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CaroMysc 🦋

@caroms.bsky.social
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Prof Emerita of various departments. Religion, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies, Gender Studies. orcid.org/0000-0001-7763-5088

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I AM Jane Doe❗️Pro Democratic Politics in 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @dove333.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Baranara Thornhill was president of a Los Angeles-based interior design company called Impact Design, before she got into politics because of Trump. An anti-trafficking group says she’s unfit for the office, because she hasn’t enough experience. No shit, Sherlock‼️ www.wearepact.org/blog/nominat...
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PACT Statement on the Nomination of Barbara Thornhill to Lead the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons — PACT
PACT issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Barbara Hale Thornhill to serve as Director of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) ...
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Martijon @martijon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
” While having engaged in meaningful philanthropic and civic engagement on behalf of vulnerable children in Los Angeles and India, Ms. Thornhill does not bring significant experience engaging in federal anti-trafficking policy. The brief confirmation hearing, . . did not delve into her experience.”
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PACT Statement on the Nomination of Barbara Thornhill to Lead the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons — PACT
PACT issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Barbara Hale Thornhill to serve as Director of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) ...
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I think I’m a lawyer now. I have been in China, so I’m qualified.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Is that the new make-up look for MAGA women? Looks like the heavy-brow, kohl eye-circle that Susan Dell wore!
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Daily birds 88 - Pygmy Nuthatch
A small bird with a brown head, orange/white body and blue/grey back and wings
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Audubon also killed birds and then posed them for his paintings. Yuk.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukranian Dreaming On Such An Autumn Day
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“He only beats me when he’s drunk and then he apologizes later.”
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#OTD in 2009 biologist Dr. Carolyn Greider & biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn shared the #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (w/J. Szostak) for discovering of telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. Monumental implications for the #aging & #cancer research fields. #WomenInSTEM
A portrait-style photograph of American molecular biologist Dr. Carol W. Greider (born April 15, 1961) on the left, standing slightly ahead of Australian-American molecular biologist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn (born November 26, 1948) on the right. Both women are positioned from the chest up, smiling warmly and directly at the camera against a minimalist, seamless off-white background. Dr. Greider wears a vibrant, structured red coat over a cream-colored top, her shoulder-length blonde hair parted in the middle and framing her bright expression. Dr. Blackburn wears a heavy, charcoal-grey tweed coat over a black shirt, accessorized with a delicate gold chain necklace bearing a round pendant. She has light brown, shoulder-length hair and thin-rimmed oval glasses. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting their joyful expressions in a mood of shared triumph and deep professional camaraderie. Taken in March 2009, shortly before they jointly received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this image holds profound historical significance, representing a landmark celebration of their co-discovery of the enzyme telomerase and its role in chromosome protection.
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Mandoverse Updates @mandoverseupdates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Behind the scenes from ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ #starwars #grogu #dindjarin #themandalorian #themandalorianandgrogu
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti: the first Italian woman in space, 2014. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut & brewed the first espresso in space. #WomenInSTEM #Italy 📷 : Coolest #coffee break in history!
Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti inside the International Space Station (ISS), sipping fresh espresso from a special 3D-printed "Zero-G cup" designed to use the fluid's surface tension to let the astronauts sip from it rather than using a straw from a pouch. She has short dark hair, wears a red-and-black jacket over a purple shirt (a Star Trek uniform specifically for the occasion), and smiles softly while Earth’s blue horizon and swirling white clouds fill the huge circular window above her.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So the whole point here is the lie. He won’t have to follow up on this because the Senate & House will be led by Democrats!
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Truth 👇
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 02/10/2026
Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight Best seen Full screen
An endless field of small flowers.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
AP-NORC poll: Only 17% of U.S. adults say Trump keeps his promises — including just 4% of Democrats and 36% of Republicans.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And the WHCA says wut?
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🌺HippiesRule🌺 @teresa555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They just don't care.
Drawing of a woman standing - head bowed -  in front of a row of men - behind a long desk with papers in front of them.
One man is saying: "It's not that we don't believe your story, it's that we don't care."

David Hayward 
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump 11/20/25, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR!, punishable by DEATH!"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: we just struck the 1st blow against Trump's illegal impoundment of almost $1B appropriated by Congress to help average folks We & partners sued to stop him from flushing away vast sums in housing support. Housing! The court just SUSPENDED his illegal action while we fully brief the case
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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the roadrunner kidlets made a quick visit at 4:15. Showing off a fine spiky do! Snacks were had on the patio. Probably BT , if so, rapidly going from BrokenTailfeathers to BeautifulTailfeathers! #birds
A roadrunner is standing tall on a backyard fence. A blurry hillside is beyond, a patch of green trees can be seen.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On a beautiful fall day in central IL, Painted Lady butterflies rest on aster flowers (Symphyotrichum laeve) 🌱
Painted Lady butterflies, one near on the right and one farther away, pose on light purple aster flowers.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The 2024 version ended with Trump’s campaign logo and a number to text. The new version ends with: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was Helsinki. I think I might have an explanation for why Putin looks so smug and Trump looks so crestfallen. In a June 24, 2018 email, Jeffrey Epstein asked Thorbjørn Jagland, former PM of Norway, to suggest to Putin that Epstein be called to gain "insight" into Trump ahead of Helsinki.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is Melania that weird lump under T’s saluting arm?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Dr. Andrew Chesnut @drdeathanddivinity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
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Is Brazil Still A Catholic Country?
Brazil’s religious marketplace has been undergoing one of the most dramatic transformations anywhere in the Christian world, and a massive new survey
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maybe, but no, really, no. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...
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Would You Bring Iced Coffee to a Job Interview? The Internet is Divided. (Gift Article)
Some Gen Z job seekers say it’s not a big deal. Others find it unprofessional.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our local Illinois Congressional rep Darin LaHood also performs independence when out in the district, pretends to challenge the T administration, and then returns to vote 100% with the Republican positions.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALL coverage of him should be like this. youtube.com/shorts/1r52s...
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Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest article is just out! “Women’s Love Magic and Divination in Colonial Brazil, 1591–1628” in Magic, Ritual, Witchcraft.” doi.org/10.1353/MRW....
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Taxpayers: If you're currently dropping coins in old coffee cans & kitchen drawers to pay for, say, gas or something you hope is actually beef, don't forget to add enough to pay your share of the $6 million Trump is spending on gold leaf for the vulgar ballroom he's thinking about instead of you.
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We who are fans of the Chicago Manual of Style salute you!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
GOP Sen. John Curtis is demanding the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate and subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over the ProPublica report that his wedding after-party was paid for by a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin.
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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It is Hobbit Day. To the best of Affirmation Coyote's recollection, they have never met a hobbit, and are pretty sure they are mythical, like Bigfoot and the Hobo Kings. nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
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HOBBIT DAY
Explore the Shire in Middle Earth on September 22 because it's Hobbit Day. While there, celebrate the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good Samaritan removes cactus bristles from a young hawk: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/HumansBein...
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dragonfly visiting our central Illinois smooth aster 🌱 on a rainy day. Possibly a calico pennant? #gardening #dragonfly
Dragonfly with brown body and transparent wings, showing a brown pattern near the body, perched on a stem of smooth aster, with white and purple buds.
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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Affirmation Coyote will leave this one up to their human friends. There are human cultural things they do not understand. nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
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TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY
All you bilge rats, Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgh! Get ready to celebration Talk Like a Pirate Day September 19.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pathologist Dr. Elizabeth Stern's pioneering research in cytopathology transformed cervical cancer from a frequently fatal disease into a highly treatable and preventable disease. Her research revolutionized women’s healthcare. She was born #OTD in 1915. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of Canadian-American pathologist Dr. Elizabeth Stern (1915–1980), whose pioneering research in cytopathology transformed cervical cancer into a preventable disease. Dr. Stern is positioned slightly at an angle, facing forward with a calm, composed, and serious expression. Her dark hair is styled in a short, neat wave off her forehead, and her gaze is directed toward the camera. She wears a dark, simple collared blouse with subtle dotted textures. The composition focuses entirely on her upper shoulders and head against a stark, light-colored, uncluttered background that provides a high-contrast framing. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting her facial features. The overall mood is formal, dignified, and academic, capturing a historic visual record of an influential woman in STEM.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey, News Outlets! How about just ignoring Donald Trump? It will drive him crazy. His parents never gave him enough attention, so he is still a thirsty brat who needs CONSTANT attention. Start the news with "Trump lied again today" and then move on to news about people/things that are interesting.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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CaroMysc 🦋 @caroms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Heroes!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
While millions of Americans struggle with the rising cost of groceries, gasoline & paying rent, a certain someone has far different priorities:
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