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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 20h

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 3h

Fascists hate hope

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

Pullover progress: finished decreases, 4/5 hip increases completed.

A sweater knit in teal yarn, body more than halfway done. There's lace along the neckline that looks like scales.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

one way to get into the holiday spirit, I guess: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSZc...

SANDA - Official Main Trailer

YouTube video by AnimeSelect

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 3h

wait, Traverse? I thought there was only one way to say it!

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 9h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 6h

早安.早安.早安.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

omg HOW DID I FORGET THAT ONE

Sault Ste. Marie, too!

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d

Since it's now news within our immediate circles, I can share: my partner got abruptly fired from his job (we had no idea it was coming; his boss chose to circumvent the normal steps you're supposed to go through to fire him while we were in Hawai‘i).

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 4d

just kidding times two, my partner and I got blindsided by some pretty bad news the day I posted this, I'll be fully back in office and online here on Monday.

if, in the meantime, you feel like supporting me by reading Keeping Time or joining my Patreon/SubStar, that would be a welcome reprieve.

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 7d

just kidding, I'm still pretty under the weather, so I'm extending my out-of-office until Friday!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

I know this sounds extreme. It is.

I know I sound overly alarmist. I don't think I am.

Trump is enacting a well thought out plan so he and his allies can rule forever.

But it's not too late to stop them. We can peacefully and forcefully mobilize now. We have the power.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

it was a French colonial outpost way back in the day!

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

also, while I'm here--really hating the job recruiter tactic where someone calls, texts, and emails you all at once within five minutes of each other.

I'm sure there's a reason for this. I'm not interested in hearing it. it's just deeply, deeply irritating.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

Liver-NOY!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

and Pontiac!

Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

oh, also: Milan

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

(not in the area proper, but we get the local news from their stations)

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

toss-up between Livernois and Gratiot tbh

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 14h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

(I mean, scallion oil noodles are vegan for the most part AFAIK and I think eating them every day for lunch for parts of 2023/2024 possibly contributed to some of the worst Genetic Curse numbers)

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

fwiw I've cut down to only having meat for one meal a day, and the reasons have nothing to do with wanting a more plant-based diet, it's just that this way I worry less about ::ahem:: digestive issues. so vegetarian/vegan lunches high in veggies are super helpful there.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 12h

hard same. really beats the evangelizing and shaming that's usually used on omnivores.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18h

yeah, i actually do eat a lot more vegan food nowadays because i have seen a bunch of recipes for vegan food online that look delicious

this is, IMO, a much more effective sales tactic for veganism

Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 19h

Channels posting yummy vegan recipes, on the other hand, have quite dramatically altered my diet (even though it's been vegetarian and mostly plant-based for decades).

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The worst person you know @postingposter.bsky.social · 18h

Speaking only for myself, the most important selling point for vegan food in my life is that vegan food is delicious. It's interesting. It's often novel. It takes skill to prepare. I still eat meat, but delicious vegan and vegetarian meals abound and I like eating them because I like eating.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18h

yeah, i actually do eat a lot more vegan food nowadays because i have seen a bunch of recipes for vegan food online that look delicious

this is, IMO, a much more effective sales tactic for veganism

Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 19h

Channels posting yummy vegan recipes, on the other hand, have quite dramatically altered my diet (even though it's been vegetarian and mostly plant-based for decades).

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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