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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 15h

A lot of us are on the same page about Diane's passing.

born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 16h

there is no god when Diane Keaton dies before Woody Allen does

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d

RIP

diane keaton in the final frame of the godfather

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 23h

Gene Hackman, Robert Redford and Diane Keaton all going in the same year. Absolute titans of '70s cinema

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 23h

David Lynch
Gene Hackman
Robert Redford
Diane Keaton
Michael Madsen
Val Kilmer
Graham Greene
Claudia Cardinale
And more….

This is a massive slice of cinema history right here. Can 2025 just fuck off already please?!

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 23h

That it's possible to be in a world where Woody Allen has outlived Diane Keaton??? My heart feels very sore indeed.

Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 23h

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

I've sung the praises of the delightful l2024 movie THELMA with June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, etc. Until today, I hadn't really listened to Nick Chuba's score. It makes me want to pull off a caper. Snatches of THE PINK PANTHER and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (a direct influence).

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Christ alive.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

The most bone-chilling fact I learned is that the last privacy law the US passed was in the 1980s!???

Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 3d

Check out the new Factually! episode with Cory Doctorow wherever you get podcasts: The Enshittification of Everything

» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN...

» YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc

The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 10/08/2025 · 1h 46m

podcasts.apple.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly? Great idea.

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 5d

I just laugh screamed! Hopefully, I didn't scare my neighbors.

Ketracel Black @ketracelblack.blacksky.app · 5d

He looks like Mindy Kalling's brother trying to get into a white fraternity

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 5d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 6d

Weaponized incompetence + paternalism is a hell of a look.

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 7d

It *really* cooks! The time just passes swiftly.

Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 9d

Hope is a discipline, an action. Jane Goodall passing away on a speaking tour is yet another example of this. I think we have tied "action" to the idea of a work product, i.e. something we can walk away from.

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 11d

May Jane's legacy continue to inspire conservation and inform the value of all life on this planet.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 12d

I think it's the easiest question to ask since we're obsessed with quarterly revenue. It gets the quickest hits online.

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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 12d

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth invited the entire military leadership of the U.S. to Quantico to demand treason.

They called our citizens “the enemy within” and promised to use American cities as “training grounds for warfare.”

This is how republics die.
www.mind-war.com/p/full-metal...

Full Metal Jackass: Trump and Hegseth Demand Treason

The “War Secretary” and the president of the United States declare war on America.

www.mind-war.com

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Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 12d

THE same day! What the hell are we doing???

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 12d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

Angela @redwhimsy.bsky.social · 12d

Hmm, I think if people are thinking Warner Bros gambled with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and have "failed," I think they're asking the wrong questions. I think anyone would be cleared-eyed that PTA doesn't do massive hits. Rather, I'd ask if they're hoping to just break even for cultural significance.

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