Laurel W. N. MacLeod
@newgrangehuntress.bsky.social
47 year-old mother of 2 cats and wife of 1 husband (gecks.bsky.social) who likes to garden, crochet, read, and play with makeup & nails. Also a nerd. she/her
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✨UK FRIGHTS & DELIGHTS?!✨
This Summer I'm touring w/ Call of Cthulhu: Live alongside the incredible (SO excited to go mad w/ these lovelies):
✨@samanthabeart.bsky.social
✨@jwcartwright.bsky.social
✨@johnnyohnny.bsky.social
✨Belinda Cornish
🦑 & Mark Meer!
More info --> aegp.uk/CallofCthulhu
AH!!!
This Summer I'm touring w/ Call of Cthulhu: Live alongside the incredible (SO excited to go mad w/ these lovelies):
✨@samanthabeart.bsky.social
✨@jwcartwright.bsky.social
✨@johnnyohnny.bsky.social
✨Belinda Cornish
🦑 & Mark Meer!
More info --> aegp.uk/CallofCthulhu
AH!!!
February 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
✨UK FRIGHTS & DELIGHTS?!✨
This Summer I'm touring w/ Call of Cthulhu: Live alongside the incredible (SO excited to go mad w/ these lovelies):
✨@samanthabeart.bsky.social
✨@jwcartwright.bsky.social
✨@johnnyohnny.bsky.social
✨Belinda Cornish
🦑 & Mark Meer!
More info --> aegp.uk/CallofCthulhu
AH!!!
This Summer I'm touring w/ Call of Cthulhu: Live alongside the incredible (SO excited to go mad w/ these lovelies):
✨@samanthabeart.bsky.social
✨@jwcartwright.bsky.social
✨@johnnyohnny.bsky.social
✨Belinda Cornish
🦑 & Mark Meer!
More info --> aegp.uk/CallofCthulhu
AH!!!
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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
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⚡️Australia, New Zealand impose new sanctions against Russia.
Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.
Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.
Australia, New Zealand impose new sanctions against Russia
Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.
kyivindependent.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
⚡️Australia, New Zealand impose new sanctions against Russia.
Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.
Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.
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Want to learn to draw the human figure using nude models, an arts tradition that's been going on for centuries? Well, Columbus, Ohio's banning it for their Recreation and Parks Department's class that's only open to adults.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Columbus Rec & Parks Department's Tyson Cultural Arts Center will cease using nude models
The Columbus Recreation & Parks Department's Tyson Cultural Arts Center will cease using nude models in its art classes for liability reasons.
www.dispatch.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Want to learn to draw the human figure using nude models, an arts tradition that's been going on for centuries? Well, Columbus, Ohio's banning it for their Recreation and Parks Department's class that's only open to adults.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
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The President of the United States has the emotional maturity of a teenage bully.
February 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The President of the United States has the emotional maturity of a teenage bully.
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New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
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BREAKING: As predicted:
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: As predicted:
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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UPDATE: The charges against her have been dropped “in the interest of justice” (she bit one of the brownshirts that assaulted her) and the private security firm has lost their license to operate. I hope she sues them into oblivion.
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
UPDATE: The charges against her have been dropped “in the interest of justice” (she bit one of the brownshirts that assaulted her) and the private security firm has lost their license to operate. I hope she sues them into oblivion.
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NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
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And now you know why they tried to fire the head of the office of special council.
No oversight, means you can’t find out interesting tidbits like this.
No oversight, means you can’t find out interesting tidbits like this.
Government Oversight Agency Rules Elon Musk’s Mass Firings Are Illegal
The decision could affect the future employment of tens of thousands of probationary government workers fired since Trump took office.
www.huffpost.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
And now you know why they tried to fire the head of the office of special council.
No oversight, means you can’t find out interesting tidbits like this.
No oversight, means you can’t find out interesting tidbits like this.
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I wrote about the very violent, very public detention of a woman for interrupting a speaker at the Kootenai County Republican’s town hall on Saturday. In Idaho, the lines between Republican politics and political violence are thinner than they are in some places; this is a terrifying escalation.
This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent, but also who gets deputized to do what.
newrepublic.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I wrote about the very violent, very public detention of a woman for interrupting a speaker at the Kootenai County Republican’s town hall on Saturday. In Idaho, the lines between Republican politics and political violence are thinner than they are in some places; this is a terrifying escalation.
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New JWST data dropped today, so here's my processed image!! 🔭
This is the NGC-3147 galaxy, located 130 million light years away, seen by NIRCam. That spiral form is so satisfying to see!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qNkvdo
This is the NGC-3147 galaxy, located 130 million light years away, seen by NIRCam. That spiral form is so satisfying to see!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qNkvdo
February 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New JWST data dropped today, so here's my processed image!! 🔭
This is the NGC-3147 galaxy, located 130 million light years away, seen by NIRCam. That spiral form is so satisfying to see!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qNkvdo
This is the NGC-3147 galaxy, located 130 million light years away, seen by NIRCam. That spiral form is so satisfying to see!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qNkvdo
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One day, you voted for the last time, and you didn't even know it.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One day, you voted for the last time, and you didn't even know it.
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He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
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BREAKING: Prominent far right influencer Jack Posobiec, who at one point expressed his love for Hitler, says Trump can’t violate the constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."
It’s an authoritarian cult.
It’s an authoritarian cult.
February 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
BREAKING: Prominent far right influencer Jack Posobiec, who at one point expressed his love for Hitler, says Trump can’t violate the constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."
It’s an authoritarian cult.
It’s an authoritarian cult.
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He was too Black for the moment.
February 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
He was too Black for the moment.
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There is nothing cooler than preventing a democracy from turning into a dictatorship
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There is nothing cooler than preventing a democracy from turning into a dictatorship
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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
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The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.
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This seems like a really bad idea, esp. for someone with no experience in ATF’s guns/arson/bombs based prosecutions or their regulatory mission (on top of the slightly demanding job of being FBI director: Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI Director Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director
Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This seems like a really bad idea, esp. for someone with no experience in ATF’s guns/arson/bombs based prosecutions or their regulatory mission (on top of the slightly demanding job of being FBI director: Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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If Trump was on life support, would you unplug him to use your vacuum cleaner?
February 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If Trump was on life support, would you unplug him to use your vacuum cleaner?