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Bright blue dot in red state Alabama, LGBTQ+ equality, reproductive justice, animal lover, reader, musical theatre, knitter, nerd. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, British detective shows. No DMs, porn, crypto, money asks, weird cults! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spouse and I just voted absentee in person. It felt so good to mark straight ticket for #Alabama #Democrats. And no chance of last minute shenanigans by the cheater in the White House. #VoteBlue2026
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fuck you, @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social, and your "transgender ideology" bullshit. If you can't win without attacking my kid and other trans kids, you deserve to lose. #TransRightsAreHumanRights thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/09/17/m...
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Democratic U.S. Representative Mary Kaptur releases two anti-transgender ads ahead of Ohio primaries
‘I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools'
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Please, Democratic candidates, plaster his statements all over your campaign ads. This man does not give a damn about our military. He doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-gives-...
thedailybeast.com
Trump Gives Jaw-Droppingly Callous Response to Sailors’ Hellish Ordeal
The president was asked about conditions on an aircraft carrier from which a sailor jumped.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rick Scott thinks it's okay to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for exercising his constitutional right to avoid a perjury trap. I guess ol' Rick forgot about all the times he did the same after his company was caught committing Medicare fraud. www.rawstory.com/rick-scott-f...
As CEO of Columbia/HCA, Scott himself invoked the 5th Amendment 75 to. Es in a 2000 civil deposition while the Co faced a federal investigation that led to a $1.7 billion settlement - at the time the largest Medicare fraud case in US history
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So...gender affirming treatment? www.rawstory.com/hegseth-test...
rawstory.com
'High-T Department of War': Hegseth plugs testosterone program for maximum 'lethality'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered mandatory testosterone screening for all active-duty service members 30 and older, framing the program in a video posted Wednesday as essential to keeping tr...
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
So much fun to be added to a moderation list for subjects about which I've never posted... @bsky.app, what the hell?
Notification that I've been added to "Wrong about VR, AI, Crypto, SmartGlasses, GLP1, NFTs, or Bitcoin" moderation list
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Maybe space out those blueberries over a few days? 😂 He's a cutie pie! ❤️
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Yes! 🏳️‍⚧️ ♥️
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy PRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Reclusive #kittybruce emerges from hiding to say Happy #Caturday! ❤️ 🐈‍⬛
Gray and white tuxedo cat Bruce
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Who's gonna tell him the Supreme Court can't overturn a constitutional amendment?
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Good grief, it looks like a water ride at Six Flags.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Mushroom in the Forest #ArtSky #DrawSky #DrawingSky
Mushroom in a forest, surrounded by trees and fallen leaves
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This sounds like the plot of a horror movie. IMO, a 12 year sentence isn't long enough. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
cbsnews.com
Wisconsin man stole coworker's identity for 30 years, sent victim to mental hospital before DNA exonerated him: court ruling
Matthew Keirans used William Woods's identity for decades, then manipulated police into prosecuting Woods, who spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a mental hospital before DNA evidence proved his i...
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Discovery should be fun. www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...
thedailybeast.com
Keystone Kash Demands Unreal Payout in Lawsuit Over Boozing Report
The FBI director is seeking $250 million in damages over the bombshell article.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#Butterfly on #Hydrangea #ArtSky #DrawSky #DrawingSky
Butterfly sitting on a hydrangea bloom - pencil drawing
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
No. Hell no.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A frilly #mushroom in the forest #ArtSky
Frilly mushroom surrounded by leaves
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I really wish @rawstory.com would stop using the word "racial" when this is clearly straight up RACISM. www.rawstory.com/jacob-lang-t...
rawstory.com
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy First Contact Day to all who celebrate. If the Vulcans could see us now, they'd never help us perfect warp drive.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
According to my cats, the whole world was made for them. ♥️🐈‍⬛
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Aren't cost overruns his excuse for prosecuting Jerome Powell?
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#Knitting and listening to #BadBunny - a nice way to spend a Sunday morning when the pollen count is too high to go outside. Spring in #Birmingham. *sigh* #KnitSky
Knitted scarf (partially finished) in Peridot green, basketweave pattern
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#Alabama friends, find your #NoKings event below!
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Obscure pet peeve: actors portraying conductors who have no idea of the pattern or the beat. Takes me right out of whatever I'm watching. #MusicNerd
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Amen to this! I quit Amazon a while back, and I love Bookshop.org.
bookshop.org
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Birmingham Indivisible ❌👑💙🔵 @indivisiblebham.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
3/3 ❌👑3️⃣MARCH 28 12-2pm BHM Indivisible partnership w @aclu.org Alabama #nokingsbhmal 🚩 bit.ly/NoKingsBHMAL ❤️‍🔥We would💙U2️⃣show🆙 🚨Register 👀 mobilize.us/s/b1MozA 🙋‍♀️Volunteer forms.gle/KXfTfD54MjnS... 📣GREAT speakers/singers 🪧RESIST🛌REST🗣️REPEAT @indivisible.org @alreporter.com @mariakbsky.bsky.social
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social re #Alabama gubernatorial candidate Ja'mel Brown and his list of issues, you should check out the history of the state's ban on the sale of sex toys, passed by accident but defended to the death by former AG Troy King. It's a hoot.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there's nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to. And you know what? We like it that way." - Donald J Trump, making no sense, as usual #IranWar
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you're a woman or you care about women, this should horrify you. We have to push back! #WomensRightsAreHumanRights youtu.be/orbSiS-9ZWU?...
youtu.be
The Heritage Foundation’s new blueprint for American women
YouTube video by MS NOW
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Not our usual window view here in #Birmingham. ❄️❄️❄️
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I've been expecting him to show up with gold braid and fake medals for months now. #StolenValor #FakeDictator www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
rawstory.com
'Stolen valor?' Trump mocked as 'toy soldier' for sharing old photo from military school
President Donald Trump drew mockery with a breezy social media post showing himself in uniform with his parents during his stint at military school.The 79-year-old president was shipped off to the New...
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A little mushroom art. Drawing is a great outlet for anxiety about the world. #artsky #drawingsky #mushrooms
3 red mushrooms, one with butterfly
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Please do tell me what *Charlie* Kirk's qualifications were? He never served in the military. www.rawstory.com/erika-kirk-j...
rawstory.com
MAGA fans freak out over Trump's secret new appointment: 'DEI on steroids'
A Fox News report that Erika Kirk, the wife of the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, was secretly given a job by Donald Trump over the weekend, set off a bit of a social media firestorm on ...
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Every accusation is a confession.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A Black man was convicted of murder despite no physical evidence. Even Gov. Kay Ivey thought the case was suspect enough to commute his death sentence. Turns out his court appointed attorney was a Klan member. Read @leehedgepeth.bsky.social for more. #Alabama www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel?ut...
treadbylee.com
On the advice of Klonsel: A look under the hood of an Alabama injustice
Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 02/03/2026
“It’s not just about the trees, it’s about the people”: Why looking southward for tree species that can handle the climate a city will have in 50-100 years matters for the residents there.
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Helping Trees—and a City—Outrace Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Arborists and land managers are trying “assisted migration” as global warming threatens livability in communities and the health of urban and rural forests.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Jesus Christ, he's talking about the f*cking ballroom. He's a sociopath.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My latest finished project: a knitted scarf for our youngest, who moved up north last month. #KnitSky
Knitted scarf using multicolored yarn
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
No imagination required, unfortunately. The people of the Middle East are living it.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Oh, for God's sake, @npr.org, don't fluff Katie Britt. She may or may not be a MAGA true believer, but she's willing to support Trump's agenda and lie to her constituents to stay in power. She doesn't deserve this soft soap treatment. www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n...
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SNL mocked her as a 'scary mom.' In the Senate, Katie Britt is an emerging dealmaker
Sen. Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, is a budding bipartisan dealmaker. Her latest assignment: helping negotiate changes to immigration enforcement tactics.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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variety.com
Ryan Coogler Makes BAFTA History as First Black Winner of Original Screenplay for ‘Sinners’
Ryan Coogler made history, becoming the first Black person to win the BAFTA Award for best original screenplay.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm a #knitter trying at my advanced age to learn to #crochet. My 79 year old teacher, who has been crocheting longer than I've been alive, tells me to practice, so I'm making little stitch samplers every day. Progress is slow, but I'll get there. 🧶❤️ #KnitSky #CrochetSky
Rectangle of various crochet stitches
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Giant Baby Man shows his giant baby ass. #SuperBowl
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Truth. #BadBunny
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I love you, @katiephang.bsky.social!
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Okay, that was AWESOME! Amazing music, dancing, staging, representation. ❤️🇵🇷🇺🇸 #SuperBowl #BadBunny #LadyGaga #RickyMartin
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I'm proud of my undergrad alma mater! www.wsbradio.com/news/local/a...
wsbradio.com
Applications soar after Emory University announces free tuition to families making under $200K
Most of the increase is coming from students across Georgia and the southeast.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This white person was thrilled to see all of it! Icing on the cake would be Tr*mp's head exploding.
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BhamBlues🦋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❌👑❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 @bhamblues.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The #Alabama legislature, focusing - as usual - on the really important issues. SMDH. alabamareflector.com/2026/02/05/a...
alabamareflector.com
Alabama House committee considers 'Gulf of America' change, ban on 'West Bank' | Alabama Reflector
Sponsors for both bills told the committee that the changes don't apply to pre-existing documents including educational materials.
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