ElizabethR
@lizziewriter.bsky.social
n00b ... I post garden pics, political whines, and reposts. Like to see medical and environmental news, books, beads, jewelry, art, tattoos, poetry, mineral shows, and more. Want to get better at hashtags and alt text.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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I asked my aunt, the doctor,
how worried we should be
that someone in Washington
has tested positive
for avian influenza,
and she said: what worries her
is not that a single person
has been infected
but that we keep giving
bird flu the chance
to evolve to infect us all.
how worried we should be
that someone in Washington
has tested positive
for avian influenza,
and she said: what worries her
is not that a single person
has been infected
but that we keep giving
bird flu the chance
to evolve to infect us all.
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I asked my aunt, the doctor,
how worried we should be
that someone in Washington
has tested positive
for avian influenza,
and she said: what worries her
is not that a single person
has been infected
but that we keep giving
bird flu the chance
to evolve to infect us all.
how worried we should be
that someone in Washington
has tested positive
for avian influenza,
and she said: what worries her
is not that a single person
has been infected
but that we keep giving
bird flu the chance
to evolve to infect us all.
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Just a nice story about people helping wildlife. Just a note... These people are experts and knew what to do. If you find a baby animal that appears abandoned call your local wildlife agency and leave the baby animal alone unless they tell you what to do. 🌎
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Baby sea otter named Caterpillar rescued off central California coast
Marine Mammal Center in Morro Bay and local harbor patrol teamed up for mission to reunite pup with its mother
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just a nice story about people helping wildlife. Just a note... These people are experts and knew what to do. If you find a baby animal that appears abandoned call your local wildlife agency and leave the baby animal alone unless they tell you what to do. 🌎
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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it's both deeply unhealthy for a human to regularly make jokes about killing other people and deeply fucked for other people to normalize that
and also it's appropriate to find creative and funny ways to shame pedophiles as such.
it requires humanizing both parties, if you can stomach that
and also it's appropriate to find creative and funny ways to shame pedophiles as such.
it requires humanizing both parties, if you can stomach that
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
it's both deeply unhealthy for a human to regularly make jokes about killing other people and deeply fucked for other people to normalize that
and also it's appropriate to find creative and funny ways to shame pedophiles as such.
it requires humanizing both parties, if you can stomach that
and also it's appropriate to find creative and funny ways to shame pedophiles as such.
it requires humanizing both parties, if you can stomach that
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And this one, too.
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youtu.be/euYe6W7d-rI?...
Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes | A COLORS SHOW
YouTube video by COLORS
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And this one, too.
youtu.be/euYe6W7d-rI?...
youtu.be/euYe6W7d-rI?...
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Honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen red pillars this massive (10-second exposure but naked-eye visible)
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen red pillars this massive (10-second exposure but naked-eye visible)
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Watercolour painting of a kitten called Holly! One of my favourite paintings. She looks so vulnerable.
#kittens #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #tunatuesday #art #watercolours #paintings
#kittens #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #tunatuesday #art #watercolours #paintings
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Watercolour painting of a kitten called Holly! One of my favourite paintings. She looks so vulnerable.
#kittens #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #tunatuesday #art #watercolours #paintings
#kittens #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #tunatuesday #art #watercolours #paintings
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Seeing a bit of auroral color through thin high clouds in Columbia MD.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Seeing a bit of auroral color through thin high clouds in Columbia MD.
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An Israeli soldier (who also works with Stephen Harper at a military tech company) claims he "fought off" a group of "masked terrorists" when visiting Toronto last week.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
IDF Soldier Manhandles Toronto Students Who Disrupted Event
TMU students protested an off-campus talk from two Israeli soldiers. One IDF soldier, Jonathan Karten, locked several of them into the event space before someone broke a glass door.
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An Israeli soldier (who also works with Stephen Harper at a military tech company) claims he "fought off" a group of "masked terrorists" when visiting Toronto last week.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, @dgrdon.bsky.social breaks down what really happened.
www.thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-...
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pretty surprised to see the aurora in Boulder next to a lit up street and CU East campus. still lightly visible to the naked eye
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
pretty surprised to see the aurora in Boulder next to a lit up street and CU East campus. still lightly visible to the naked eye
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To everyone else suddenly casting about for dreamy periodicals to sigh over, now that #Vogue is anathema, may we recommend #Ornament as well as #PenWorld.
ornamentmagazine.org and penworld.com
What else would you recommend??
ornamentmagazine.org and penworld.com
What else would you recommend??
Ornament Magazine
ornamentmagazine.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To everyone else suddenly casting about for dreamy periodicals to sigh over, now that #Vogue is anathema, may we recommend #Ornament as well as #PenWorld.
ornamentmagazine.org and penworld.com
What else would you recommend??
ornamentmagazine.org and penworld.com
What else would you recommend??
So Much for that Craving for a nice #Vogue magazine escape, following this summer of chemo blahs. #TeenVogue was a superior entity, and murdering it was a damfool thing to do!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So Much for that Craving for a nice #Vogue magazine escape, following this summer of chemo blahs. #TeenVogue was a superior entity, and murdering it was a damfool thing to do!
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And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
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Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast
The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
www.readtpa.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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'Completely swindled': Regretful Trump voter flags evidence of president's 'betrayal'
www.rawstory.com/trump-voter-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-voter-...
'Completely swindled': Regretful Trump voter flags evidence of president's 'betrayal'
A voter who chose Donald Trump in the 2024 election says he feels "completely swindled" by the president.Morgen Mogus, chair of the Libertarian Party of Butler County in Pennsylvania, wrote a piece in...
www.rawstory.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
'Completely swindled': Regretful Trump voter flags evidence of president's 'betrayal'
www.rawstory.com/trump-voter-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-voter-...
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As the public discusses Dick Cheney’s death last week, we encourage you to read Frida Berrigan’s 2003 investigation, explaining Halliburton's profits from war—and how Cheney’s “deferred compensation” blurred lines between public office and private gain.
Halliburton’s Axis of Influence
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
inthesetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As the public discusses Dick Cheney’s death last week, we encourage you to read Frida Berrigan’s 2003 investigation, explaining Halliburton's profits from war—and how Cheney’s “deferred compensation” blurred lines between public office and private gain.
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What Americans Ate for Dessert 200 Years Ago: Watch Re-Creations of Original Recipes
What Americans Ate for Dessert 200 Years Ago: Watch Re-Creations of Original Recipes
Many of us avoid turning on the oven during a heatwave, but how do we feel about making cookies in a Dutch Oven heaped with glowing embers?
www.openculture.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What Americans Ate for Dessert 200 Years Ago: Watch Re-Creations of Original Recipes
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In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one | Betsy Reed
In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one | Betsy Reed
Today, we launch our year-end fundraising campaign: our most important appeal of the year, crucial for helping keep us properly funded in 2026 as we face an administration that is using its might to silence independent reporting. Please help today if you are able
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one | Betsy Reed
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People here at #DecidimFest in Barcelona cheering for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💖
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
People here at #DecidimFest in Barcelona cheering for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💖
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Full speech here. Is...is that hope I'm feeling this morning? I'd forgotten what that feels like
youtu.be/JC1h6rJQBvs?...
youtu.be/JC1h6rJQBvs?...
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Full speech here. Is...is that hope I'm feeling this morning? I'd forgotten what that feels like
youtu.be/JC1h6rJQBvs?...
youtu.be/JC1h6rJQBvs?...