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Adults Only Please. All Work 18+. "Old Lady McRae." Neurodivergent AF, Demi-Ace Spec, Agender (Any/All), Humanist, Anarchist, Pacifist, Secular Mountain Witch, Cartoon Supervillain. www.McRaeWrites.com as ever. Most Prolific Living Poet. Or Something.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · Jun 22

"Who's old bearded lady halfway up-mountain live-poetry responding in cold rage to modern daily geopolitics?"

"Some weirdo, painted nails. We scratched out all her stickers she put up around our neighbourhood, every one. Even her own truck. Glared, took photos sans consent. Ignore her. Crazy."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 44m

I hate him so much. What a dogshit Human.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 4h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 2h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine that

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 23h

For the record, mockery is a perfectly effective form of resistance against ICE.

They want us to be violent so they can put pictures on Facebook and justify a forceful response with their base. They can't do that with an inflatable unicorn costume.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

Goodnight, Void. Take Me.

McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

#poem #poetry #poet #ouroboros #jormundgandr #ragnarok

McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

Until Last Dyin' Breaths?
Roughneck Bush Mountain Witch,
Or Not -
Won't Be Able;
To Look Them All In The Eye,
When I See Them Next.
When We Choose A New Host Together,
For Our Ghostly Flock +1 To Haunt -
With All Power; Help, Strength, Luck,
& Wisdom:
We Can Give Them.
Candles.
Torches.
Passed On.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

He?
Threw Himself Off A Bridge.
Less Than Year After I Taught Him.
Haunts Me Even Still,
So Many Years Later.
I Didn't Do Enough.
So?
So.
So:
I Must Fight.
Saving My Last Final Martyr-Pyre-Burn,
For When I've Lost,
Gone Down Swinging -
Finally Hit Dirt At An End.
If I Don't Fight For The Unborn,

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

Nothing But Filthy Pugilist:
Staring At The Many White Scars,
Across My Ragged Knuckles.
Some Wounds -
More Visible In The Aftermath,
Than Others.
Old Scars.
Old Wounds.
Logging-Kid-Tough Or Not.
Her?
Hung Herself In My Youth,
Down The Street,
From Same Basement,
We Used To Lurk In.
Decades Ago.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 9h

'Cause.
Not Doin' It For Me.
Or You.
Doin' It For All These Dead Kids.
The Ones I Failed Along Will & Way.
Flawed As Always Am;
As Human.
Frozen Forever At Fourteen Or Fifteen.
I'm Sorry;
Little Ones.
I Promise To Fight Better.
I'll Go Down Swingin',
Bloody,
Ex-Scrapper,
After-All.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 10h

#poem #poetry #poet #ouroboros #jormundgandr #ragnarok

McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 10h

Free Will.
Mine Burning Brightly -
To Attract All The Moths.
Then Have To Fistfight Them For Photons.
Scar,
Almost Invisible Now -
Brown Recluse Bite In Boston Bar Trailer,
Forearm Almost Rotting Off,
With Lack Of Proper Healthcare.
My Immune System Has Seen Worse Since.
Much Worse,
Unfortunately.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 10h

#poem #poetry #poet #ouroboros #jormundgandr #ragnarok

McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 10h

Where Is There Hope?
In Torches & Pitchforks,
Tines Taped To Candles,
Nine, Ten Feet In The Air.
In Trios & Quartets Of Remembrance.
For Our Many Dead.
Symbols Of Resistance,
As Hammer & Sickle Were -
A Hundred Years Ago,
When They Starved The Kulaks.
Atrocities Of The Holodomor Upon My People.

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 11h

yeeeeeeeee

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Fight! Resist!

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 11h

What is he tearing in half?

McRaeWrites @mcraewrites.bsky.social · 11h

Yeeeeeeee