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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 12m

I like that

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3h

🎃 October 15 🎃
Urban cowboy

Large tortoise wearing jorts and a tiny black cowboy hat

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 6d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 5h

Please join me in committing to donate to Platner every time this cabal of obsolete power misers sends a fundraising pitch for Mills.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 15h

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE

HE IS A WHITE WORKING CLASS MILITARY VET

with a stunningly sharp media package

They can’t update their website with a plan but they can kick the knees out fo somebody whose making waves form someone older than my momma !

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 7h

Do you like archaeology? Do you like horror? Do you like archaeological horror?* I have the book for you. Ten stories, £5.99 for the paperback or £1.49 for the ebook.

blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/

*different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase, featuring a black background and a circle with a pattern made up of brown trowels in the centre

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 9h

Huh.

“In fact, one way of looking at AI is that it’s main use is as a vehicle to give the fossil fuel industry one last reason to expand.”

Fascinating newsletter from @billmckibben.bsky.social

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 5h

I thought these two linked threads were pretty convincing:
bsky.app/profile/edbu...

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 21h

The unspoken meaning of regular "If this gets leaked we're cooked lololol" jokes is to remind everyone that they're in a position to coerce or destroy anyone who gets out of line.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 22h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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disaster-chaos- joy (mostly not on here atm) @joyfulcarla.bsky.social · 1d

yeah.

Your ancestors didn't sustain millennia of complex oral story traditions for you to call audiobooks cheating

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 17h

WHEW

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 17h

A raven with teeth digitally added. It is horrifying and great.

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 17h

I did the same!

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 17h

Okay, valid.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 19h

Economists at Goldman Sachs have released an analysis estimating that US consumers are shouldering up to 55% of the costs stemming from Trump’s tariffs, even though the president has repeatedly made false claims that the tariffs on imports exclusively tax foreigners.

Goldman Sachs: Consumers Are Carrying Largest Burden From Trump Tariffs

Up to 55 percent of the cost is being shifted onto consumers, according to a new analysis from the Wall Street bank.

buff.ly

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 19h

A bit of crucial life information:

fingers do not felt, so stabbing them with a felting needle does no good for anything

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 19h

Ooo, I like peanut buttet & walnuts

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 22h

Houston's Beer Can House: www.full.orangeshow.org/beer-can-house

The Beer Can House | Houston

Over 50,000 Beer Cans were used to create The Beer Can House, one of the most iconic landmarks in Houston.

www.full.orangeshow.org

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 22h

V!!! What a day!!

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 23h

It is a comfort to me, the way they never fail to eat their own and discard the bones.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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VirginiaMonster - ghost of owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 22h

no

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 1d

Today, the #Maldives became the first country in the world to achieve triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B: bit.ly/491cMs9

This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.