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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 18h

Oh I guess i doubled it again by accident, but he’ll do it by next week anyway so…

Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine if this situation was reversed & we were all worn out from the fire hose of good news. Federal agents flooding cities to sign people up for services they need. Supreme Court strengthening voting rights. Taco trucks & abortion clinics on every corner.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 18h

But we have $80 billion for a foreign country.

My parents both have important appointments coming up. Will they be able to go? Who knows, but Argentina is doing great!!!!

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 19h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 18h

I know it’s quaint of me, but I think it would be cool if things sucked less in general? I guess I just think i would enjoy that. It sounds nice.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 20h

Frog and Toad were sad for a while.

Then Frog said, “Toad, here is what you must do. Tonight when you go to bed, you must think some very big thoughts. Those big thoughts will make your head grow larger. In the morning your new hat may fit.”

A close up of Toad, his head swallowed by his giant hat, and Frog, who appears to have a solution to Toad's problem.

From "The Hat"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

show me somebody more ready to overthrow the government on a good day than a sixth-grade reading teacher, I dare you

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

Believe me, I really hope he does the work to prove me wrong! I don’t want to feel this way, but he red-flagged himself for me on this one. I’ve just dealt with too many dudes like this & I can’t trust him the way I’d like to.

Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the instinctual naming of a bunch of white guys, including the other Senator from MA and not a single woman or person of color. And, for me, leaving Warren off also signals a likelihood he’s one of the ‘Warren stole Sanders’ presidency shot’ lefties, which is extremely not good in my books.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/i...

It’s from the 6th, so not sure why I’m just seeing it now. He does later graciously mention a long-dead woman he admires, I guess he just can’t bring himself to see living women as having any value. 🫠

In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star

Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in southe...

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so angry & disappointed I’m shaking. Fuck that guy for not being better than this.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

I do NOT trust men whose instinct is to ignore the existence of women. That comes from a lifetime of experience, so the level of work that dude has to do to convince me he isn’t an untrustworthy ass who will throw marginalized people under the bus at the drop of a hat is A LOT.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

Leaving Elizabeth Warren off your list in favor of JOSH HAWLEY is a fucking choice & I will not be fucking letting it go.

Please tell me there’s another good primary candidate who I can actually have a modicum of trust in. Jesus christ.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

I just got noise canceling headphones for the first time & despite being on the cheaper end, they are kind of miraculous. I wish I’d had some ages ago. So many sanity points restored.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

Not a single woman, but definitely Josh Hawley. Awesome. I was hoping he wasn’t one of *those* leftist dudes, but apparently he is. Fucking hell.

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 4d

"Smoking outside after the town hall, Platner rattled off some current U.S. senators who he admires: Independent Bernie Sanders, and Democrats Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ed Markey. On the other side of the aisle, Josh Hawley of Missouri."

In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star

Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in southe...

mainemorningstar.com

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 1d

an american citizen, mother of three, who was playing the clarinet in a peaceful protest outside the city has been nabbed by ICE, held in a jail across state lines, without bail nor any specific charges.

i mean, yikes?

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Claire Gilder @clarbar.bsky.social · 1d

This belly is Not A Trap. Just get all up in there and snorgle the belly to your heart’s content.

Seal point kitten half rolled over to expose his belly as I scratch his armpit.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, I found one. Which I cannot listen to, because apparently it is only available in the UK. But they let me listen to a sample so I know what I am missing. Thank you. Very helpful.

Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

I sense that there is a perfect audiobook out there that would scratch my mental itch, but alas I have not hit on it yet. Which sucks, because I can’t really do anything else & a good story would help a lot.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

Not too bad otherwise - I’m completely exhausted, but not super achey or miserable.

I do have an exhausted restlessness though, which is mainly manifesting as not being able to settle on an audiobook because none of them is ‘right’. So I’m basically in toddler mode.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 1d

You really need to move your arm around a lot right after you get this years Covid shot - it seems like a particularly sore one.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 1d

Fall [part 1/3]

A cartoon crow is looking up as orange, red and yellow fall leaves dance in tje wind around him.

The crow is walking on the crunchy leaves, saying "what a perfect day!"

The crow is marveling at how lovely all the leaves are, new seeing a stone in his path.

The crow trips on the stone right on his face.

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 2d

Hi there! It's #PortfolioDay again!

I'm an artist north of Boston telling stories about light and atmosphere with oil paints.

I paint both large and small, and my originals are available in my online shop.

tishamark.com

#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Lighting the Dark" 20"x20" oil on linen (2025). This moody, abstract-leaning seascape painting has a textured, orange-toned, atmospheric sky with textured colors of light on the horizon. Light from the sky reflects in the water below as it meets a dark, rocky, tree-lined coast.

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Knowing Glances" 7"x5" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). This painting has white textured clouds in a moody gray-blue sky over a dark blue sea that is meeting a rocky shore. There are delightful bits of green moss and red algae or seaweed on the rocks.

Original autumn landscape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Autumn Mini No. 2501" 4"x4" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). The painting shows a body of water reflecting colors from a sunset sky surrounded by trees that are turning red, brown, and gold.

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "We Met Along the Way" 14"x11" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). A seascape painting with a gray-blue sky with textured, atmospheric cloud formations over a dark blue sea. Waves are meeting a rocky shore, and there are hints of green moss or algae on the rocks.

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Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social · 2d

Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m
Victoria K. Chapman, an illustrator/author of children’s books. Artist/art instructor. I love animals, the outdoors, conservation, magic, imagination & mindfulness. Rep’d for kids books by Rosa Frazier & Joyce Sweeney of @seymouragency.bsky.social!
www.weyakindesigns.com

A Forest of green trees with swirling mists and a face looking between the branches. Black birds fly out from below. Swirls grow around the trees. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

Two eastern box turtles stand by a pond, necks touching in a reptilian embrace. A red wing blackbird flies overhead. A ladybug and mouse hide in the cat tails and grasses. A pavilion sits on the opposite side of the pond, reflecting in golden light. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

A view of a forest floor. A tree stump covered in moss and fungus sits among ferns and other fallen branches. Various mushrooms lay on the forest floor. Among the trees in the background peers a white tailed deer. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

An overhead view of children floating in the ocean on blue and white floating tubes. Stingrays and fish swim by below them. A beagle floats on one of the tubes wearing sunglasses. At the edge of the beach, there are shells and a sea star. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

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