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Barefoot Lentil

@barefootlentil.bsky.social
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Retired. Parront. 🦜 Bitter and sarcastic, sore, old, cranky AF. WBL Minnesota I create typography, covers, and beautifully formatted books for print and screens. NO AI Proud 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 I block a lot. I delete a lot, too.

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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 7h
It true.
The Catholic Church is just men doing witchcraft
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 9h
If there is A N Y inkling that this is going to happen, WHAT IS THE COUNTERMEASURE?
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 9h
No, I will NOT install another app on my phone to send a text message via Discord server because you can't be bothered to unmute the normal, preinstalled message application. too many fucking apps just for one fucking thing. When a functional thing already exists to serve that purpose.
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 9h
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-co...
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Map shows countries hit by plague as Russian lab worker dies
A laboratory worker in Irkutsk, Russia has died from the disease, according to reports.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 10h
#earworm "It's Slinky, it's Slinky...!!" youtu.be/dG_6EBSq4jY?...
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Classic 1970's Slinky® Commercial | Slinky Jingle
YouTube video by Our Nostalgic Memories
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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 12h
It's every dude who puffs out his chest with "If I ever saw a man raping a woman, I'd step in and beat his ass!" and then joins in with his buddies in private spaces laughing at women and making sexist jokes.
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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 @thevirologist.bsky.social · 11h
Fascism is capitalism’s answer to preserving the existing class hierarchy by force; using patriarchy and racism and Christianity (and others) to prop up class hierarchy. The ruling class wants to stay in control. But, we out number them… By a lot.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 10h
I urge you, if mailing old photos (the kind we used to take to developers and have printed from film) to someone so they can scan them--PLEASE. Find some thin cardboard, even old greeting cards, to slip the photos in, wrap in a sandwich baggie with the zip part clipped off, tape it down. Don't just
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 13h
👀 Shoe on other foot...
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 13h
The only poll that matters is taken on Election Day. #VOTE
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14h
In Baltimore it was a youth football game. Now it’s four in the hospital and a dead 12 yo girl. foxbaltimore.com/news/local/p...
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Girl killed, 4 injured in crossfire of parking lot dispute at youth football game
Baltimore police are investigating a shooting that left a 12-year-old girl dead and three others injured at Leon Day Park on Saturday night.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14h
It was a homecoming party. It’s now 35 people injured and two dead. Georgia mass shooting. www.walb.com/2026/10/04/2...
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2 dead, 35 injured in mass shooting at Homecoming party in Dooly County
Per the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, two people are dead and 35 others have been injured in a mass shooting incident that happened during the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 4.
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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 14h
If I could ask one thing of humanity, it would be to show kindness to birds: #nature #climatechange #birds #important
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For the weekend crowd
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sundene 🇳🇴 📎 @sundene.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And the pink tax on women’s items.
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From my mom: When I get my $90 Medicare rebate from Trump, I'm giving it to Democratic candidates! If I ever get it. I doubt it.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm sorry, tfg is gonna give us seniors 100? Once? And that's supposed to help what, how, exactly? Esp. when a single Rx can cost 2K for 90 days? 😆😂🤣🤮
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is kind of amusing how people are concerned about public services who don’t serve all communities the same in Florida. For example: if you have home security system and don’t have an alarm permit, police ain’t coming. Live in a certain zip code, police and fire are questionable. Services. 🧐🧐
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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Atwood-attributed quote that “Men are afraid women will laugh at them…” extends to “Men are afraid of being laughed at”. Period. That’s something that needs to change, too, while we’re getting rid of toxic masculinity.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is what toxic masculinity creates: "The most common reason male college students give for failing to intervene in situations involving sexual violence is a fear of being laughed at or ridiculed – in particular, a desire not to appear weak to other men." Worse to be teased by another guy,
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Conversations about these things need to take place before college. Before HS, actually. And I have to wonder if more would be had in schools if the fallacy of abstinence-only education wasn't pushed in so many school districts.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Undergraduate men in one study reported their beliefs about common rape myths, such as “If a girl doesn’t physically fight back, you can’t really say it was rape,” and “If a girl goes to a room alone with a guy at a party, it is her own fault if she is raped.” theconversation.com/dozens-of-me...
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Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it
People may accept bad behavior – even sexual assault – when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is. But there are ways to undermine this thinking and make intervention more likely.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@clarkesworldmagazine.com is only 38 subscribers in their subscription drive away from giving their team a raise! One of those subscribers could be you!
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's the 20th Anniversary of the wonderful @clarkesworldmagazine.com. I'm privileged to join a slate of amazing writers with a story in this issue! clarkesworldmagazine.com
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Issue 241
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From the first time I read Polonius' advice to Laertes, I've tried to live by those words. The below is a version of that same truth. #QOTD "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."
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But did you Skeet about Bluesky thinking my ass is AI? 🇱🇨🇺🇸 @thepassionittwists.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And most importantly they are the people who know that you will never call them toothless, ignorant, stupid racists to their face. Because like them, you also adhere to these above all else.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excellent point. #Trafficking
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Any questions?
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Jamie S. Bowen - Harris Democrat they/he/she @jamiesbowen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These Colorado thc cartris are contaminated w/ methylene chloride!!
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/
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The Job by Elizabeth Bear
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
41F last night around 3.30 AM Glad I bumped up Apple's personal heater before applying his polarfleece layers last night, because... it got cold enough in my room for me to think about closing the windows all the way Maybe tonight I'll at least turn off the fan
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SOON. Coming soon... this Fantasycon. 💖💖💖
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If ashli babbitt's family can get $5 million after she literally broke into the Capitol to overturn an election, Renee Good's family should get at least triple that for ICE agents murdering her in the damn street.
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I rarely see Tennessee Warblers in the Spring but happily see quite a few of them in the Fall. Most of them fly across the Gulf of Mexico to get to their wintering grounds. Safe travel little birdies!
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 01/10/2026
Many Minnesotans will face significantly more expensive health insurance next year. The average increase for individual and small group insurance plans is 17% for 2027, raising costs for the 203,000 and 184,000 Minnesotans covered by individual and small group plans respectively.
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Double-digit health insurance increases will hit individual and small group plans in 2027, again • Minnesota Reformer
Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are facing significantly more expensive health insurance next year. The average increase for individual and small group insurance plans is 17% for 2027, the state’...
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sundene 🇳🇴 📎 @sundene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JFC. They'll do anything to obstruct our votes. Make sure your family members overseas are aware of this.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 01/10/2026
Please reskeet
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026
October is the 10th month. ‘October’ means “8th month.” In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December. The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/10/2026
I fill the gap between what happened and tomorrow's headlines. ONEST Daily Brief, weekdays 5pm ET: what happened, why it matters, what's next. Plus Diplomatic Notes from the room and explainers. Have a game plan while others discover the news: www.onestnetwork.com
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
tfg and his enablers are the ones who need to be charged with vandalism, terrorism, high crimes and misdemeanors. And fuck it, when it comes to sentencing and justice, no excuses of age, infirmity, dementia, etc. should be considered for any of them.
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why this is not the law in all 50 states already is maddening.
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Barefoot Lentil @barefootlentil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dear Politicians: When you choose a career of public service, it does not mean the public are YOUR servants. YOU are elected to be OUR Employee. To SERVE as face, voice, representative. For a collective, not an individual, a single group, or interest. Many of you seem to forget/overlook that.
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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I'm going with this sassy diva! #littleblueheron #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Little blue heron with purple head and neck and blue body striking a sassy pose as it stands in a shallow pond with algae.
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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did someone ask for a pied-billed grebe yawning?❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Pied-billed grebe with brown feathers swims in a lake. Bird has its beak open and looks like it's laughing or smiling.
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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO INTERVENE WHEN OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING HARM BYSTANDER INTERVENTION SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION 1/3 www.instagram.com/p/Dd4Nj9HGuw-/
@little_folx  
🎶Otto Benson - Orange Moon

HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO INTERVENE WHEN OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING HARM

BYSTANDER INTERVENTION
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION


https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd4Nj9HGuw-/
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION, IS ABOUT MOVING AWAY FROM BEING A PASSIVE OBSERVER TO BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN CREATING COMMUNITY SAFETY.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING A TOOLKIT OF ACTIONS.

WE TEACH OUR KIDS THIS FOR TWO MAIN REASONS:
PREVENTION-TO STOP HARMFUL BEHAVIOR EARLY
AND RESPONSE-TO SUPPORT VICTIMS.
ULTIMATELY, IT EMPOWERS THEM AND BUILDS A BETTER COMMUNITY 
WHAT IS BYSTANDER INTERVENTION AND wHY WE WANT OUR KIDS TO PRACTICE IT

Definition: Bystander intervention is the act of recognizing a potentially harmful situation and choosing to safely intervene to prevent harm or provide support
Prevention: It's about creating a culture where harmful behaviors are not tolerated, stopping them before they escalate.
Response: It's about having the skills to safely de-escalate a situation or support someone who has been harmed
Why It Matters for Kids: Empowers them to be part of the solution, not just a silent witness. It Builds confidence and leadership skills and it fosters a safer, more supportive schools and community environments for everyone."CONTINUUM OF HARM" IS THE IDEA THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS AT THE FAR END OF A SPECTRUM THAT BEGINS WITH EVERYDAY DISRESPECT
IF WE ONLY FOCUS ON THE MOST EXTREME ACTS, WE'VE MISSED ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERVENE EARLIER.
WE NEED TO TARGET BULLYING AND HARASSMENT. WHEN WE TALK TO OUR KIDS, LET'S MAKE IT CONCRETE.
USE "WHAT IF" SCENARIOS. PRACTICE WHAT THEY COULD SAY. AND CRITICALLY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL FEAR.
WE HAVE TO REASSURE THEM THAT BEING AN ALLY IS A RESPECTED AND REWARDING ROLE, AND TEACH THEM SAFE STRATEGIES SO THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE TO PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK.
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The wee Ruby-crowned Kinglets passing through on their Fall migration. None of these birds are showing a red crown; it's often hidden, and only the males have them.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Boys will be boys. Locker room talk. It’s just a mistake. Don’t ruin their futures. I AM FUCKING SICK OF THE FUTURES OF WOMEN BEING STOLEN WHILE MEN’S ARE BEING PROTECTED.
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