The Countess
@escape-hatch.bsky.social
Between the knitting and weightlifting, I feel that all I do is count. Sort of retired-ish. Native Floridian-Panhandle transplant. A work in progress.
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George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Well Cheetos don’t instantly decay on the walk from my car to the refrigerator so there’s that
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well Cheetos don’t instantly decay on the walk from my car to the refrigerator so there’s that
@kairyssdal.bsky.social did you see this? Make it happen! www.instagram.com/reel/DPCkd9E...
littlepatterns on Instagram: "Hi @npr just circling back on this one. ILY. Tell Steve I said ‘sup. Thanks @dandrawnwords for lettering all these mockups so beaut…"
Hi @npr just circling back on this one. ILY. Tell Steve I said ‘sup. Thanks @dandrawnwords for lettering all these mockups so beautifully and supporting my whims. #npr #branding
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September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social did you see this? Make it happen! www.instagram.com/reel/DPCkd9E...
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Auden, ‘September 1, 1939’
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Auden, ‘September 1, 1939’
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Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.
August 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.
I know doomscrolling is not a good idea but, my goodness, there is just so much doom to scroll. I can’t let it pile up or I’ll never catch up.
August 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I know doomscrolling is not a good idea but, my goodness, there is just so much doom to scroll. I can’t let it pile up or I’ll never catch up.
Next month’s job numbers as Game of Thrones characters…
Next month’s job numbers are the street you grew up on and the last thing you ate.
August 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Next month’s job numbers as Game of Thrones characters…
Well all the #tourdefleece2025 finally got me. I’m taking my first knitting class tomorrow. First step on the road to perdition.
July 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well all the #tourdefleece2025 finally got me. I’m taking my first knitting class tomorrow. First step on the road to perdition.
Fig. 1 it’s not my fault! He’s the one that suggested we lay on top of this pediment.
Fig. 2 Hey I wasn’t lying. This is totally comfy. What’s your problem?!
Fig. 2 Hey I wasn’t lying. This is totally comfy. What’s your problem?!
June 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Fig. 1 it’s not my fault! He’s the one that suggested we lay on top of this pediment.
Fig. 2 Hey I wasn’t lying. This is totally comfy. What’s your problem?!
Fig. 2 Hey I wasn’t lying. This is totally comfy. What’s your problem?!
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
June 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Solid work by the Titans on this one
May 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Solid work by the Titans on this one
“The problem when you’re doing a single-bidder deal with a party whose legal adviser is conflicted is that you just don’t know whether the other side is really giving you their best offer or whether a competitive process would produce a better result.” Swiftian humor
The Situation: A Used Plane That Needs Work
I have problems with the Qatar plane deal.
www.lawfaremedia.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“The problem when you’re doing a single-bidder deal with a party whose legal adviser is conflicted is that you just don’t know whether the other side is really giving you their best offer or whether a competitive process would produce a better result.” Swiftian humor
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NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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Song of the Day
April 23 2025
Ship of Fools by World Party
Dedicated to Trump/Musk/Navarro/ “Ron Vara”/ Lutnick — Putin’s ship of useful idiots.
“You will pay tomorrow.
Save me, save me from tomorrow.
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools.”
youtu.be/B2nCugGQZO0?...
April 23 2025
Ship of Fools by World Party
Dedicated to Trump/Musk/Navarro/ “Ron Vara”/ Lutnick — Putin’s ship of useful idiots.
“You will pay tomorrow.
Save me, save me from tomorrow.
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools.”
youtu.be/B2nCugGQZO0?...
World Party - Ship Of Fools
YouTube video by WorldPartyOfficial
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May 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Song of the Day
April 23 2025
Ship of Fools by World Party
Dedicated to Trump/Musk/Navarro/ “Ron Vara”/ Lutnick — Putin’s ship of useful idiots.
“You will pay tomorrow.
Save me, save me from tomorrow.
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools.”
youtu.be/B2nCugGQZO0?...
April 23 2025
Ship of Fools by World Party
Dedicated to Trump/Musk/Navarro/ “Ron Vara”/ Lutnick — Putin’s ship of useful idiots.
“You will pay tomorrow.
Save me, save me from tomorrow.
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools.”
youtu.be/B2nCugGQZO0?...
Me too, humanoid robot. I too would stumble, overheat, and fail to finish a half-marathon. #theyrejustlikeus
Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half-Marathon in Beijing
Only six of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
www.wired.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Me too, humanoid robot. I too would stumble, overheat, and fail to finish a half-marathon. #theyrejustlikeus
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Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?