Ashes
@figure8labs.bsky.social
Experiencing ego death (again). Will come out the other side. Artist, homesteader, overthinker, polyglot.
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Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.
Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.
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Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.
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#circus #stacking #handbalancing
thanks @figure8labs.bsky.social for the dslr pics!
practicing on the third level , but not fully stacked yet !
thanks @figure8labs.bsky.social for the dslr pics!
practicing on the third level , but not fully stacked yet !
August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#circus #stacking #handbalancing
thanks @figure8labs.bsky.social for the dslr pics!
practicing on the third level , but not fully stacked yet !
thanks @figure8labs.bsky.social for the dslr pics!
practicing on the third level , but not fully stacked yet !
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It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.
Trump on the Texas flood response: "Maybe they should've had bells or something go off."
July 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.
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Good morning 🫡
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good morning 🫡
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Warnock: "I rise tonight in a moral moment in our nation ... if this awful budget were an EKG it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery."
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Warnock: "I rise tonight in a moral moment in our nation ... if this awful budget were an EKG it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery."
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
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Tammy Duckworth BARELY holds back her naked (justified) contempt in this clapback and the whole thing is 🤌🏼
Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
June 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tammy Duckworth BARELY holds back her naked (justified) contempt in this clapback and the whole thing is 🤌🏼
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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
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"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
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Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
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The estimated cost for *the completely unnecessary* deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles? $134 million. Cost for Trump's military parade? Around $45M.
But we can't scrape together that much to keep Job Corps open and students off the street.
But we can't scrape together that much to keep Job Corps open and students off the street.
Not Cool Supernatural GIF
Alt: A male character from Supernatural says "Not Cool" while pointing
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June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The estimated cost for *the completely unnecessary* deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles? $134 million. Cost for Trump's military parade? Around $45M.
But we can't scrape together that much to keep Job Corps open and students off the street.
But we can't scrape together that much to keep Job Corps open and students off the street.
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I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one
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Barn Owl — gansai tambi and faber-castel polychromos.
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Barn Owl — gansai tambi and faber-castel polychromos.
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Queen Jane, Approximately, 2011 by US artist Hope Gangloff #womensart
May 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Queen Jane, Approximately, 2011 by US artist Hope Gangloff #womensart
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Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: "You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI."
May 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: "You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI."
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From the neon series by contemporary South Korean artist Jung Lee #womensart
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
From the neon series by contemporary South Korean artist Jung Lee #womensart