Michelle and Ursula
@michelle-ursula.bsky.social
Poet, historical hobbyist, Louisville transplant. Here for friends, fiction, food, felines, and photos of the Final Frontier. #DemocracyNotDictatorship
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Weirdly enough I was telling my first-years about "warrior ethos" last week.
Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.
Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.
September 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Weirdly enough I was telling my first-years about "warrior ethos" last week.
Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.
Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.
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Today's speech is exactly what one expects from someone who flounced from the Individual Ready Reserve due to his white supremacist tattoos
September 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today's speech is exactly what one expects from someone who flounced from the Individual Ready Reserve due to his white supremacist tattoos
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Trump just called us "the enemy within"
Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.
Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump just called us "the enemy within"
Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.
Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.
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Pete Hegseth is a basically a meat cybertruck
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Pete Hegseth is a basically a meat cybertruck
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The last time Trump sent Feds to Portland; I was an emergency dispatcher for the city/county.
It radicalized me; what I was seeing/hearing/dispatching didn’t match the narrative.
Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer were the REAL issue.
Abolish ICE.
Oh, and there’s this: gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
It radicalized me; what I was seeing/hearing/dispatching didn’t match the narrative.
Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer were the REAL issue.
Abolish ICE.
Oh, and there’s this: gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump
A new Homeland Security report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary antifa plot.
gizmodo.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The last time Trump sent Feds to Portland; I was an emergency dispatcher for the city/county.
It radicalized me; what I was seeing/hearing/dispatching didn’t match the narrative.
Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer were the REAL issue.
Abolish ICE.
Oh, and there’s this: gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
It radicalized me; what I was seeing/hearing/dispatching didn’t match the narrative.
Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer were the REAL issue.
Abolish ICE.
Oh, and there’s this: gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
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Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
Still worth it?
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Still worth it?
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Wife: I'll buy a subscription to any publication that writes one honest story about the "masculinity crisis" that just says "Men want to be able to treat women like shit and still get laid" and just be done with it. There's no more depth to the discussion. There is no nuance.
September 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wife: I'll buy a subscription to any publication that writes one honest story about the "masculinity crisis" that just says "Men want to be able to treat women like shit and still get laid" and just be done with it. There's no more depth to the discussion. There is no nuance.
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Couldn’t get a pic but special police seemed to be questioning some literal children on the platform at L’Enfant plaza
August 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Couldn’t get a pic but special police seemed to be questioning some literal children on the platform at L’Enfant plaza
#IamAmerica
I vote. I write to my Congressman. I understand the Constitution and I honor every citizen's rights.
I teach in public school because I believe that knowledge is power and the truth will make us free.
I am America.
I vote. I write to my Congressman. I understand the Constitution and I honor every citizen's rights.
I teach in public school because I believe that knowledge is power and the truth will make us free.
I am America.
August 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#IamAmerica
I vote. I write to my Congressman. I understand the Constitution and I honor every citizen's rights.
I teach in public school because I believe that knowledge is power and the truth will make us free.
I am America.
I vote. I write to my Congressman. I understand the Constitution and I honor every citizen's rights.
I teach in public school because I believe that knowledge is power and the truth will make us free.
I am America.
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Dear young artist,
I've been doing this for forty years and here's the one piece of advice I have for you: be out in your work. Be as weird as you ever hope to be right from the start. That's what we need right now, and you'll get to meet the people who crave your weirdness.
Love ya, Auntie
I've been doing this for forty years and here's the one piece of advice I have for you: be out in your work. Be as weird as you ever hope to be right from the start. That's what we need right now, and you'll get to meet the people who crave your weirdness.
Love ya, Auntie
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dear young artist,
I've been doing this for forty years and here's the one piece of advice I have for you: be out in your work. Be as weird as you ever hope to be right from the start. That's what we need right now, and you'll get to meet the people who crave your weirdness.
Love ya, Auntie
I've been doing this for forty years and here's the one piece of advice I have for you: be out in your work. Be as weird as you ever hope to be right from the start. That's what we need right now, and you'll get to meet the people who crave your weirdness.
Love ya, Auntie
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Smells like teen lawsuit.
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Smells like teen lawsuit.
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You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
July 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
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This whole "Let's use computers to do everything badly in the most expensive and unethical possible way" thing is really testing me.
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This whole "Let's use computers to do everything badly in the most expensive and unethical possible way" thing is really testing me.
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Creative work in general pays far less than people think it does, especially relative to the notability one can have. The correlation between "fame" and "income" is rather shaky, especially the further down you go on the fame power curve. Lots of "world famous" creators are broke as hell.
Even though I *know* authors don't earn as much as it seems like they should, it's always mildly disappointing that even wildly popular authors make less than a lot of the rank and file in many industries that provide less value to actual people.
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Creative work in general pays far less than people think it does, especially relative to the notability one can have. The correlation between "fame" and "income" is rather shaky, especially the further down you go on the fame power curve. Lots of "world famous" creators are broke as hell.
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Oh wow. Lanes on I-10 narrowed suddenly, forcing ALL drivers to exit at a weigh station.
A makeshift checkpoint—digital sign read: “Have Passport Ready”
1 of like 12 ICE agents, all standing around—in full military gear—ordered me to open my window:
“You a U.S. citizen?”
“Uh yes” then let me go..
A makeshift checkpoint—digital sign read: “Have Passport Ready”
1 of like 12 ICE agents, all standing around—in full military gear—ordered me to open my window:
“You a U.S. citizen?”
“Uh yes” then let me go..
June 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh wow. Lanes on I-10 narrowed suddenly, forcing ALL drivers to exit at a weigh station.
A makeshift checkpoint—digital sign read: “Have Passport Ready”
1 of like 12 ICE agents, all standing around—in full military gear—ordered me to open my window:
“You a U.S. citizen?”
“Uh yes” then let me go..
A makeshift checkpoint—digital sign read: “Have Passport Ready”
1 of like 12 ICE agents, all standing around—in full military gear—ordered me to open my window:
“You a U.S. citizen?”
“Uh yes” then let me go..
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Our oldest daughter just drove by an anti-Trump protest in Kansas with three women holding signs. She was so excited to see them that she immediately sent me text.
This is just to say, your tiny protests make a difference. We see you. We are proud of you.
This is just to say, your tiny protests make a difference. We see you. We are proud of you.
June 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Our oldest daughter just drove by an anti-Trump protest in Kansas with three women holding signs. She was so excited to see them that she immediately sent me text.
This is just to say, your tiny protests make a difference. We see you. We are proud of you.
This is just to say, your tiny protests make a difference. We see you. We are proud of you.
Even procrastination isn't working for me today!
June 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Even procrastination isn't working for me today!
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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I don't know how to explain that if your feminism is primarily focused on "Let women be feminine!", you are not meaningfully challenging existing power structures.
The patriarchy is not out here trying to stop women from displaying stereotypical femininity.
The patriarchy is not out here trying to stop women from displaying stereotypical femininity.
June 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I don't know how to explain that if your feminism is primarily focused on "Let women be feminine!", you are not meaningfully challenging existing power structures.
The patriarchy is not out here trying to stop women from displaying stereotypical femininity.
The patriarchy is not out here trying to stop women from displaying stereotypical femininity.
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rep. @leighfinke.bsky.social posted this speech and i am glad it is the last thing i saw before going to bed tonight. to give so much this week of all weeks, it is pretty amazing.
💜 “love each other til you cannot stand it.” -from the caption
💜 “love each other til you cannot stand it.” -from the caption
June 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
rep. @leighfinke.bsky.social posted this speech and i am glad it is the last thing i saw before going to bed tonight. to give so much this week of all weeks, it is pretty amazing.
💜 “love each other til you cannot stand it.” -from the caption
💜 “love each other til you cannot stand it.” -from the caption
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this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’
April 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’