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Magpie Miller

@magpiemiller.bsky.social

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A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.

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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 19d

This transcript is concise, prescient, and amazing. Thanks so very, very much to @veronicadanie.bsky.social for sharing it. #BraveNewWorld #thetimeisnow #TheTimeIsNow #StayAwake #WakeUp #AldousHuxley #60Minutes

Veronica Danie @veronicadanie.bsky.social · 19d

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The Mike Wallace-Aldous Huxley Interview: A Chillingly Prediction of Today's World - Factkeepers.com

Nearly a century ago author Aldous Huxley foresaw a world of populations willing to live under dictatorships that utilized propaganda and mind altering drugs to keep people "happy." Sound familiar?

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[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 21h

And so this is Monday
And what have you done

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Ilene Goldman @ilenegold.bsky.social · 19h

Wishing joy, prosperity, and light for everyone this Diwali

A lit Diwali lamp next to the words “Happy Diwali to all who celebrate”

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 18h

If you’re interested in the Irish Soda bread recipe this is the one I’ve been making. It was recommended to me by my favourite Irish person. I don’t add any raisins to this at all.
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Grandma's Irish Soda Bread - Sally's Baking

This Irish soda bread recipe is my grandmother's and has been cherished in my family for years. You only need 7 ingredients and just 10 minutes of prep!

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 17h

Deer passing through set of the driveway alarm. The southern boundary of the farm is wilderness so we often have wildlife walking through.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 17h

Your horoscope for today:
Be like a zombie - lurch about slowly, and relentlessly focus on your own wants and needs.

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 17h

Ok, I have to pry myself away from my keyboard for a bit but I’ll be back later on.

A drawing of a full moon is covered with the words ‘And if today all you did was hold yourself together, I am proud of you’.

I know it’s hard, I’m here for you if I can help at all.

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Kimberley @theamazingkimmoth.bsky.social · 17h

My library lets me know how much I saved by using them vs if I bought the book. Pretty neat!

#booksky💙📚
#library

Midnight in Chernobyl receipt from library. States “congratulations! You saved $49.00 today by using Pender county Library!”

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 16h

10/20/1847 — Elizabeth Blackwell’s application to medical school is accepted after previously being denied admission to 29 medical schools. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States + the first woman on the U.K. Medical Register #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed

U.S. 18¢ postal stamp of Elizabeth Blackwell

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CelticStoic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 15h

#MelvilleMonday

"This same captain of the Styx, who was such a heartless, domineering tyrant at sea, may be quite a different character ashore. […] The god Janus never had two more decidedly different faces than your sea-captain."

- Melville (book review, The Literary World, 1847)

Excerpt from Melville's review, in The Literary World magazine (March 6, 1847), of "Sailors' Life and Sailors' Yarns" by Captain Ringbolt (John Codman). New York: C. S. Francis & Co. 1847. [Source: Melvilliana]

🎨From "Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended, a Brief History of the Whale Fishery; its Past and Present Condition" by J. Ross Browne. Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood. Harper & Brothers: 1846.
[Source: Melvilliana]

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 15h

It's ok to listen to the little voice in your head.
The one telling you to slow down.
The one telling you to follow witch-lights through misty woodlands to the court of the ancient forest gods, draped in moss and gloom.

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Kimberley @theamazingkimmoth.bsky.social · 15h

I was told to read this one. I’m glad I listened to the suggestion. Slow paced, but worth every word.

#dracula
#booksky💙📚
#halloween

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Ilene Goldman @ilenegold.bsky.social · 14h

This breaks my heart. 💔

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 15h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Veronica Danie @veronicadanie.bsky.social · 13h

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Kimberley @theamazingkimmoth.bsky.social · 13h

I love a black cat. Best good luck charm around

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Jaghoul 🎃 @jagodesu.bsky.social · 13h

She's about to fly away. 🐈

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 12h

Had a cracking discussion about onions on Bluesky

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Carol From Colorado @carolcook75.bsky.social · Jun 14

#ObamaAppreciationDay

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Tracyrayauthor @tracyrayauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I am so excited to have my first book published, "13 Short Horror Stories for Bedtime". Thank you for all of your support! Please give this post a share and review!
Amazon
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Barnes and Noble
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Enjoy the spooky season!

#tracyrayauthor #horrorfam

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Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 3d

Well this is the lastest, but I think we could do better than this I would love to see it in the 20 s so keep it coming keep the Truth flowing out there 👊🏻💙

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Jax @jaxjava.bsky.social · 3d

This is Ghost. Ghost is the neighbor's Great Dane. I decided to roast a chicken in the air fryer, far too stinky to cook inside the tiny house. Ghost ran 5 acres just to tell me that my dinner smells delicious. Better Ghost than a bear or cougar. Off grid generator cooking. #PNW #tinyhouselife

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 3d

I’m wondering…is it possible to make any kind of a jam without using pectin?

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J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 3d

Stop doomscrolling. Look at these baby hawks FREAKING OUT at the sight of a MONSTROUS, TERRIFYING… butterfly. 🦋

“MOM! MAKE IT GO AWAY!”

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From the NatureIsFuckingCute community on Reddit: Baby hawks frightened of butterfly

Explore this post and more from the NatureIsFuckingCute community

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 3d

Something being digital, or virtual, or computational, does not make it AI.
🧪 🔭 🏺

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 3d

More Halloween costume ideas:
- beer fairy
- zamboni driver with dark secrets
- feral librarian
- someone fleeing a gothic manor in a fabulous gown
- shambling darkness

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Susan (NeonNurse) Crites @neonnurse.bsky.social · 3d

Using a GIF or vid, share your mood for the weekend! 🖤

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