SlowHiker πŸ•οΈ #Nature πŸ§ͺ #Science🍜 #Foodie 🐦 #BirdNerd πŸ“– #Reader πŸͺ΄ #Plants 🌱 #Gardening 🐾 #Animals πŸ’ #HockeyFan πŸ€“ Self-proclaimed #Nerd 🌲 From #Maine

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30 seconds of gratitude with my bird friends

17.06.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes a Shorty nap is what we need to jumpstart our day. #rescuedogs

17.06.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Because who doesn’t need #ShortyZoomies

18.05.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Molly Simonson (@massalida) on Threads Green Day We’re not part of the maga agenda

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www.threads.net/@massalida/p...

13.04.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now With the justices split 5-4, the Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts.

And here we are …
Funding cut for teacher training programs.
Funding cut for school food programs.
Retaliatory β€œfrozen funds”because of β€œDEI initiatives”.
Dismantling of the DOEd.

The future in education is looking pretty bleak.

wmtw.com/article/supr...

04.04.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Original post by snanaoz.bsky.social

Original post by snanaoz.bsky.social

Original post by snanaoz.bsky.social

19.03.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 733    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

19.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 68103    πŸ” 22886    πŸ’¬ 3250    πŸ“Œ 967

Best thing I heard today …
β€œI thought a cosmetologist was someone that looks at the stars …” 🀭

18.03.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how it’s done! Mad respect for this band using their platform to make this world better with their music and their activism!
#DropkickMurphys
#Boston
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17.03.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Share everywhere! Let’s make this one big!
#maineresists #maineresistance

17.03.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Current mood …
#DropkickMurphys

16.03.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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14.03.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay

09.03.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Emperor Has No Clothes.

07.03.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2064    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 4
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Getting ready to use my voice tomorrow … and everyday
#InternationalWomensDay

08.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Because, sometimes we need to see some cuteness to make us smile #adopt #rescuedog #Shorty

09.02.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#AugustaMaine
#50501protest

06.02.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, I used my voice … for my kids, for my family, for my students, for their families, for my friends, for their friends, for all their families . . . for DEMOCRACY!
#protest #50501protest #USProtest #diversity #humanrights #maine

06.02.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is prepping an executive order to dismantle the Dept. of Education, directly harming students. It will drain resources from the most vulnerable, skyrocket class sizes, make higher ed more expensive, strip special ed services, and gut student civil rights protections. We won't let this happen.

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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.

β€œPresident Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting.”

30.01.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

20.11.2024 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5336    πŸ” 2155    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 334
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Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist β€” and in some cases they'll actively oppose β€” the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist β€” and in some cases they'll actively oppose β€” the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

24.01.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4628    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 77
A weather station with temperatures indoors and outdoors. Outdoors the temperature is -14 degrees Fahrenheit, -26 degrees Fahrenheit with the windchill at 7:38 am on 1/22/25.

A weather station with temperatures indoors and outdoors. Outdoors the temperature is -14 degrees Fahrenheit, -26 degrees Fahrenheit with the windchill at 7:38 am on 1/22/25.

Brrrrrr! And YUCK! At least the sun is out! #Maine

22.01.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday evening entertainment, courtesy of Shorty

19.01.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An image taken at the Boston Public Library of the poster for the Read the World Winter Reading Challenge.

An image taken at the Boston Public Library of the poster for the Read the World Winter Reading Challenge.

Yesterday I visited the Boston Public Library and learned about this #readtheworld challenge. What a great idea, and looking forward to expanding my reading repertoire.

19.01.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0