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Tracy @poppyphlox.bsky.social · 3m

OMG was my favorite book as a child I would stay at the illustrations for ages. Still one of my favorites if I am being honest.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 7m

The Woggle of Witches,
Adrienne Adams, 1971.

Illustration of woggle dancing with broomsticks in a forest, a little bat in flight around them.

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Tracy @poppyphlox.bsky.social · 29m

Ok time to start winding down for bed, so time to switch to sleepy tea, comfy pjs, and some comfort watching in bed. Might switch to reading but last time I did that a couple nights ago I accidentally stayed up reading until sunrise. Just want to get cozy and hopefully be ready to sleep soonish.

A pumpkin mug that is smiling and has a ghost treat basket, sitting on my bedside table.

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 2h

Behaviores Report: 100% goode

Orange and white cat flopped on a box, tired and worried and 100% good

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Faith ➡️ Lightbox Expo AA506 @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 2h

It is time to paint witches!! 🔮🌙

watercolor and ink painting- a witch stands facing the viewer. She is wearing an outfit based on traditional Scandinavian dress, save the witch hat of course. She holds a staff in her hands that has a sleeping moon on it and a long red banner. She stands, a vignette, in front of an archway made of entangled trees.

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Waltjan @waltjan9.bsky.social · 13h

Here lies the poet

A painting of a cemetery in the morning, brigt light in the distance, in the foreground flowers are growing near to a pour.
Some characters silhouettes can be seen here and there.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 3h

Mr. Dapper is either in on it or the thieves don’t have a chance escaping his superior investigation skills, there is no in-between.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 8h

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 8h

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2h

AFP’s Bashar Taleb photographs members of the press in mourning after a reported Israeli strike hit a house used by journalists in Al-Zawayda city near Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on October 19, 2025.

At least two people, including a journalist, were reportedly killed

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 5h

Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE

Original photo from post showing a well dressed man with a blazer, hat and umbrella standing next to police. I have helpfully circled the man on the photo and drawn arrows pointing at him to help law enforcement

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 5h

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 3h

Reading Rainbow update - the third episode is out!

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 5h

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 4h

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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Tracy @poppyphlox.bsky.social · 4h

Bins are out to the curb, just ordered some pizza for dinner, little man is happily playing with his toys, and I have a nice warm mug of tea, yup the perfect fall Sunday night. Hopefully by next month someone will be housebroken enough to sit in the living room with a fire.

A cute ghost mug that is smiling with a bow tie and a pumpkin bucket

Panda, black and white puppy, going full chaos monster with his cow toy.

A cute black and white puppy looking up at the camera from the floor with all his toys.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6h

Gentle reminder that should a general strike happen, it’s crucial to plan and establish robust networks of community care.

There will be people, especially within the disability community, who can’t participate.

Who have needs that must be met.

Let’s make sure we figure out how to include them!

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Tracy @poppyphlox.bsky.social · 6h

Holy hail!!! Well that was startling! Little man liked the piece that bounced inside, but was apooked my the sound.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 7h

🎶sheeeee's comin out so you better get this pawty started🎶

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 14h

Floral Kitty Trio - Botanimal Pet Portrait 2024
[ #art #illustration #botanimals ]

A digital illustration of three cats relaxing in a green and grassy place. The cats are cuddling together and they have orange and white flowers sprouting from their bodies. The left cat is a brown tabby, the middle cat is a black cat and the right most cat is a long haired orange tabby.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 7h

One of those stories that merits the reply “who’s your second guess?”

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

Jesus Christ man

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 16h

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Color of Seattle @colorofseattle.bsky.social · 7h

The color of the sky in Seattle is cool grey #8d97af

2025-10-19 15:55:00 #8d97af cool grey | [#8d97af - 62%] [#6d7b9f - 10%] [#686d7c - 9%] [#a4a39b - 8%] [#d1d7e3 - 4%] [#edece3 - 4%] [#706f6c - 1%] [#6c6a6c - 1%] [#b2bdd2 - 1%]

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h

rules about nighttime “quiet hours” where like it’s considered an offense to disturb people by being loud after 10 pm or whatever should extend through 10 am, and they only don’t because our society thinks anyone still in bed at 7:15 is a morally weak person

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9h

REPORT: ISRAEL BREAKS CEASEFIRE

BBC reporting an Israeli tank shell hit a bus carrying the Shaaban family in northern Gaza on October 17, killing 11 people—all from the same family. They were returning home to see what was left. The genocide of Palestinians continues.

Where is the accountability?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

I keep seeing ads for Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on 60 Minutes tonight to discuss the "peace deal." Wonder if they'll update it with the news today that the ceasefire has been broken? "We taped this interview before the entire deal fell apart, but here it is anyhow..."

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 9h

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 and VP Vance

"A 155-millimeter shell fired during a live-fire demonstration on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of VP JD Vance’s protective detail."

Gift!

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

Aid to Gaza is “temporarily halted” as the ceasefire is paused.

It lasted less than a week.

These folks need food. They need medicine. They need supplies.

Trump always takes the win, few details are provided as to how things will be enforced, and then when this happens he says nothing.

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