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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 15h

brain need many thing

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 15h

why can I not get today's hard-level Pips game WHY

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 15h

WHICH BOX, DAVE? WHICH BOX WILL I LEAVE BEHIND?!?

I still sometimes feel a little weird about having left a small box of fairly nice kitchen knives in the trash area of my building

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 15h

there are so many boxes. so. many. boxes.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 15h

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com talks about the worst time in every book lover's life: moving.

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There Comes a Time in Every Reader's Life When You Have to Move the Books - Reactor

A lot of books have come in and out of my front door. But now they all have to go out, because I’m moving.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 1d

oh, bless whoever made this

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 1d

does portland have problems? yes: homelessness, addiction, mental health. these are not problems you solve with force. these are problems you solve with (among other things) outreach, care, and, if we're being really honest, money. money that the right never wants to spend.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 1d

torn between the desire to laugh at how gullible this man is and to scream because once again this is all about creating a false reality in which everyone who disagrees with him is a dangerous terrorist, and every blue city must be invaded by his forces

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 1d

economy of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

wow I love living in the dystopia where citing sources is a left-wing bias

Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."

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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

it's a B-side to the "american english" single! the other track on that single is also outstanding - "these are just years"

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

it's what I use that song for: hitting myself with feelings bricks. sometimes on repeat, sometimes like ... once a year

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

lives in my heart at all times

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 2d

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

reality is this www.youtube.com/shorts/g0kt6...

'Frog' protester recounts being pepper-sprayed at protest outside Portland ICE facility

YouTube video by KATU News

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

can't seem to stop thinking about the way this man is determined to create a false reality—in our reality, ICE is actually doing things like pepper-spraying a person in a frog costume—because once he creates that false reality he can simply claim that all non-MAGAs are terrorists

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

I am absolutely not buying any books as I have like two weeks to pack all the ones I own, but just a little reminder that you can ignore that made-up money-eating holiday created by that grotesque retail giant and get free shipping from Bookshop for the next two days instead

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

bookshop.org

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 3d

I NEEDED SOME GOOD NEWS

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d

MOOMIN MOVIE INCOMING this is not a drill!!!!

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A Moomin Movie Is Coming From Steven Universe’s Rebecca Sugar - Reactor

In a just world there would be more Moomin movies than Marvel movies.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 3d

(apologies and gratitude to whichever genius originally posted this, this is the only version I have!)

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 3d

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

A shot of Taika Waititi in Our Flag Mean Death. He is leaning on the ship's wheel with a look on his face that is at once smug and panicked. The text above reads "Bothered. Dehydrated. Feral. In too many lanes. Distracted. Barely surviving. Unhinged."

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 4d

I'm not glad to see any of this happening, but I am glad to see people call it what it is

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4d

it's fascism.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 4d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 5d

oh my god no

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 5d

reading an article on a topic that quite interests me, I stumbled upon this bit:

"He took up running late in life"

oh, yeah? like in his 60s? later?

"in his early forties."

y'all. please stop acting like people in their 40s are nearly dead. thanks.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 9d

if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live

tilting oregon is a far portland suburb kind of

clackamas oregon and im being generous giving it the town and not the county

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 6d

what can I say. I like a bunch of large humans having epic personal awakenings.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 6d

If you like publishing gossip and science fiction shows (Halo notwithstanding), then @mollytempleton.com has some recommendations for your weekend:

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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Halo on Netflix, Because Some Sci-Fi Deserves a Second Chance - Reactor

Plus publishing secrets and paperback trains.

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