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🎠 Scribe. DJ on http://KCAW.org on Hiatus. GISHWHES fatality, #AKF, SPN, Divine, Lucifer, Outcast, The Boys, Walker, Evil fang. Bi-GIFual. She/her. Vers la gloire, okay. 💾🌎🌍🌏
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I'm a blue dot in a blue enclave in Alaska, SE section. I'm also a lifetime lurker & pro procrastinator, thus my un-introduced self.
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I'm a blue dot in a blue enclave in Alaska, SE section. I'm also a lifetime lurker & pro procrastinator, thus my un-introduced self.
💞
Writing
Reading (scifi, funny, bios & most anything)
Science!
Music (omnivore, rock & punk at ❤️)
Fauna
WoW
KM & TW
🤬
Liver
Carob
MAGAdom
🐝 kind.
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Textile artist Nancy Nicholson, cat & bird embroidery #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Textile artist Nancy Nicholson, cat & bird embroidery #WomensArt
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
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happy heavenly birthday Queen of Sagittarius and Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner! seeing her in concert as a baby gay literally changed my life. plus as a person who also survived abuse, Tina always served as a beacon of hope and light for me. long may she reign!
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
happy heavenly birthday Queen of Sagittarius and Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner! seeing her in concert as a baby gay literally changed my life. plus as a person who also survived abuse, Tina always served as a beacon of hope and light for me. long may she reign!
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Born 25th Nov 1944 - Bev Bevan, drummer with The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'. With ELO he had the 1979 UK No.3 hit 'Don't Bring Me Down' plus 26 other Top 40 hits. He also went to the same secondary school as me. #BevBevan
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Born 25th Nov 1944 - Bev Bevan, drummer with The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'. With ELO he had the 1979 UK No.3 hit 'Don't Bring Me Down' plus 26 other Top 40 hits. He also went to the same secondary school as me. #BevBevan
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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“Parlor Ornament”. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“Parlor Ornament”. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
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Hiraeth (HEE-reyeth)
(n.)
- An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was.
Used in a sentence:
“And evermore, deep in his small and ancient brest, there stirred a sorrow sharp as winter wind—a hiraeth for the numinous lands of Faerie that slipt into legend many ages agone.”
(n.)
- An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was.
Used in a sentence:
“And evermore, deep in his small and ancient brest, there stirred a sorrow sharp as winter wind—a hiraeth for the numinous lands of Faerie that slipt into legend many ages agone.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Hiraeth (HEE-reyeth)
(n.)
- An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was.
Used in a sentence:
“And evermore, deep in his small and ancient brest, there stirred a sorrow sharp as winter wind—a hiraeth for the numinous lands of Faerie that slipt into legend many ages agone.”
(n.)
- An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was.
Used in a sentence:
“And evermore, deep in his small and ancient brest, there stirred a sorrow sharp as winter wind—a hiraeth for the numinous lands of Faerie that slipt into legend many ages agone.”
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Frank L Baum giving his Oz lore some of the stupidest names of all time so that 100 years later people have to pretend to swoon when a hot guy in a spinoff musical declares “I’m from Winkie Country.”
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Frank L Baum giving his Oz lore some of the stupidest names of all time so that 100 years later people have to pretend to swoon when a hot guy in a spinoff musical declares “I’m from Winkie Country.”
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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Costello in the sun. I am envious - on this chilly day, the warm sun would be lovely. Too bad I am too big to snuggle up beside him on the cabinet!
#siamese #siamesecats
#cats #catsonbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#siamese #siamesecats
#cats #catsonbluesky
#catsofbluesky
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Costello in the sun. I am envious - on this chilly day, the warm sun would be lovely. Too bad I am too big to snuggle up beside him on the cabinet!
#siamese #siamesecats
#cats #catsonbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#siamese #siamesecats
#cats #catsonbluesky
#catsofbluesky
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.