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Felicia

@sweetvireo.bsky.social

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Marylander. Temporary Austinite. Former paleontologist. Current Protein Biochemist. I take pictures and crochet/knit when I can.

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Felicia @sweetvireo.bsky.social · Jan 31

I created an account for my #knitting and #crochet patterns and content. Follow me at @sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social.

The account you are reading this from is my main account. I will be political here. I won't be political there. Feel free to follow both or just one.

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conure 🐦 @conure.cc · 4d

the cost of denying another's humanity is paid with one's own

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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narceducator.bsky.social @narceducator.bsky.social · 6d

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 6d

A sane country would begin impeachment proceedings ASAP. Or yesterday. Or not have reelected him. Or not have elected him at all in the first place.

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Felicia @sweetvireo.bsky.social · 8d

I see these other women who are so much more pretty than me and I think if they can't find someone, then I have no prospects.

Felicia @sweetvireo.bsky.social · 8d

Ugh. Anxiety is high tonight. I keep thinking about interactions I had at work today. Got into a reel hole on insta, got almost nothing but "I'm single and frustrated" reels (which is completely me but seeing others like that doesn't make me feel any better, it just makes me feel sad.

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 9d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 10d

My first point is what, followed by the, and in conclusion, fuck

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 12d

A year ago, both Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly and his top military advisor Mark Milley warned America that Trump was a “fascist.”

As Milley said:

“He is the most dangerous person ever…he's a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country.”

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 13d

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

OPB @opb.org · 13d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

www.opb.org

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14d

The government is shut down. For those just tuning in, here’s what happened:

1) We said we needed to help Americans pay their health insurance bills.

2) Republicans hated the idea and stonewalled us.

3) They shut down the government (which they control all chambers of) without negotiating.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

Every accusation ....

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18d

While Stephen Miller claims that Democrats calling him a fascist constitutes incitement, there are hundreds of examples of Miller publicly calling Democrats fascists.

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sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social @sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social · 18d

Went to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest today. I’m not comfortable filming vendor booths, so animals instead 🐰🦙🐐 And my haul at the end. #knitsky #yarn

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sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social @sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social · 23d

They are live on #Ravelry! "Pumpkins and Cats" Cowl in #crochet and #knit. They feature yarn from @knitterkim.bsky.social, DK for the knit and sock for the crochet. So excited to have them done for Halloween! I also have matching mittens in crochet that were released last year. #knitsky

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 24d

Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️

archive.org/details/walt...

Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC (1947) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC

archive.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29d

This is why they’re deleting studies

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · Sep 15

The fact that Trump thinks it's plausible that the entire US population (or ~ 1/27 of the world population) died from drug use last year should completely disqualify him from the Presidency. The real number, per WHO is ~ 600k. His brain is mush.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 15

Reporter: The president of Venezuela called the strike on the boat illegal

Trump: What’s illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Sep 15

“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · Sep 14

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 15

Truth bomb‼️

This man should be the one speaking on college campuses…

“They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”

Watch

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Sep 8

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."

Really meant,

"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Sep 8

"There is a separation of white people and colored people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it."

- Albert Einstein, 1946

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sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social @sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social · Sep 2

They are live! Acorn and Oak, hat and cowl in #crochet and #knit, are on #Ravelry and LoveCrafts! I've been working on these patterns for over a year. It feels so good to have them finally released! #knitsky #knitting

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · Aug 29

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · Aug 28

“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal to CNN Portugal, yesterday.

Yeah, WE all know it, but it's nice to hear it from a European leader.

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