Cynthia Ruby
@rubyowl33.bsky.social
Just a low key intellectual librarian who's into film, art, books, cats, and helping others to the best of my ability.
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Hundreds in downtown Midland as well. Really surprised by all the support from the traffic passing by!
June 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hundreds in downtown Midland as well. Really surprised by all the support from the traffic passing by!
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No Kings Protest in blood red Odessa Texas! Hundreds of people showed up and the support from traffic was constant and so uplifting!
#NoKings
#NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No Kings Protest in blood red Odessa Texas! Hundreds of people showed up and the support from traffic was constant and so uplifting!
#NoKings
#NoKings
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Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
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Cuddling a water sausage.
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cuddling a water sausage.
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Senator Mark Kelly is a combat fighter pilot and Navy captain who bravely served his country.
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
Disgusting.
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
Disgusting.
March 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Senator Mark Kelly is a combat fighter pilot and Navy captain who bravely served his country.
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
Disgusting.
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
Disgusting.
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New: We got some leaked internal employee complaints about Spotify platforming Andrew Tate:
www.404media.co/pretty-vile-...
www.404media.co/pretty-vile-...
'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain
Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.
www.404media.co
March 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New: We got some leaked internal employee complaints about Spotify platforming Andrew Tate:
www.404media.co/pretty-vile-...
www.404media.co/pretty-vile-...
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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Is Once Again A 'Bestselling Author' With 'Just Beyond The Light' Book
LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Is Once Again A 'Bestselling Author' With 'Just Beyond The Light' Book
LAMB OF GOD frontman D. Randall "Randy" Blythe's second book, "Just Beyond The Light: Living With The War Inside My Head", has landed at position No. 15 in the "Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction" categor...
blabbermouth.net
March 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Is Once Again A 'Bestselling Author' With 'Just Beyond The Light' Book
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Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) has spoken out against Elon Musk and his "controversial gesture" in a recent interview with NME.
"I will not swallow that bullshit, and I will not comply with fascism."
"I will not swallow that bullshit, and I will not comply with fascism."
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) has spoken out against Elon Musk and his "controversial gesture" in a recent interview with NME.
"I will not swallow that bullshit, and I will not comply with fascism."
"I will not swallow that bullshit, and I will not comply with fascism."
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Joe Bob Briggs looking dapper alongside the always sassy Darcy The Mail Girl #TheLastDriveIn
March 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Joe Bob Briggs looking dapper alongside the always sassy Darcy The Mail Girl #TheLastDriveIn
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The stakes are just too high.
March 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The stakes are just too high.
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my take on all this: the folks who smuggled in signs, booed and chanted, walked out - those are the folks to watch here. they're the ones who pushed back
March 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
my take on all this: the folks who smuggled in signs, booed and chanted, walked out - those are the folks to watch here. they're the ones who pushed back
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Over a dozen House Democrats are holding up black signs with messages such as “FALSE,” “MUSK STEALS” and “SAVE MEDICAID.” Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois) is wearing a shirt that reads in part: “NO KING.”
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Over a dozen House Democrats are holding up black signs with messages such as “FALSE,” “MUSK STEALS” and “SAVE MEDICAID.” Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois) is wearing a shirt that reads in part: “NO KING.”
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
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Sen. Bernie Sanders walked out of President Trump’s speech. Afterwards, over half a dozen House Democrats — including several who have been holding up signs protesting Trump — walked out of the chamber.
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
Trump speech to Congress: Live updates and analysis of the address
Follow live updates and analysis from Washington Post reporters as President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sen. Bernie Sanders walked out of President Trump’s speech. Afterwards, over half a dozen House Democrats — including several who have been holding up signs protesting Trump — walked out of the chamber.
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
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If you're ever bored archive.org is a free internet library with billions of hours of stuff between movie books music etc.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you're ever bored archive.org is a free internet library with billions of hours of stuff between movie books music etc.
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🚨 VFW REBUKES TRUMP & MUSK FOR PURGING VETERANS 🚨
The VFW—a VSO that rarely takes sides—just called out Trump & Musk for firing thousands of VA employees, gutting veteran-owned small businesses, and slashing VA research.
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
The VFW—a VSO that rarely takes sides—just called out Trump & Musk for firing thousands of VA employees, gutting veteran-owned small businesses, and slashing VA research.
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
VFW Condemns Trump-Musk Purge: Mass Veteran Firings Spark Outrage
A Rare VFW Rebuke: Why Trump and Musk’s VA Purge is an Unprecedented Attack on Veterans
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🚨 VFW REBUKES TRUMP & MUSK FOR PURGING VETERANS 🚨
The VFW—a VSO that rarely takes sides—just called out Trump & Musk for firing thousands of VA employees, gutting veteran-owned small businesses, and slashing VA research.
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
The VFW—a VSO that rarely takes sides—just called out Trump & Musk for firing thousands of VA employees, gutting veteran-owned small businesses, and slashing VA research.
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
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Donald J. Trump can eat a giant bag of dicks forever. What a disgrace -- Zelenskyy should be commended for not completely losing his shit and storming out.
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Donald J. Trump can eat a giant bag of dicks forever. What a disgrace -- Zelenskyy should be commended for not completely losing his shit and storming out.
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Promises made, promises broken.
March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Promises made, promises broken.
Mr. Rogers told us that when everything seems so dark, look for the helpers. I'm trying to do so, and I'm trying to find the joy.
#MrRogers #LookForTheHelpers
#MrRogers #LookForTheHelpers
March 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Mr. Rogers told us that when everything seems so dark, look for the helpers. I'm trying to do so, and I'm trying to find the joy.
#MrRogers #LookForTheHelpers
#MrRogers #LookForTheHelpers
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You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
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"We're all so much alike... and yet we're all so different! I find myself rejoicing at the endless variety of human beings, and that's partly, I know, because your differences from one another tell me that it's alright for me to be different in many ways, too."
- Fred Rogers
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- Fred Rogers
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February 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"We're all so much alike... and yet we're all so different! I find myself rejoicing at the endless variety of human beings, and that's partly, I know, because your differences from one another tell me that it's alright for me to be different in many ways, too."
- Fred Rogers
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- Fred Rogers
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