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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 5h

We are really f*cked, right?
It’s all over.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah...I'm f*cking pissed. Qatar is building its own facility inside a U.S. Air Force base. What could possibly go wrong? Tonight, give you clear answers to that question. 😡👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 12h

Replace these “wireless telegraphs” with smartphones, update the dress a little, and this vision of "isolating technology" from a 1906 issue of Punch magazine could easily be from today: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-vision-of-isolating-technology-from-1906

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 9h

We lost two of the greats on this date, 2 years apart.
Ralph Richardson in 1983
Orson Welles in 1985.
#tcmparty

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 11h

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 9h

The military copters have been flying all around today. My FB has been full of warnings, apparently they’ve set their sights on Waukegan, one town over, very large Hispanic population.
Scary as hell.

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1925 News @100yearsago.bsky.social · 16h

[October 10th, 1925] Colorful covers of today's magazines

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 15h

Bed-rotting feels like a good option today.

a puppy is laying on a bed under a blanket

ALT: a puppy is laying on a bed under a blanket

media.tenor.com

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 15h

Well, so much for that “ceasefire”.

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 16h

Some common sense has prevailed… 😁
#bluesky #loser

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1925 News @100yearsago.bsky.social · 18h

[October 10th, 1925] James B. Duke, "Tobacco King," died at 68 of pneumonia, a complication of his nervous and physical breakdown, in New York City. He built a vast tobacco fortune, founded Duke University, and invested in hydroelectric power.

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 17h

Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 15h

Today is World Mental Health Day.

Attached is a moving PSA from the great actor Jeremy Brett recorded in 1995.
The last 10 yrs of his life he suffered from what was then termed Manic Depression. This was recorded before his death in Sept 1995 from heart disease.

youtu.be/kHShUbInukM?...

Jeremy Brett - The Manic Depression Awareness

YouTube video by Violet Smith

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter’s Bambi

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 1d

It was really cold in the house this morning, so I put it on for awhile.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1d

This is not good

The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Axios headline: Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 1d

The ultimate Antifa couple!

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking News:
It’s official, I just turned my heat on!

In related news:
Also the furnace…

a black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a gate with the letters rf on it

ALT: a black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a gate with the letters rf on it

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 1d

My Grandmother always told me - don’t trust those theatre organists, they’re super sheiks!

1925 News @100yearsago.bsky.social · 1d

[October 9th, 1925] Jean G. Hoffman, a theater organist, received an indeterminate prison term of up to five years for bigamy after admitting six wives, two legal. His fifth wife, Martha Crane Hoffman, provided a conflicting account of their 1921 Little Rock marriage.