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Kristin

@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social
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Complicated and often cranky Born and raised in flyover country and still here. Nostalgic for purple Iowa that helped Obama go to the White House. *sigh* Don't bother with DMs if you don't know me

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No one is safe from these #ICE thugs. It doesn't matter if you're a legal resident like Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal or a US citizen. So speak out now while there's still time. Go to or start your own protest Call Congress:202-224-3121 & most importantly, volunteer for candidates at mobilize.us.
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The beauty of moss and lichen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/g...
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In Finland, a Velvety Bed for Old Souls (Gift Article)
Tom Simons spent years on the island of Molandet, near Helsinki, before he was inspired to create a garden from moss and lichen.
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 04/09/2026
So glad I came across this gem. 💎 🎵 by Margot Darling
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/09/2026
Q: How does one become invisible? A: If you’re a woman, enjoy being seen while it lasts. Much like puberty, being seen is just a phase. You’ll grow out of it. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
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FAQs for the Women’s Invisibility Network
“The Women’s Invisibility Network (or WIN) is a neighborhood support group for women in their sunset years. We assist aging women tossed aside by society, wh...
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They literally cannot wait to start arresting everyone who is against them. They are living for the day when they can get revenge on the people who shout at them and film them. If you don't think they will ever knock on YOUR door, you are deluding yourself.
ice are domestic terrorists
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly could have been a billionaire; she chose to use her money to help. She was a genuinely good person
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university
Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracy
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Good thread with interesting comments
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Honor your oath of office or resign. @trialrun2024.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More of this. Lawmakers call for Pentagon probe of Trump family-backed companies - The Washington Post share.google/VxQ3c81ctBAq... REPUBLICANS ARE RISKING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY IN ORDER TO ENRICH THE TRUMP FAMILY.
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Lawmakers call for Pentagon probe of Trump family-backed companies
The letter to the Pentagon’s inspector general was prompted by reporting from The Post that startups affiliated with the president’s sons have won $3.2 billion in defense contracts.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure all human endeavours. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future. Dream bettir.
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Horrific
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is horrific
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Kelly Sutton (aka IglooChik)🐧 @igloochik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"To those who can hear me I say, "Do not despair". The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass and the power they took from the people will return to the people and liberty will never perish." 1/2
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"This is just to say" -- the blockbuster movie about friendship, betrayal, hunger, and cold, delicious plums
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Teela (Don't call me. Call your MoC 202-224-3121) @teela.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
90% of Republican states disaster requests have been approved 23% of Democrat states have had disaster requests approved Regardless of presidential political party disaster approvals were nearly identical-until that pig named trump! It's unconscionable. 😡 youtu.be/S8YMr8elFTw?...
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Peters Pressed Secretary Mullin on Reported Politicization of FEMA Disaster Relief
YouTube video by Senator Gary Peters
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And also www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48423/...
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The Mower
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When people share gift articles, I'm credibly grateful & this one's very important, so I hope everyone reads & shares it. Quote post it. Every American is at risk from ICE violence, so speak out against it before tragedy strikes your community! Call Congress @ 202-224-3121 Demand accountability!
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Apropos of nothing... www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/...
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This Be The Verse
But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Fantastic writeup of an incredibly complex problem with the interdependence of the entire food system and how the people it screws hardest are the people who care most
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I am yet again getting on my soapbox to tell y’all about how my previous job (public library) received a grant once to keep branches in some neighborhoods open until midnight on Fri and Sat. The neighborhoods were picked specifically because of higher crime rates and lack of support services (1/ )
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
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Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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Gabriel Liston @lastwater.net · 09/07/2026
"I resigned the following week. I told chambers it was a family matter, which was technically true, in that I called my mother"
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So tired of this Schrödinger's senator situation
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I love Fiona Moore's Morag stories! Cliff's Girl by Fiona Moore clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_26/
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Cliff's Girl by Fiona Moore
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland  #WomensArt
Setting sun over a calm.greenish sea looking from the beach
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
'Backyard washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
Artwork featuring a line of drying washing in a garden in front of a large building
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Waiting #poetrychallenge
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In Our Glorious AI Future, There Will Be No Such Thing as Money (For You) www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-...
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In Our Glorious AI Future, There Will Be No Such Thing as Money (For You)
“In the future, there is such a thing as money. But there’s no such thing as your money. All the money is our money.”
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
About time for some consequences!
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Innu Nation @innunation.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/newfo...
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Archeologists accuse N.L. government of 'colonial logic' in dispute with Innu
A group of archeologists at Memorial University have voiced their support for the Innu Nation, saying the Newfoundland and Labrador government has undermined public trust and harmed Innu people.
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Innu Nation @innunation.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Research on Innu history in Labrador 'demolishes' government's 300-year argument, says MUN archaeologist | CBC News
One of Newfoundland and Labrador’s academic leaders says it’s not clear why the Provincial Archaeology Office insists the Innu have only been in Labrador for 300 years.
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The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What do you call a film where thirteen of the actors who have played Doctor Who are doing a heist, and are being led by either of the Fourth or Sixth Doctors' actors? Baker's Dozen.
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Me watching a documentary about psychopaths and how they "prefer to stay at home, don't have many friends and can get very upset over a minor inconvenience"
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The repetition of ‘here’, and even the missing word in the title, in Collette Bryce's poem speaks of absence. The enjambment & line endings fill the poem with thoughtful hesitation. I love the unusual similes too – ‘like discs in a jukebox’ #poetry #poemoftheday #NationalLonelinessWeek
Poem - 'Wish you were' by Collette Bryce
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A #poem for #transpride in Plymouth today #lgbtq #lgbt Back in Devon and Cornwall for ten gigs from Monday www.robinince.com
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Denbighshire graveyard sheep saved by 'torrent' of support
Plans to sell sheep that "alarmed" a cemetery visitor are reversed after people say they are loved.
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Radical Left Lunatic @americagotitwrong.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Police Murdering a baby over a possible theft . This is all by design. Look " We the People " aren't making it and that is all on our government and policies not your neighbor. America has chosen to spend money on war and then rebuilding what we bombed. Then we spend money on policing ( cont.)
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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In Its Tragic Finale, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is Interrupted by a Cat
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
These 3 shelter dogs won a makeover contest for their dramatic transformations - and they all look so happy! Have a bit of a bright spot in your timeline www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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These 3 shelter dogs won a makeover contest for their dramatic transformations
“She went from barely surviving to truly thriving,” a rescuer said of her Havanese, who won the top prize.
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Martin @concretebadger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why
A post by "rederiswrites" (with a photo of who I assume is Adam Conover in the background) that reads: "Just watched Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) make such a solid point that I think we should spread far and wide. Yes, having AI write your emails is lazy, sure, but people love being lazy. We need to really emphasize that sending AI emails (or using AI responses on social media, or publishing AI flyers, or or or) is *rude*.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't be bothered to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

It's rude."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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Librarian by Day 🏳️‍🌈 @librarianbyday.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Very cool idea -> One of these ideas was to modify the device to have an open WiFi access point and a web server hosting banned books. www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned...
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Banned Book Library
OverviewA long while back I had an idea to hack a WiFi smart light bulb to do something more useful to me. Actually, I had a few different ideas of things to do with them. One of these ideas was to mo...
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Article about public libraries handling the end of a book distributor - with stats and photos from Iowa City public library www.nytimes.com/card/2026/05...
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Waiting for the Best Seller: Inside the Pipeline That Stocks the Stacks
Stamped. Stickered. Barcoded. What it takes for new books to reach the shelves of a library.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So unfair of fake news media to say “Trump was booed inside Madison Square Garden”when thousands were booing him outside too.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
They look so joyful! And I bet they smell lovely.
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Kristin @bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Love seeing chalk art around town
Sidewalk with chalk drawing of fish, orange outline, blue outlines of scales and fin
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Trëy @quiksnowboard7.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Friend sent this music deep cut over. Too funny not to share! 😂
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