Naomi Elliott
@naomi42.bsky.social
50% of my personality is LOTR references. LCSW. Photojournalist in a previous life. Books. Cats. Anime. Baldur's Gate. Social Justice. TCK (Zaire, Philippines, US, Japan)
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A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
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This whole catastrophe a day news cycle is like the worst advent calendar
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This whole catastrophe a day news cycle is like the worst advent calendar
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“Our oaths did not expire simply because we took off the uniform.”
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
A Different Kind of Patriotism
Today, more than ever, America needs its veterans to remember that their oaths to the Constitution do not expire.
www.meidasplus.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Our oaths did not expire simply because we took off the uniform.”
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
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Don’t think you’re safe because you’re not up for reelection until 2028/2030…
a man in a striped shirt has a netflix logo on his chest
ALT: a man in a striped shirt has a netflix logo on his chest
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Don’t think you’re safe because you’re not up for reelection until 2028/2030…
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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If poor people shouldn’t be allowed to buy junk food with food stamps then rich people shouldn’t be able to buy politicians.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If poor people shouldn’t be allowed to buy junk food with food stamps then rich people shouldn’t be able to buy politicians.
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
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“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
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AOC: And when Republicans use a legislative mechanism to gut the American health care system, we have to use a legislative mechanism in order to restore it and to fight for it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
AOC: And when Republicans use a legislative mechanism to gut the American health care system, we have to use a legislative mechanism in order to restore it and to fight for it.
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#1 rule is to tell people who is to blame and who they should be mad at [on repeat and from every available platform].
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#1 rule is to tell people who is to blame and who they should be mad at [on repeat and from every available platform].
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Want an example of something Democrats can do that’s not a strongly worded letter? DO NOT SAVE REPUBLICANS FROM THE CRISIS THEY CREATED. Their budget bill is going to increase healthcare premiums for 22 million Americans by 75% while financing a massive tax cut for billionaires.
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Want an example of something Democrats can do that’s not a strongly worded letter? DO NOT SAVE REPUBLICANS FROM THE CRISIS THEY CREATED. Their budget bill is going to increase healthcare premiums for 22 million Americans by 75% while financing a massive tax cut for billionaires.
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Maybe it was a mistake to let 8 companies own everything
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Maybe it was a mistake to let 8 companies own everything
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
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I gasped aloud.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I gasped aloud.
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i do think there's something to be said for how American Christianity so easily reduces itself to the conservative culture war and nothing else
Like, Kirk considered himself a Christian and propagandized for Republican issues, but he was not a Christian evangelist! He was not a missionary or even an apologist for Christian theology. Yet his propagandizing for Trump is being seen as tantamount to a Christian witness.
Can’t miss an opportunity for merch! TPUSA waited a whole 24 hours
September 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i do think there's something to be said for how American Christianity so easily reduces itself to the conservative culture war and nothing else
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“It’s a signal that identity, not ability or achievement, determines who stays in uniform and who gets a fair shot.”
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged
It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.
www.military.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“It’s a signal that identity, not ability or achievement, determines who stays in uniform and who gets a fair shot.”
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
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After ten years of service, the head of FEMA’s urban search and rescue team has resigned, citing mounting frustration with Trump-era bureaucracy that he says hindered the agency’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas.
July 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
After ten years of service, the head of FEMA’s urban search and rescue team has resigned, citing mounting frustration with Trump-era bureaucracy that he says hindered the agency’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas.
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you're not part of the cult so you can't predict what issues might become most salient to its members.
July 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
you're not part of the cult so you can't predict what issues might become most salient to its members.
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Narratively speaking, the tightest ending to this screenplay is probably the freed J6 protestors storming the White House to demand the release of the Epstein files.
July 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Narratively speaking, the tightest ending to this screenplay is probably the freed J6 protestors storming the White House to demand the release of the Epstein files.
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When I lived in Russia, briefly, I described it as a third-world country with a first-world ego. I'm beginning to see that this describes MAGA Americans to a T. Every year, they vote to make us more poor, while stoking national pride so that we're too smug to see it happening. 100% Soviet mentality.
July 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
When I lived in Russia, briefly, I described it as a third-world country with a first-world ego. I'm beginning to see that this describes MAGA Americans to a T. Every year, they vote to make us more poor, while stoking national pride so that we're too smug to see it happening. 100% Soviet mentality.
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Fourth of July mood...
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fourth of July mood...