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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 21h

In honor of everything we're going through. Let's take a moment to remember #obama and his tan suit. The real scandal of the #whitehouse. #facepalm

Barack Obama tan suit controversy - Wikipedia

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 2d

By cord once torn, now gently tied,
By truth once lost, no more denied
Let hearts be clear, let harm release,
By root and flame, restore our peace.
Ashe to ash, and love increase.
#witchsky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 8d

By steady flame and ocean’s breath, I call the calm, I cast out death. Let sorrow ease and spirit mend, Let fractured heart begin to bend. By root and star, by bone and sea, I call back balance. So mote it be. #WitchSky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 10d

It's Coming Out Day! I'm a Safe Space and I'm Out... Obviously

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

You don’t owe anyone your silence or your suffering. You owe yourself a life that feels like truth.
So take up space. Take up joy. Take up you.
The rest of us are out here too, loud, messy, free. 🖤
#TransJoy #GenderEuphoria #transsky #QueerLove

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

Now go be the person you’ve always been trying to become. The world will catch up, or it won’t. But you’ll finally be free. 🌙
#TransPride #GenderEuphoria #transsky

Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

You tried to blend in, to keep everyone comfortable. But hiding isn’t noble. It’s just lonely. You don’t need permission. You need breath. You need courage. You need you.
#BeYourself #TransPower #transsky

Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t live small. Don’t live polite. Pull the lever. Jump the track. You’ve known who you are since before you had words for it, since preschool, probably.
#TransCourage #LiveOutLoud #transsky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

People are selfish, not evil, just tangled in their own stories. If you keep waiting for them to understand, you’ll end up cast as the extra in your own damn life.
#QueerVoices #TransVisibility #transsky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

Stop looking for a note from your parents, your friends, your lovers, your gods. No one’s going to hand you a hall pass that says, “Go ahead, be who you are.”
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #transsky #LGBTQ

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

If you wait for permission to be yourself, sweetheart, you’ll wait forever. No one alive can give you the right to exist as you. That right is already yours. It always was.
#TransJoy #QueerWisdom #transsky

Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 14d

Some of you are still waiting for permission to exist. To transition. To live out loud. To be.
Here’s a reminder from the heart of the queer cosmos:
No one’s coming to save you — but you. 💫
#TransPride #QueerWisdom #transsky #LGBTQ

Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 22d

Still here, still queer, still trans and thriving. #trans #pride #queer

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 28d

Shit... I've not been raptured. Looks like we're in the party group.
#rapture #translesbian

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · 29d

🌈 Pride Barometer:
Safe & Affirmed (full protections, dignity, thriving)
Guarded (fragile gains, uneven protections)
Eroding (rising hostility, legal rollbacks)
Severe (major rights stripped, violence common)
Crisis (persecution, survival at risk)
Where are we right now?
#PrideBarometer #LGTB

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Sep 15

Circle of breath and flame, roots deep in soil, waters whispering calm. Spirits gather, ancestors guide, balance held in hand and heart. Stones align, smoke lifts, voices weave the stillness. I stand at center, peace unfolds, the path is clear, the way is whole, the circle unbroken. #WitchSky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Sep 8

A1A and Sandy Beaches Right? #Florida

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Sep 8

By shadowed moon and crossing tide, where earth and sky and fate collide, I cast the veil, I guard the gate, let harm be turned, let fear abate, by ogham, ash, and sacred flame, Provide, renew, protect in name. So Mote It Be.

#WitchSky

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Sep 7

So you're saying there's a chance... #winning

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 21

Had to remove some of my #piercings because of migration... Letting it heal before I give it another go!

Piercings on my list:
#IndustrialChain
#NostrilChain
#Septum
#NapeDermal
Genital (Repiercing)

Share your thoughts and Experiences!

Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 20

Addition:

Wealth Realization Tax: Impose a 1–3% annual tax on net worth above $100M, closing the “buy, borrow, die” loophole. Loans against assets don’t reduce taxable wealth. Estimated revenue: ~$2–3T over 10 years.

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 20

Feeling lost in the woods lately? #Progressives need a plan! Here's mine. Start your own conversation. But, be proactive and not re-active. #Liberal #Plan

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 13

When you wake up in a Stanley Kubrick Film. But, it's not the one about sex...

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 12

#SpeakOut #SpeakUp

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Riley the Hermit @rileythehermit.bsky.social · Aug 10

#sober #family #pain

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