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Nola Barrett

@nolabarrett.bsky.social

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Everyone's favorite aunt--you know, the cool one. she/her

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · Nov 24

Please be aware that if you want to add alt text, and you post a gif that already has alt text, there is a VERY GOOD chance that the alt text in question is crap and you should just swoop in there to replace it. Literally any kind of description will almost certainly be better than what's in there

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 1h

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 8h

All the dishes are back--
No room
In the cupboards

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 9h

Oof. I remember this, it was very much not good

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 10h

Why, yes, i *am* extremely audacious, just ask her 🤣

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 10h

@nuclearanthro.bsky.social

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 11h

Excuse me, I would like to make the bed.
What do you mean?

A cream colored cat lies on her back on a bare mattress looking innocent and definitely not moving

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 12h

There was snot everywhere

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 12h

“Let me explain, Officer.”

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

The drives were clicking.

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 16h

A common failing in that man's followers, tbh

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 16h

I will miss these two, but I hope they get to go to their forever homes very soon, and I know that's a load off your shoulders!

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 17h

Ok, but fresh baked bread, tomato warm from the garden, mayo, salt & pepper--can't be beat

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 17h

We do an appetizer lunch on major holidays with dinner later in the evening--I think these would be great

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Eric Feltman @chefericfeltman.bsky.social · 2d

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Braised beef short ribs in citrus and exotic long pepper, offer deep richness balanced by bright aromatics. Inspired by Asian and French techniques, these bite-size indulgences turn comfort into artful luxury. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe

Click here for recipe

🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 18h

How we started, and how we are ending. (She’s off to cattery tomorrow)

Teeny tiny grey tabby on a sock sweater next to a cat plushie

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 17h

This is Pixie, right? Is Jimmie going, too?

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 17h

Madness, indeed! I'm thinking Christmas--

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 17h

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

The Nobel Peace Prize committee says they've awarded this year's honor to María Machado of Venezuela. But an AI video posted on the MAGA MOMS 4 LIBERTY Facebook page clearly shows that the prize was awarded to Donald Trump. For busy MAGA moms for liberty, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 1d

That sounds lovely 💙

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jade @goblinmode.com · 2d

and like why wouldn’t we complain??? they’re trying to kill us

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

And every chance an average person gets to exercise their resisting authoritarianism and community self-defense muscles is one more person who can go out there and inspire and teach other people how to do it too.

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 1d

The noise i just made

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

OnlyFlans

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Pretty much

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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