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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 6h

It's pretty consistent across the board, regardless of what those women are doing--talking, existing, etc.

La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 9h

17% is actually the tipping point between "equal" and "dominating," and it shows up in audiences' perception of how many spoken lines male and female characters have in movies as well.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 9h

So I have been hearing my entire life that it is vitally important for private citizens to own guns to prevent government overreach and tyranny. Turns out what we actually needed was inflatable frog costumes.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 12h

SO SO bad and SO SO good.

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aaron @hillenjoyer.bsky.social · 22h

as a new mexican i just have to say that yeah texas invades sometimes you just have to kick their asses and send them home tail tucked. it’s usually way easier than you think, i think one time we just rolled a bunch of boulders on them from the canyon cliffs above. people love repelling texan armies

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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Shellymäk @shellymak.bsky.social · 1d

Connie’s Sandstorm is one of the most unusual and captivating roses—a rare garden treasure. With swirling petals in tan-brown tones brushed with mauve, it offers a desert-inspired palette unlike any other rose in our collection. Its rarity and distinctive coloring make it highly sought after.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 2d

And! The smaller skeleton gets dibs on things like calcium and can steal them from the bigger skeleton!

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 2d

I am not sure that Anemone is a good movie, exactly, but it is an interesting one, and at this point I will take "interesting and well-lit" on faith.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

“Any university leader who signs on to this compact wld betray everything good and solid about the university & would do deep and permanent harm to the United States & the world.”

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 3d

I remember reading about them in the L.A. Times specifically.

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 3d

Dragon tattoo

This work © 2025 by Lee Zimmerman is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 3d

Can confirm!

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 4d

At the Haunted Mansion in particular.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 4d

Modern medicine: gosh, it sure is interesting that lots of people report weird menstrual issues re: recent COVID vaccinations!

Me: COULD YOU MAYBE FIGURE THAT OUT ALREADY.

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 4d

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read:
"Spiders
Terrible hotel stay
Narrator makes fun of golf
Latin passages
Eerie disembodied voices
Confirmed bachelor main character
Vengeful spirit
Evil magician
Working-class character as comic relief
Bleak East Anglian coast
Visit to an archive
Narrator in guidebook mode
FREE SPACE
Unholy doings in a church
Frogs or toads
Queen Anne style house
Cursed artifact
Don't buy that rare book!
Something hairy and horrible
Someone gets too curious
Tentacles
Story told via old manuscript
Research trip gone horribly wrong
Beds are scary
Tactile horror

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 4d

"Swans on Lake Annecy" - 1890

Designer - Albert Besnard
Master glassmaker - Henri Carot

From the vestibule of the mansion of Henry Lerolle (painter), 20 avenue Duquesne, Paris.

Now @museeorsay.bsky.social #Paris

#StainedGlassSunday

White & black swans amongst the reeds & rushes of the lake.

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Ana Silva @7anasilva.bsky.social · 4d

Day 5 Koi fish. Ink, charcoal and gouache.
#koi #animalart #inktober #drawtober #carpa #BRart

Ink and charcoal black and white painting of koi fishes swimming. #sciart #natureart #artsky

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday, froglet!

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 4d

Lost in the argument:

You get yourself and your family vaccinated to protect your community. For an infant, this is their first community service

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 5d

And possibly not a sensible one.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 5d

Sgt. Maj. Mike Vining (ret.), who does not look like a founding member of Delta Force.

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 5d

I would also say that astronomy, broadly speaking, is one of the oldest forms of science and it's done extremely well for humanity so far (navigation, huge impact on other fields such as optics and chemistry, etc.). Your work is a continuation of all of that.

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Amelinda Bérubé @metuiteme.bsky.social · 6d

Yes
YES
Bertha Mason is out

Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Eyre of the Tiger

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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 6d

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Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 6d

Toad with judgement and warts. #art #oilpainting

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