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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 3h

Is Salomonsson a right or a lefty?

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 4h

We did our thanksgiving dinner tonight and the theme was South American. We made grilled chicken adobo with sazon, Peruvian roast chicken with garlic and lime, Peruvian rice, empanadas with Argentinian chimichurri, Peruvian pesto, steamed veggies, flan and dulce de leche cinnamon anise cookies.

Flan, a cookie and an owl shaped chocolate on a plate.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12h

I really enjoyed this Coyne column. Said tech oligarchs need to way more attentive to the way public opinion is shifting against them. Coyne is just about the furthest thing from a "soak the rich" socialist, and yet....

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The tech oligarchy poses a unique threat to democracy

Today’s uber-rich have converted their obscene wealth into outsize power, wielded in the name of bizarre millenarian ideologies

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 10h

Rest in peace, Diane Keaton. Such a talent.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 11h

I’m quite surprised he made it through.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 1d

Not a fan of chocolate cake, but I loooove their vanilla ones.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 2d

Huh. I gave up when it hit 5-1. Glad they made it interesting.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. I’m autistic and I have a good life. And yes, I’m able to work for a living (which makes my life infinitely easier than some other autistic people’s lives).

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

It's no worse than any other disabilities. But for years, it was billed as one of the most tragic outcomes possible for kids. It was seen as a symptom of schizophrenia or this condition that drove children into a catatonic state. The fact mothers were blamed for it made the stigma worse.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3d

Never forget that Australia went to war with emus in 1932 and the emus won

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 3d

The fight about the BC ostrich farm is not really about the ostriches. It’s about far more important things than that. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Bruce Arthur: The B.C. ostrich affair is not about the birds

This isn’t really about the ostriches, but rather it's about basic biosecurity in the age of viruses, and whether a government can make and enforce laws and policy.

www.thestar.com

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt he clears.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be surprised if he clears.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 3d

Our Beckett after trying to lick her foreleg off at the elbow this past spring. At least she looked cute.

A border collie wearing a onesie covered in cartoon fish.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I miss pre-dipshit Twitter so much.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Fascists are desperate for violent disruption they can use an excuse for state violence and power grabs.

They have trouble with mockery, goofiness, and fun.

That holds across just about every type of authoritarianism. They like being feared for cruelty. They hate being laughed at and humiliated.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 3d

2019 vs 2025. Sane camping spot.

A selfie of hubby, me and our border collie.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 6d

Yuck. Jets are starting the season pretty battered.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 7d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 9d

I thought that was interesting for a Fox channel.

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