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Isabel Santos

@isabelsantos.bsky.social

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🦋Welcome to my lair, a cozy corner to have a little fun, stay informed, and blow a little steam. I favor Democracy, but all are welcome, as long as you engage in polite discourse. I find it helps us all to be open to other perspectives💙Democrat 🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱🇩🇰🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 4h

🫶🏻 Stay safe

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

Me neither, and I wake up at 4am😝

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Anyone else agrees with Bree?

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

The 50-foot Dignity sculpture by Dale Lamphere honors Sioux women with a shimmering star quilt and proud stance overlooking the Missouri River. A beautiful tribute to Indigenous culture, yet it still doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. (Source: Smithsonian Magazine)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

Did you know? In Brazil, forests give way to plantations, and butterflies’ brilliant reds, blues, and golds fade to brown and grey. Color, evolved for survival, disappears first in degraded habitats—a haunting loss of life’s beauty
(Source: The Guardian)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

On Oct. 6, 2025, Trump signed an order greenlighting a 211-mile road through Alaska’s wilderness to mine copper, gold, and cobalt—threatening caribou, salmon, and Indigenous lands. Environmental destruction for profit, ignoring centuries of fragile ecosystems.
apnews.com/article/alas...

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

Former South Carolina State Rep. Robert John “RJ” May III was arrested for distributing over 220 files of child sexual abuse material using the username “joebidennnn69.” He resigned and later pleaded guilty to five counts.
(Source: WYFF4)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

I love just about all genres, depending on my mood, and what I’m trying to accomplish 😉

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

This image was made by a
neurologist from Japan. It remains still when you're calm, moves a little when youre little stress & mimics a carousel when under high stress. It’s absolutely still, for me, right now, what about YOU? Does it move at all?

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16h

🇮🇹 Did you know?
Over €1.5 million lands in Rome’s Trevi Fountain every year—proof that tourists take “throwing money away” very literally. Luckily, it’s not wasted: the coins go to charity, helping the needy instead of just making Rome sparkle a little brighter.
(Source: Euronews)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

Miss Thailand, Anna Sueangam-iam, transformed humble soda tabs into a dazzling gown, honoring her garbage-collector parents. Her creativity turned discarded materials into beauty, a powerful tribute to resilience, love, and finding value in the overlooked.
(Source: People.com)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

I have never heard of Exiftool, if it’s free and easy to use, like a screenshot, you should post about it with instructions, so folks that need it, can learn about it.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

The Smithsonian claims the placard was removed because it did not meet the exhibit's standards in
"appearance, location, timeline, and presentation," and it sometimes blocked the view of objects in the display.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

🎼🎶Nowadays I need to listen to Bach on a loop 24/7. A study found Bach’s Cantata No. 169 boosted brain blood flow slightly more than other classical pieces, suggesting calming music can gently energize the mind and ease stress—proof that music truly heals
(Source: Bernardi et al., Circulation, 2009)

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

I could swear the Bible had something about this…

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

🇩🇪 Are you a Morgenmuffel?

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

Even though it’s a fascinating story, there’s no reliable evidence that a woman killed over a thousand American soldiers with poisoned kisses. It’s a modern viral legend mixing old “poison maiden” myths and spy tales—fun to read, but not historical fact.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 I’m only going to post this temporarily. If you think it has any value for you or anyone else, feel free to download, repost, share it, or tell your friends and family. If not, just ignore it.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the ruling “a victory for American democracy itself.”
“Donald Trump tried to turn our soldiers into instruments of his political will,” he said. “While our fight continues, tonight the rule of law said ‘hell no.’”
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump-Appointed Judge Rips President’s Plot to Defy Her Order

The judge issued a second restraining order halting the deployment of National Guard troops.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge's decision to block the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops from Texas and California to Portland, Oregon. The judge cited concerns about the legality of the deployment and the potential for escalating tensions in the city.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Judge blocks Trump from sending National Guard from California to Portland

The decision late on Sunday comes a day after the same judge barred the deployment of troops from the state of Oregon.

www.bbc.com

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As the kids rage about their bet being cancelled, Sheila finally finds the person responsible for the situation in the Middle East.
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As the kids rage about their bet being cancelled, Sheila finally finds the person responsible.

YouTube video by South Park Studios

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

FREE 3D plans available to print your own “Best Friends Forever" statue commemorating the enduring friendship of Donald Trump and sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Pushback drives the Trump regime crazy

YouTube video by MSNBC

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🇺🇸 Some answers to what we are all wondering🇺🇸. First military PUSHBACK against Trump's illegal order takes place.
youtube.com/watch?v=X7n9...

First military PUSHBACK against Trump’s illegal order takes place

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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