Becky D
@bexrousse.bsky.social
Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water.
Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.
Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.
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Becky D
@bexrousse.bsky.social
· Jun 17
🚨I IMPLORE YOU to use alt-text when you post any image, screen cap, or post of a screed/tidbit from this or a different site. Otherwise people using screen readers are seeing a steady flow of
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING
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timeline cleanse
this is jeffrey
this is jeffrey
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
timeline cleanse
this is jeffrey
this is jeffrey
📷 Leila Navidi captured this historic photo in St. Paul MN today, as citizens faced off w/two ICE thugs after the gestapo caused a serious 3-car crash while kidnapping a local resident. Alt-text included.
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
📷 Leila Navidi captured this historic photo in St. Paul MN today, as citizens faced off w/two ICE thugs after the gestapo caused a serious 3-car crash while kidnapping a local resident. Alt-text included.
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Tl;dr = too long; didn't read so
Ai;dr = AI; didn't read
Ai;dr = AI; didn't read
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Tl;dr = too long; didn't read so
Ai;dr = AI; didn't read
Ai;dr = AI; didn't read
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If you've seen one of my works that you really want feel free to make me an offer that works for you. DM me & let's see what we can do. #art
All of the "Apocalypse (Still Life)" paintings are on sale for $650(Cdn), normally $950(Cdn). DM if interested. 1/2 #art
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If you've seen one of my works that you really want feel free to make me an offer that works for you. DM me & let's see what we can do. #art
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St. Louis City Planning Commission Public Hearing on Summary of Draft Regulations for Data Centers
Final Regs will not affect the ridiculous plan for Armory Data Center 🤬
Final Regs will not affect the ridiculous plan for Armory Data Center 🤬
We have a quorum of seven commissioners; three are absent.
#DataCenterSTL
If you wish to testify, sign in or put your name in the Zoom chat before 6:30 p.m.
#PlanCommSTL staff presentation starting at 5:35 p.m.
#DataCenterSTL
If you wish to testify, sign in or put your name in the Zoom chat before 6:30 p.m.
#PlanCommSTL staff presentation starting at 5:35 p.m.
February 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
St. Louis City Planning Commission Public Hearing on Summary of Draft Regulations for Data Centers
Final Regs will not affect the ridiculous plan for Armory Data Center 🤬
Final Regs will not affect the ridiculous plan for Armory Data Center 🤬
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
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2/11 Maine corrections officer trainee who was taken by ICE at the start of last month's surge has been granted bond #maine #MEpolitics
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
2/11 Maine corrections officer trainee who was taken by ICE at the start of last month's surge has been granted bond #maine #MEpolitics
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If you've seen one of my works that you really want feel free to make me an offer that works for you. DM me & let's see what we can do. #art
"American Opera", oil on canvas, 12x12", 2025- normally $800(Cdn), on sale for $600(Cdn). DM if interested. #art
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
If you've seen one of my works that you really want feel free to make me an offer that works for you. DM me & let's see what we can do. #art
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Small gouache study of some rocks in a lake. Painted on orange paper. 2024
#gouache #painting #traditionalart
#gouache #painting #traditionalart
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Small gouache study of some rocks in a lake. Painted on orange paper. 2024
#gouache #painting #traditionalart
#gouache #painting #traditionalart
"ran into him in a SoPo hotel" is doing some heavy lifting here.
The disgraced former gubernatorial candidate is in jail after Maine State Police allegedly ran into him at a hotel in South Portland where he confessed to possessing pornography.
Eliot Cutler to be held without bail after latest alleged porn relapse
Maine State Police ran into the disgraced former gubernatorial candidate at a hotel in South Portland on Monday where he confessed to possessing pornography, according to a police report.
www.bangordailynews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"ran into him in a SoPo hotel" is doing some heavy lifting here.
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BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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If you have any information about this whatsoever, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
If you have any information about this whatsoever, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal
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You want to see some beautiful art?
(Outside the Toolbox Collective in Longfellow, Minneapolis)
(Outside the Toolbox Collective in Longfellow, Minneapolis)
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
You want to see some beautiful art?
(Outside the Toolbox Collective in Longfellow, Minneapolis)
(Outside the Toolbox Collective in Longfellow, Minneapolis)
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I have straight-up told two clients at this point that I charge more to edit an AI draft than to just write the whole thing myself, and they are positively confounded by this, but in both cases they ended up just paying me the usual rate to write the whole thing myself.
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I have straight-up told two clients at this point that I charge more to edit an AI draft than to just write the whole thing myself, and they are positively confounded by this, but in both cases they ended up just paying me the usual rate to write the whole thing myself.
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To have one ICE employee arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
To have one ICE employee arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.
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Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.
Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Every once in a while the internet becomes that truly silly delightful thing it once was. Like this.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Every once in a while the internet becomes that truly silly delightful thing it once was. Like this.
Excellent work so far, team! 😂🐴🖌️
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Excellent work so far, team! 😂🐴🖌️
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Why does the media always to downplay the number of people at protests? Yeah there were “more than 100”—probably several hundred. Devoting = space to a trumpers when they were a tiny minority further skews the narrative. It’s as if the press has learned nothing in the last decade.
More than 100 protesters gathered ahead of Secretary of Defense Hegseth's visit to Bath Iron Works
Near the Sagadahoc bridge in Bath protesters and supporters turned out in anticipation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's visit to Bath Iron Works.
www.mainepublic.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Why does the media always to downplay the number of people at protests? Yeah there were “more than 100”—probably several hundred. Devoting = space to a trumpers when they were a tiny minority further skews the narrative. It’s as if the press has learned nothing in the last decade.
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The Onion: “Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance, who in a scene that was currently unfolding in millions of households across the nation jumped out of his seat and clutched at his throat”
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance (‘¡Dios Mío!’ Cry Millions Of Panicking Republicans)
BOISE, ID—Crying out “¡Dios mío!” and “¡Ayúdame!” as soon as they heard the opening notes of the Puerto Rican superstar’s “EoO,” millions of terrified conservatives reportedly lost the ability to spea...
theonion.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The Onion: “Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance, who in a scene that was currently unfolding in millions of households across the nation jumped out of his seat and clutched at his throat”