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Thea Nishimori

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Reader, writer, editor, dog mom. 🏳️‍🌈 Favorite authors: Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Fyodor Dostoevsky, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, L.L. Stephens, Madeleine L'Engle, Nicholas Stuart Gray, Lloyd Alexander, Garth Nix, Dorothy Gilman, Kim Fielding, etc.

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · Jan 26

This is such a great book series, I wish more people would read it so there would be a bigger fanbase to talk about it with! 📚💙

Dorilian Sordaneon is a Highborn Prince, which means his life is sacred, but there are still many who would try to kill, capture, or control him.
#PoliticalFantasy

A lone male figure stands on the ledge of a tall, gothic-style building, looking into the distance at a cathedral-like structure with a large circle lit by a flash of light. The circle looks to be a gear of some sort and is strangely smooth and futuristic in comparison to the buildings. There are birds flying in the mid-distance and the mood is of impending events of momentous consequence.
The title is "Sordaneon" by L. L. Stephens and it is Book 1 of The Triempery Revelations. In the upper right corner is a small tagline that reads, "Secrets sheathe swords."

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 7h

Rats often flee ships & buildings moments before disaster. Their acute sensitivity to vibration, heat, & pressure let them detect danger long before they risk becoming trapped. The pattern is so consistent, the Navy entered it in maritime logs as empirical warning, not myth.

Watch the rats 👀

Laura Loomer Rages at
Trump Admin Move: 'I'm Not Voting in 2026!'
PUBLISHED OCT 11, 2025 AT 10:50 AM EDT
News Article ©
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Ramps Up Attacks on
Republicans
PUBLISHED OCT 04, 2025 AT 02:00 PM EDT
News Article
Joe Rogan Tears into Trump's Immigration Crackdown: 'Horrific
PUBLISHED OCT 10, 2025 AT 03:39 AM

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 5h

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 13h

#AbolishICE #ICEisGestapo

Tammy C @tammyfc.bsky.social · 14h

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Terumbu @terumbudivers.com · 13h

On a coral reef
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #fish #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #reef #coral

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol & ICE operating under Trump regime directives have repeatedly attacked and detained US citizens violating their civil rights and human rights. Regime agents have also been caught falsifying reports, destroying evidence to cover up their actions. #3E 🧵

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nice recap

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 1d

Protecting child rapists
Not raped children

Enriching billionaires
Starving children

Invading US cities
Not paying the military

Crashing the vaccine system
But getting vaccinated

They operate at a level of hypocrisy & immorality that shocks the conscience.

Please protest on 10/18
#NoKings

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 1d

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · Aug 14

SUBPOENA PAM BONDI
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 2d

The #AntiFascistFrog speaks!

"So I'm out here protesting in a frog costume to, especially in a Frog costume, just to show how ridiculous the notion that we are violent terrorists is. It's just to showcase how that narrative is wrong."

#Portland #Antifa #Frog

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 2d

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 4d

#ImpeachTrump #FightFascism #DefendTheConstitution

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Terumbu @terumbudivers.com · 4d

Sunrise
#Rinjani #Sunrise #Lombok #gili #marinelife #diving #scuba #volcano #ocean

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 4d

#PlenaryAuthority
He meant what he said.
#ImpeachTrump

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 5d

#ImpeachTrump

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Just some light reading for today... www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...

@citizensforethics.org

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Ralph E @rowdydog.bsky.social · 5d

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Thea Nishimori @theanishimori.bsky.social · 5d

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

Think about this: at nearly the same time, Pam Bondi was refusing to answer whether the FBI had images of Trump and young girls obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s safe, and Mike Johnson was refusing to answer when he would swear in Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th vote for the Epstein petition.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

“Why are you saying some federal workers shouldn’t get back pay?”

TRUMP: “You’ll have to figure that out. Ask the Dems.”🤔

@RepDonBeyer: “Federal employees are guaranteed back pay without exception by law” 👇🏽

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 6d

Jesus: Love your neighbors
GOP: It's fine to zip-tie babies

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