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These artists are taking certain financial losses and severe retribution from the Trump administration to take this noble stand
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
These artists are taking certain financial losses and severe retribution from the Trump administration to take this noble stand
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
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Stories of immigrants in this thread.
Sometimes I recall that my great grandpa was an egg-candler. Held eggs in front of candles to check yolks
Brought double yolks to his family
And I’m a college professor
And I think: the US, land of immigrants, land of hope
It takes a nanosecond to see how out of step this regime is w/that truth
Brought double yolks to his family
And I’m a college professor
And I think: the US, land of immigrants, land of hope
It takes a nanosecond to see how out of step this regime is w/that truth
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Stories of immigrants in this thread.
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since just asking for dms didn't work out as i expected, i'll just say it here:
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
if you're an artist with 1k+ followers that uses deck.blue to schedule posts, please reach me out over on the dms! i have something for you all
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
since just asking for dms didn't work out as i expected, i'll just say it here:
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
i'm gifting a 3-months Sponsor deck.blue membership for artists on bluesky! just reach me out on the dms to get it and be able to schedule posts!
requirements: 1k+ followers, don't use ai and keep posting real art!
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Today, thoughts inevitably turn to a man whose life and death will always be associated with this time of year – a man whose purity of heart and good works alike contain, I think, the true spirit of the season.
On the true meaning of Christmas
Some notes on the man who to me represents the spirit of the season.
jonn.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today, thoughts inevitably turn to a man whose life and death will always be associated with this time of year – a man whose purity of heart and good works alike contain, I think, the true spirit of the season.
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Wealth should have a cap. Once you've made, I dunno, $100 million dollars, that's it. Congratulations, you won Capitalism. You benefitted from society so much, you'll never have a material worry again. We'll name a dog park after you. Everything past that goes into a "social benefit fund."
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wealth should have a cap. Once you've made, I dunno, $100 million dollars, that's it. Congratulations, you won Capitalism. You benefitted from society so much, you'll never have a material worry again. We'll name a dog park after you. Everything past that goes into a "social benefit fund."
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
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I’m looking for a reader - a 7 to 10 year old who is interested in Greek mythology or history (and that child’s grown up). Any takers?
#ClassicsBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m looking for a reader - a 7 to 10 year old who is interested in Greek mythology or history (and that child’s grown up). Any takers?
#ClassicsBluesky
#ClassicsBluesky
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What we did yesterday in four photos.
Please quote reply and continue. 😀❤️
Please quote reply and continue. 😀❤️
December 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What we did yesterday in four photos.
Please quote reply and continue. 😀❤️
Please quote reply and continue. 😀❤️
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Interesting. Undoubtedly the big problem with self publishing is that you lack the advertising heft of publishers. My massive advertising on Bluesky before Christmas (and many generous reposts: much gratitude) resulted in zero sales. But the process has been fun, and I still like the book. 🙂
Christmas stocking filler. "The Secret of Eilean Mhor, a children's adventure set on the West Coast of Scotland.
Younger grandson: "One of the things I liked was the really good fight at the end."
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
Younger grandson: "One of the things I liked was the really good fight at the end."
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
December 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Interesting. Undoubtedly the big problem with self publishing is that you lack the advertising heft of publishers. My massive advertising on Bluesky before Christmas (and many generous reposts: much gratitude) resulted in zero sales. But the process has been fun, and I still like the book. 🙂
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Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London?
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London?
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
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The world no longer makes sense, fuckwits are in charge of everything and the internet is even further on with its mission to ruin people’s brains forever. As an ameliorating factor, however, it definitely felt like there were far more butterflies around this year than there had been for a while.
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The world no longer makes sense, fuckwits are in charge of everything and the internet is even further on with its mission to ruin people’s brains forever. As an ameliorating factor, however, it definitely felt like there were far more butterflies around this year than there had been for a while.
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NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
emptycity.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
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This will piss the right wingers off, but I’d say this chap is far more a patriot that the wankers painting roundabouts and hanging flags.
What a legend!
What a legend!
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This will piss the right wingers off, but I’d say this chap is far more a patriot that the wankers painting roundabouts and hanging flags.
What a legend!
What a legend!
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I’m scheduled to be on Radio 4’s The World at One today—sometime after 1:20—talking about (what else?) people not enjoying Americanisms in British English
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’m scheduled to be on Radio 4’s The World at One today—sometime after 1:20—talking about (what else?) people not enjoying Americanisms in British English
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And today is the day! Agents of Secrets & Lies, Book One of the Summer Realm series is out! 🥳
If you haven't got your copy yet, you can get it here. The paperback will go live at some point today.
mybook.to/SRAgents
💙📚👀📢📚 #SteampunkFantasy #NewRelease
If you haven't got your copy yet, you can get it here. The paperback will go live at some point today.
mybook.to/SRAgents
💙📚👀📢📚 #SteampunkFantasy #NewRelease
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And today is the day! Agents of Secrets & Lies, Book One of the Summer Realm series is out! 🥳
If you haven't got your copy yet, you can get it here. The paperback will go live at some point today.
mybook.to/SRAgents
💙📚👀📢📚 #SteampunkFantasy #NewRelease
If you haven't got your copy yet, you can get it here. The paperback will go live at some point today.
mybook.to/SRAgents
💙📚👀📢📚 #SteampunkFantasy #NewRelease
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Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
December 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
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First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
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There is a big @wombat37.bsky.social shaped hole in our Christmasses this year. One thing he did for us all was #Twanta. My last year recipient sent me a gift this year in memory of him. He is so missed, now and in the future.
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
There is a big @wombat37.bsky.social shaped hole in our Christmasses this year. One thing he did for us all was #Twanta. My last year recipient sent me a gift this year in memory of him. He is so missed, now and in the future.
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I've just got some chicken breasts for dinner. Anybody got a good marinade I can use? I'm basically going to do a roast but need lots of flavour.
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I've just got some chicken breasts for dinner. Anybody got a good marinade I can use? I'm basically going to do a roast but need lots of flavour.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Our wish is that all our customers and friends are able to have a good day whatever you're doing.
But...if you're just not feeling it, you fancy company, or warmth, or you want to just get out for a beer, we're here.
We're open today from 12 noon-5pm. You're most welcome to join us.
But...if you're just not feeling it, you fancy company, or warmth, or you want to just get out for a beer, we're here.
We're open today from 12 noon-5pm. You're most welcome to join us.
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our wish is that all our customers and friends are able to have a good day whatever you're doing.
But...if you're just not feeling it, you fancy company, or warmth, or you want to just get out for a beer, we're here.
We're open today from 12 noon-5pm. You're most welcome to join us.
But...if you're just not feeling it, you fancy company, or warmth, or you want to just get out for a beer, we're here.
We're open today from 12 noon-5pm. You're most welcome to join us.
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Good morning all and happy Christmas to you all. Thanks to you all for keeping me sane and seeing me safely through to another Christmas.
I hope you all have a lovely day and celebrate with your loved ones. If it’s going to be a tough one I’ll be around on and off, feel free to message.
I hope you all have a lovely day and celebrate with your loved ones. If it’s going to be a tough one I’ll be around on and off, feel free to message.
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Good morning all and happy Christmas to you all. Thanks to you all for keeping me sane and seeing me safely through to another Christmas.
I hope you all have a lovely day and celebrate with your loved ones. If it’s going to be a tough one I’ll be around on and off, feel free to message.
I hope you all have a lovely day and celebrate with your loved ones. If it’s going to be a tough one I’ll be around on and off, feel free to message.
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If you're feeling Christmassy now, my mum kindly asks you to make a little donation to refugees.
The climate in the UK over the most vulnerable people in the world is awful, and just a couple of quid will really make a difference to supporting them next year.
www.justgiving.com/page/iguanac...
The climate in the UK over the most vulnerable people in the world is awful, and just a couple of quid will really make a difference to supporting them next year.
www.justgiving.com/page/iguanac...
Curious Iguana's Mum's fundraiser for Refugee Council
Help Rick W raise money to support Refugee Council
www.justgiving.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you're feeling Christmassy now, my mum kindly asks you to make a little donation to refugees.
The climate in the UK over the most vulnerable people in the world is awful, and just a couple of quid will really make a difference to supporting them next year.
www.justgiving.com/page/iguanac...
The climate in the UK over the most vulnerable people in the world is awful, and just a couple of quid will really make a difference to supporting them next year.
www.justgiving.com/page/iguanac...
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*Every* court to have addressed the question has held that foreign citizens in the United States generally have the same First Amendment rights as citizens do. /END
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
*Every* court to have addressed the question has held that foreign citizens in the United States generally have the same First Amendment rights as citizens do. /END