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Finn Drake
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An introduction: I'm a bookseller of many decades, the main used book-buyer at a new/used book shop. I love our community of readers. Since a teenager I've been practicing Soto Zen and Tibetan forms of meditation. I am a non-theistic Satanist. I'm also a musician and a magician.
When my little man would jump up on the railing his long claws would make him slip because the pads of his feet weren't in full contact with the railing.... so it seemed.
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
A middle of the night emergency vet visit was the result of just such a stairwell fall. Keep their claws clipped so they're less likely to slip.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Conservative analyst shocks with warning about Trump admin's latest 'horrors'

www.rawstory.com/trump-267502...
Conservative analyst shocks with warning about Trump admin's latest 'horrors'
Conservative analyst Rick Wilson issued a shocking warning about what's to come following the President Donald Trump administration's latest "horrors" in Minneapolis. Wilson, a co-founder of The Linco...
www.rawstory.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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Born #onthisday in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe. Many illustrators have tackled Poe's dark and macabre tales but perhaps none so hauntingly and brilliantly as Irish artist Harry Clarke. See his exquisite imagery for Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #otd
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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The weeping angel of New Orleans
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Observe. Report. Resist.
We understand the assignment.

Keep documenting. Keep sharing. Keep speaking out. 🤝

Threads by @jason_whitman
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Experience the magic as legendary New Orleans clarinetist Doreen Ketchens performs a touching jazz piece for her grandson. A beautiful musical moment!
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita winds a single black thread around a grid of nails on a wooden board to create intricate portraits #WomensArt
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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"How do you know but every bird
That cuts the airy way
Is an immense world of delight
Closed by your senses five?"

- William Blake, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'
(Picture is the title page from the 1790 edition)
#BookWormSat #WilliamBlake
January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Update. In my first dog walk of 2026, the Great Blue Heron was back for New Years and he showed off by standing on one leg. Happy New Year to everybody. #birdsky #dogsky
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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🇬🇧 Scarborough canceled New Year’s fireworks so Thor the walrus could snooze peacefully before migrating! Imagine ringing in the New Year with calm skies and happy animals—cheers to kindness and cozy celebrations! 🎇💛
www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
December 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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"Everything changes, nothing is lost", stone mandala by land artist Katie Griesar #WomensArt
#NewYear2026
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class”

James Connolly, Irish revolutionary leader, executed on May 12 1916 for his role in leading the Easter Uprising.
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Know your enemy!
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Please read this, talk about it and share with everyone you know

It’s right out of the Nazi playbook
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…

So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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We’ve gone from bootlegging whiskey during prohibition to having to bootleg truth during fascism…
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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A rare series of watercolors by Hilma af Klint,
The Tree of Knowledge c.1913-15 #WomensArt
December 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Just setting up the nativity scene for Christmas
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The Hair on the Classroom Floor — Arizona Territory, 1894
When Thomas Yazzie was taken from his family in 1894, he was nine years old and had never been farther than the red hills beyond his Navajo home.
#everychildmatters
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This is Awesome 👏

🎶 Fleetwood Mac After Dinner! 🎻 🪕
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM