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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 6h

Make America Paris Again.

otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 7h

The astounding power of being yourself.

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 7h

“All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.” —Pratchett

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 7h

I got Galactic Funk the day it came out.

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 20h

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’

This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published

www.irishtimes.com

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 7h

This is how you spouse.

Claire, BOO Haver @progesteronipizza.bsky.social · 1d

FINALLY im able to share, i started a conspiracy with friends this year and we got Sherry a custom built guitar for her birthday (it's not quite done but almost!)

im so happy to be your wife babe, happy birthday, you deserve this

sherry with the guitar

what will she play?

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Heather Turiello @heatherturiello.bsky.social · 9h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile the White House just illegally laid off dozens of CDC researchers and scientists during the shutdown.

Tweet by Dan Pfeiffer: “Anti-vax in the streets, pro-vax in the sheets.”
Below is Kaitlan Collins’ tweet showing a photo of a White House medical memorandum dated October 10, 2025, stating that President Donald Trump received his flu shot and COVID booster at Walter Reed.

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t think he’s Catholic.

He’s evangelical, or was, Wheaton College’s most embarrassing son.

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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 14h

Peter Thiel strikes me as a guy who somehow drove himself mad trying to come up with little quips for cocktail parties. If you pay attention to his political statements, they are all oft-repeated anecdotes and observations where the payoff is that he's actually quite clever.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 13h

It's more bad-ass....? I'm trying, I'm really trying...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine that

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 14h

Agreed. And it’s time more women spoke into that galaxy’s stories. There’ve been great novelizations, but diversity of tone has been missing.

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 14h

Peace prizes reward actual labor, not Tourette’s-episode threats and saber-rattling.

This is what dedication looks like, Mr. Trump.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 14h

I send instructions to the Insurrection Committee through subliminal Fox News messages.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 1d

I admire journalists.

They can tell just by looking at them.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a “forager” or a “looter”?

Jenn Q. @jennqueen.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wild how words change depending on who’s affected.

When drugs hit Black communities, it was a “crack epidemic.”

When drugs hit white communities, it became a “health crisis.”

That’s what we call a dog whistle. The language changes when the skin color does.

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 2d

I like her …

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 1d

Marketing: "There's Well and then there's Hung Well."

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otterhat.bsky.social @otterhat.bsky.social · 1d

Shots fired.