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@afoolserrand18.bsky.social
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movement researcher, study partner, earthlover, learning from planetary movements and the Tree of Life. Imagining collective liberation, creating a culture of care.

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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Incredible juxtaposition on the cursed site—look how Zionists innocently pursue their belief in the right to assassinate everyone attempting to deal with them and the US without force, derail negotiations between other nations, keep bombing civilians, build concentration camps, demolish houses…
Screenshot from the NYWarCrimes website, an op-ed by Ari Berman titled “What Zionism Has Always Meant” sits above an article titled “U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators” with the lede, “Any Israeli attempt to kill Iran’s foreign minister or speaker of the Parliament would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Rue found this flower on his snoot and thought you should know
Fluffy red dog presents one tiny lilac flower resting on his robust snoot, looking both awed and a bit unsure
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Do they know what happens to the calf worshippers in the story?
Exodus 32 (revised JPS, 2023 translation)

He said to them, “Thus says the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: Each of you put sword on thigh, go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay sibling, neighbor, and kin”The men of Levi did as Moses had Biden; and some three thousand of the people fell that day. But GOD said to Moses, “Only someone who has sinned against Me will I erase from My record.”Then GOD sent a plague upon the people, for what they did with the calf that Aaron made.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet
Fluffy red pup Rue sits casually in the passenger seat of the car with his front leg on the arm rest
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Remember when the NYCrimes was gushing over the prowess and bravery it took to murder over 200 Palestinians and injure 600+ more to extract four Israeli prisoners of war using Biden’s $320 million “humanitarian pier” that served no other purpose and fell apart into the sea?
June 8, 2024
MIDDLE EAST
Israel Rescues 4 Hostages in Assault That Killed Scores of Gazans
The news was met with jubilation in Israel, where tensions over the hostages’ safety have been rising in recent months. 
By Aaron Boxerman, Raja Abdulrahim and Steve Lohr 
PRINT EDITION
Israeli Military Frees 4 Hostages In Gaza Mission, June 9, 2024, Page A1June 10, 2024
MIDDLE EAST
After Weeks of Planning, Seconds Made the Difference in Israel’s Hostage Rescue
When a truck carrying three of four rescued hostages broke down and came under fire, Israel says it called an airstrike. Scores of Palestinians were killed, Gaza officials say. 
By Bilal Shamir and Ronan Bergman
PRINT EDITION: Planning and Executing the Rescue of Four Israeli Captives, June 22, 2024, Page A8July 16, 2024
MIDDLE EAST
How the Israeli Hostage Rescue Led to One of Gaza’s Deadliest Days
A firefight amid a recovery mission. At least 19 Israeli airstrikes. Scores of Palestinians killed. A Times visual analysis shows how the June 8 operation had such a high toll. 
By Neil Collier, Bora Erden, K. K. Rebecca Lai, Riley Mellen, Bilal Shbair, Anjali Singvhi, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Eric TollerJuly 12, 2024
MIDDLE EAST
Rescued Hostage Describes Months of Uncertainty and Terror in Gaza
Andrey Kozlov was kept for six months in a family’s apartment by a Hamas operative who moonlighted as a journalist. Then Israeli commandos stormed in. 
By Isabel Kershner 
PRINT EDITION Hostage Recalls Terror in Gaza Over 8 Months, July 13, 2024, Page A1
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
My dog Rue, I dare you to disagree with this face
Floofy red dog perched on top of a rock with his two front paws out like the cutest sphinx ever gives a sweet ear to ear smile and squints in the sun against a brilliant blue sky
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Kai Winn is engulfed by the flames of the fire caves after releasing the pah-wraiths
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Fuzzy red puppy with a chonky shar pei snoot snoozes on a yellow pillow with a chew toy by his outstretched paw
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
to everyone who correctly clocked the 88 in the username, this person is indeed a happy defender of original flavor fascism
Original Post:
Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com 16h
"She's done it again.
Giorgia Meloni will take Italy into Trump's Board of Peace, defying the European understanding against joining (and perhaps also violating the Italian constitution).
faced with a choice between [european union flag] & [USA flag], Meloni will choose Trump every time."
Links to www.bernama.com article "Italy to Join Board Of Pease As Observer Country, Says Meloni"

Reply:
@zangetsu88.bsky.social 12h
"Way to go Meloni!"
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Data and Lal smelling a pink flower with green leaves
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hello fellow Trekkies of BlueSky, why are we not boycotting en masse evil billionaire Larry Ellison & Son’s Paramount takeover? Why are we not yelling loudly about Ellison’s financing of Bibi and the dump’s perpetual war? How do you think communist space utopia comes to be? #TrekkiesAgainstEvil
Doctor Julian Bashir casts a stoic look in front of a blue sci-fi screen map thing in “Our Man Bashir”. Deep space season 4 episode 10
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is rude, my dog has much more sophisticated aesthetics for his propaganda apparatus than this tacky garbage
Fluffy red dog looks lovingly at a treat, just outside the frame, with the most hopeful little furrow of his brows, the smooshiest snoot, and the greying jowl whiskers of a dignified gentlepup
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Yes and
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore – I am in training don’t kiss me, 1927. Courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Collections. Black and white photo showing a slender figure sitting with their head cocked to the side, curls pasted to their forehead and hearts painted on their cheeks, wearing a unitard with nipple pasties and text reading “I am in training don’t kiss me” above lips. They are holding a dumbbell bearing the words “Totor ex popol”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Epic shar pei-golden retriever floof with red fur and cream paws naps on a floofy blanket, one front leg tucked into his back legs, the other extended like a ballerino
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A search of Rachel Maddow’s posts with the word “Palestine” comes up emptyA search of Rachel Maddow’s posts with the word “Israel” comes up empty
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The future you’re seeking is called Free Palestine, and yes speaking up for those in the scope of its drones being starved to death is the VERY least we can do to transform the inter generational, planetary abuse and destruction being committed by the State of Israel
Skeet from Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social
“That’s esp true for those of us committed to the vision of Israel as a Jewish & democratic state. 

It’s not easy to see a path forward toward that future, per @ezraklein.bsky.social

At the very least, it requires speaking up against mass starvation.
Links to a NYTimes article, the title partially visible: Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Teamsanityjbs has great taste in thought leaders
Screenshot of @teamsanityjbs.bsky.social with the tag “JD Vance Follower”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Just leaving this here…
Screenshot of Dana Rubinstein’s bsky profile blurred out, with text “🚫 User Blocked by “Followers of Jesse Singal”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Just a reminder that this was Andy Ogles’ family Christmas photo a few years ago. Someone is indoctrinating children into a terrorist ideology that glorifies violence and it’s not Zohran…
MAGA terrorist Andy Ogles poses with his wife and three children in front of a Christmas tree. Ogles, his wife, and the two oldest children hold assault rifles, while the youngest child holds a wrapped present. The faces of the children have been blurred, Ogles and his wife have looks of pride and contentment on their faces.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I refuse to believe that there are more posts on this app about #GeorgeWendt (RIP) than the 14,000 children in Gaza who are at risk of starving to death in the next 36 hours if Israel’s genocide is not stopped.
List of “Trending” posts on BlueSky, at 4pm PST on May 20:
1. George Wendt (labeled “hot”)
3.5k posts
2. Microsoft Build Protest
686 posts
3. Marco Rubio
7.1k posts
4. Zootopia 2
731 posts
5. WWE Raw
1.9k posts
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It actually is. Hamas offered to return civilian hostages within 48 hours. This information was reported on over a year ago: www.timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-net...
Interview from the Times of Israel, with the header “Israel At War - Day 593”
Question: What was the atmosphere like?
Response: We left the meeting very disappointed because Netanyahu talked about dismantling Hamas as the goal of the war. He didn’t promise anything regarding the demand to return the hostages. He merely said a military operation in Gaza was needed to serve as leverage for the hostages’ release. We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the strip, but the government rejected the offer.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Accidental reveal: clean air is for elites only
Sec. 111110. Increased gross receipts threshold for small manufacturing businesses.
Sec. 111111. Global intangible low-taxed income determined without regard to certain income derived from services preformed in the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 111112. Extension and modification of clean fuel production credit. 
PART 3 - INVESTING IN THE HEALTH OF RURAL AMERICA AND MAIN STREET
Sec. 111201. Expanding the definition of rural emergency hospital under the Medicare program.
Subtitle C - Make America Win Again
PART 1 - WORKING FAMILIES OVER ELITES
Sec. 112001. Termination of previously-owned clean vehicle credit.
Sec. 112002. Termination of clean vehicle credit.
Sec. 112003. Termination of qualified commercial clean vehicles credit.
Sec. 112004. Termination of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit.
Sec. 112005. Termination of energy efficient home improvement credit.
Sec. 112006. Termination of residential clean energy credit.14
Sec. 112007. Termination of new energy efficient home credit.
Sec. 112008. Phase-out and restrictions on clean electricity production credit.
Sec. 112009. Phase-out and restrictions on clean electricity investment credit.
Sec. 112010. Repeal of transferability of clean fuel production credit.
Sec. 112011. Restrictions on carbon oxide sequestration credit.
SEc. 112012. Phase-out and restrictions on zero-emission nuclear power production credit.
Sec. 112013. Termination of clean hydrogen production credit.
Sec. 112014. Phase-out and restrictions on advanced manufacturing production credit.
Sec. 112015. Phase-out of credit for certain energy property.
Sec. 112016. Income from hydrogen storage, carbon capture added to qualifying income of certain publicly traded partnerships treated as corporations.
Sec. 112017. Limitation on amortization of certain sports franchises.
Sec. 112018. Limitation on individual deductions for certain State and local taxes, etc.
Sec. 112019. Excessive employee remuneration from controlled group members and allocation of deduction.
Sec. 112020. Expanding application of tax on excess compensation within tax-exempt organizations.
Sec. 112021. Modification of excise tax on investment income of certain private colleges and universities.
Sec. 112022. Increase in rate of tax on net investment income of certain private foundations.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Friends, how is it possible that this is reality
Screenshot of a PDF reader displaying a document titled "One Big Beautiful Bill." A sidebar on the right identifies the document's source as the U.S. House of Representatives, uploaded to the document cloud by AP Staff (Associated Press) on 5/16/2025.3
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act".
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents
TITLE I - COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Subtitle A - Nutrition
Sec. 10001. Thrifty food plan.
Sec. 10002. Able bodied adults without dependents work requirements.
Sec. 10003. Able bodied adults without dependents waivers.
Sec. 10004. Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of en-
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
With alt text
A grey text bubble on a messaging app reads “Alert: Butler Library is closed and the area must be cleared.” The message was sent “Today 5:58pm”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Rue says: Here I am!
Fluffy red dog with cream colored jet packs around his back legs and tail perches on hind legs, front paws on a windowsill as he gazes out onto a rainy lawn
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Rue is ready for verifications pleeze
Rue the sweet fluffy red dog sits on a beach, looking into the camera with his perfect sharpie-golden retriever angel face, hoping for some treats Rue the fluffy red dog holds a stick in his maw while frolicking towards the camera on a sandy beach with swirly black ridges
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Rue says hiiiiiii
A fluffy red dog cocks his head slightly as if to say, “do I get a treat now?”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Can these people possibly be real?? They can’t…can they?
A leathery tan man with aggressively fake teeth wears a navy blue t-shirt and suit jacket, grinning maliciously, arms crossed with one thumb climbing up his lapel. A woman with long wavy brown hairv(could be a wig?) intense contour makeup and dark red lipstick wears a white suit and also has her arms crossed like a business psychopath on picture day. Caption reads: “SAFE’s founder and president, Al Corbi, and its director of medical preparedness, Naomi Corbi, spoke to Realtor.com about the impressive project.”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
this doctrine was used to oppress Jews and Muslims, and also was the justification for European colonization worldwide. And part of maintaining power after colonization is appropriation of the indigenous history, because they can't completely destroy it. I keep thinking about this picture...
Donald Trump dances at a rally next to Javier Perez from The Village People, dressed in an appropriative "Native American" costume,  performing YMCA
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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To: Andrea Lucas
Cc: administrative judges + 29 others 
Good morning Andrea. Apparently no one in leadership is willing to ring the alarm bells so it falls upon one of us to do it. The tactics you are employing and actions you have taken in lock step with this new administration are illegal and unconstitutional. You are not fit to be our chair much less hold a license to practice law. I will not participate in attempts to target private citizens and colleagues through the recent illegal executive orders. I swore an oath to the Constitution of the United States, and the Commission serves the people of the United States. If you want to continue following the illegal and unethical executive orders of our new president and the unelected leader of “doge” that’s on you. 
As I said in the email I sent to my colleagues yesterday(which was mysteriously deleted not only from their inboxes, but from my sent box), I know I take great personal risk in sending out this message. But, at the end of the day, my actions align with what the EEOC was charged with doing under the law. I will not compromise my ethics and my duty to uphold the law. I will not cower to bullying and intimidation. 
If upon reflection, you feel like now would be a good time to take a vacation and resign from your position, please ‘reply all’ to this email and put “I’d like to occupy Mars!” in the subject line. We will take this as notification that you are resigning your position as acting chair. 
P.S. Happy Black History Month!
Sincerely,
(Name blocked out by a black bar)
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
He is certainly friendly with the world’s number one most despicable dishonorer of Holocaust memory…may both their names be erased
Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu, and Elon Mush stand for a photo op in front of a cybertruck, grinning genocidallyElon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with disgusting, genocidal smirks highlighting their demonic facesElon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu now their heads while listening to someone from the Izrahelli Diaper Forces telling lies. They are surrounded by sad looking men. Everyone is wearing a flak jacket crop top. Genocidal white supremacists Benjamin Netanyahu and Elon Musk smile oafishly at two separate cameras while sitting next to each other in arm chairs behind a small glass table.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Satirical breaking news screenshot alleging gender scholar Judith Butler declaring a holy war on computers and artificial intelligence, itself an allusion to the Butlerian Jihad described in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel series Dune.
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Reuters news story with the headline “Harris says Dick, Liz Cheney put country above party with endorsements,” by Nandita Bose on September 7, 2024. Kamala Harris appears in a video still, talking to a reporter during a photo op in a store. The caption reads, “I’m actually, I’m honored to have their endorsement and I think that what they both as leaders who are making an important statement”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Screenshot of a meme from @syrusmarcus. Text above reads: “Me: Sorry, I can’t hang later, I have plans. Me, later:” line drawing showing a person standing next to a tree with wavy lines surrounding them. Text below reads: “Figure 2-32 Allow the Tree’s Aura to Blend with Your Own”
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a fool's errand @afoolserrand18.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Rue says HI BLUESKY
Rue the Red dog points boopable snoot at camera looking for some love and affection as he enters a doorway.
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