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Aves Maria

@avesmaria.bsky.social

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Interests: Public lands and resource management, birds, communism, games, and books. Pronouns: he/him “Eyes need us to see, hearts need us to bleed”

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sometimes what I do for work is extremely cool

Rufous hummingbird chilling in an open hand, surveying its kingdom of bird guides, data sheets, and sliced peaches

View of a snowy, rocky mountain with pines in the center-right foreground, and an expanse of tree-covered hills and mountains stretch out into the background to the left.

Two hands, in bander’s grip, holding a song sparrow and Wilson’s warbler

Picture taken at dusk, with flash focusing on the underside of the canopy of a pine tree, with a barred owl perched high up and looking down at the camera

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 17h

You really don’t need to quibble over the term used for Reagan and co intentionally killing vulnerable minorities. It’s really not the important part of them being gleeful mass murderers.

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 22h

Dallas is the Habsburg capital of Texas and no I won’t explain

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 22h

as a fellow furloughed fed

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

[cultural Catholicism glowing] yes

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

One Battle After Another was very good. Also they did “the thing” (said the name of the movie within the first five minutes) and for that alone I will always love it. Pure cinema.

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

excited for the Rachel News Network. we’re gonna do the fucking news!

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

what do you mean “Only I can drive through groups of protestors, citizen” isn’t inspirational?

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

I had a feeling when I heard the lady’s voice. Sounds more like a crazy grandma than an ICE agent

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

“I’ll contribute, enthusiastically!”

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 23h

every time you read a story about how no-strings-attached direct payments to vulnerable, marginalized or otherwise needy people are a big net profit to the society disbursing them, and you ask "why doesn't america do that?", please know that this is the answer why

mac from always sunny saying "but who versus? who are we doing it versus?" because he cannot understand a plan that does not have a victim

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

Believing in things is autism, apparently

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 23h

lol I somehow missed this bit of bush lore, thank you

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 22d

Flat illustration from 2022 of owls perched on a branch at night against a dark blue sky. The owls decrease in size as they get close stacked in front, while also growing bright orange. The effect resembles a flame. The owls, back to front (large to small) are Great Gray, Great Horned, Long-eared, Screech, and Saw-whet.

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

Idk who the latter person is but yes, there were certain calcifying events for the right wing in this country but what you’re describing here seems diametrically opposed to Will’s reading of the situation bc what you’re saying can be established as closely linked events precipitating the present

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

That message was delivered from a place that was only notable for having been the site of the brutal murders of civil rights activists. It was a sham, and Reagan’s love for people like Pat Buchanan and Lee Atwater proved it so.

It was always leading here.

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

thank you for this, I am now blocking off time to watch Hard Boiled bc goddamn what a great film

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

not right wing, not left wing, but some third… positioned… wing?

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

the only thing not “controlled by the Jews” for a Ford vegetarian is a grass lawn so it’s the only safe thing to eat, naturally

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

Silicon Valley was a mistake

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

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Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

also let’s not forget, Reagan as governor passed gun control to disarm the Panthers! He literally did the Nazi thing of disarming his opponents!

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

so what you’re saying is that they attempted the same things (or similar) but were constrained in their ability to govern? I somehow fail to see how this makes Trump a departure from Reagan et al as opposed to the drooling, angry, inbred child of Reaganism

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

uh but do you have a specific book to read about this event that is easily accessible public knowledge, my good sir

Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

yeah that’s what I thought, you’re useless

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Aves Maria @avesmaria.bsky.social · 1d

This I agree with! It is an extremely winnable fight because fascists are clowns first and foremost! I just think we need to recognize that this isn’t a massive departure from what has been the Republican Id since the 1960s

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