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Marie Chapman
@alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
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Sometimes I post about politics. Sometimes I try to be funny. Waiting for the next season of #AllCreaturesPBS
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alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I was wondering about the ethics of silk again and found this article.
qz.com/quartzy/1309...

It didn't help me reach a decision, but I feel more informed now.
Is it unethical to wear silk?
ASOS, the popular and rapidly growing British online fashion retailer, has announced a major new change in the products it will—or rather won’t—carry.
qz.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I propose that when we talk about political scandals, we no longer add the suffix "-gate."
I saw that it was ridiculous when a scandal about a bridge's closure was called Bridge-gate. Furthermore, I am tired of this practice and wish for it to cease.
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Eddie Redmayne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The image is on an LG television with penguins on the foot because they can't balance atop flatscreens. Eddie's eyes are closed. He's making an odd face like he's about to spit something out. He is seated in the guest chair and has his arms crossed. He's wearing a turtleneck sweater with horizontal stripes across some of it. The neck and arms lack stripes.
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Marie Chapman
lopbrick.bsky.social
Oops! Brick caught you scrolling, now you owe her a treat! 🐇🧱 #cuteanimals #pets #rabbits
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
SotD --> Up Around the Bend by Credence Clearwater Revival // A wind rose up today. Will continue through the night
youtube.com/watch?v=dgah...
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Creedence Clearwater Revival
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
@cultexpert.freedomofmind.com Hiya,
The link to your account here was broken on your website and YouTube links. The link for your bluesky page is: bsky.app/profile/cult...
I think the link changed because you're verified now.
Have a good day
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
"Unlike most birds of prey, [this bird] is largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot."
Sagittarius serpentarius is deft at stomping its prey to death. Its body shape kinda reminds me of a wading bird.
The Secretarybird looks like if somebody promoted a chicken.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secreta...
Secretarybird - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by Marie Chapman
merlinslaugh.bsky.social
It’s the embodiment of the quote from L B Johnson in 1960. Decades later and nothing has changed. Racism is their drug and they’re addicts.
The Lyndon B Johnson quote “if you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best coloured man he won’t notice you picking his pocket. Hell, give him someone to look down on and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I got to have my picture taken with the big chicken!

To the guy handing out free water: 🙏
#NoKings @indivisibleegt.com @indivisible.org
A forty-foot tall inflatable Trump Chicken. There are signs on the front of it. One of the signs says "Trump Always Chickens Out". A woman is posing in front of the TACO Chicken, with her homemade sign that says, "I.C.E. stinks on ice". The woman is caucasian and wears a floral blouse, jeans, and light-colored sneakers. She's in her mid-thirties and was surprised by how much she now resembles her maternal grandmother in appearance.
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
Happy national coming out day! I am a lesbian and try to support the trans community whenever I can.
A digitally-made image that is a representation of a gay pride flag, a rainbow flag. Starting at the upper left corner are the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. The colors are blended together. Image is my own work.
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a band:

Denting Gourds
tyburr.bsky.social Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · Aug 13
Slightly diminish a band:

Hüsker Don’t
occamshavecream.bsky.social Occam’s Shaving Cream @occamshavecream.bsky.social · Aug 13
Slightly diminish a band:

Potentially Some Doubt
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Marie Chapman
wgaeast.bsky.social
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I think they're running out of ideas for these doodles. Let's do a bunch of pool floaties!
A screenshot of the Google Doodle from September 20, 2025
September 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by Marie Chapman
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Hangry grunting and honking
August 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
We were watching The Whole Nine Yards on streaming, and it froze during the commercials. Such glitches usually annoy my brother, but I think he shares my fondness for Kumail Nanjiani's face.
A handsome man, Kumail Nanjiani, looking into your eyes. He's of South Asian descent, and got swole in the last few years. The image is from a DirecTV ad, from the campaign, "DirecTV got hot." He's wearing a white tank top. He also has an imitation fur coat, brownish-tannish, that he's let slip to reveal the muscles in his shoulders. It's a photo I took of our TV. The TV is in front of a wall and sitting atop a wooden cabinet. Below the TV sit two small pretend penguins. We used to keep the penguins on top of the television, but it's not possible with flat screens these days. There's a cable box on the shelf below.
August 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
Shit is crazy out here, everybody. Don't give your children counterfeit Labubu -- it's a choking hazard!
cpsc.gov U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Aug 18
#warning: CPSC is issuing an urgent warning to consumers about fake #Labubu plush dolls, sometimes referred to as “Lafufu,” that pose a serious risk of choking and death to young children.

Details: www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
Mini versions of lookalike Labubu doll that fit entirely within the small parts cylinder
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
It looks to me like the city of Chicago has sponsored a terrorist group. I didn't want to believe it is this bad...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/d...
Charging decision reached in fatal shooting of Dexter Reed by Chicago police
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has made a charging decision in the 2024 shooting of Dexter Reed by Chicago police officers.
www.nbcchicago.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I haven't read the whole thing, but I was thinking the same thing the headline says.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap
Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?
www.theatlantic.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
@lawofruby.bsky.social You are incredible and deserve to wear clothes more flattering than what you wore on The Weeknight.
August 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
Hiroshima remembers atomic bomb victims on 80th anniversary | NHK World Japan

"People in Japan and around the world will be stopping to remember one of the darkest days in the country's history. Wednesday marks 80 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima."

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
www3.nhk.or.jp
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Hi, JB! I heard that you're welcoming TX Dems who are breaking the quorum. I know previous Illinois Democrat governors have done the same for other states' Dems, and I think it's great you're carrying on the tradition. 💙
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
"It is notable that one of the few countries to also withdraw from Unesco was South Africa, which withdrew in 1955 in protest against Unesco’s stance against apartheid."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s Unesco withdrawal is part of a broader assault on democracy | Liesl Gerntholtz and Julie Trebault
The US exit from the cultural heritage organization is no surprise. But it’s not too late to fight back
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Marie Chapman
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Stay cool, everybun!

#BunnyButtFriday #aDailyViolet
Small grey rabbit stretched out long with both back legs extended in a full sploot. She is lying on a fabric covered piece of ceramic tile next to a pottery bowl full of water.
July 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
alli-thee-scallion.bsky.social
I hear birds say hello quite often. This bird likes to repeat, "Whisky" and "meow"!
Here's Whisky the lorikeet...
www.instagram.com/reel/DKRpIUW...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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@pftompkins.bsky.social Blue sky must think that guy who responded to your post was named Nobody and therefore the only designated respondent for your post.
July 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM