Carol
@caroloftheisle.bsky.social
On the run from boredom
Absolutely no DMs, ya perverts
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Carol
@caroloftheisle.bsky.social
· Apr 5
What a difference ten months can make!! Our daughter graduates in two days and starts her new career in a different federal service 😎
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Well sung, Bruce.
@ruthnewby.bsky.social
Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis” | Pitchfork share.google/Y6fTChLO4OEo...
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Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis” | Pitchfork share.google/Y6fTChLO4OEo...
Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis”
“Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest/Then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead”
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January 28, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Well sung, Bruce.
@ruthnewby.bsky.social
Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis” | Pitchfork share.google/Y6fTChLO4OEo...
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Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis” | Pitchfork share.google/Y6fTChLO4OEo...
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
A happier moment from early Saturday morning #DogsOfBluesky
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A happier moment from early Saturday morning #DogsOfBluesky
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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"Pete Hegseth might consider adding another task to his many duties, one that would be of immense help to the nation and to the armed forces: He should shut up."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Pete Hegseth Should Sit This One Out
By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
"Pete Hegseth might consider adding another task to his many duties, one that would be of immense help to the nation and to the armed forces: He should shut up."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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in some ways, seeing the video is irrelevant, because having to say or parse who is at fault, even when obvious, moves us away from the larger criminality that *none of this should be happening in the first place*.
January 24, 2026 at 5:19 PM
in some ways, seeing the video is irrelevant, because having to say or parse who is at fault, even when obvious, moves us away from the larger criminality that *none of this should be happening in the first place*.
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If you missed the midday press conference, here it is
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: Minneapolis mayor, police speak following fatal shooting involving ICE
Preliminary reports said the shooting happened around 9 a.m. It is the third shooting — and second fatality — in Minneapolis involving federal law enforcement in les
www.kare11.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
If you missed the midday press conference, here it is
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
How things are going in a sane world…
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
How things are going in a sane world…
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“People think we’re not at the level of crisis yet. But we are: with the Canadians, with NATO, Great Britain, the Danes, the French, talking about us as if we are a putative enemy at this point. All because of these deranged plans from one man…” — Tom Nichols
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 PM
“People think we’re not at the level of crisis yet. But we are: with the Canadians, with NATO, Great Britain, the Danes, the French, talking about us as if we are a putative enemy at this point. All because of these deranged plans from one man…” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. Deployments span land, sea, and air, including protection of critical infrastructure, fighter jets, and naval operations. Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
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Bruno Mars - I Just Might [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Bruno Mars
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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I tell myself over and over not to litigate past elections, but I do think I should be allowed one (1) free bitchslap on every “Donald the Dove” person in the United States.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I tell myself over and over not to litigate past elections, but I do think I should be allowed one (1) free bitchslap on every “Donald the Dove” person in the United States.
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I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
Correct; shove it in their faces.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
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Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
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This is such horseshit. There was no secret about who Trump was, how nuts he is, what he wanted, how dangerous he is. This is just blaming the media for the problem that the voters just didn’t care.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is such horseshit. There was no secret about who Trump was, how nuts he is, what he wanted, how dangerous he is. This is just blaming the media for the problem that the voters just didn’t care.
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The thing is... many of us have limits, boundaries, places we won't go, and that allows us to imagine that others have limits, boundaries, places they won't go. But they don't--not this administration. So normalizing *anything* just means having to normalize a bleeding edge farther out at some point
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The thing is... many of us have limits, boundaries, places we won't go, and that allows us to imagine that others have limits, boundaries, places they won't go. But they don't--not this administration. So normalizing *anything* just means having to normalize a bleeding edge farther out at some point
Rainy morning vibes again…
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Rainy morning vibes again…
It’s soggy and cold, the chores are mostly done so the puppy and I are rewatching Stranger Things from the beginning. I cannot begin to stress enough how the Duffer brothers did such a great job casting Winona as Joyce-she really is amazing in that first season.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s soggy and cold, the chores are mostly done so the puppy and I are rewatching Stranger Things from the beginning. I cannot begin to stress enough how the Duffer brothers did such a great job casting Winona as Joyce-she really is amazing in that first season.
I would say that Jester is now besties with Finn, based on naps like this one.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I would say that Jester is now besties with Finn, based on naps like this one.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (mammalian version):
Orcas
Humpback whales
Grizzly bears
Elk
Pronghorn antelope
Bison
Orcas
Humpback whales
Grizzly bears
Elk
Pronghorn antelope
Bison
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (mammalian version):
Orcas
Humpback whales
Grizzly bears
Elk
Pronghorn antelope
Bison
Orcas
Humpback whales
Grizzly bears
Elk
Pronghorn antelope
Bison
Jester has joined the household. Finn is thrilled, it looks like
Christmas came early for her!
Christmas came early for her!
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Jester has joined the household. Finn is thrilled, it looks like
Christmas came early for her!
Christmas came early for her!