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Anni
@annimorrell.bsky.social
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Hello, it is me.

Knitter, baker, doodler, gardener, nature lover, reader, tea drinker, violinist, language learner, historical reenactor, passionate advocate for human rights 🌟

Tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge 🇮🇪
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I found an underground spring in my woods today!

Fuair ​​​​mé tobar faoi thalamh i mo choill inniu! 🇮🇪
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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On top of the snow mountain next to our driveway ☃️

Chuir sé sneachta go leor! 🇮🇪
February 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Just ordered a bunch of heirloom apple trees to pick up this spring! Super excited to get these planted and hopefully enjoy some heirloom apples in a couple years! 🌱
A collage of six photos of heirloom apples
February 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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A snowy day here ☃️

Tá sé sneachta 🇮🇪
A field and trees, with big, fluffy snowflakes falling and blowing in the wind A field and trees, with big, fluffy snowflakes falling and blowing in the wind
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Someone has turned one of my pumpkins into a little house 🎃🐿️
A big pumpkin, covered in a dusting of snow, sits on a stoop, with a perfect little circle opening chewed in the front, right where a door would be if it were a little hobbit house.
January 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Berlin had a thriving LGBTQ community in the 1920s, and even had the first transgender clinic. The Nazis burned it to the ground. LGBTQ people were sent to concentration camps and forced to wear triangle badges. Many were killed in the Holocaust. The Nazis also saw manhood as under threat by independent women who didn't rely on men. In 1934, Hitler proclaimed, "A woman's world is her husband, her family, her children, her house." Laws that had protected women's rights were repealed and new laws were introduced to restrict women to the home and in their roles as wives and mothers. Reproductive rights were severely rolled back, and doctors who performed abortions could face the death penalty. Despite all of this, the German people didn't have a similar historical parallel to look upon as a warning. Most Germans never acted like the sky was falling. Most just went along with their lives as usual, until many of their lives were snuffed out. By the time Hitler's reign was forced to an end by the Allied Powers, I million people were murdered in the Holocaust, and 70-85 million were killed in WW2
January 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Hitler, who became a billionaire while in office, knew he and his clan of oligarchs could get away with the scam if they constantly had an "enemy within" to blame while the corporatocracy robbed the country blind. An easy target was one of the smallest minorities. Hitler removed birthright citizenship rights of Jews and started rounding them up for mass deportations for being "illegally" in the country. The German press under Nazi rule highlighted instances of violence by Jews to convince the public that Jewish immigrants were a danger to the "real Germans." Hitler wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn't just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents were silenced. Media that dared to questioned him were vilified as "the enemy" and "Marxists." Hitler's Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, bragged about how the Nazis were able to intimidate the media into giving them favorable coverage, and didn't need to give direct orders. The Nazi regime and its followers collected all books they saw as promoting "degeneracy" or what would be considered "woke" today, and burned them in large bonfires. They also burned books that promoted class consciousness.
January 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Sound familiar? 🧵

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In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government. He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of the "corrupt" Social Democrats. Hitler cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the "common man,' railing against the "elites, cultural "degeneracy," and the establishment, who he all labeled as "Marxists." He claimed the education system was indoctrinating children to hate Germany, and promised to return Germany to greatness. To solidify his base, Hitler masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation's problems, exploiting societal divisions with an "us vs. them" narrative. Many Germans took the bait. Hitler's Nazi Party continued to gain traction, until he became Chancellor in 1933. Hitler appointed German oligarchs as his economic advisors. He proceeded to privatize government run utilities, solidifying support of the economic elite. With the working class divided along cultural and ethnic lines, the Nazis shut down workers unions and abolished strikes. Progressives and trade unionists were imprisoned and sent to concentration camps. Corporate profits skyrocketed while working class Germans lived paycheck to paycheck.
January 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Beautiful sunset here tonight! 🌄

Luí gréine álainn anseo anocht! 🇮🇪
A sunset with orange, blue, peach, and pink, above a dark forest and snowy field. A sunset with orange, blue, peach, and pink, above a dark forest and snowy field.
January 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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A beautiful barred owl in my tree 🦉

Tá ulchabhán álainn i mo chrann 🇮🇪
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Me with a big ol’ tree at Blarney Castle
A woman in a green raincoat stands next to, and is dwarfed by, a humongous, ancient tree on the grounds of Blarney Castle
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Mallard and northern pintail bros hanging out 🦆🦆
Two male ducks, one a mallard and one a northern pintail, floating together on a pond.
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Snow flurries have begun! Looking forward to our little snowstorm.

Tá sé sneachta! ☃️
January 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Pumpkin eater caught in the act
Eastern grey squirrel shamelessly chowing down on a white pumpkin on a granite stoop
January 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A fox was walking through the snow in my driveway, stalking a rodent 🦊🐭🐾
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Though it’s not as photo-based as insta, you can post pictures here! And yeah, Pinterest is so bad lately. It’s all just AI junk. If you find good alternative, let me know!
January 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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Charles Schulz wrote this letter in reply to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, "What makes a good citizen?" Although this letter was written 54 years ago, it very much reads as if it could have been written today.
November 18, 2024 at 1:15 AM