Ashley and her Existential Panic
@truestorydesu.bsky.social
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Somewhat human, aspiring SFF writer, cromulent book reviewer & cataloging librarian. AuADHD. She/Her. Etwas menschlich, aufstrebender SFF Schristellerin, cromulent Buchrezensentin & Katalogsbibliothekarin. AuADHS. Sie/ihr.
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truestorydesu.bsky.social
Woo! Someday!! In the mean time, there's more than one way to fight book bans 😀
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
truestorydesu.bsky.social
I'm a writer but not a published author and I'm also a librarian who works in a library but doesn't have a librarian job....can I join?
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
truestorydesu.bsky.social
I mean, you can't say no to funnel cake. It's just not possible.
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samiraahmed.bsky.social
Good morning!
Dolly is okay so I propose that we call it a day. It's a national holiday now. Let's just rejoice in this win.

(Also, fuck 🧊)
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truestorydesu.bsky.social
Portland, I love you. Seriously. I love you so much.
truestorydesu.bsky.social
"It's not that I don't want to buy a button, it's just, I've got this piece of sea glass my mother gave me and I'd like it to be a button, but I don't have any tools that could poke the little button holes in the glass without shattering it. Do you, perchance, offer a button-making service?"
talesfeathers.bsky.social
The village buzzes with life when the Button Merchant arrives. Everyone wants to buy a shiny brass button for their son's coming of age; a diamond one for an engagement; an indigo one to complete the rainbow down their shirt. What sort of button do you seek?

#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
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lolennui.bsky.social
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear
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scalzi.com
One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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rbreich.bsky.social
Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files
truestorydesu.bsky.social
New fear unlocked: my home state being invaded by another state's national guard because this is the country I live in now. Why am I having flashbacks to AP US history?

But hey, at least I managed to snap a picture of my cat wearing the hat she only wore for .005 seconds! Yay?
A calico cat on a bed wearing a tiny, cat-sized cowboy hat. The cat looks startled at having a hat placed on her head without her consent. The kitty also has some gunk around her ears from treatment for an ear infection, increasing her general air of aggravation.
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kojamf.bsky.social
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
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atrupar.com
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
truestorydesu.bsky.social
The journey to the ground starts with 50 residential floors. After, it alternates: a residence floor, shop floor, government floor, then residential, and repeat. Occasionally there'd be a fun floor - theatres, museums, a green floor, arcades, anything to distract us from the endless construction.
talesfeathers.bsky.social
In your city the towers never stop rising. New construction is always happening, stacking more units one atop the other like the teetering ice cream scoops of an over-eager child. Whose homes and businesses do you pass through each morning on your way to the ground?

#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt