doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 15h"My instinct is to hide in this barrel, like the wily fish." 151
Reposted by doormat9 (boo!) 🎃Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 08/10/2026A “Community Shrine” invites visitors to leave a photo of a deceased loved one. Below it sits a wooden chair with a sign: “Reserved. In memory of the millions of lives lost to genocide & violence by ICE & inhumane immigration policies.” No one is allowed to sit there.texasobserver.orgHouston's 'Living Archive' of MigrationAt Fresh Arts, photographer Violeta Álvarez created a space where immigrant families in Houston can see their own histories reflected back to them. 16528
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 21hI don't normally condone it, but that girl could have used a gap year to grow up a little 020
Reposted by doormat9 (boo!) 🎃Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 09/10/2026A seemingly innocent amendment to an obscure 2025 law is being used to delay the release of a crucial report on maternal mortality in Texas. Advocates say it's a "political cover-up" to hide the harms caused by the end of Roe v. Wade.texasobserver.orgA ‘Politically Motivated Cover-Up’: Why the State's Maternal Death Report Was Pushed Until After MidtermsAdvocates and lawmakers warn the state health agency's decision to delay releasing the annual report will further harm women—and make it harder to enact necessary laws in 2027. 01813
Reposted by doormat9 (boo!) 🎃Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com 924711335
Reposted by doormat9 (boo!) 🎃Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 09/10/2026If Sadiq Khan is truly a trans ally, he shouldn't be allowing J.K. Rowling's new Harry Potter lights on Oxford Street. Help us pull the plug on transphobia 👇 goodlaw.social/3440b9 418368
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We have grey squirrels, not chipmunks. But yeah, they're cute 😊 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I did IT for a hospital, and know a bit about data destruction requirements 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026they will, if industrial strength. though I suppose for most, it would be easier to just use a hammer 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the easiest way to kill a hard drive is with a powerful magnet 130
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026nothing can stop these tears from falling tell me, where did I go wrong... 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's been so lonely without you here... like a bird without a song 110
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah. That's also about him growing up. Because you do take stock in dead people. Did he hold it against his dad for dying...? Layers of meaning, every time you read it 210
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tom Sawyer was for children. Huck was about growing up. 110
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't know if you know who I am -- Phil Collins 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026apparently that's how I type A minor while drunk 😅 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Marla... You met me at a very strange time in my life 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I will return to you as tiny drops of rain. But I will still remain 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026tbf there is a difference between books getting banned in the US vs UK 😅 030
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026She called me her Tiny God. I laughed and said, Maybe on My Best Day. She said, "I don't bet on losers. Don't be my first." And walked out the door. 030
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026fun fact: my grandfather found Bonnie & Clyde's bloody discarded clothes, after they traded them for a scarecrow's It never occurred to him to keep them, as they weren't yet famous. He just put them on the scarecrow. 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026they rise to the top, not despite their blindness, but because of it 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I grew up with bench-seat cars and no seatbelt laws, so I may not be the best person to ask. Also we still had paper grocery sacks 👀 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cenk could have just kept his mouth shut against Angie Nixon. Instead he chose to speak out against her. Apologize as you will, I see you for what you are 010
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My mistakes are no worse than yours, just because I'm a woman -- Dolly Parton 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I will return to you as tiny drops of rain. I will remain. 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This road can be a rocky plase And it's good to eee your smiling face 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm afraid to watch the Amy Winehouse movie, lest it ruin the music for me.. if you have watched it, pls share thoughts 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026anywhere in Houston is an hour away, anywhere in my hometown is ten minutes away, at worst 000
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026it was pointed out to me that the beginning of of the Free Bird solo sounds like goose honks. I don't know if that was intentinal, but if it was then fuck yeah, geese don't take no shit 110
doormat9 (boo!) 🎃 @doormat9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Rachel died on a Sunday night We'll never know what was in her mind She was a rpetty girl, and smart we traded books once but she never gave it back 010