nell ovitt
@nellcyrene.bsky.social
rhymes with "hell of it" • writer from NC • scripts & fiction • work in okay donkey, the sunlight press, black fox literary magazine 🪐🌻🍳 • she/her 🫀
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The noon-bell rings. A silence. Frodo speaks. ‘I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The noon-bell rings. A silence. Frodo speaks. ‘I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
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You are like a lantern swathed and covered, hidden away in a dark place. Yet the light shines; they could not put out the light. They could not hide you.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You are like a lantern swathed and covered, hidden away in a dark place. Yet the light shines; they could not put out the light. They could not hide you.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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September 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Saturn-W00066670-Feb-26-RAW - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/9qCzjA
September 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Saturn-W00066670-Feb-26-RAW - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/9qCzjA
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*Kindest* reminder everything you're experiencing rn under American authoritarianism that *feels new* is not new for Native people.
I'd really recommend you start connecting with members of your local tribe by attending open events and listening to what the elders have to say.
We know this well.
I'd really recommend you start connecting with members of your local tribe by attending open events and listening to what the elders have to say.
We know this well.
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
*Kindest* reminder everything you're experiencing rn under American authoritarianism that *feels new* is not new for Native people.
I'd really recommend you start connecting with members of your local tribe by attending open events and listening to what the elders have to say.
We know this well.
I'd really recommend you start connecting with members of your local tribe by attending open events and listening to what the elders have to say.
We know this well.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Beyond cancelling Kimmel's show are about 200 writers and crew members in LA who just lost their full time gig.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Graham Greene was one of those actors whose presence was absolutely, 100% guaranteed to make whatever movie or TV show he was in better. He added instant gravitas and authority, reliable stealthy humor and depth beyond whatever was on the page.
Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."
Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."
Graham Greene, ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73
The actor’s role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film ‘Dances with Wolves’ earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Graham Greene was one of those actors whose presence was absolutely, 100% guaranteed to make whatever movie or TV show he was in better. He added instant gravitas and authority, reliable stealthy humor and depth beyond whatever was on the page.
Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."
Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."
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They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
"the reporter also expressed sorrow for having had to leave his wife, Bayan, behind, and for not seeing his son, Salah, and daughter, Sham, grow up"
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"the reporter also expressed sorrow for having had to leave his wife, Bayan, behind, and for not seeing his son, Salah, and daughter, Sham, grow up"
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holy crap.
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
www.irishtimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
holy crap.
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
sure this is fine and not '80s-movie-villain-level maniacal behavior sure sure, burn it up in the atmosphere, sure
Trump administration takes aim at satellite that measures carbon dioxide and crops - NPR www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
sure this is fine and not '80s-movie-villain-level maniacal behavior sure sure, burn it up in the atmosphere, sure
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Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
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"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
July 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
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PBS and NPR stations in Mississippi will lose about $2 million after Congress eliminated $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media, accounting for about 15% of the budget, says Mississippi Public Broadcasting Executive Director Royal Aills.
Mississippi Public Media Hit Hard Under Trump Cuts
PBS and NPR stations in Mississippi will lose about $2 million after Congress eliminated $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media.
buff.ly
July 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
PBS and NPR stations in Mississippi will lose about $2 million after Congress eliminated $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media, accounting for about 15% of the budget, says Mississippi Public Broadcasting Executive Director Royal Aills.
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
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Record rainfall from Tropical Storm Chantal caused widespread flooding, inundating Carrboro’s Public Works facility, threatening a coal ash mound in Chapel Hill, and dealing a blow to local governments already squeezed by dwindling state and federal support.
“What Just Happened Here?”: Orange County Hit Hard by Tropical Storm Chantal
Tropical Storm Chantal caused widespread flooding in Orange County dealing a blow to towns already squeezed by dwindling state and federal support.
indyweek.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Record rainfall from Tropical Storm Chantal caused widespread flooding, inundating Carrboro’s Public Works facility, threatening a coal ash mound in Chapel Hill, and dealing a blow to local governments already squeezed by dwindling state and federal support.