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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 03/04/2025

We should always share food, but now more than ever, if we have it to share, we have to share. And we have to respect the dignity of hunger and make people as joyful as possible to come and eat.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When I see Cory Booker up there, I think about seniors & disabled & financially disadvantaged folks who can’t stand in line for hours to advocate for themselves. Cory is putting his body on the line to stand up for those who can’t. That’s how Congress is supposed to use the power of the people.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Textes from Sisyphus: UGH, YOU WILL NOT *BELIEVE* WHAT JUST HAPPENID *AGAYNE*

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Nice Tzeentch #WIP you got there...shame if someone were to paint it up like #SesameStreet characters... #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting #nerdlings #Millennial

Three of Ephilim's Pandaemonium warband from Warhammer Underworlds. One has five arms and is painted red like Elmo (tickle me!), the next is a Big Bird of Change in bright yellow with orange legs, and the last one in Cookie Monster blue has a body lined with teeth. Can you tell me how to get, how to get away from here now?

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

TFW when you decide on a pretty original-feeling color scheme and then you realize it's just #Animorphs informing every aspect of your being. #WarhammerCommunity #nerdlings #minipainting

Skaeth the Huntsman from Skaeth's Wild Hunt Warhammer Underworlds warband accidentally painted up to look like an Andalite from K.A. Applegate's Animorphs series circa 1995.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I've wanted this team ever since I got into Warhammer Underworlds, and they were a blast to paint! Went a little Red Hulk on one and Punisher/Ghost Rider on another. Can't wait to play them! #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting #nerdlings #Marvel

Gorechosen of Dromm warband from Warhammer Underworlds painted in reds and desaturated golds, with skull and bone helmets and accessories.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

These already had a bit of blue when I got them, so I leaned in and decided to try ash bases instead of sand. More monochromatic than I usually go for, but I'm happy with them! #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting #nerdlings

Kainan's Reapers warband from Warhammer Underworlds in muted blues and gray's.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I get the sense that people watched "Legally Blonde" and "The Wedding Singer" and completely missed who the bad guys were, and then voted for them and nominated them for executive branch positions.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I'm realizing that it takes *way* less time to post a painted Warhammer Underworlds warband on BlueSky than it does to paint an unpainted warband... #minipaintingwoes #WarhammerCommunity

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A reminder to anyone who needs to hear it: "The US experiment has failed" in response to fascists trying to deconstruct democracy is complying in advance. Despair is our opp!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It's been a while, but I just finished my Stormcoven band as supervillains! Cheshire, Doom, and Kang! I'm not a comics publisher loyalist, so 🤷🏼 #WarhammerUnderworlds #WarhammerCommunity #minipainting #Marvel #DC

Domitan's Stormcoven warband from Warhammer Underworlds with green fabric and various armor shades to match Cheshire, Dr. Doom, and Kang the Conquerer.

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Rosemary @sophygurl.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm gonna do a thing real quick to illustrate something, so bear with me. If I were to say "if you're not accommodating people with disabilities, you're an ableist jerk" - what does that stir inside of you? Especially if you're an organizer, or a boss/manager, a leader of some kind?

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Ava Ayers @avaayers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

Officers have also struggled to meet their quotas because immigrants are refusing to open their doors when ICE officers knock. The enforcement teams generally do not possess criminal arrest warrants that would allow them to force their way into their targets’ homes. ICE officials say they can’t afford to leave teams of officers waiting around for targeted immigrants to exit their homes.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Inspired by a paint job I saw searching for ideas, I am so happy with how this team turned out - even though I can see all the flaws and things that didn't turn out how I pictured. #WarhammerCommunity #WarhammerUnderworlds #minipainting #nerdlings #BlackMetal

Warhammer Underworlds' warband Morgwaeth's Blade Coven in a grayscale black metal theme with dark black eyeshadow and lipstick over white foundation. Pastel green, pink, and white hair brighten the tops of the miniatures.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

And now on Food Network, the Skinnerkin presented by The Chairman, Guy Fieri, Paula Deen, Alton Brown, and...ManBat? #WarhammerUnderworlds #minipainting #FoodNetwork #WarhammerCommunity #nerdlings *this is not an endorsement of any individual, obviously.

Warhammer Underworlds' Skinnerkin warband painted with similar skin tones and clothing aesthetics to very loosely match several 2010's-era Food Network stars, and one that looks like ManBat from Batman.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Yay! I made it through all the analysis paralysis blocks to complete Mollog! #minipainting #WarhammerCommunity #WarhammerUnderworlds #nerdlings

Mollog the Mighty from the Warhammer Underworlds warband, Mollog's Mob. He is bluish/purplish/gray with pinkish skin blemishes and a variety of colored mushrooms growing on his back and scalp. He holds a green bulging frog in his right hand and a large wooden club with barnaclesque fungus in his left. He supports a pink loincloth, which is all the rage in the caves this season, though he doesn't support fast fashion.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Phew. This was a lot more involved than I originally planned! Green stuff, resin frames, glue-soaked tissues... but this warband ended up looking #Wicked! #WarhammerUnderworlds #WarhammerCommunity #minipainting #nerdlings #WizardOfOz

The Exiled Dead warband from Warhammer Underworlds with Deintalos and Marcov painted like Elphaba and Nikko, the zombies all painted like Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow, and green-skinned, wooden-mask-faced Wizard.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

How many LIX does it take to get to the center of a superbowl?

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya Was NOT instructions.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yeah, the most recent caper isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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Arrow Ironica @arrowironica.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Know your immigration rights. You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status. Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... #immigration #knowyourrights #constitution

Know your immigration rights

You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status.

If law enforcement asks about your immigration status

Stay calm. Don’t run, argue or resist. You have the right to remain silent. Don’t lie or provide false documents. If asked for immigration papers, you must show them if you have them. If an officer asks to search you, you can say no.

If you are stopped by police, ICE, or Border Patrol

Stay calm. Don’t obstruct officers. You have the right to remain silent - say it out loud. You don’t have to consent to a search. If arrested, you have the right to a lawyer. ICE won’t provide one. Don’t answer questions about your immigration status. Memorize phone numbers of family and a lawyer.

If police or ICE come to your home

Do not open the door unless agents show a warrant signed by a judge. Ask them to slide the warrant under the door or show it through a window. You have the right to remain silent - say so out loud. If they force entry, don’t resist, but state: “I do not consent to this search.”

If you are detained or arrested

Ask for a lawyer immediately. Do not sign anything or answer questions without a lawyer. You have the right to call your family or a lawyer. If detained by ICE, you can request a list of free or low-cost legal services. Remember your immigration number (“A” number) and share it with family.
If you need a lawyer
Police must provide a lawyer if you’re arrested, but ICE does not. You have the right to private communication with a lawyer.
If you are stopped in transit
Car: you must show your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. Bus/train: Border control can ask about immigration status, but you have the right to remain silent. Airports: Agents can ask about your status when entering or leaving the U.S. but legal residents are only required to confirm identity and residency.

If your rights are violated
Take note of badge numbers, patrol car details, and a…

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Red da Redz @adiarebecca.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Love this! 🫶🏾

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Not done with the whole warband yet, but I had to share this questionable decision I made in giving Slakeslash Bernie's famous mitten. I was torn between that and MJ's sparkle glove, but I'm happy with my choice! #minipainting #WarhammerCommunity #nerdlings

Warhammer Underworlds the Dread Pageant warband member Slakeslash pictured from the back with sword arm upraised. Sure, there's a red lobster claw for a left hand and a glossy black studded boot on his right leg, but his glove is painted to match the viral mittens Bernie Sanders wore at Biden's inauguration. Various neutral shades of zigzag patterns and a loud but muted appeal to fashion and warmth.

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Aaron - Thorgi's Haunted Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I always turn notifications off on all my apps (except eBay, cause, yeah)... but I think I actually love getting notifications. Cognitive dissonance incoming...

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

One of my most ambitious schemes was these petrified stormcast coming back alive. I clipped armor and cloaks for chipping, tried to freehand cracks, and most of it worked out. If I could change one thing, it'd be a clearer line at the stone-to-metal transition. #minipainting #WarhammerUnderworlds

Stormsire's Cursebreakers warband from Warhammer Underworlds. Mostly painted in a stone gray with light drybrushing, some chrome armor beginning to show as they break the petrification curse.

Stormsire with glowing blue eyes and a gold-tipped staff. He has a blue flame in his right hand.

Female stormcast with half-stone, half-chrome face mask and a cracked stone sword

Male stormcast that is almost entirely stone except for tip of sword and swordhand.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As we celebrate the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., his words are worth remembering. Though a reckless, abusive, brittle power ascends don’t give up on love or the long arc of justice. Even when we are feeling defeated—as undoubtedly MLK did—there is more for which to fight.

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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 20/01/2025

Today, this quote from Dr. King is especially important. Never give up hope, or they’ve already won.

MLK quote: we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Another sort-of on-brand paint scheme, but I got brave and tried faces with a bit more detail than I have been. I'm happy with them, but I'm not where I want to be yet! #minipainting #WarhammerUnderworlds #WarhammerCommunity

Khagra's Ravagers from Warhammer Underworlds. Chaos warriors in flat black armor with pale gold highlights. One holds a sword glowing fire-hot and another wields a magic staff with green flames growing from the center of its chaos insignia.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Please look deeper than the wading pool discussion in the #TikTokBan - here is everything attached to that vote and how bipartisan that vote was. Don't let this become a "He made the trains run on time" moment!

Roll Call of the "21st Century Peace through Strength" Act. YEA: 360, NAY: 58, Not Voting: 13

Votes by parry. Rep: 186 Y - 25 N. Dem: 174 Y - 33 N

Shown Here:
Passed House (04/20/2024)
21st Century Peace Through Strength Act

Highlights:

This bill establishes law on various foreign policy matters. For example, the bill

requires the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., individuals and entities) associated with transnational criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl;
authorizes the President to seize and transfer certain Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukrainian war compensation or reconstruction;
prohibits entities in the United States from distributing, updating, or maintaining a website or application operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or certain other entities;
prohibits data brokers from providing personally identifiable sensitive data of U.S. persons to foreign adversary countries;
imposes property-, docking-, and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons operating ports, ships, and refineries supporting Iranian petroleum exports;
imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons supporting Iranian missile programs and on certain Iranian leaders;
imposes property-blocking sanctions on foreign states providing material support to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad; requires the United States to regulate exports of certain foreign-produced items related to Iran;
extends the authority of the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons using human shields;
imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons involved in the trafficking of captagon;
requires U.S. financial institutions to close certain accounts related to Iranian leaders and the Department of the Treasury to seek the closure of such accounts in foreign financial institutions; and
prohibits U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining certain accounts with Chinese financial institutions that support Iranian petroleum exports.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

You can’t save a democracy if your primary vitriol is directed at victims of it

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Sometimes a cool resin and a bad prime leaves me wishing I was emotionally ready for more stylistic "finished" models... #minipainting #3Dprinting #Anycubic

Resin-printed ogre with two goblins steering on a wooden platform. Partial gray prime allows the back-lit model to glow red in the core of the bodies.

Second photo from a different angle of resin-printed ogre with two goblins steering on a wooden platform. Partial gray prime allows the back-lit model to glow red in the core of the bodies.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I know tomorrow is #WIPWednesday, but I am so excited my freehand practice is paying off! Trying animal pelts and am learning how to really look at what I'm trying to recreate... which is... globs of patchy color? #minipainting #WarhammerCommunity #WarhammerUnderworlds

Back view of Vasillac the Gifted from Warhammer Underworlds' Dread Pageant warband looking fabulous with a purple cape and leopard print shawl. Not pictured: pink glitter boot!

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

What do y'all do with your followers that are *maybe* bots or *maybe* follow farmers? Like I want real interactions with real people on here, but I also don't mind if someone likes to see my posts and just observes?

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

You know those family photos where it's impossible to get everyone to stand still and stay in frame? Zarbag knows! #minipainting #WarhammerUnderworlds #WarhammerCommunity #AwkwardFamilyPhotos

Warhammer Underworlds warband Zarbag's Gitz with Citadel Averland Sunset skin tone and teal robes. Zarbag's hood has white flames, and the squigs are a matching teal color with pink gums. Zarbag's trapped fairy lantern glows a fluorescent yellowish-green.

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ChristopherOieK @christopheroiek.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Base colors on Gryselle's Arenai. Definitely not painted to look like Captain America, Green Goblin, Hela, Proxima Midnight, or Lady Deathstrike (from left to right). Now to add shading, washes, and highlights w/o ruining them. #minipainting #WarhammerUnderworlds #WarhammerCommunity #Marvel #DC

Warhammer Underworlds Gryselle's Arenai warband. They actually are painted to look like Captain America, Green Goblin, Hela, Proxima Midnight, and Lady Deathstrike (from left to right).

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