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DragonMusing
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Crafter, RN, science nerd, sometime wilderness recluse, current apartment dweller, witch. Independent liberal. Here to muse about dragons and stuff.

Any photos are my own, or credited.

#resist
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mattboot.bsky.social
the Praeneste Fibula (if authentic, wh it probably is) bears one of the oldest Latin attestations, 7th cent. BC:

𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔:𐌌𐌄𐌃:𐌅𐌇𐌄:𐌅𐌇𐌀𐌊𐌄𐌃:𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌉
Manios mēd fhe fhakēd Numasioi
"Manius made me for Numerio"

the verb <fhe fhakēd> (=Latin fēcit) shows reduplication of the 1st syllable of faciō "make"
golden brooch with right to left inscription
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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pingree.house.gov
I helped strike language from a key spending bill that would’ve shielded Bayer from legal accountability.

But the fight is far from over. SCOTUS must now weigh in.

Bayer is lobbying hard to stop states from putting warning labels on Roundup.

This isn't about politics. It's about right and wrong.
The War Over a Weedkiller Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Giant phantom #jellyfish spotted deep in #Pacific. These rare sea creatures live where the sun doesn't shine.

Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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forbes.com
Google Changes Gmail After 20 Years—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide
Google Changes Gmail After 20 Years—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide
Do not lose your account — here's what you need to know and do.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter rolls to the Justice Department. This action violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), which strictly limits how completed voter registration data can be disclosed and used. Under 52 U.S.C. § 20507(i), voter information may be
January 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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thewatchdogco.bsky.social
If you agree its time to impeach and remove Kristi Noem, heres how you can make your voice heard:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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sassydenise.bsky.social
Trump, guilty billionaires and Bondi are thrilled ICE murdered an innocent woman.
No one is talking about the Epstein Files any longer.
a picture of two men with the words release the epstein files below them
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media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
They sat there, feeling happy together.
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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pulsa8.bsky.social
America really does have a five‑alarm fire in the White House: a president who openly says the only authority that can stop him is “my own morality. My own mind,” while standing on a record of criminal convictions, financial scams, and armed resource grabs abroad
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social
Fuckin' A right, Ann.
ICE shoots, kills woman in Minneapolis
The White House wastes no time gaslighting the American people
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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atrupar.com
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
I remember when the Kennedy Center celebrated interesting people with talent. How far it has fallen.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
January 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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prognews.bsky.social
Two shot by ICE officer in Portland, Oregon. “The couple, a man and a woman, were shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer shortly after 2 pm while in a vehicle near a professional building at Adventist Health Portland.... Their conditions are unknown." www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
Border Patrol Agent Wounds Two People in Portland Shooting
The couple, a man and a woman, were found by police near Northeast 146th Avenue and Burnside Street, and were transported to local hospitals.
www.wweek.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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jkz12769.bsky.social
The Regime has blocked the City of Minneapolis & the State of Minnesota from the investigation of the ICE involved shooting & murder of Renee Good.
This is why WE MUST REMOVE this REGIME.
WE MUST STAND UP TO THIS REGIME ‼️
www.youtube.com/live/HzTfaT_...
LIVE: Mayor Jacob Frey holds media availability on ICE-related shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🔥 @timmiller.bsky.social: “You’re telling me he was scared for his life? Are you sh*tting me?? The car is barely moving. He orphaned her child, then called her a ‘f*cking bitch’… it’s not a tough call. This was murder.”

Full @thebulwark.com video: youtu.be/oc9gwMDxYAQ?...
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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affirmationcoyote.bsky.social
It is National Apricot Day!

Buy or pick all you want, but Affirmation Coyote's wild brethren get dibs on fallen apricots.

www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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affirmationcoyote.bsky.social
It is the weekend in almost all of the Coyote Continent!

Affirmation Coyote hopes you and the family can get out and do something fun.
Four coyotes playing on a country road. An older coyote, appearing tired, looks on.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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affirmationcoyote.bsky.social
Time to read this again:

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."

www.howardzinn.org/collection/t...
I have tried hard to match my friends in their pessimism about the world (is it just my friends?), but I keep encountering people who, in spite of all the evidence of terrible things happening everywhere, give me hope. Especially young people, in whom the future rests. Wherever I go, I find such people. And beyond the handful of activists there seem to be hundreds, thousands, more who are open to unorthodox ideas. But they tend not to know of one another’s existence, and so, while they persist, they do so with the desperate patience of Sisyphus endlessly pushing that boulder up the mountain. I try to tell each group that it is not alone, and that the very people who are disheartened by the absence of a national movement are themselves proof of the potential for such a movement. Revolutionary change does not come as one cataclysmic moment (beware of such moments!) but as an endless succession of surprises, moving zigzag toward a more decent society. We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope. From: The Optimism of Uncertainty By Howard Zinn • ZCommunications • September 30, 2004; The Nation • September 20, 2004 An optimist isn’t necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places–and there are so many–where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. From: The Optimism of Uncertainty By Howard Zinn • ZCommunications • September 30, 2004; The Nation • September 20, 2004
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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toadfacts.bsky.social
Our friend the San Lorenzo Harlequin Toad is rather dull compared to many other Harlequin Toads, which tend to have bright colors! They live in several small areas in high-altitude mountain forests of Colombia! (photo by Alejandro Lopez)
A slender, dark brown toad with a lighter brown stripe running down the side of their back! They have long, skinny legs and a pointed nose! The bottoms of their feet are slightly orange-colored!
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
Tonight Minnesotans stood together to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good.
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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chariselee.bsky.social
🚨 THIS WAS NOT SELF DEFENSE ‼️
This is OUTRAGEOUS‼️
ICE is OUT OF CONTROL‼️ #MURDER‼️
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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chariselee.bsky.social
ABUSE OF POWER‼️

RIP Renee Nicole Good 🙏🏼
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM