firstfish144.bsky.social
@firstfish144.bsky.social
Writer, mother, wife, friend, perennial student, knitter, reader, Tolkien Fan and Signumite!
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In the UK, Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the US, is already under criminal investigation. Have any indictments been issued yet in the US?
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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It's no longer just a scandal of widespread human trafficking and pedophilia, it's also a grave threat to national security.

Congress should be having non-stop hearings on this starting yesterday. Prosecute and imprison.

@wyden.senate.gov
@merkley.senate.gov
@repdexteror.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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if you ever feel like you’re failing as a parent, just remember, it could be worse (you could be Fëanor).
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Since you all loved my most recent woodpecker painting (in fairness, it's my best one), I thought you might like to see all the woodpeckers I've painted over the last few years :)

#birdart #woodpecker 🪶
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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❤️
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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He’s never read the Constitution and has no idea what it means.
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Orson wanted to help me out with his #quilt cape! #sewing #plushie #epp #crafts
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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huan, the hound of valinor

[ #tolkien #silmarillion #art ]
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Watercolour and Indian ink street sketch of #PembrokeCollege, Cambridge. I seem to have done a lot of paintings and drawings of this beautiful college. Many are sold. I've put a collection of them in a Flickr album here: www.flickr.com/photos/baker...
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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“I am doing this because I believe so long as we have a system where people are being prosecuted for petty theft and not for killing someone on the street, in broad daylight on camera, we have a system that is too broken to continue to function."

unraveledpress.com/cook-county-...
Cook County State’s Attorney has “taken no action whatsoever” against feds, new lawsuit alleges
The suit seeks the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate potential unlawful conduct by federal agents in Illinois.
unraveledpress.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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mad mew mew (sleepy) #undertale
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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After work, I usually do some personal sewing to wind down. Tonight I did something a little different -- a little kakapo painting! I think I'll keep doing little paintings, this was nice :)
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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China to become first country to ban hidden car door handles. This due to safety concerns after EV accidents where electronic doors reportedly failed to operate and trapped passengers inside.
Sky News
apple.news/A-SUXHfAvTiC...
China to become first country to ban hidden door handles — Sky News
From next year, new car models will have to have both exterior and interior handles with mechanical releases.
apple.news
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Golden Gate Park is starting to bloom. Sometimes I need to be reminded that beauty exists, despite the cruelty in our world. #uplift #nature #hope
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Read more: bit.ly/46ukDMK
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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you wanna get absolutely basic normie lib stuff that’s critical for a functioning society and democrats supposedly support?

elect more socialists.
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50

Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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Yep. CLAW IT BACK.
AOC on reining in ICE when it still has $75 billion even with the shutdown.

“Now it’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into a relentless domestic paramilitary.”
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Pastel of Newnham Mill pond, Cambridge, with punts and the Granta pub. Note the ducks swimming through the water lilies in the foreground.
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting
February 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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The Moon, just one day past full, will occult Leo’s brightest star, Regulus, tonight (2/2). From West Michigan, Leo’s blazing heart suddenly disappears at about 8:45pm EST, only to dramatically reappear at 9:43pm. Make sure to observe the occultation with binoculars or a telescope for a better view.
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM