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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 2h

Every day making is better than any day not making. Costume season and my littles love ghosts and pumpkins. 🎃 👻

Sewing machine stitching down a spooky smile on a child’s ghost costume.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 3h

Oh I’m sorry to have given you false hope.

Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 3h

It’s so pretty! I did a quick search and it seems that Banner Creek Designs offers a foundation piecing pattern. I’d love to see your work if you make one!

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5h

The @nytimes.com , @washingtonpost.com & the rest treat #RussellVought like he's a run-of-the-mill small government conservative. The man is a religious zealot that wants to bring down the state & replace it with an American theocracy out of Margaret Atwood. It's the biggest story no one is telling.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 5h

I spend so much time on social media and I’m not sure it’s improving my life in any way. I have always craved access to information but this may be too much! I lived most of my life in the beforetimes and I’m seriously considering a return to Walden Pond.

Could a group of strangers go a month without their smartphones? Could I?

The fliers that appeared in our D.C. neighborhoods didn’t offer much beyond a phone number and a challenge: “DITCH YOUR SMARTPHONE.”

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 19h

I’m willing to bet new “lawful” labor will be the same laborers but the pay will go to the private detention centers that will lease out that labor. A new twist on an old American tradition. 🤬

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 1d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 20h

I saw that too and commented on it. I also miss them both terribly but I won’t go back to Twitter.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20h

Trump promised a golden age, he just didn’t mention that it would only be for his family and a small circle of people with influence and advance access to announcements.🤬🤬🤬

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

Rest easy, Icon. You showed us the way.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 1d

What drives me nuts about this dialogue: diversity and inclusion training was a corporate response to the statutory requirements civil rights laws. None of these laws have been repealed by Congress. Congress can pass the laws under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, which has also not been repealed.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

Good to hear!

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

It will be. It’s the getting there that I don’t enjoy. 😬✈️

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

It’s glorious! I find it incredibly calming. My son and his family will be moving back to Hawaii next year so my visits there will resume! I’ll be glad to watch the Hawaiian skies again.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly! I doubt he could even name the pieces.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

When I was in Puerto Rico I fell in love with this sound.

Coqui Calling

YouTube video by Lang Elliott's Nature Channel

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

I miss Rick! @rickpetree.bsky.social was one of my absolute favorite Twitter friends. It’s tough to leave the old neighborhood.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

It is deliberate destruction. It is cruel and vindictive.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

I hope he spends the rest of his miserable life tied up in lawsuits. I don’t usually wish ill on people but he is unleashing horrors on children and adults as part of what seems to just be a whim gone haywire.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s see if he can explain “correlation does not equal causation” in detail with examples.

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 1d

My verse novel Hekate has spent 3 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, but also it has been #1 and #2 on the Indie bestseller list because Indie bookstores and booksellers have championed the book so much. Words cannot express how much that means to me.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

As the nana of very young grands, I’m thinking “No Kings, only princesses” in a Disney-like font.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

I have nothing against rich, mediocre white men born to privilege. They should be allowed to live their lives as they choose. BUT they are not entitled to make important decisions for others. It’s insane that we are letting dumb, dull, angry men dictate things they don’t understand.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

I think I watched this ten times today. This is hysterical.

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 1d

Wow!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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