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Stringlady

@afmmurphy.bsky.social
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NYC to CNY (with a brief stop in NC) and making a new life.

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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 15h
Protest in New York City. A small child was in the car when they shot into it.
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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
THERE. IS. NO. FINISH. LINE.
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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In libraries 📚 the purpose of the technology and the facilities and the administration and the money people and the politics and the fundraising... Is so we can DO LIBRARY STUFF. Books. Programs. Outreach. Literacy. Human connection. Third Spaces. LIBRARY STUFF.
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Skydance Studios: You'll Believe A Ship Can Sink
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
I want more shows like Parts Unknown and High on the Hog and Taste the Nation; I want fully unscripted documentary shows about food and culture. I'm so sick and tired of faux reality bullshit that I could spit
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stupid is as stupid does.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That sounds about right.
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yes, indeed!
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I finally remembered my job, and made it summer outside the window again. He can sleep now, in the sun, with the scent of grass on the breeze. He's in for a disappointment when it gets cold again tomorrow - but today, bliss. #cat
A gray tabby cat curled up on his cat tree just inside the window, sound asleep.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/09/2026
The September 2025 footage offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep. The Associated Press analyzed the video, which was part of a lawsuit filed Thursday that accuses authorities of overstepping their search warrants. to.pbs.org/46fkGvB
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Body camera video offers a rare look inside an immigration raid at a New York factory
The footage from September 2025 shows the raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York, and offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When everyone is a priority, no one is a priority. That means that Mullin and ICE are going to treat a murderer who just got here with the same level of priority as a guy who’s been here for 25 years raising a family and living like a saint. That’s bad for so many reasons.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Repoost yf once upon a tyme you were a denizen of a diale-uppe BBS and wyth your entyre soule you remembir the birde-screeche-dissolvinge-ynto-static noyse
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Democrats @democrats.org · 10/09/2026
HUGE: Philadelphia is on pace to have its safest year in over six decades thanks to Mayor Cherelle Parker. Over the last year: –Auto theft is down 11% –Homicides are down 22% –Shooting incidents are down 19% Democratic mayors are prioritizing public safety—and delivering results.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gotta agree with this, given the record.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a big deal. @govpritzker.illinois.gov's Republican predecessor put the state's finances in the crapper. Pritzker has invested heavily in the state's people and infrastructure AND restored its fiscal stability. No small feat.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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Mallow @mallowwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"I wouldn't wish it on anyone" buddy you wished it on everyone.
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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Late night wholesome content.
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
That's lovely.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists, non-profits and unions, raising alarm over a power the government has asserted without judicial oversight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The next time Trump gets on a rant about non-existent vote fraud and talks about seizing ballot boxes and shit, a reporter should ask him if he prefers an Orban exit strategy or an Ceaușescu exit strategy.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's actually less than that! Overstaying a visa is not a crime, but speeding and jaywalking are. It's a civil violation, which is why the penalty can't be imprisonment or fines. Or shouldn't be, though they've created this detention camp loophole like fascists do.
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not just the Himalayas. She's speaking about Peru. And it could happen anywhere with glaciers up in the mountains.
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Now, that's a good phrase.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#booksky
Can't believe we're at the stage of dystopia where we're destroying old books because Tim from corporate can't write his own emails.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.
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Connor Anderson @connorwa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A massive crisis is developing in the west over dwindling water. You are going to hear a lot of bullshit. Just remember this: The solution is to stop growing animal feed & vegetables in the desert. That’s it. That’s all we have to do. Just grow stuff that needs water where it rains on the regular.
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Prado Museum did this delightful video to promote the total eclipse of the Sun that was seen in Spain. #globalmuseum #museums #eclipse #Prado
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
JESUS CHRIST WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE'S A TINY SHINY BIRD IN PANTALOONS
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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Before you get too bent out of shape about Trump's idiotic vaccine order, be aware that nobody is manufacturing separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines, and that to do so (even if the manufacturers want to) would require development, testing, and FDA approval.
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Doctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Promises Made, Promises Kept
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A sadde thinge that we have to worke arounde alwayes ys that the quiet, steadye, patient labor and kyndenesse required to holde up the worlde and keepe us all goinge ys nevir a newes item. Unshowye, ordinarye, hard-won skill at the job you must do for othirs to get on. The greatest honor ys there.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yn a worlde where the humanityes are being systematicallye defunded by both the righte and the lefte, the internet ys one big seminar about the meaninge of *The Odyssey.* Ther ys a lesson yn thys somewher. And the lesson ys: funde the humanityes.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
But of course, read the whole thread. Grateful for Cory Doctorow, and grateful he writes about Silicon Valley with a flamethrower....
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GrumpyGirdle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿〓〓🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇦🇵🇸🐈‍⬛🐾📚🌊☮️ @grumpygirdle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Their descriptions made me chuckle. Saw this and immediately thought of @redskies.bsky.social
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🧵 Note the poster.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
Warnock: "Look at this from a common sense perspective. I won two elections -- in '21 and '22. Our congressional delegation is majority Republican, so are you saying that on the same ballots that elected my R colleagues, their ballots are legit and the ballots that elected Ossoff & myself are not?"
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Found the FDA's "Hey guys, we've been having more & more Cyclospora outbreaks in the US since 2017. Here's what we're doing to try & head that off, please fund more of this!" document. Kinda sobering! www.fda.gov/food/foodbor...
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Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan
A plan to reducing the public health burden of foodborne illness caused by Cyclospora in fresh produce.
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Cut this into ads. Now.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In case your day needs a little break to watch a crane drinking water, looking exactly like a dunking/drinking bird toy, Stiltchild's got you covered. 🪶
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Stringlady @afmmurphy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
What kind of Summer Activities are you people doing?
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Have you noticed that the crypto industry is showing up to primaries and aiming a money cannon at anyone they think might regulate it? Do you think that's a problem? Join us tomorrow for a deep dive on crypto and money in politics with Ben McKenzie:
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 08/07/2026
Anyway I think the moral rot of our society is probably not unrelated to the disdain for the workers who effectively raise our children, take care of our elders, clean our streets, etc
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ShellsTheMerryZionist @stayscathed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Listening to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social and Ambassador Samantha Power discuss the 751,000 people, mostly children, who have died due to DOGE cuts & I just want to tell every leftist who didn’t vote for Harris because “genocide” to go fuck themselves.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
so no, it isn’t hard to imagine that someone who believes so strongly in their right to do whatever the fuck they want no matter who it harms would later be revealed to show that exact trait again in a different way, and this will certainly not be where it ends. the tattoo told us everything already
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