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@athenanike.bsky.social
Reader. Sometime artist. Knitter. Cook. Handspinner (Yarn, people, yarn from wool). Librarian Ret., Occasional Doomscroller. Disgusted citizen and voter 🙄.
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A robin in a frosty Forest of Dean. The most obvious and cheering of all #winterbirds.
#birdoftheday #birds #nature #christmas #festiverobin
#birdoftheday #birds #nature #christmas #festiverobin
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A robin in a frosty Forest of Dean. The most obvious and cheering of all #winterbirds.
#birdoftheday #birds #nature #christmas #festiverobin
#birdoftheday #birds #nature #christmas #festiverobin
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President Zelensky: ‘We must keep exposing every single Russian falsehood, because truth restores justice.’
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
President Zelensky: ‘We must keep exposing every single Russian falsehood, because truth restores justice.’
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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The lip filler injection sites are brutal ‼️ 😳
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The lip filler injection sites are brutal ‼️ 😳
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
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Every Pennsylvanian has an inalienable right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Thank YOU Rep. Chris Pielli, Rep. Paul Friel and Rep. Kristine Howard for taking action!
PA Republicans pass this common sense legislation against unreasonable, unlawful, and unconscionable seizures.
Thank YOU Rep. Chris Pielli, Rep. Paul Friel and Rep. Kristine Howard for taking action!
PA Republicans pass this common sense legislation against unreasonable, unlawful, and unconscionable seizures.
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Every Pennsylvanian has an inalienable right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Thank YOU Rep. Chris Pielli, Rep. Paul Friel and Rep. Kristine Howard for taking action!
PA Republicans pass this common sense legislation against unreasonable, unlawful, and unconscionable seizures.
Thank YOU Rep. Chris Pielli, Rep. Paul Friel and Rep. Kristine Howard for taking action!
PA Republicans pass this common sense legislation against unreasonable, unlawful, and unconscionable seizures.
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In a dangerous departure from democratic norms, the Trump administration escalated its effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) by turning its review of the senator’s critiques against the president into an official Command Investigation under military law.
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a dangerous departure from democratic norms, the Trump administration escalated its effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) by turning its review of the senator’s critiques against the president into an official Command Investigation under military law.
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Hey MAGA is this what you voted for? Prices did NOT go down and DJT is looking to declare war without congressional approval. Where are the Epstein files and why are you losing the ACA ext. subsidies? Yes MAGA, this IS what you voted for and I hold you responsible for every vile action taken by DJT.
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hey MAGA is this what you voted for? Prices did NOT go down and DJT is looking to declare war without congressional approval. Where are the Epstein files and why are you losing the ACA ext. subsidies? Yes MAGA, this IS what you voted for and I hold you responsible for every vile action taken by DJT.
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When a church reaches “cirque du soleil” status they should be taxed‼️
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When a church reaches “cirque du soleil” status they should be taxed‼️
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ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
Lovely music by Praetorius to ease the shortening days... thank you @wrti.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Lovely music by Praetorius to ease the shortening days... thank you @wrti.bsky.social
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Quiet, little piggy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Quiet, little piggy.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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RACISM IS EXPENSIVE‼️
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
RACISM IS EXPENSIVE‼️
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Fam, not to worry…
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fam, not to worry…
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
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all six D's who voted for this god awful thing including the corrupt give away to senators need to be primaried
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
all six D's who voted for this god awful thing including the corrupt give away to senators need to be primaried
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Inquiring minds want to know....
Senator Dave McCormick?
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie?
Rep. Dan Meuser?
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick?
Anyone??
Senator Dave McCormick?
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie?
Rep. Dan Meuser?
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick?
Anyone??
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Inquiring minds want to know....
Senator Dave McCormick?
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie?
Rep. Dan Meuser?
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick?
Anyone??
Senator Dave McCormick?
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie?
Rep. Dan Meuser?
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick?
Anyone??
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November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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