Danielle Haynes Feerick

Danielle Haynes Feerick

@dkfeerick.bsky.social

Ex-pat New Englander in Rochester NY, on the shore of lake Ontario. DIY enthusiast.

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Proud to call it my hometown

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com

#OtD 29 May 1946 the Rochester general strike ended in victory after just one day. They won union recognition, the reinstatement for hundreds of city workers who had been fired for forming a union, and dropping of all charges against pickets. Learn more: www.tiktok.com/@workingclas...

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Not for nothin', but the @cityofrochester.bsky.social might want to follow this model and make a game plan

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

@jackfeerick.bsky.social I expect you to have this one done by the time I get home.

Jesse Lansner@jesse.lansner.com

Just posted my latest cryptic puzzle, which I recommend for all cryptic fans and 🐋 fans. Big thanks to @laurabrarian.bsky.social, @joshuakosman.bsky.social and @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social for test solving, and to @rexparker.bsky.social for unintentionally inspiring the puzzle.

This is now truth and could not be otherwise.

Jesse Lansner@jesse.lansner.com

It’s generally assumed that “Moby-Dick” has a canonical start date in December 1841, so there’s a good chance that Ishmael has entered the AME Zion church (then on South Second St, three blocks from the water) and the preacher he sees is Frederick Douglass. 🐋