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westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

Tell JD Vance to put this on a penny postcard and send it to Mick Jagger-- see what he thinks.

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Rebecca Stout Hillbilly Code Switch Work Sample #1

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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

1997
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley | Official Trailer | HBO

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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM

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Hellish Children

@hellishchildren.bsky.social

Three people died in Krome back in March. Then DHS clamped down on the leaks coming out of Krome. And, as they had hoped, the public outrage died down and went away.

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Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚨🥺💔TRAGIC NEWS💔🥺🚨
Three migrants are dead at the Krome detention facility in Miami, Florida, due to lack of food and water.
This hell hole was converted from a maximum capacity of 500 detainees, and right now over 4000 people are imprisoned there.😭💔
This was posted yesterday.
Part 1 of 2

November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.

The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.

November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM

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olive consumer

@machete.gay

Wait, hang on, I missed this the first time I read this because it was so stupid it completely escaped my notice.

Are you saying there aren't Evangelical Christian PACs?

Do you have fucking brain damage?

November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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DrDinD.bsky.social

@drdind.bsky.social

Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg was called Piggy by Trump yesterday. His misogyny knows no bounds.

November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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Doug Mack

@douglasmack.bsky.social

1. Great, let's do this

2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators

3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Regarding deadlines and form submission:

Rights holders have until March 23, 2026 to submit a claim.

Look on the Works Lookup Page for your titles

If you have published works under different names, be sure to search each of those names

Illustrators are now included as part of the settlement and should submit a claim if their work is on the Works Lookup page.

November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

What a testament to the idiocracy and goofy, puritanical nativism that has truly infected this country. What a sad weird state we are in.
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Mr. Scorsese — Official Trailer | Apple TV

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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM

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Mark Jacob

@markjacob.bsky.social

This dope learned nothing from Vietnam or Iraq.

Bret Stephens: The case for overthrowing Maduro.

November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

ICYMI - Epstein survivors dropped a warning shot at Congress. No more delays, no more cover ups, the truth is closing in.
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social

November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

I'm the leftest person I know, and I'm skeptical in both ways about the Big Tent.

November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

There is absolutely nothing in the world like missing the person that grew you in their body, or equivalent.
Fuck. I can't believe I've been missing her for 15 years. HATE IT!
♥️

Duane, of Memphis died on Monday, November 15, 2010, surrounded by love and family at her daughter’s home in California. She was 63 years old, a woman devoted to those whom she loved, her work, and art. Born on February 26, 1947 to Gloria and Alfred Van Huss

Memphis State University and earned a degree in art education. Her devotion to children found her working for the Department of Human Services and later Shelby County Juvenile Court. She worked in Child Protective Services until [recently]sic

Her last husband shall not be named;
Luckily she had two amazing husbands before he came along.

What a weird hoosier dick.
Gag. I really don't trust Indiana anyway.

"Once a social worker, always a social worker"

Services will be held this Saturday, December 4,2010 at 1 p.m. at The Church of the River, 292 West Virginia Ave., Memphis, Tennessee, 38103. In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations or in-kind gifts be made in her name to Memphis Family Shelter; P.O. Box 22891, Memphis, TN, 38122.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

Go team! Congrats, and thank you

fairweathersurfer.bsky.social @fairweathersurfer.bsky.social · 2d

This makes me so happy! I collected soil samples for this project!

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo

November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM

westsidewitch

@westsidewitch.bsky.social

As a former costumer, I am not one to get starstruck which is probably why I got the jobs. It's not a prerequisite, but it makes for a better work experience for all if there's not a bunch of gushing going on.
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Best Of: Ethan Hawke / Tim Robbins : Fresh Air

Ethan Hawke stars in the new movie ‘Blue Moon,’ about lyricist Lorenz Hart, half of the Broadway duo Rodgers and Hart. It’s his ninth collaboration with director Richard Linklater. He’s also in the ne...

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November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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Bill Madden

@maddenifico.bsky.social

Holy shit! After Megyn Kelly gave a free pass to pedophiles Trump and Jeffrey Epstein to fuck children, this 14-year-old girl just gave Kelly a brutal reality check. 😳👇