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rufus⁷

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Fandom, archives, gothy stuff, law, writing, romance; separately, together, sometimes in that order. Age statement: I graduated from high school in 1993. pronouns: she/hers Fandoms: Current: Stray Kids, BTS, The Untamed, KP Forever and always: MCR

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · Sep 4

Master thread of reactions to old BTS content:

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 36m

Yaaay!!

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1h

Re: last re-skeet: that’s a great thread on both the religious and political implications of that particular protest.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Billie Bloebaum @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 4h

They'll never do it, but Portland's public transit cards are Hop cards & I would love to see this design on one. "Taking Tri-Met to a protest? We have a Hop card for that."

Image of a frog that looks similar to the inflatable frog costumes people are wearing to protest ICE in Portland, OR. The image is done in the style of Shepard Fairey's iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, but done mostly in shades of green. The frog is wearing a neckerchief in the stars & stripes of the American flag, which what appears to be a cape of red & white stripes. Beneath the frog it says "Hop".

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 3h

This is a terrible loss, for Iowa and the country. These little ripples can become a wave: how many other state club women supported state composers? That could be multiple dissertations.

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 1d

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

The theft of history

Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

This is HUGE! Please share so people with ME/CFS can learn about this incredible medical breakthrough!!

It not only helps develop a diagnostic test, but also points to immune and inflammatory changes to aid future treatments. After 80+ years of no treatment, there’s some hope, finally!!

Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 4d

A new blood test demonstrates 96% accuracy in diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, offering a potential advance in reliable identification and management of the condition.

Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy

Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

medicalxpress.com

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 3h

🤞🏻🤞🏻

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 6h

Even on non-kink nights the gothy answer to “are you a boy or a girl?” is somewhere between “yes” and “who cares?”

Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 20h

go the fuck outside. find a goth club. go there on a kink / queer night. go even if you think “you won’t fit in” (cheat code: just wear black).

be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.

life is for the living. do it scared.

🏳️‍⚧️🖤🏳️‍🌈

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 7h

Pb&j on cinnamon raisin IS delicious. I just dislike all pickles.

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 7h

I was with you until the pickles!

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

May their drink orders always be wrong and their soup always the wrong temperature. 🫂🫂

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

I am wincing but I am also impressed.

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

This is also assuming the photos and footage make it into an archives.

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

25 years from now, if America and/or academia still exist, someone will be teaching a class about frog symbolism and supervising a dissertation about the role of inflatables in protest culture.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

PUBLIC AWARENESS IS GROWING AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TADPOLLING

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

That is WAY too much cream cheese!

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

Plain bagel light on the cream cheese not toasted.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaay!!

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

I might try pale blue cabinets to match the base color of the wallpaper, or, alternatively, dark green, but either way make the floor/counters a lighter beige.

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 1d

YAAAAY!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 do you have to move again?

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rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 2d

Just block them!

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 2d

💜💜 I hope you like it!

rufus⁷ @rufuss.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing AND kind of unsettling!

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

That chant is a banger. Now we gotta get it to the front lines on the Portland front, where it can be shouted by someone wearing an inflatable dinosaur suit.

collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 2d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 3d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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