Avelino Maestas
@avelino.bsky.social
Welder, blogger, baker, gardener, gamer, bookbinder, photographer. He/him.
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natalie port-manhole: thread
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
natalie port-manhole: thread
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One of my favourite YT channels if I’m being honest. Nashies is laid back and *real*. If you’re a person who loves to eat and cook but sometimes you get too tired or run out of spoons or leave the dry aged Wagyu beef money in your other pants and need to eat something normal… she’s a great follow.
If you want to support a Disabled Creator that doesn't manipulate anything, use filters, or AI, My Channel may be for you. I just cook food, review food, talk and stuff. It's a chill vibe
youtu.be/r4wHtgAhIQE
youtu.be/r4wHtgAhIQE
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
One of my favourite YT channels if I’m being honest. Nashies is laid back and *real*. If you’re a person who loves to eat and cook but sometimes you get too tired or run out of spoons or leave the dry aged Wagyu beef money in your other pants and need to eat something normal… she’s a great follow.
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Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
Would we? www.courthousenews.com/white-house-...
White House, Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs Off-Limits for Public
The Second Circuit upheld a ruling Monday that records of who has visited President Donald Trump’s White House and private Florida resort are exempt from government watchdog groups’ Freedom of Informa...
www.courthousenews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
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muppet movie posters: thread
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
muppet movie posters: thread
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People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Living It Up With Unlimited Toilet Paper
What we know about the special privileges Epstein’s accomplice is reportedly receiving at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
nymag.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
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Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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arts festival president saying "half our grants go back to city in police costs" is beyond infuriating. the police run a protection racket. they are a literal mob, dude
246: folk fest president. Advocating for increased funding for arts. Arts is a necessity. Festivals under threat. Many have folded. We bring in millions of dollars to economy. We bring joy in world of despair. Half of our grants just go back to city in police costs.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
arts festival president saying "half our grants go back to city in police costs" is beyond infuriating. the police run a protection racket. they are a literal mob, dude
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Maryland in particular was unique among all states in 1860. In the South proper, almost no Black people were free - Virginia had the largest proportion, with 10.6%. In Delaware, 92% of Black people were free, in DC 78%. In Maryland, 49% were free and 51% were enslaved, an utterly bizarre standalone.
Maryland, DC, and Delaware were extremely strange states demographically (and still are to some degree) in 1860. They were the only states to have more than 3.8% of their total population be Free Black people, and they all were *significantly* higher (MD - 12.2%, DC - 14.8%, DE - 17.7%)
I find MD an interesting and telling case stud- stayed in the union with some pressure and also had some of the few Southern cities and counties where the majority of the *black* population was free.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Maryland in particular was unique among all states in 1860. In the South proper, almost no Black people were free - Virginia had the largest proportion, with 10.6%. In Delaware, 92% of Black people were free, in DC 78%. In Maryland, 49% were free and 51% were enslaved, an utterly bizarre standalone.
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I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
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We have increased ICE activity in Baltimore as of Weds
Bovino and many of his agents are headed to another city. Reports indicate that Charlotte and NOLA are upcoming targets. But there will still be ICE attacks in Chicago, as there were before, and we need to remain responsive. We also have a lot of deep prep work to do, bc they will be back in force.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We have increased ICE activity in Baltimore as of Weds
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The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
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My entire timeline rn.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My entire timeline rn.
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Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
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Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...
Kim Kardashian shares her frustration in a new TikTok after failing the California bar exam, calling out psychics who told her she’d pass.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
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scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed
Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
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SCOTUS6: POTUS can fire anyone.
IGs: Even IGs?
SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs.
IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair?
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
IGs: Even IGs?
SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs.
IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair?
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
SCOTUS6: POTUS can fire anyone.
IGs: Even IGs?
SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs.
IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair?
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
IGs: Even IGs?
SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs.
IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair?
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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Stills from the latest Philosophy Tube. We shot this whole section in one take on the run cause I didn’t want anyone in the building to come by and think those signs were real lmao
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Stills from the latest Philosophy Tube. We shot this whole section in one take on the run cause I didn’t want anyone in the building to come by and think those signs were real lmao