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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻

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Black Lives Matter * Star Wars dork * academic healthcare privacy/HIPAA lawyer and data wrangler with an MPH * HTown Texan * Skeets my own * she/her * MTFBWY * Breathe * Banner pic: pulis Celosa and Fusilli ineptly trying to cross a cattle guard

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · Oct 17

BTW, new people, these fools are Fusilli (I know, I know, best puli name ever) and Celosa. They sometimes stop by, mainly to ask for food, but sometimes to accept adoration.

Did you know it's a norm here to use alt text? It helps people who can't see the photos very well, sometimes with humor.

Two pulis stand side by side on a red patio with flaking paint. The smaller, on the left, is looking toward the larger, who is staring straight ahead. The little one has a grey beard and a somewhat dominant posture. The larger has a blue bow tie that is askew under his cords. Both are black and fully corded. Both have tags hanging from their necks.

A closeup of Celosa the puli. She is fully corded and primarily black, with a white beard. She stands on a wooden floor with a piece of white furniture obscured behind her. She is wearing id tags, and she is smiling. Her shiny nose peeks out from her fringe of cords and her pink tongue is behind row of bottom teeth. She is looking lovely.

Fusilli the puli lays on an unmade bed with white and grey bedding in geometric patterns. He has one paw thrown over his eyes in a dramatic fashion, and it is somewhat difficult given his cords of fur to determine where exactly his limbs begin and his torso ends. His blue bow tie peeks out under a row or white teeth. He looks both relaxed and like he's over-doing it at the same time.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 4h

Yes.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 5h

My husband is all-in on the garden.

‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 5h

I know! For an organization that dates back to Weimer Germany, you’d think they’d have mentioned ALL the perks.

‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 5h

If this is how Pepe the Frog is co-opted (re-co-opted), I’m all in.

‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 6h

I turned to Star Wars in 2016. Turns out some of those discussions became…fraught.

(I found a great community though. And hide from the rest.)

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 8h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 7h

This tracks with what I know of the org.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 9h

Been here for awhile.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 18h

This is the face of a woman flat out lying about whether she’s had breakfast.

Celosa the puli stands next to the dining room table trying to con her way into a second breakfast. She is a medium sized dog with black dreadlock-like cords that nearly hit the floor. She has a white beard and she is smiling.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 9h

When he's in the grave.

‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 10h

My heart continues to go out for you.

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elicia @elicia.bsky.social · 10h

Leyendecker had such a physicist brain. The man has no body. There are no stairs. And yet. Something something radial velocity to detect exoplanets.

Leyendecker's Couple Descending a Staircase in which a pale woman in a pink dress and white fur wrap leads a man in a black tuxedo down a staircase with a swirling golden art nouveau banister and similar chandelier hanging above

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 12h

details....

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 13h

Seems to me that we should be stacking grand juries all over the country full of ordinary people who are fucking pissed as hell at how fucked up this all is.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 13h

You mean, I'd have to engage their content and decide for myself if it they're someone I want to follow/stalk???

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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anonymousvc.bsky.social @anonymousvc.bsky.social · 13h

It is my firm belief that once we begin putting misbehaving passengers on a no-fly list and ban them from air travel, this will stop.

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 18h

This is the face of a woman flat out lying about whether she’s had breakfast.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Something tactically brilliant about the disarming, inherently non-menacing nature of meeting force with inflatable fun shit

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Honestly and seriously think this is an EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE tactic to use against these weak fascist losers.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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this corrosion says unban Łink @roguesecunit.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes asymmetric warfare looks like inflatable costumes and fuck it, man, I am SO here for that shit

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1d

big fan of silly costumes as a protest tactic

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 1d

This is the cultural equivalent of a Gofundme for someone’s hospital bills. Reliance on generosity for something civilized countries provide for their citizens without question.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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