Lorin
@lorin77.bsky.social
Architect / Mom / Occasional Birdwatcher / I never know what to say in these things.
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Another thread of news about the people and organizations pushing back against the Trump administration. So grateful for the friends and neighbors and citizens doing this work.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly
With Trump seething at Dems even as his efforts to prosecute foes hits new setbacks, a sharp legal commentator explains why Trump’s revenge project is running aground—and why he’s at fault for all of ...
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Another thread of news about the people and organizations pushing back against the Trump administration. So grateful for the friends and neighbors and citizens doing this work.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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replace the Supreme Court with the remaining members of the Wu-Tang Clan
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
replace the Supreme Court with the remaining members of the Wu-Tang Clan
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
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Here it is!! My very first Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)!! I've been meaning to try this for years!! 🤘💙
These guys fly around our house all the time and I never get tired of watching them. 🤙🪶
#Osprey #raptor #birdofprey #bird #birdart #nature #wildlife #sciart #ArtYear #bskyart #Arizona
These guys fly around our house all the time and I never get tired of watching them. 🤙🪶
#Osprey #raptor #birdofprey #bird #birdart #nature #wildlife #sciart #ArtYear #bskyart #Arizona
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Rave Pope?
[nods] Rave Pope.
[nods] Rave Pope.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Rave Pope?
[nods] Rave Pope.
[nods] Rave Pope.
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Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
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A fun data experiment would be to analyze how often "little experience in governing" is both a. true and b. mentioned in headlines introducing a public servant to a wider media audience.
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A fun data experiment would be to analyze how often "little experience in governing" is both a. true and b. mentioned in headlines introducing a public servant to a wider media audience.
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It irks me that our country has been brought to its knees by people this incompetent.
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It irks me that our country has been brought to its knees by people this incompetent.
This is wonderful! Years ago, my then-9-year-old dressed up as a therizinosaurus for Halloween - very few people had any idea what she was but those that did were delighted.
The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is wonderful! Years ago, my then-9-year-old dressed up as a therizinosaurus for Halloween - very few people had any idea what she was but those that did were delighted.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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I hope everybody who even *thinks* about suggesting we go back to the high-risk healthcare pool situation is diagnosed with a pre-existing condition tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I hope everybody who even *thinks* about suggesting we go back to the high-risk healthcare pool situation is diagnosed with a pre-existing condition tonight.
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55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
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*young women & GIRLS
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
*young women & GIRLS
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
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Another link roundup of news about people pushing back about the Trump administration.
Here's one to get you started:
Here's one to get you started:
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another link roundup of news about people pushing back about the Trump administration.
Here's one to get you started:
Here's one to get you started:
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do
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it me
Guy seething with jealousy: Well, I think the normal sky is already pretty cool
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
it me
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009