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Aura is My Real Name

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Monday, Labor Day and yeah, Rabbit Rabbit!
Later today, I'm starting a sale on 8×10 and 4×6 prints of some of my paintings and drawings!
This is my first big sale of prints.
8×10s will be $20 each or 3 for $50
4×6s will be $10 each or 3 for $20
They will be signed.

A watercolor pattern of yellow eyes and green swirls

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 3h

a close up of a barbie doll with a surprised look on her face ..

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David W. Brown @davidwbrown.com · 6h

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 5h

Oh nooooo. 😔

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 5h

“Icon” is overused, but … Icon.

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. Keaton 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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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 5h

"We can't afford to shop at any store that has a philosophy." - Marge Simpson 😂

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 9h

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 10h

Write it in the sky with hundred foot letters of burning flame

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

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Robert. Queer and spooky. @queerbrokenfate.bsky.social · 11h

Happy National Coming Out Day!

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 10h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 11h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 11h

The sweet olive is blooming 😍

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out the name for mocking the powers-that-be while doing whimsical protesting:

Tactical frivolity.

There, now you know too.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactica...

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 21h

I do a lot of blocking now. I'm so over it.

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Punished Cat Guy, Kitten Breath Sommelier @majima.club · 22h

I would 100% sign up for this religion

Kaitlyn Page @theinnerobserver.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Octocentrism" 🐙🪐

I had a "what if," idea and decided to run with it. What if there was an Octopus at the center of our solar system and he was the sun, manipulating all 8 planets within his 8 arms?

#gouache #art #octopus

Gouache painting depicting an Octopus in space holding 8 planets. The Octopus is the sun and is at the center of our solar system. There is a gold ring behind his head and a white egret below him.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 22h

Never in my life have I ever read a medical report that lists "cardiac age" in it. That isn't a thing.

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Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 22h

Some of that stuff is really interesting!

Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 22h

Hah! I know one of those.

J @jshoffstall.bsky.social · 1d

I know folks talk about there being train autistic people and boat autistic people but let me just tell you that beer autistic people exist and that's all I'm saying about that.

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 22h

This dog has been attached to my hip like a barnacle the last 10 days that I've been watching her. I'm going to feel like I'm missing a limb for a few days after I'm gone. 😂

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 1d

Pbbbbbbbffft.

a chimpanzee is laying on a couch and pointing at a book .

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 1d

Proud Recipient of the Nobel Sleep Prize

two kittens are sitting on a pink blanket and one is licking the other 's nose .

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

*Woman who insists she’s done journalism before voice*

Hey what does a journalist do at work? I definitely know. I’m just asking to make sure you know.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah the streetcars have been pretty busy.