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Eliza Bennet (she/her)
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Teacher, Oregon coast girl, fiber artist, hunter of mushrooms
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theradr.bsky.social
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PRINCE ROGERS NELSON

CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE

AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR

BECAUSE OF THE BOOK

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

(this has been verified)

which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you

(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
Harold and the purple rain
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
THIS is what makes my head spin: The president is not a moral figure in any idiom, any land, any culture, any subculture. I'm not talking about the liberal enlightenment that would make him want the country to take care of the poor and sick. I mean he has no Republican values either. He has no honor among thieves, no cosa nostra loyalty, no Southern code against cheating or lying, none of the openness of New York, rectitude of Boston, expressiveness and kindness of California, no evangelical family values, no Protestant work ethic. No Catholic moral seriousness, no sense of contrition or gratitude. No Jewish moral and intellectual precision, sense of history. He doesn't care about the life of the mind OR the life of the senses. He is not mandarin, not committed to inquiry or justice, not hospitable. He is not proper. He is not a bon vivant who loves to eat, drink, laugh. There's nothing he would die for - not American values, obviously, but not the land of Russia or his wife or young son. He has some hollow success creeds from Norman Vincent Peale, but Peale was obsessed with fair-dealing and a Presbyterian pastor; Trump has no fairness or piety. He's not sentimental; no affection for dogs or babies. No love for mothers, "the common man"" veterans. He has no sense of military valor, and is openly a coward about war. He would have sorely lacked the pagan beauty and capacity to fight required in ancient Greece. He doesn't care about his wife or wives; he is a philanderer but he's not a romantic hero with great love for women and sex. He commands loyalty and labor from his children not because he loves them, even; he seems almost to hate them — and if one of them slipped it would be terrifying. He does no philanthropy. He doesn't - in a more secular key - even seem to have a sense of his enlightened self-interest enough to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Doesn't even affect a love for the arts, like most rich New Yorkers. He doesn't live and die by aesthetics and health practices like some fascists; he's very ugly and barely mammalian. Am I missing an obscure moral system to which he so much as nods? Also are there other people, living or dead, like him?
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
Our house came with 5 lighted niches in one wall. I bought a new menorah, my first full-size one, and am now using a lighted niche to store it in advance of the beginning of Hannukah.
A very classic brass menorah, eight curved arms arranged symmetrically on either side of a central, slightly taller candlestick. It rests in a lighted niche with a curved top that echoes the downward curve of the arms of the menorah in what appears to be, but is actually a clever facsimile of, a plaster wall.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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pbump.com
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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gregpak.net
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.

revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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brucedlittle.bsky.social
Congratulations to Justin Crosby (D) on his election victory in Mississippi CD22 — he flipped the newly redrawn seat by defeating the incumbent with approximately 53 % of the vote.

This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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thebulwark.com
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
Send that text. Record that voice memo. Someone just sent me one that made me tear up. You never know what someone is going through. Though my thing is public, you never know. ❤️
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 15d
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
cedarsalmon.bsky.social
Big Freedia is real and will have you doing the Holy Shuffle in your kitchen
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
cedarsalmon.bsky.social
Need this one on a shirt
wardqnormal.bsky.social Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 17d
I named my fists Knit and Purl because you're gonna need stitches.
chrissteller.bsky.social Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 17d
I named my fists Strummer and Jones because you're be going to be calling out for London
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
I'm persona non grata at CNN, a place that used to have me as a commentator, but Katie Miller, the fragile, racist wife of the fragile, racist Stephen Miller, has an open invitation.

I wonder why. Hmmm.

Guesses?
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
Shifting past tense is pretty neat. When you're weaving, the yarn that you move back and forth to make new fabric is "the weft" - the only place where that very old past participle of "to weave" survives. Weave once followed the pattern of "to leave" but then somehow changed to wove instead of weft.
bcdreyer.social Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18d
What’s the correct past tense of “to plead”?

pleaded, of course

or pled

or, JFC, plead
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.

Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
cedarsalmon.bsky.social
The best sort of trouble.
taliajane.bsky.social talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 18d
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.

NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 20d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
If you didn't catch todays Daily Service, you can still join me for it on BBC Sounds. In today's episode I share a poem, and a story from my pilgrimage, reflecting on the kindness and generosity of strangers, in a more meditative episode than usual.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Daily Service - Letter to Corinth - Abundance mentality - BBC Sounds
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Jay Hulme.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
United States Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is seen wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and tan shoes. He's shaking hands with someone in a black outfit. A close up of his shoes show weird stitching on the side. They look like they're the first shoes ever made in history.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
cedarsalmon.bsky.social
You are so right, as always… lamprey and salmon are sacred where I live. I appreciate him for seeing this. But why do I just know RFK Jr is gonna put one in his butt
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26d
Okay, this causes me physical pain to say, but RFK is (for once) not actually being a total weirdo here. He’s a guest of the Nez Perce at a fish hatchery. The Pacific lamprey and the salmon are culturally important to the Nez Perce people, and they are lobbying to remove dams from the Snake River.
charles.littlegreenfootballs.com Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 26d
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
let's see how that works for him
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 15
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia. Over the past few weeks, despite my creating Record Achievements for our Country including, a Total and Complete Victory on the Shutdown, Closed Borders, Low Taxes, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, Biggest Regulation Cuts in History, stopping EIGHT WARS, rebuilding our Military, being RESPECTED by every Country in the World (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!), having Trillions of Dollars (Record Setting!) INVESTED in the U.S.A., and having created the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World from being a DEAD Country just 12 months ago (and so much more!), all I see “Wacky” Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN! It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support. She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM