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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 5h

i am sad because we did not do anything in the sukkah and that is why i went to the synagogue tonight.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 6h

I googled “patron saint of frogs” for a bit and then immediately abandoned the bit because I would so much rather actually talk about St. Ulphia the 8th century hermit who cursed her local frogs for keeping her up at night and making her sleep through church

Her hermitage was located in a marshy wetland, inhabited by frogs whose loud croaking kept her up all night. One day, she was so tired that she slept through when Domitius knocked at her door, and he, thinking she had already gone on ahead, left without her. Legend states that Ulphia placed the frogs in the area around her under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights.
A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphia were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again.
At the end of her life, she formed and directed a community of religious women at Amiens.
In iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 10h

This is an act of kindness but you need to understand that if this is you, telling people about it a week after the fact is likely to put those people right back into danger, and yourself.

You may never be able to safely tell anyone. For decades, if ever.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11h

ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 9h

i would be doomed no matter what, i really like tomato on my lox and bagel.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h

Ok there were two right answers:

S-Tier guaranteed NYC electoral win: Plain or everything bagel with lox, cream cheese, onions, and capers.

Runner up but also accepted: Bacon, egg, and cheese on an everything or plain bagel. (must list bacon, egg, and cheese in the correct order)

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 10h

So what was the right answer?

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 10h

occult appropriation is so hard to battle because it's "historical."

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EZRA 🗝 ROSE @sheydgarden.bsky.social · 10h

finally saw Nosferatu (2024) last night & my absolute favorite thing about it was the props, specifically the occult papers & books which did EVERYTHING i've been asking for from horror movies for so long - period-accurate styling of the paper, ink & drawing/writing, AND zero Hebrew 🙏⚰️🖤

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 10h

i was just talking to a project manager at the co-working space about how we don't use ai, and generally it's because it's faster not to and gets better results.

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The Big Bad Wolf @tbbw1.bsky.social · 10h

"When you strike The Frog with pepper balls, it [splits into a swarm of frogs or calls up all the other frogs in the land]."

There's some debate over the text. 🤣🐺

The Portland frog standing defiant against tyranny.

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 10h

i went when i was a teen and had a great time. have fun!

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 11h

i realized while stimming that maybe i shouldn't be enthusiastically singing shalom aleichem while antagonizing my cat.

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 11h

mazel tov!

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 16h

What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23h

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

that's the best reason to go. ^.^

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

i would give you a hug if i was there and you wanted one. you make the world easier to bear..

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

i have considered buying salmon roe so i can make these at home.

wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

really pretty though.

two bagels with cream cheese, radish, avocado, salmon roe, and herbs with a side of pickles on a metal tray.

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

really pretty though.

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

that's okay the best bagels i've had were in new orleans, it would be all over before the campaign even started 😂😂😂

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

i have no idea how it would be with frozen roe!

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

dill cream cheese, salmon roe, avocado, radish

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wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 12h

when you talk to people who aren't chronically online about this, the correct messaging is, "this is so weird. can you believe someone in power keeps spouting off nonsense like this? it's past time to get some level headed people in the room."

George Pearkes @peark.es · 18h

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 13h

If you've been curious about When the Earth Was Green, you can read a sample over at Smithsonian. It's about an unlucky bug caught in goop and how oozing trees helped make the fossil record.

How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil

A bug, a dinosaur and a tree intersect, creating the perfect conditions for resin to capture a moment in time

www.smithsonianmag.com

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