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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 9h

You were doing so well until "Judaism 🤮"

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 9h

Not gonna do it. I was there first. I was born and raised A in an A society, converted, then came back. To quote a wise man, why should I change my name? They're the ones that suck.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 9h

Only on the evening of 10/31, I hope.

"And who are you boys supposed to be?"

"We are new atheists. From the 00s."

"Oooh! Scary! Have a full-sized bar."

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 9h

A friend left a "new atheist" meetup group in 2008-09, shortly after joining. Still recommended it to me, but warned about "atheist fundamentalists".

At one of my first events w them, in 09, I slipped up and mentioned him having said that. The shocked Pikachu reactions told me my friend was right.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 12h

address is a literal stamp in your passport and is the only place you're allowed to live. People would've starved.

But they didn't because of Soros grants. He paid everyone's salary, including my husband's, through most of the 90s. (I lost my job bc I had a baby, that's a story for another day)

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 12h

There's hyperinflation and mass layoffs everywhere. And no one is obligated to pay the research institutes anymore. The new economy needs research like RFK needs Shingrix, so research workers stop getting paid.

There are no towns close by to find work. No one can relocate because your home 3/

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 12h

custom, to-order electronics for them and others like them. I worked at the plant. My sons' father worked at several of the institutes.

One day, the USSR collapses. Centralized economy ends, and with it the requirement that customers order from our plant vs buying abroad. The one bank collapses2/

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 12h

Let me tell y'all about how I first heard the name George Soros.

Imagine, if you will, a small town in post-Soviet Russia, early 90s. It was founded as a research center and the only places one can find work there, aside from small stores, are 10-12 research institutes and a plant that makes 1/

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13h

When Trump team pushed to investigate Soros, it cited a watchdog group report. But the group's own leader says "we actually did not make either of those claims that a prosecutor would need to make.” @fahrenthold.bsky.social @aduehren.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 14h

Anybody know if "getting too close to Trump's goofy-ass secret police" is a misdemeanor or a felony? IANAL and have no idea

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 18h

Haven't tried myself, this is the comment. bsky.app/profile/glen...

Ben from Crudely Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social · 18h

I moved to Firefox as this began then to Vivaldi when they started putting AI in Firefox. So far Vivaldi has been great! No problems with compatibility or anything else, smooth and easy transfer, some thoughtful design.

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 18h

Much like restaurant chefs in 2010s were putting bacon on everything, every software product I use is now surprising me with AI options that it wasn't offering yesterday. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Here's how to disable it in Chrome.

Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 18h

I just saw someone commenting that it is in Firefox too. I'm seeing it added to everything.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Will do!

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Just saying, there's a young guy at my gym whose face looks exactly like this guy's.

Haven't seen him in a while because we don't go at the same time anymore, but when I saw him there, he used to dance to the music in his headphones between sets, which was tbh uplifting for everyone at the gym

Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

if you look like this DM me

close up of the face of a Black bodybuilder. he has a chiseled face and a short afro.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still waiting on my checks for 2017! What the hell?

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

HE DID HE DID AND I SHOULD'VE CHECKED BEFORE POSTING BUT YAY🎉

bsky.app/profile/mark...

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Was he able to leave btw? Last I checked yesterday afternoon, their tickets were cancelled last minute

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, Turning point, that famed supporter of free speech, harassing yet another person, this time for being an imaginary expert on a non-existent org.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Best healthcare in the world, y'all.

PS. the Dr my PTs tried to get me to was actually in my network. But the building he works out of isn't, so visits wouldn't be covered. Like I said. Best healthcare in the world amirite

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

I scheduled for 7/30 was moved several times and is now set for 11/11.

I even asked on reddit and got a DM asking for more foot pics 😬

I've gotten used to having one poofy foot, but now it's cold and only pair of fall shoes I have that fit it is size 11 boots (I'm 9.5) that look like clown shoes😭

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

In late April, my one foot and ankle swelled up and wouldn't go down. The foot Dr I saw for the plantar fasciitis I also had, said it was normal and to leave her alone. The PTs didn't know what it was and were worried. The Dr the PTs tried to send me to was out of network for me. The 2nd opinion 1/2

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

My sons were 4 and 6 when he was born, so the last sentence really speaks to me.

It also stood out to me how a CHICKEN comes across as better educated and better with words than all the RW podcasters combined. And, unlike them, whose knowledge of the left comes from..? their🍑?, he read most of P25

What motivates you to protest?

I think, at some point, I just I tied my own fate into that of the movement. Because I was someone who read most of [the 2023 conservative playbook by the Heritage Foundation] Project 2025, and this is where it’s looked like we’ve been leading for a while. The place this is going to go is such a departure from the world I thought I would have as a kid and I would much rather do anything that I can to prevent that world from happening rather than just sit around selfishly and do nothing.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

Not even 50k in a paper bag smh

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

My senior cat gets a physical every six months and it's been six months

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

Last point

- next time you have a Russian-speaking immigrant tell you how they are more cultured than "the Americans" and def more than brown-skinned Americans (which I heard more times than I can count) show them this. Ffs Mikhail, I read Godot when I was 20, where were you

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