Magpie Miller
@magpiemiller.bsky.social
A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.
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Donate to Help Michael Wolff in His Legal Fight Against Melania Trump, organized by Michael Wolff
My name is Michael Wolff. I’m the author of four books about … Michael Wolff needs your support for Help Michael Wolff in His Legal Fight Against Melania Trump
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📣My words: A donation of any small amount is like a vote. Mr. Wolff is showing a lot of courage. Thanks, Friends!
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📣My words: A donation of any small amount is like a vote. Mr. Wolff is showing a lot of courage. Thanks, Friends!
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This is what federally-sponsored domestic terrorism looks like. An ICE raid targeting a bus full of farmworkers on their way to work, picking the produce that ends up on our dinner tables.
Only the worst of the worst, right MAGA? 😡 Deplorable.
Only the worst of the worst, right MAGA? 😡 Deplorable.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is what federally-sponsored domestic terrorism looks like. An ICE raid targeting a bus full of farmworkers on their way to work, picking the produce that ends up on our dinner tables.
Only the worst of the worst, right MAGA? 😡 Deplorable.
Only the worst of the worst, right MAGA? 😡 Deplorable.
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I’m going to make a cup of peppermint tea before #herbChat It’s one of my favourites this time of the year when the smell of it warms the kitchen and then my office.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’m going to make a cup of peppermint tea before #herbChat It’s one of my favourites this time of the year when the smell of it warms the kitchen and then my office.
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[first date]
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
[first date]
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
Yikes.
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yikes.
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'People assume that my position is that we can't go to space or explore the Moon. Far from it. I just think the Moon is too important to approach with a narrow western patriarchal, capitalist eye'.
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #WomenInSTEM
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #WomenInSTEM
A feminist map of the Moon
What if we made a feminist map of the Moon? This is a question I posed on Bluesky in October 2024. To me, the question, methods and results ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
'People assume that my position is that we can't go to space or explore the Moon. Far from it. I just think the Moon is too important to approach with a narrow western patriarchal, capitalist eye'.
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #WomenInSTEM
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #WomenInSTEM
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Over at the Tet Zoo patreon, I've shared long-form thoughts on the SVP Palaeoart Workshop event. Thanks to those who support my work :) www.patreon.com/TetZoo?ty=h
Get more from Darren Naish on Patreon
creating tet zoo-themed content
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November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Over at the Tet Zoo patreon, I've shared long-form thoughts on the SVP Palaeoart Workshop event. Thanks to those who support my work :) www.patreon.com/TetZoo?ty=h
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On this day in 1974, labor activist Karen Silkwood died under mysterious circumstances.
The 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep is based on her activism.
#karensilkwood #remembering #madamepurrla #activist
The 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep is based on her activism.
#karensilkwood #remembering #madamepurrla #activist
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
On this day in 1974, labor activist Karen Silkwood died under mysterious circumstances.
The 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep is based on her activism.
#karensilkwood #remembering #madamepurrla #activist
The 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep is based on her activism.
#karensilkwood #remembering #madamepurrla #activist
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Sunrise greeting the Ocean ground
Khari Turner 2019
Turner’s paintings present vivid renderings of the mouths, eyes, & hands of Black subjects. Fluid drips of paint suggest the various mythological & historical roles that bodies of water have played in the Black experience.
Khari Turner 2019
Turner’s paintings present vivid renderings of the mouths, eyes, & hands of Black subjects. Fluid drips of paint suggest the various mythological & historical roles that bodies of water have played in the Black experience.
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sunrise greeting the Ocean ground
Khari Turner 2019
Turner’s paintings present vivid renderings of the mouths, eyes, & hands of Black subjects. Fluid drips of paint suggest the various mythological & historical roles that bodies of water have played in the Black experience.
Khari Turner 2019
Turner’s paintings present vivid renderings of the mouths, eyes, & hands of Black subjects. Fluid drips of paint suggest the various mythological & historical roles that bodies of water have played in the Black experience.
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"Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are & who you think you are. You cannot describe anything w/o betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything."
~ James Baldwin
Provence-Alpes-Côtes D'Azur, France, 1978 by Richard Kalvar
~ James Baldwin
Provence-Alpes-Côtes D'Azur, France, 1978 by Richard Kalvar
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are & who you think you are. You cannot describe anything w/o betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything."
~ James Baldwin
Provence-Alpes-Côtes D'Azur, France, 1978 by Richard Kalvar
~ James Baldwin
Provence-Alpes-Côtes D'Azur, France, 1978 by Richard Kalvar
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"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
“Dead men don't bite.”
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
Born on this day Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson 1850
#Booksky
“Dead men don't bite.”
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
Born on this day Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson 1850
#Booksky
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
“Dead men don't bite.”
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
Born on this day Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson 1850
#Booksky
“Dead men don't bite.”
“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
Born on this day Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson 1850
#Booksky
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Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T Dungy
Poet & scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado.
#Booksky @bookshop.org @naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
Poet & scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado.
#Booksky @bookshop.org @naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T Dungy
Poet & scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado.
#Booksky @bookshop.org @naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
Poet & scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado.
#Booksky @bookshop.org @naturalmagickcoop.bsky.social
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Here’s an example of religious art for the rest of us.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Here’s an example of religious art for the rest of us.
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November, even in her drabness, reminds us that beauty is all around us if we take the time to look for it. Good morning all.
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
November, even in her drabness, reminds us that beauty is all around us if we take the time to look for it. Good morning all.
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Liv Arnesan and Ann Bancroft land on Antarctica and begin their 94 day, 1,717 mile expedition to ski and sail across the continent’s landmass and the Ross Ice Shelf, a floating slab of ice the size of France #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Liv Arnesan and Ann Bancroft land on Antarctica and begin their 94 day, 1,717 mile expedition to ski and sail across the continent’s landmass and the Ross Ice Shelf, a floating slab of ice the size of France #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #OTD
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What He said....
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What He said....
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Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
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Hi folks. Just a reminder that we’ll be here live for #herbChat in one hour! Today we’ll be talking about Dill. Hope you’ll join in if this interests you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hi folks. Just a reminder that we’ll be here live for #herbChat in one hour! Today we’ll be talking about Dill. Hope you’ll join in if this interests you.
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Today will be what it is.
I will be who I am.
And there will be beauty in both.
I will be who I am.
And there will be beauty in both.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today will be what it is.
I will be who I am.
And there will be beauty in both.
I will be who I am.
And there will be beauty in both.
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Maidin mhaith from the far side.
There’s rain in the forecast for today.
There’s rain in the forecast for today.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Maidin mhaith from the far side.
There’s rain in the forecast for today.
There’s rain in the forecast for today.
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Boy, I miss having a President like that.
youtu.be/oiYLg4RnwE0?...
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President Barack Obama Greets Veterans
YouTube video by Barack Obama
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Boy, I miss having a President like that.
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