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6-gen texan* weirdo $3. She/her/y'all. Photography, wildlife, music, history, way too much tv. Supplement adhd meds w/time team.
*Not the horse type texan, more the shrimpboat kind.
*Not the horse type texan, more the shrimpboat kind.
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Dudankhamen
Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Dudankhamen
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A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
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COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
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Leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes” ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
Feds tell county to cease naturalization ceremonies - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials received a directive from federal immigration officials to cease all local naturalization ceremonies. Naturalization ceremonies are typically held throughout t...
ithacavoice.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes” ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
What the f*ck?
“The Department of Education said what now? Nursing is ‘no longer a professional degree’? Tell that to the nurses who kept this country alive while half of Washington was playing political cosplay.
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What the f*ck?
I first saw it at the drive in. Of course my teenage sister got in trouble for taking me.
Director: Sydney Pollack!
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe,Edith Sommer (from Tennessee Williams play)!
Producers John Houseman, Ray Stark!
All that talent, why wasn't/isn't this a better movie?!
Director: Sydney Pollack!
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe,Edith Sommer (from Tennessee Williams play)!
Producers John Houseman, Ray Stark!
All that talent, why wasn't/isn't this a better movie?!
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I first saw it at the drive in. Of course my teenage sister got in trouble for taking me.
Director: Sydney Pollack!
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe,Edith Sommer (from Tennessee Williams play)!
Producers John Houseman, Ray Stark!
All that talent, why wasn't/isn't this a better movie?!
Director: Sydney Pollack!
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe,Edith Sommer (from Tennessee Williams play)!
Producers John Houseman, Ray Stark!
All that talent, why wasn't/isn't this a better movie?!
excessively random knowledge dump occasioned by just now noticing her name in opening credits of This Property is Condemned.
Cool stuff I just learned re Mary Badham, aka Scout Finch:
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
excessively random knowledge dump occasioned by just now noticing her name in opening credits of This Property is Condemned.
Cool stuff I just learned re Mary Badham, aka Scout Finch:
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Cool stuff I just learned re Mary Badham, aka Scout Finch:
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
1. V. much still alive and performing, age 73
2. Sister of prolific director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, gabillion other things)
3. Lost 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
4. Is 6' 1" tall!!!
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If we had magpies locally, I'd definitely salute.
If we had magpies locally, I'd definitely salute.
Why Do We Salute Magpies? The Mythology And History.
YouTube video by Past and Curious
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November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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If we had magpies locally, I'd definitely salute.
If we had magpies locally, I'd definitely salute.
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Rep. Crow: The people whose minds are blowing up when somebody says 'follow the Constitution, obey the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and follow the law,' they clearly are the ones that have the problem here. Your oath is not to an individual or to a political party. It's to this country.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rep. Crow: The people whose minds are blowing up when somebody says 'follow the Constitution, obey the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and follow the law,' they clearly are the ones that have the problem here. Your oath is not to an individual or to a political party. It's to this country.
Entirely fitting it should be there.
How was novelist Stephen Harrigan supposed to properly contextualize, in only eighty words, what is destined to be the most berserk and beloved Alamo artifact of all—Pee-wee Herman’s bicycle?
He tried: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/pee-wees-bike-alamo-basement/
He tried: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/pee-wees-bike-alamo-basement/
Why Pee-wee Herman’s Bike Is Now on Permanent Display at the Alamo
We found it!
www.texasmonthly.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Entirely fitting it should be there.
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Good news: Texas Parks and Wildlife is going on a spending spree to open new parks to the public, a welcome development in a state where some 95 percent of land is privately owned. 🏞️❤️🎉 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/new-texas-state-parks-expansion/
Texas Is Turning Private Land Into Public Parks in a Historic Spending Spree
A massive push toward public land expansion means more state parks for all Texans to enjoy.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good news: Texas Parks and Wildlife is going on a spending spree to open new parks to the public, a welcome development in a state where some 95 percent of land is privately owned. 🏞️❤️🎉 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/new-texas-state-parks-expansion/
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This Gorgeous Portrait Series Celebrates Older Trans And Gender-Nonconforming People
"I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty"
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skar...
"I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty"
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skar...
This Gorgeous Portrait Series Celebrates Older Trans And Gender-Nonconforming People
"I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty."
www.buzzfeednews.com
August 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM
This Gorgeous Portrait Series Celebrates Older Trans And Gender-Nonconforming People
"I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty"
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skar...
"I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty"
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skar...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Epstein survivors have been fighting since 1996. THEY are the reason anything has come to light.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Epstein survivors have been fighting since 1996. THEY are the reason anything has come to light.
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No.3: the 30th anniversary of the appearance of the Wem Ghost, when long-dead 14-year-old Jane Churm, who had apparently started the Great Fire of Wem in 1677, appeared in a photo of Wem Town Hall taken on this day in 1995... when it was in the process of burning down
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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No.3: the 30th anniversary of the appearance of the Wem Ghost, when long-dead 14-year-old Jane Churm, who had apparently started the Great Fire of Wem in 1677, appeared in a photo of Wem Town Hall taken on this day in 1995... when it was in the process of burning down
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No.3: the 30th anniversary of the appearance of the Wem Ghost, when long-dead 14-year-old Jane Churm, who had apparently started the Great Fire of Wem in 1677, appeared in a photo of Wem Town Hall taken on this day in 1995... when it was in the process of burning down
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19 November is remarkable for several odd things...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller
A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds new light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
Only one week-o
Till Neko!
Till Neko!
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Only one week-o
Till Neko!
Till Neko!
I can tell my anxiety is rising—I have the urge to buy boots from Tractor Supply
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I can tell my anxiety is rising—I have the urge to buy boots from Tractor Supply