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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 14h

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Wikipedia header revealing that actress Andie MacDowell's full name is Rosalie Anderson MacDowell.

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 2d

Sobek 🐊

#paleoart #berensart2025

a black and white drawing of a spinosaurus perching on a stone plinth shrine. He wears atef crown and the markings on his sailed spine resemble ankh.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 1d

It's pretty vague, but Frankenstein mentions getting "bones from charnel-houses" and collecting materials from "the dissecting room and the slaughter-house" when making the original monster.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 1d

What a generous act from someone who deserved so much better from the United States.

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2d

"[W]hen 'bullets crashed through the window and hit Miguel,' he turned to the 18 year-old boy sitting next to him in the van and said, 'I don't think I'm going to make it, get underneath me. Let me shield you.'"
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting

At a vigil outside city hall last week, advocates gathered to “center the victims” and to condemn the “dehumanization” of migrants by the federal government.

www.texasobserver.org

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 2d

precocious pumpkin-lings
#guild11mysterium
#Art

Digital painting of a wild boar with babies in the forest, but they are all shaped like lumpy pumpkins in varying degrees.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 2d

Chivington really deserves more recognition as one of the worst Americans.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing this dynamic with U.S. immigration policy last year was maddening.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 2d

Labour Party mindset.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · May 12

LABOUR: The Tories have set a CUNNING TRAP!

-oh really?

LABOUR: They have proposed SOMETHING AWFUL, and if we say "that sounds awful," they will CRITICIZE US.

-huh.

LABOUR: BUT! We are much too clever for to fall for that.

-huh?

LABOUR: Instead of OPPOSING the awful thing, we will SUPPORT it.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 2d

If a Democratic victory seems likely in 2028, I suspect some of the stays and shadow docket rulings will be preemptively superseded by more formal opinions limiting presidential power. (Which will also help Roberts to argue that the Court is once again nonpartisan, so expansion isn't necessary.)

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Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her) @squidfan.bsky.social · 5d

A Halloween-y take on the #Inktober prompt “pierce.” #SciArt #penandink

A black-and-white drawing of a very cute little rabbit at night, plunging its tiny fangs into a beet. At the points where the fangs piece the beet, there is a spurt of red ink.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 3d

Can confirm. I've been there.

"Portland isn't a war zone, it's a bookstore with a city around it."

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 3d

I'd vote for the bottom slogan, but either one is fun!

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 4d

John Norman's Gor?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor

Gor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 6d

Feels like Josh Ritter is somewhere in the mix.

Lyrics from Ritter's song "Kathleen," which read

Well, I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me
But I’m here and I’m ready and I saved you the passenger seat
And I won’t be your last dance, just your last goodnight
Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied
I’ll be the one to drive you back home, Kathleen, yeah

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 8d

Our household also benefits a lot from the subsidies - I understand the "touch the stove" arguments, but am not exactly eager to be the hand that performs said stove-touching.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 8d

Formulated well by Jason Mendoza.

Screenshots from the sitcom THE GOOD PLACE. The character Jason Mendoza is saying "I'm telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem, and I threw a Molotov cocktail...Boom, right away, I had a different problem." The final image shows the character Eleanor saying "He makes a strong case."

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 9d

Don't know anything about this incident, but there's recent precedent for a major accidental fire at a Chevron refinery in California.

www.kqed.org/news/1166599...

Chevron, Richmond Settle Lawsuit Over 2012 Refinery Fire | KQED

The deal ends a legal dispute over one of the Bay Area's worst recent refinery accidents.

www.kqed.org

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 9d

Today's the second day that NPR and PBS and the hundreds of local stations that comprise both networks are operating without any government support after they were defunded. Consider giving them a bit of support =>

NPR @npr.org · 11d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 9d

It's such a cool design! You can see how much thought went into all of the gear and outfits.

Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 9d

Cinderella's pumpkin sword is such a great detail!

Clare McCanna @claremccanna.bsky.social · 9d

Hi #kidlitartpostcard I’m Clare, I love watercolour, animals of all sorts, and the colour blue. Currently in DC and looking for projects

Cinderella is adjusting her glass slipper with a pumpkin hilted sword strapped to her back and in discussion with puss-in-boots while a group of four other warrior princesses wait for her. Each has signifiers suggesting their past such as Snow White’s apple embroidered surcoat, Sleeping Beauty’s rose crown, the Little Mermaid’s trident
Clarehenrymccanna.com chenry74@gmail.com

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 10d

This timeline is an experiment, set up to determine whether there is any conceivable act of gun violence that the U.S. news cycle can't instantly metabolize and eliminate from public memory.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 10d

Link to article: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.

www.bloomberg.com

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 10d

Even when Bloomberg writes about Wu "coasting to re-election" with a "commanding mandate," her popularity is presented not as a success but a problem. The focus isn't on what she's achieved, it's on the CEOs who are sulky and fretful that they can't dictate terms to her, or buy votes for Josh Kraft.

Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's been pretty striking how the national media who anoint "rising stars" never seem to notice the intensely charismatic Michelle Wu, who focuses on progressive policy instead of "are we too woke" handwringing.

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 11d

This Onion article knew the deal.

theonion.com/girlfriend-t...

Girlfriend To Stay Underneath Blanket For Next 5 Months

PROVIDENCE, RI—Immediately after sitting down on the living room couch and covering herself in a large cotton blanket, area girlfriend Amanda Bettman, 28, announced her intentions Monday to remain in ...

theonion.com

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Larissa Kelly @larissakelly.bsky.social · 11d

It's hard to quantify, but Morning Edition has felt a lot less mealy-mouthed since the funding cuts went through.

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