Nicola
@apocketfulofstars.bsky.social
Professional chain letter writer. Part-time yodeler. 25% Tardigrade. 💙🏳️🌈🧪
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde
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November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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The sky is showing off tonight
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The sky is showing off tonight
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It was me. I ruined the workplace.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It was me. I ruined the workplace.
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
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Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
This must have been taken over Washington DC
This must have been taken over Washington DC
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
This must have been taken over Washington DC
This must have been taken over Washington DC
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We should have punished the Confederates.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We should have punished the Confederates.
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Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda:
"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."
"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."
"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."
"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda:
"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."
"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."
"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."
"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."
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The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
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ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.”
@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.”
@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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This was a really cool way to highlight the images of the moon taken by the Apollo astronauts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And I learned a few unexpected facts:
"During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin."
#planetsci
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And I learned a few unexpected facts:
"During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin."
#planetsci
How NASA’s Lunar Photography Brought the Heavens Down to Earth
No explorers ever traveled farther from home than the Apollo astronauts. As artists, they’re still underrated.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This was a really cool way to highlight the images of the moon taken by the Apollo astronauts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And I learned a few unexpected facts:
"During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin."
#planetsci
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And I learned a few unexpected facts:
"During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin."
#planetsci
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
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The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools.
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools.
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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"1984" and "Animal Farm" were apparently instruction manuals.
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"1984" and "Animal Farm" were apparently instruction manuals.
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future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
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Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
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Pentagon loses it's sh*t over Netflix show featuring closeted gay teen who joins Marines in 1990s. "Boots" is based on Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir "The Pink Marine." SecDef earlier took Harvey Milk name off Naval vessel. Maybe they aren't aware the Spartans often fostered male-male relationships
Pentagon criticises Netflix for making ‘woke garbage’ after gay military drama
Boots, hit show about a closeted teen joining the marines, has led to a statement on ‘restoring the warrior ethos’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Pentagon loses it's sh*t over Netflix show featuring closeted gay teen who joins Marines in 1990s. "Boots" is based on Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir "The Pink Marine." SecDef earlier took Harvey Milk name off Naval vessel. Maybe they aren't aware the Spartans often fostered male-male relationships