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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 9h

Friends, I snorted.
😆

Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 18h

Has anyone asked where the British Museum was during the Louvre heist?

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 13h

I have questions

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

A Trump nominee reportedly told a group of Republicans in a text chain that he has a "Nazi streak" and the MLK Jr holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell”

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 1d

My apologies, I misspoke. Upon further review, the Inspector Lynley mystery series has 22 books.

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Jennifer Clark @jclarkcrp.bsky.social · 1d

Dartmouth is out. ➡️ www.nhpr.org/2025-10-18/d...

Dartmouth rejects Trump’s compact, saying it won’t compromise its academic freedom

Dartmouth was one of nine colleges and universities asked to sign the White House’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The compact offered schools preferential access to federal fu...

www.nhpr.org

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 1d

An author I love enjoys a 24-book mystery series I'm struggling to get into.

I'm going to try the audiobook approach.

#AmReading
#Booksky

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 1d

Effing divine!
I love an all-day cooking project.

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 1d

What kind of soup?

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 2d

Do you know how this made my heart stop‽ Even the layout resembles their celeb obit.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Sir David Attenborough, the British documentarian and naturalist, became the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy on Friday at age 99. He beat the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...

David Attenborough sitting in front of a row of greenery and smiling slightly. A headline reads: "David Attenborough Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner at 99." Photo by Jane Barlow/Press Association, via Associated Press.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Richard III (act 4 scene 4) in Portland, Maine

An individual wearing a black cape and red veil poses with a hand painted canvas reading “Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end”. The sign is mounted on a dog stroller (the dog, not pictured here, was cute) and draped with the red cloth

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 2d

Proud constituent

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 2d

We the people stand for democracy! 🇺🇸#NoKings

Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 2d

When they call you paid actors, just remember they're constantly projectng.

They're still mad we found their Craigslist ads trying to hire people for his rally events.

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite old bits on this topic is from Eddie Izzard in the 90s. "And we pronounce it like 'herb' because there's a fu¢king H in it!"

Have to give that one to you

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 2d

I live in New England where we have a Peterborough (Vermont) and a Scarborough (Maine). It's "buhr-oh" for both -- like the five boroughs of NYC.

Am I correct that you pronounce it, "Peter-bruh"?

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Alison Marbury Snowe @amarburysnowe.bsky.social · 2d

University of Virginia declines to sign Trump administration’s higher-education proposal

It follows a flurry of rejections from four of the nine universities invited.

www.pilotonline.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 3d

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 3d

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3d

Twas the night before No Kings/ and all through the land/ signs appear in windows and carried in hands/ signs that were not on the street before/ they pass by in crosswalks and turn up on doors

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 4d

Between 1997 - 2005, it didn't matter in NJ or PA, either

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

@wbur.org and ProPublica found that as many as 47 states allow more time to charge rapes or similar assaults of adults than Massachusetts, where attempts to lengthen the statute of limitations have failed every session since 2011.

DNA Finally Tied a Man to Her Rape. It Didn’t Matter.

Seventeen years after Louise was raped, Boston police told her they had a DNA match for her alleged rapist. But under Massachusetts state law, the case would be almost impossible to prosecute.

www.propublica.org

Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 4d

Who's the "we" here?

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

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 4d

Am I enjoying House of Guinness on Netflix?
Yes.

Do I feel like the costume designer has the Fenians out there looking like the mascot for Notre Dame?
Also yes.

Rhyan E. Romaine @rhyanr.bsky.social · 4d

It's really fun hearing the late night guys pronouncing Adelita Grijalva's name.

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