Foxessa
@foxessa.bsky.social
Navigator of history's seas and caravan routes, following the money in human trafficking and slavery, past and present. Writer, historian, librarian, researcher. A result:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Slave-Coast-Slave-Breeding-Industry/dp/1613748205
https://www.amazon.com/American-Slave-Coast-Slave-Breeding-Industry/dp/1613748205
Been quite some time since viewing my photos taken during this trip to Provence. Here we are in the mountains of Le Bar-sur-Loup, above Nice.
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Been quite some time since viewing my photos taken during this trip to Provence. Here we are in the mountains of Le Bar-sur-Loup, above Nice.
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We need more people who ask themselves how they can put Fred Rogers' words into actions.
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need more people who ask themselves how they can put Fred Rogers' words into actions.
None of what she's done/said is forgotten. Or forgiven.
Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong. The retiring Georgia Republican’s “60 Minutes” interview showed the emptiness of her apology for contributing to “toxic politics.”
www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong. The retiring Georgia Republican’s “60 Minutes” interview showed the emptiness of her apology for contributing to “toxic politics.”
www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
Opinion | Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong
Anthony L. Fisher: The retiring Georgia Republican’s “60 Minutes” interview showed the emptiness of her apology for contributing to “toxic politics.”
www.ms.now
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
None of what she's done/said is forgotten. Or forgiven.
Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong. The retiring Georgia Republican’s “60 Minutes” interview showed the emptiness of her apology for contributing to “toxic politics.”
www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong. The retiring Georgia Republican’s “60 Minutes” interview showed the emptiness of her apology for contributing to “toxic politics.”
www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
Brutal cold, posole made with 5 kinds of chili and pork prior to a dental appt. that left mouth still sore this AM, meant, like millions of others last night, after dinner, cozied up to Acorn tv, with a glass of wine, to watch 1st ep of Midsomer Murders season 25!
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Brutal cold, posole made with 5 kinds of chili and pork prior to a dental appt. that left mouth still sore this AM, meant, like millions of others last night, after dinner, cozied up to Acorn tv, with a glass of wine, to watch 1st ep of Midsomer Murders season 25!
Fairly certain there will be more fear and fury over Netflix having control/ownership of the GOT franchise than there ever will be in reaction to maga's determination to kill our babies and roll back all human and civil rights from women, including the vote. Tell me I'm wrong?
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fairly certain there will be more fear and fury over Netflix having control/ownership of the GOT franchise than there ever will be in reaction to maga's determination to kill our babies and roll back all human and civil rights from women, including the vote. Tell me I'm wrong?
Funny how all these a$$hole$ forever yelling amurika 1st blah blah to cover their plundering and selling off the USA for spare parts never thought that the actual USA would not go quietly.
Vote for them. They are the ones who will put back together.
Vote for them. They are the ones who will put back together.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Funny how all these a$$hole$ forever yelling amurika 1st blah blah to cover their plundering and selling off the USA for spare parts never thought that the actual USA would not go quietly.
Vote for them. They are the ones who will put back together.
Vote for them. They are the ones who will put back together.
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Spain may bring back indoor face mask rules as flu and COVID cases surge. Health leaders will meet on Dec 3 to decide whether masks should again be required in hospitals, health centers, and possibly other crowded indoor venues like cinemas or theatres to help reduce transmission.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Spain may bring back indoor face mask rules as flu and COVID cases surge. Health leaders will meet on Dec 3 to decide whether masks should again be required in hospitals, health centers, and possibly other crowded indoor venues like cinemas or theatres to help reduce transmission.
archive.md/2ySDF
archive.md/2ySDF
Well, it kicked off this afternoon. Some of the anti-freeze people are / have gotten arrested, there is / was pepper spray, etc.
This! of course, the frackin' NYT does cover!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
This! of course, the frackin' NYT does cover!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Well, it kicked off this afternoon. Some of the anti-freeze people are / have gotten arrested, there is / was pepper spray, etc.
This! of course, the frackin' NYT does cover!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
This! of course, the frackin' NYT does cover!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
Thanksgiving...so much for one as privileged as I to be grateful for, beginning with love of my life, friends, and where we live. There was also Cat, who was not yet deigning to join, as he disdains human food.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanksgiving...so much for one as privileged as I to be grateful for, beginning with love of my life, friends, and where we live. There was also Cat, who was not yet deigning to join, as he disdains human food.
Christmas arrived at our park today, with the stringing of greenery and wreaths. Makes no difference to park's Squirrel Town Northwest.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Christmas arrived at our park today, with the stringing of greenery and wreaths. Makes no difference to park's Squirrel Town Northwest.
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The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
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I derive pleasure from the suffering of people who don't know what 'schadenfreude' means.
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I derive pleasure from the suffering of people who don't know what 'schadenfreude' means.
By the way, any of we US citizens who wish to send aid to Cuba, not only are we legally allowed to do so, but encouraged to.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
So it is busy here.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
So it is busy here.
U.S. says it will send $3 million in aid to Cuba in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
The U.S. State Department is coordinating with the Catholic Church to send $3 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba following Hurricane Melissa. It’s unclear if Cuba will allow it.
www.miamiherald.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
By the way, any of we US citizens who wish to send aid to Cuba, not only are we legally allowed to do so, but encouraged to.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
So it is busy here.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
So it is busy here.
Highly recommend reading this - yes in the NYT, for the insights as to where we are, controlled by the Epstein Class, entirely global, entirely non-national. The true elite now.
Inside the Epstein Emails by Anand Giridharadas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Inside the Epstein Emails by Anand Giridharadas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Highly recommend reading this - yes in the NYT, for the insights as to where we are, controlled by the Epstein Class, entirely global, entirely non-national. The true elite now.
Inside the Epstein Emails by Anand Giridharadas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Inside the Epstein Emails by Anand Giridharadas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
We go out to dinner for the first time in a long time and come home to MTG resigning.
I can't even think how to process this. Surely ZM is thinking the same thing.
In times like this all we can do is take our loved one(s) in our arms and give thanks for them. They keep us sane.
I can't even think how to process this. Surely ZM is thinking the same thing.
In times like this all we can do is take our loved one(s) in our arms and give thanks for them. They keep us sane.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We go out to dinner for the first time in a long time and come home to MTG resigning.
I can't even think how to process this. Surely ZM is thinking the same thing.
In times like this all we can do is take our loved one(s) in our arms and give thanks for them. They keep us sane.
I can't even think how to process this. Surely ZM is thinking the same thing.
In times like this all we can do is take our loved one(s) in our arms and give thanks for them. They keep us sane.
This meet at the White House: how is it possible our nation never runs out of unbelievable twists and turns, and does them every single day, many times a day?
I noticed quite some time ago how much both that guy and the muskellunge yearned over Mamdani's riz, and
I noticed quite some time ago how much both that guy and the muskellunge yearned over Mamdani's riz, and
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This meet at the White House: how is it possible our nation never runs out of unbelievable twists and turns, and does them every single day, many times a day?
I noticed quite some time ago how much both that guy and the muskellunge yearned over Mamdani's riz, and
I noticed quite some time ago how much both that guy and the muskellunge yearned over Mamdani's riz, and
Watching Linklater's homage to Goddard and his Breathless, Nouvelle Vague Tuesday night was the best fun. From 1st beat to last, the film provided the experience of ballet's "ballon", that vision of effortless suspension in air, gravity's pull and power irrelevant.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Watching Linklater's homage to Goddard and his Breathless, Nouvelle Vague Tuesday night was the best fun. From 1st beat to last, the film provided the experience of ballet's "ballon", that vision of effortless suspension in air, gravity's pull and power irrelevant.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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About time somebody reported on this. Chikungunya, dengue, Zika, oropouche, and more —insect-borne viruses are at a pandemic level in Cuba as Oriente struggles with hurricane damage in the absence of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
They just call it ‘the virus’: mosquito-borne illnesses heap misery on Cubans affected by Hurricane Melissa
A lack of clean water and medicines in the aftermath of the storm has led to a sharp rise in viruses such as chikungunya and dengue
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
About time somebody reported on this. Chikungunya, dengue, Zika, oropouche, and more —insect-borne viruses are at a pandemic level in Cuba as Oriente struggles with hurricane damage in the absence of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Our Mayor Elect, Zohran Mamdani, has been scheduled to a meet in D.C. with that guy. Does anyone else speculate, on the basis of that guy's behaviors this year, that guy may think he's talking with Kash Patel instead? After all everyone looks alike, doncha know!
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our Mayor Elect, Zohran Mamdani, has been scheduled to a meet in D.C. with that guy. Does anyone else speculate, on the basis of that guy's behaviors this year, that guy may think he's talking with Kash Patel instead? After all everyone looks alike, doncha know!
Today is the 162nd anniversary of Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address, on a day of miserable weather, on a ground that literally stunk of death and the dead (bones, body parts even, coming out of shallow burials, and which most people could not hear.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today is the 162nd anniversary of Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address, on a day of miserable weather, on a ground that literally stunk of death and the dead (bones, body parts even, coming out of shallow burials, and which most people could not hear.
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Thank you. The lines are a riff on Du Fu, the towering Tang poet … who lived through a ruinous civil war.
Feels more like a gut punch this time (First read was over a decade ago).
#booksky📚 @guygavrielkay.bsky.social
#booksky📚 @guygavrielkay.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you. The lines are a riff on Du Fu, the towering Tang poet … who lived through a ruinous civil war.