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Aunt Ruth

@auntruth.bsky.social
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I've spent my life in the southern USA, but my people aren't from around here. Older than the Pope. And, yes, I can drive a stick.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane. Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
PUZZLING!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We keep forgetting what generous and reliable neighbors the Canadians have been.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is serious craftivism, y'all. Respect!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heather Hogan got to ask Dolly one question: "You’ve been puttin’ so much love into my life since I was a little girl, and I just wanna know where you keep findin’ all this love..." Dolly says,“That’s very sweet. I grew up in a very spiritual family..." theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/my-brunch-...
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My Brunch With Dolly Parton
Rest in peace, my forever queen.
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you remember this? You're welcome! If you don't know this recording? You're welcome!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This thread, y'all! The dots are out there in plain sight. Matthew connects them.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 18/07/2026
While we’re on the subject 💩
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
GOT SMOKE? It's not just annoying - particles stay in your lungs and at current levels they're bad enough to harm "healthy people." too. C-R Boxes are brilliant low-tech design, very effective, and within your ability to assemble. You, your kids, and your animals will be grateful you've made one.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Public Service Announcement:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When was it ever just "once in his lifetime"?
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
So the big financial houses are appalled at the "shallow thinking" of the "AI native" job applicants? Hmmmm
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So very worth the click, y'all!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
CALLING IT. And add any girl who strikes out a special snowflake, or hits a home run off of one.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Family ties, y'all.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"It's not 'Black history.' It's American history."
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Are we decent people, or not?
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Taking us right back to the fundamentals:
Two color news photos of Black men being arrested by white police or troopers during voting-rights protests. Top: Martin Luther King jr taken into custody, 1964. Bottom: Tennessee legislators taken into custody, 2026. Juxtaposition of the graphics via ‪@sassycc.bsky.socia
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
INDEED.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Of all the scary scenarios I read in the 60s about how Russia might conquer the USA and destroy everything good about our society, none were as audaciously whacked-out and transparently wrong as this. In the Sputnik and moonshot eras, we learned better than this in grade school.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Does anybody with power give a damn about our troops?
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just WOW, y'all. Happy weekend!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It's a proud tradition (of very important people who are new on the scene) to teach their grandparents how to suck eggs.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Stay away from those self-checkout lanes, y'all. (Knew *some* companies were doing this - but, shit, Target!) I miss those long-ago days when Tar-zhay was a happy place... Take a pleasant walk around the store and bring home some nice things I hadn't seen everywhere else. No more!
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Melville lays out the question:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
How blessed this country would be if only more of us had learned important life lessons in our early years:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Y'all -
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Always follow the money, kids:
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 23/03/2026
🤔 1. White people only make up 35% of NYC. They haven't been the majority in almost 50 years. 2. NYC is the *safest* major city in the US. 3. NYC has the *most* white billionaires of any US city. 4. NYC has the *most* white millionaires of any city. Is that what getting slaughtered looks like?
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
TOTAL RESPECT to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born this day in 1915. Just witness this clip, y'all:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
If you don't know her, prepare to be blown away:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Actual quote from a viral video by Mamdani. Food for thought.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Oh, Target, this dog won't hunt. (Alt text for rebuttal on the attached image.)
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I don’t think people who aren’t regularly covering the reproductive rights beat realize how common it is for women to be incarcerated for miscarriages.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
PSA if you use Windows -= The Snipping Tool has improved, & I think many folks haven't noticed. It now has an Optical Character Reader built in. Works for me on very fine print, print on visually confusing backgrounds, wrinkled scans, etc. (Pin it to your toolbar and you'll use it more often.)
Screenshot of an image advertising an episode of "60 Minutes," displayed on the screen of the Windows Snipping Tool. Annotations point to the sequence of capturing text out of an image using the build-in OCR tool. 

At right of the image the sequence of commands is listed:
1. Snip the image. 
2. Click the TEXT ACTIONS icon above the image.

When the image scan pops up another menu, 
3. Click COPY ALL TEXT. 

At lower right, an image of the pasted text shows the successful capture of all text that was in the image, including white font on photo background and some fine print.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Seems only fair:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Here's what the top of this article OUGHT to say: This is a HIGHLY FACTUAL, DEEPLY RESEARCHED piece. It's TOLD as a hypothetical. It walks you through the way these processes could play out in one case, from the POV of one mom who has always tried very hard to Do The Right Things for her kids...
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This shit is real, y'all. There's been NO "softening" of the bullshit, illegal violence. Post from the President of the Minneapolis City Council.
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Do you lot care NOTHING for Historical Accuracy?
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
MEASLES is being weaponized. The nicest thing one could say about this is "persistent willful ignorance," and "reckless disregard for human life." Putin rejoices, y'all.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 02/02/2026
Right now: the federal government has to help these folks and get the power back on, and if they can’t, they should resign After that: we need a Grid New Deal and rebuild the grid for this century
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Once more for the people in the back:
Two color stills from a cartoon. Top: The bus driver from The Simpsons says, "Don't make me tap the sign." Bottom: His finger points to a sign that reads: "The South is full of good people that are on your side, that are held back by gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, and regressive policies."
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
PSA for instrumentalists:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
TEEN VOGUE, y'all! Kim Kelly! Bread and Roses
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
(At minimum, expose him to direct sunlight.)
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pilot makes a strong point:
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Aunt Ruth @auntruth.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lots of communities are joining the Resistance...
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