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Birdie, a Blessed Bauble
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Ridiculous feminist bluestocking crafter. BLM, ACAB, LGBTQIA+ fren. That ♿ chick. Nerd. Early 50's (I guess!), cishet single in SC. Dev Editor for manuscripts/dissertations. Mouth w/ no 🛑. AuDHD and PDA friendly. [email protected] for 📔 queries
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Birdie, a Blessed Bauble @srslymagenta.bsky.social · Jun 21
For all my extra gifted 80's and 90's kids who are discovering they are tired, burned-out adults:
Ordinary My love, what if you were not Nietzsche and I was not Gloria Steinem. And I was not Ruth Bader Ginsberg, or Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and you were not Isaac Newton, or Einstein, or Hegel, and we lived Ordinary lives, here and there, foraging for mushrooms in the swamps and children's minds and sometimes find ing chickory root for inflammation, poke for lymphatic tincture, honey for mead. What if sometimes you sang in the kitchen while making bone broth from chicken feet, and played happy snippets on the violin, and I periodically baked bread in a clean (ish) kitchen, sang Broadway, laughed, and sometimes, we held hands in the grocery, took kids to the Asian market, watched Netflix with our eyes closed, spooned in bed, and weren't the next Nobel Prize Winner, breakout academic Wunderkind, surprise New York Times Best-selling magical fairy child. What if we went wild: Mowed lawns. Got mail. Refused to live up to the potential somebody wrote on our report cards long ago, and instead utterly wasted our lives on loving and living and loving and refused to yield to the expectations that anything less fiscally responsible is imprudent. What if what we saved did not end up being millions, my sweet, but our own souls? And all along there will be enough for the movies sometimes, enough for croissants and soft pretzels, and enough to sit and do the crossword and kiss you goodnight. What if instead of being memorable, we make memories, responsible to not the whole world but our world. And what if it is ordinary, and we are inordinately enough. Heather Harris-Bergevin Ordinary My love, what if you were not Nietzsche and I was not Gloria Steinem. And I was not Ruth Bader Ginsberg, or Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and you were not Isaac Newton, or Einstein, or Hegel, and we lived Ordinary lives, here and there, foraging for mushrooms in the swamps and children's minds and sometimes find ing chickory root for inflammation, poke for lymphatic tincture, honey for mead. What if sometimes you sang in the kitchen while making bone broth from chicken feet, and played happy snippets on the violin, and I periodically baked bread in a clean (ish) kitchen, sang Broadway, laughed, and sometimes, we held hands in the grocery, took kids to the Asian market, watched Netflix with our eyes closed, spooned in bed, and weren't the next Nobel Prize Winner, breakout academic Wunderkind, surprise New York Times Best-selling magical fairy child. What if we went wild: Mowed lawns. Got mail. Refused to live up to the potential somebody wrote on our report cards long ago, and instead utterly wasted our lives on loving and living and loving and refused to yield to the expectations that anything less fiscally responsible is imprudent. What if what we saved did not end up being millions, my sweet, but our own souls? And all along there will be enough for the movies sometimes, enough for croissants and soft pretzels, and enough to sit and do the crossword and kiss you goodnight. What if instead of being memorable, we make memories, responsible to not the whole world but our world. And what if it is ordinary, and we are inordinately enough. Heather Harris-Bergevin
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Huh

If you answer a spam call in monotone as if you're a robot,
they'll hang up before you do.
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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jodywagner.bsky.social
Happy Caturday. 😁
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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catbus.phd
you had to be bulletproof to survive the 70s
a crazy ass metal jungle gym/slide that's about 20 feet tall and seems purpose built to cause injury but for full authenticity it should be sited on concrete or asphalt, not grass
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Can Profanity Accountant tell me how *well* I swear, though? “You have deployed the word ‘fuck’ 274 times this month, but only 192 uses were effective. The rest were gratuitous.” If not, it’s no cocking use to me
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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claynobles.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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catbus.phd
LOGGING ON
Godzilla in the fog crushing a fishing trawler in his jaws
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
As I stared at the wish-it-was-AI-but-know-it’s-actually-him social media Thanksgiving assault against diverse humanity and proper grammar, I couldn’t help but think about his supporters...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/are-trump-...
Are Trump Supporters Capable of Loving Anyone?
On Thanksgiving, Donald Trump served up a rambling, sarcastic, wildly incoherent social media word salad of grievance aimed at immigrants, foreigners, Democrats, and pretty much the idea of America as...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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abstractica.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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stancarey.bsky.social
from Woman's Way, 1970 #cheese #manfood
Black and white ad from Woman's Way magazine in 1970. It has a big photo captioned "Win a Man!" with six men smiling at the camera, looking relaxed. They're all white, different clothing styles, and different ages, maybe 20s to 50s. A smaller photo below shows a woman in 1970s fashionable dress serving a suited man a plate of cheese; his hands are raised in delight. Text reads: "No, this is not a competition. It's a gentle hint. Cheese makes a man feel great. So use a little cunning. Serve a man cheese. And win his heart." A slogan reads, "Cheese is manfood!" with a graphic of a cylindrical chunk of cheese with a slice removed.
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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abstractica.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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juunipupu.bsky.social
Back to my bs with rambling about my own drawings☝️
Who is the ‘knight’? The metal encasing or the man inside? Who is responsible and who is in control? Personally, I’m fascinated by knight romanticism for two reasons: the visualization of knights in stories and art and the more factual aspects of knighthood. The former usually telling us about modern anxieties and conceptualization of this pinnacle in almost romantic masculinity and latter about…well, history. I’ve always seen Wreg as a man of both of these worlds. He romanticizes knights himself – he easily falls in love with fellow knights and hopes to hold knighthood to high standard but ultimately leaves his title and life behind in face of what being one means. While ‘Knight and Dream’ was on paper a master study, the thought behind the piece was very much of Wreg’s romantic aspects of Knighthood, and it was always meant to go hand in hand with this piece. Armor: The armour clambering on Wreg’s shoulders is his own. Be it the weight of responsibility, expectations, or past – the weight is heavy burden to carry, especially as it tries to take control in an eternal struggle between man and an ideal. (There’re especially interesting papers on medieval masculinity and the idea of a struggle between body and mind that I relate to Wreg’s character a lot especially as a knight) Banner: The banner depicts not only Wreg’s own insignia of a growling wolf, but also his family line’s heraldry, and the extensive families as well. While he presents himself as a knight, in and out of armour, he also represents his immediate, extensive family, and ultimately whole lineage with his actions. (His family line wears a wolf with red-tipped tail, while other known lines include purple and golden tail. I also love how banners with both fringe and schwenkel look like so..that’s what they have now.) Sword: While there’s clear divide between the man and armour, they still share the same body and same decisions. Wreg is a man burdened by myriad of things, and yet he is an active player in his own story. He ultimately holds the sword and has the final decision to give in or make his own path. The sword is sharp enough and as if to test its blade Wreg has cut his other palm.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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wokestudies.bsky.social
Orobonis Piscis effigies.
Ulisse Aldrovandi, History of Monsters, (Monstrorum Historia) 1642 (woodcut)
#teratology
mythical scaly sea monster
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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reki.gay
do this for me
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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irish-seanchai.bsky.social
Politicians should be downgraded, not nurses! Seriously, this is Trump’s “WAR ON WOMEN” in plain sight!

youtu.be/G9Fssx-4U3g?...
The REAL Reason Nursing Got Downgraded (No One Will Say This)
YouTube video by Nyesha Nicole
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
Used some Morris and co images as reference (as well as my normal influence of beardsley and Harry Clarke) to do this mari
A mari playing a harp
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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colleen3rdspace.bsky.social
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50501movement.bsky.social 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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georgewachsmuth.bsky.social
An earworm from way back…
Hanson - MMMBop (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by HansonVEVO
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
srslymagenta.bsky.social
One of my best friends just texted me in the middle of the night, terrified about the DHS post on X about Repatriation.

His wife is from Indonesia. Here legally. Married more than a decade. Good folks, hard workers, funny and smart.

Nobody should have to deal with this fear. Ever.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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scientificdiscovery.dev
Got a long drive coming up?

Why not listen to our recent 2-hour episode about how to invent a vaccine, why it took 90 years after Jenner's discovery to make the 2nd vaccine, and how we owe the measles vaccine to a chance career change.

Plus: scientific rivalries, live demos, and secret notebooks.
scientificdiscovery.dev Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 2d
Imagine you lived in the 18th century.

Smallpox kills 1 in 3 cases. Yet you can’t culture pathogens, don’t know germ theory, and have no idea what a virus is. How would you invent a vaccine?

In a new episode of HARD DRUGS, we trace the history of vaccines!
The history of vaccines
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November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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abstractica.bsky.social
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sometimes it is about 'deep talks' but that's for more intimate situations with close friends

the rest is fairly accurate for public and more casual scenarios
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November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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abstractica.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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georgewachsmuth.bsky.social
Here’s one we have all heard before…
a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [4K]
YouTube video by a-ha
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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abstractica.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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financialtimes.com
The lovelorn bards of London on.ft.com/4pElCkS | opinion
The lovelorn bards of London
Self-help musings are all over the city’s streets — is this a sign that social media is leaking into the real world?
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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michaelgflood.bsky.social
No, Women Aren’t the Problem
America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture. (A response to Andrews’ essay, ‘The Great Feminization’)
By Sophie Gilbert
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
No, Women Aren’t the Problem
America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM