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Indy Auntie
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Aunt. Dog mom. Biz owner. News junkie. Interests: cities, culture, faith, centrist politics, travel, whimsy. I don't repost profanity or articles I haven't read.
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davey.bsky.social
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this thread! I ended up making:

- Spatchcocked, herb butter turkey
- Oyster dressing
- Butternut squash soup
- Herb gravy
- Cranberry sauce with maple syrup and wine

It was great!
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Nov 15
Alright folks, as a TL cleanse and as a resource for first-time Thanksgiving hosts like me: please share your favorite recipes for the big meal.

Thank you in advance!
November 24, 2023 at 2:54 AM
indyauntie.bsky.social
"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits (not including the baby):
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
indyauntie.bsky.social
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground

While President Trump attacked the Ukrainians, Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Geneva to seize control of negotiations that were going off the rails.

🎁 Gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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dearlstephens.bsky.social
📌They appease Vladimir Putin and come after Mark Kelly.

Traitors. All of ‘em.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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maltesefalcon1234.bsky.social
Gift Article

The French Revolution is in the American wind. While the stock market soars, Trump and decades of corrupt and morally bankrupt Republican agendas have splintered the very heart of the American economy.

Le peuple se lève. The people are rising.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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bradduplessis.bsky.social
The SECDEF confirming an investigation to the world and labeling an individual under investigation as being part of the “Seditious Six” is unlawful command influence.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
indyauntie.bsky.social
I've been frantically and painfully purging for a move, and a quick check-in tonight on my Bluesky political news feed feels like a reward.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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dicknixon.bsky.social
This is maybe the first time I’ve felt he’s in actual trouble. I never thought Mueller would get him, nor did I expect Biden to go for the throat. I don’t know how it ends here, and I’m not saying he can’t get out of it. But it’s the worst trouble he’s been in.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
People are going to look back in 20 years and they won’t believe this stuff could be real.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia. Over the past few weeks, despite my creating Record Achievements for our Country including, a Total and Complete Victory on the Shutdown, Closed Borders, Low Taxes, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, Biggest Regulation Cuts in History, stopping EIGHT WARS, rebuilding our Military, being RESPECTED by every Country in the World (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!), having Trillions of Dollars (Record Setting!) INVESTED in the U.S.A., and having created the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World from being a DEAD Country just 12 months ago (and so much more!), all I see “Wacky” Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN! It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support. She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
indyauntie.bsky.social
This is the sound of hope.

Replies are worth a scroll, too. ❤️
baileymcc.bsky.social Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 20d
This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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klasfeldreports.com
How badly are oral arguments over Trump's tariffs going for the government?

Neal Katyal just began a sentence with: "Justice Gorsuch hit the nail on the head..."
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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gpgomez.bsky.social
That whole autopen thing is definitely projection
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
indyauntie.bsky.social
Brilliant #DST joke. 🏆
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23d
A (very small but non-zero) part of me wants this game to go at least three more hours so folks have to explain how something that happened at 2:05 came ten minutes after something that happened at 2:55.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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petersagal.bsky.social
I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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willbunch.bsky.social
Vance ‘28 has its bumper sticker!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d
JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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darinself.com
The GOP campaigned on "We are better at government than the Democrats"

Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.

And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d
Trump: "It's their fault. Everything is their fault."
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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sixteenrivers.bsky.social
We just found this disturbingly prescient yet hopeful piece by Sixteen Rivers poet Terry Ehret floating about on Bluesky. In these dark times, there is some solace in knowing that poets have raised—& continue to raise—their voices against injustice. Thank you, @indyauntie.bsky.social #resist #poets
indyauntie.bsky.social Indy Auntie @indyauntie.bsky.social · Sep 16
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
~ attributed to Sinclair Lewis, author of "It Can't Happen Here" (1935)

"When fascism comes to America, it will enter on the winds of our silence and indifference and complacency."
~ Terry Ehret, poet (2011)
TOP: Donald Trump hugging the American flag at CPAC on March 2, 2019 BOTTOM: Donald Trump holding up a Bible at St. John's Church on June 1, 2020 Terry Ehret How Fascism Will Come "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." —attributed to Sinclair Lewis When fascism comes, it will greet us with a smile. It will get down on its knees to pray. It will praise Main Street and Wall Street. It will cheer for the home team. It will clap from the bleachers when the uninsured are left to die on the street. It will rally on the Washington Mall. It will raise monuments to its heroes and weep for them and place bouquets at their stone feet and trace with their fingers the names engraved on the granite wall and go on sending soldiers to die in the mountains of Afghanistan, in the deserts of Iraq. It will send doves to pluck out the eyes of its enemies, having no hawks to spare. When fascism comes, it will sit down for tea with the governor of Texas. It will pee in the mosques from California to Tennessee, chanting, "Wake up America, the enemy is here." It will sing the anthems of corporatization, privatization, demonization, monopolization. It will be interviewed, lovingly, on talk radio. It'll have talking points and a Facebook page and a disdain for big words or hard consonants. It won't bother to read. It will shred all its books. It will lambast the teachers and outlaw the unions. When fascism comes, it will look good. It will have big hair, pressed suits, lapel pins. It will control all the channels. It will ride in on Swift Boats. It will sit on the Supreme Court. It will court us with fear. It will woo us with hope. When fascism comes, it will sell shares of itself on the stock market. It will get rich, then it will get obscenely rich, then it will stop paying taxes. It will leave us in the dust. It will kick our ass. It won't have to break a sweat to fool us twice. It will be too big to fail. When fascism comes to America, it will enter on the winds of our silence and indifference and complacency. And on that day, one hundred thousand poets will gather. In book stores and libraries, bars and cafes, in their houses and apartments, in schools and on street corners, they will gather. In Albania, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, Macedonia, Malawi, Qatar, crying, laughing, screaming. They will wrap the sad music of humanity in bits of word cloth and hang them, like prayers, on the tree of life. Author’s note: This was written for the 100 Thousand Poets for Change reading, September 23, 2011, Santa Rosa, California. The poem is woven with images and fragments of rants and blogs and online articles I found when I googled the Sinclair Lewis quote. These appear in Italics.
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM