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Aunt Hoolia

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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 29m
VERY good characterization. Jimmy Carter vs. Jerry Falwell. I grew up in a very religious home, and our religion was about love, not exclusion. Plus, I had no problem believing in evolution, a round earth, and science in general.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 37m
This is our Ella Coaltrain. She can be one crazy-looking cat, indeed.
Gray and white cat with crazy eyes and slightly gaping mouth.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 11h
October 4, 2026 The information should never have been linked to the internet, the expert said. “It belonged on our internal system and some dumbass moved it all” to a system connected to the internet. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-...
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
there’s too much likability in this photo, you can’t look directly at it
Yo-yo ma being embraced by Zohran Mamdani
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rosa Parks on Breonna Taylor Way in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank."
Christina Ricci in front of a patterned wall with the text: Maybe we should start talking about how many men out of 3 will sexually assault someone... instead of how many women out of 3 will be assaulted. Lets shift the ownership..
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Whenever you start thinking, wow, W wasn't that bad, remind yourself of that war he lied us into. He wasn't mistaken about WMD, he used that to take us to war for reasons we knew nothing about. Yes, Trump is worse, by far, but that doesn't make Bush right.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yep, fire.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💯♥️
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😆🥳
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet the Siberian long tailed tit, a tiny adorable fluffball with double eyelids. Original post
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 30/09/2026
I know this is beyond the point but these people once controlled the most advanced intelligence apparatus in the history of the world and today they threw the full weight of their movement behind a conspiracy theory, that unraveled in real time, because they don't know different sports teams.
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𝙾𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊 @highnessophelia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone who calls it Superior Intelligence is a meat proxy.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lolol
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Wonderful! Investigating tens of thousands of incidents! Now there's no reason to panic, and we can all relax! Right...
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Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is just crazy. Intentionally incompetent at what we elected them to do.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SO much crazy bad going on. It seems enough to turn off many former fans, but I noticed that the complaints of Republicans running for re-election mostly stem from his hurting their chances, NOT because he's doing anything in particular that's, you know, like, actually bad. 🙄
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To me, this seems like bad timing, considering the Cornell news today. But maybe that's the point? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced (Gift Article)
The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest piece about SCOTUS' anti-voting decision was originally exclusively for Democracy Docket members. Based on the reaction, earlier today, the team decided to drop the paywall. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/just...
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Justice Jackson found a bright side. I am not sure I see one.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a te...
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lolololol
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow, this was Dolly's last recorded vocal performance! U2's new album 'Carnaval De Luz,' out in November, will feature Dolly Parton on a song
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U2's new album 'Carnaval De Luz,' out in November, will feature Dolly Parton on a song
U2 is set to release their first full-length album of new material in nine years, titled “Carnaval De Luz.”
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kate @katewitko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ed sheeran brought an iced coffee to the lesbian bar
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 28/09/2026
Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl
a pygmy owl resting on a branch.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a wonderful piece. Personally, I don't think you get to do a take on NHJ if you haven't listened to this.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens): 14cm (5.5in).This Australasian wren is aka simply the splendid wren or more colloquially in W. Australia as the blue wren. The splendid fairywren is found across Australia. Brilliant photo taken by Mitch Anderson in Australia #fairywren #australia #bird #bsky
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hear immigrant children also have heartbeats.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They seem to be enjoying themself. :)
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mine don't until I make eye contact with them, except for the one who comes no matter whose name you call, in case there's food involved.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So gentle and so patient ❤️ #goldenretriever #sweetboy #butterfly #monarch IG: @thegoldenlifeofcharlie_ www.instagram.com/thegoldenlif...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4mn trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5mn enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💯 I couldn't believe it didn't make the list of the best 100. Shocked, even.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hope the Dog and Trunks the Cat "Of course Trunks remembers the 21st of September, it was only three days ago!"
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Darth Continent @darthcontinent.com · 25/09/2026
#NobodyWarnedMeAboutThe "poached beef medallions with a tomato and corn syrup reduction and topped with vinegar infused with ground mustard seed". 🤔
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These summits are too embarrassing - and too dangerous, with Trump's instability - and the country would be safer and better off if our president weren't hosting them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Should Stop Hosting Summits
He’s turned them into a pointless ritual.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
His song is as pretty as his plumage!
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the [Remington] 870 [pump-action shotgun] is brutal,” ChatGPT said. “Close quarters is its playground.” How chilling is that last sentence, coming from an AI chatbot?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good lord, why is she doing press all of a sudden? Or, at least, the first I've seen in years. Of course, I don't watch FOX News. Or any TV news, for that matter.
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Aunt Hoolia @aunthoolia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This movie is SO. so. good. Just beautifully made, including some double-dolly shots reminiscent of Spike Lee's where the subject seems to be floating toward the camera. Also, a lovely Jon Batiste song over the end credits. If you love cinema, see it if you have a chance. youtu.be/aej2y_BBBFs?...
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IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Rich Spirit
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