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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis)

@roanna.bsky.social

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Comedy novelist/gossip columnist for imaginary people. Was once called the Dorothy Parker of Austin, TX. They might have been drunk. She/Her but not H.E.R (sadly). Member of Armadillo Authors Society. Learn more at https://www.armadilloauthorssociety.com/

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · Jan 13

I am the personification of Myrna Loy's side-eye while making a martini.

B/W still image of Myrna Loy shaking a cocktail shaker in "Shadow of The Thin Man." She is giving the hint of side-eye. He hair is pulled up in the front and made into two subtle victory curls, the rest hanging loose and curly in the back. She is wearing a white lace gown. There are martini glasses in front of her.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 39m

If you are buying silly costumes and whistles to help stop our country from sliding into fascism: congratulations on doing more than our elected Democratic congresspeople!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 44m

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 5h

It’s very funny to see him say this about Ozymandias, maybe the only character in Watchmen who can’t be correctly described as an antihero

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 3h

“Publisher didn’t register copyright”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 11h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 12h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 3h

I was a Paramount Plus subscriber for Star Trek and Serie A. I cancelled. I am done with Sunday Morning and CBS.

We have to support the media we want to see and that includes not rewarding harmful content.

Tracy L Cooper @tracyc.bsky.social · 3h

I'm just now watching. I have watched from the beginning.
I hate to lose it, but I must.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 19h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3h

Beat, assault, and kidnap people who they viewed as making life harder for them (immigrants, uppity intellectuals, and minorities in general) then you can't just flip that switch off and go back to normal with another administration.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3h

Somebody else pointed this out but we may be letting a genie out of a bottle that we can't put back in via mass ice recruiting. Once you start giving large numbers of ignorant, working class racists, who were previously unable to hack it as a Waffle House cook, large sums of money & the right to

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · 19h

It's 6:07pm and OU still sucks!

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · 23h

“Teeth like neglected gravestones”
Just… 👀👀👀
This is so good.

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 23h

Granny would grin, teeth like neglected gravestones, activating all her laugh lines. “Don’t get old, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

So begins Wen Wen Yang's story, "Granny's Spider," which goes places very quickly.

Granny’s Spider - Small Wonders

Granny would grin, teeth like neglected gravestones, activating all her laugh lines. “Don’t get old, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

smallwondersmag.com

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 23h

"We can't afford to shop at any store that has a philosophy." - Marge Simpson 😂

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 23h

In person, she was a gem. RIP variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · 23h

Well, this fucking sucks. What a damn queen.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you, friend!

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 2d

pls read @davidjroth.bsky.social's review it is SO good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flaminghydra.com/issue-416/

Struggle cinema

David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'

flaminghydra.com

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · 1d

Took a big swing at a prize submission this morning. At least I have a good excerpt of the novel to use as a longer short story submission now, if nothing else. #silverlinings

I don’t expect to win but, man, it would be great to be on the short list. #writingcommunity

a man with curly hair is smiling and saying believe in your dreams

Alt: Andy Samberg with curly hair is smiling and saying believe in your dreams

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Humble_One @humbleone.bsky.social · 1d

I think the curiosity was never there which is why so many people are eager to use it.

Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 1d

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social · 1d

NY Giants' new running back. #NFL

(You see it, don't you.)

a man is saying `` let 's do it ! ''

Alt: John Belushi shouting Let's do it! From Animal House.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 2d

"Actors who have taken million-dollar paychecks to attend the Red Sea film festival include Will Smith and Johnny Depp."

All these famous people taking the soup from Saudi Arabia are showing themselves to be truly the Most Awful People.

SmidgenDublin @smidgendublin.bsky.social · 2d

#NOTALWAYSGOODNEWS #riyaghcomedyfestival Excellent article by @ladyhaja.bsky.social 👏👏👏 #speirgorm www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy ...

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Kelly @sarahkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Remember that you are dealing with people who get hundreds of emails a day, most of them totally irrelevant. And a lot of these people will be monitoring multiple inboxes, too. And everyone below a certain layer of management is doing what used to be the jobs of two or three people.

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 2d

Franco Delfino - Fomite [Italy, library, lounge] (unknown)
https://redd.it/lw19hq
https://youtu.be/QvR1A6BIdeU

Franco Delfino - Fomite [Italy, library, lounge] (unknown)

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to the new animated series Frog & Chicken, about two lil inflatable buddies just running around Portland shaking their stuff at bullies.