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be the knife of kindness// the emperor has no clothes
"You know, he was an important guy, but this is the thing he's known for."
"Yeah," Rick says, "it's probably the thing he was proudest of, too."
www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
"Yeah," Rick says, "it's probably the thing he was proudest of, too."
www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"You know, he was an important guy, but this is the thing he's known for."
"Yeah," Rick says, "it's probably the thing he was proudest of, too."
www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
"Yeah," Rick says, "it's probably the thing he was proudest of, too."
www.npr.org/2014/12/19/3...
The last two pieces of Holiday Season 2025 are a football jersey for some lucky kid (running back, a great sewing session) and a magic wand/ certificate shadowbox for a funcle/ godfather.
December 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The last two pieces of Holiday Season 2025 are a football jersey for some lucky kid (running back, a great sewing session) and a magic wand/ certificate shadowbox for a funcle/ godfather.
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American Eugenics at its finest. The belief that they are somehow genetically superior, an innate talent to succeed against any odds, yet fight the hardest to prevent others having a level playing field, or paying their share...
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
American Eugenics at its finest. The belief that they are somehow genetically superior, an innate talent to succeed against any odds, yet fight the hardest to prevent others having a level playing field, or paying their share...
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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ICE jackboot: I'm getting in your car
Driver: *drives their car now carjacked by ICE to a police station*
ICE jackboot: Help I'm trapped in here
The news: Yeah he was trapped in there, kidnapped practically
Driver: *drives their car now carjacked by ICE to a police station*
ICE jackboot: Help I'm trapped in here
The news: Yeah he was trapped in there, kidnapped practically
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ICE jackboot: I'm getting in your car
Driver: *drives their car now carjacked by ICE to a police station*
ICE jackboot: Help I'm trapped in here
The news: Yeah he was trapped in there, kidnapped practically
Driver: *drives their car now carjacked by ICE to a police station*
ICE jackboot: Help I'm trapped in here
The news: Yeah he was trapped in there, kidnapped practically
This “holiday season” was created by capitalists to market capitalism. Feeling overwhelmed? OPT OUT! Your celebrations belong to you. Do the things that bring joy to you & yours. Starve the beast!
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This “holiday season” was created by capitalists to market capitalism. Feeling overwhelmed? OPT OUT! Your celebrations belong to you. Do the things that bring joy to you & yours. Starve the beast!
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Happy December, today your local fine art framer (me) is building a seven-foot tall framed Virgin Mary in double frames (baroque gold plus white stem deep wrap) plus LED lighting w/ remote, obvs
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy December, today your local fine art framer (me) is building a seven-foot tall framed Virgin Mary in double frames (baroque gold plus white stem deep wrap) plus LED lighting w/ remote, obvs
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
@knitgrrl.bsky.social another version of the same weak shit
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@knitgrrl.bsky.social another version of the same weak shit
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“To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who does not care about any of them is to be told - simply - to keep quiet.”
- Omar El Akkad in his National Book Award winning One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
- Omar El Akkad in his National Book Award winning One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who does not care about any of them is to be told - simply - to keep quiet.”
- Omar El Akkad in his National Book Award winning One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
- Omar El Akkad in his National Book Award winning One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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Forced sterilization never died!
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Forced sterilization never died!
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"Margaret Atwood’s blurb—'A devastating portrait of American adolescence'—will certainly move some books."
We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Margaret Atwood’s blurb—'A devastating portrait of American adolescence'—will certainly move some books."
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Happy birthday, Neil Young. You write some amazing lyrics. Thanks for keeping Nixon’s name in. music.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IN...
Ohio
YouTube video by Crosby, Stills & Nash - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy birthday, Neil Young. You write some amazing lyrics. Thanks for keeping Nixon’s name in. music.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IN...
@knitgrrl.bsky.social good kerning is for good people
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@knitgrrl.bsky.social good kerning is for good people
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I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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My favorite headline about Kim Davis failing to hoard all the marriages (yet again) begins by reminding us how great it was to forget her www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
Who is Kim Davis? Supreme Court rejects challenge to same-sex marriage decision from Kentuckian
Who is Kim Davis? The Kentuckian asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. Find out more about the former Rowan County clerk.
www.courier-journal.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My favorite headline about Kim Davis failing to hoard all the marriages (yet again) begins by reminding us how great it was to forget her www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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Love seeing art used as a tool for science communication and building community trust!
Art That Heals and Reveals
Indigenous artwork is helping tribal members protect themselves from harmful environmental exposures
www.sierraclub.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Love seeing art used as a tool for science communication and building community trust!
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They hanged the people who got us the 8-hour workday.
If people actually understood how willing our government is to go to war with its own people simply for demanding equal rights, I think a lot more of us would be ready for war.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They hanged the people who got us the 8-hour workday.
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To ensure you add ALT text on BlueSky, go to Settings > Accessibility and toggle on "Require ALT text before posting."
This setting will prevent you from publishing posts with images until you have added a description.
This setting will prevent you from publishing posts with images until you have added a description.
Can you please make sure alt text is used for images with text as those with screen readers have no idea what is posted, they cant read the text on images.
To understand what people "hear" this is an example of an image with and without Alt text. Close your eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvqa...
To understand what people "hear" this is an example of an image with and without Alt text. Close your eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvqa...
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To ensure you add ALT text on BlueSky, go to Settings > Accessibility and toggle on "Require ALT text before posting."
This setting will prevent you from publishing posts with images until you have added a description.
This setting will prevent you from publishing posts with images until you have added a description.