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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Mary Ruefle on The Odyssey.

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I think the sirens in the Odyssey sang the Odyssey, for there is nothing more seductive, more terrible, than the story of our own life, the one we do not want to hear and will do anything to listen to.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Ahhhhh! I am preaching my first ever full-length sermon tomorrow! Please pray for me!

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Even if it is a riot, even if it is not "peaceful" or "non-violent," sheriffs should not call for the immediate summary execution of civilians

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Preparing for my Memorial Day Weekend roadtrip by taking the snow shovel, rock salt, and kitty litter out of my car. So if we get a freak blizzard this week, it's my fault.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m a huge lover of the arts and worked as a theatre critic for nearly a decade, but I would not set foot in the Kennedy Center until this policy is overturned. Vote with your dollar and boycott. Mask up in solidarity with those who are now being told they can’t. Alt text in next post /5

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Tonight I drove my white Prius to the home of a friend whose own white Prius was parked in her driveway, where we were joined by folks who arrived in a third white Prius. I'm glad my car was able to socialize with its friends this evening, too.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Tonight I had the joy of accompanying my 7-month-old godson to Baby's First Maundy Thursday Service. I even got to take him up to have his feet washed, which he LOVED! When we got back to the pew, his mom put his socks back on, and he spent the rest of the service pulling them off again

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LeDiva, Apprentice Bodega Cat (spoopy) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @lediva.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

You'd think college administrators would realize that allowing ANY of your students to be disappeared is an excellent way to make your school undesirable to potential future students.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I feel like I am single-handedly holding down the upper-left corner

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Can anyone point me to good examples of policies regarding use of church* social media accounts? Or resources about best practices? *congregation, denominational body, church-adjacent organization, etc. would all be of interest!

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Friends, I would really appreciate your prayers for a job interview I have today!!! 💛

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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

"What is the Trump administration doing about bird flu?" The same thing as the last administration. Nothing. The real question is what are *you* doing about it? Don't sit around waiting for a failed government to tell you what to do. Mask up and clean the air.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

North Dakota becomes the latest state to try & enact a mask ban Pay particular attention to this part of the bill “With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask” Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime

Screenshot of house bill 1226 which reads HOUSE BILL NO. 1226
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Representatives Klemin, Heinert, D. Johnston, Motschenbacher, Porter, Rohr
Senators Axman, Cory, Larson, Paulson
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 12.1-31-15 of the North Dakota Century Code,
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SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-31-15 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
12.1-31-15. Wearing of masks during commission of criminal offense prohibited.
1. An individual may not wear a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of that individual's face:
a. With the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass any other individual; b.
For the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification during the commission of a criminal offense; of
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For the purpose of concealment, flight, or escape when the individual has been charged with, arrested for, or convicted of a criminal offense:; or
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With the intent to conceal the identity of the individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that. covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual's face.
2. Subdivision d of subsection 1 does not apply to public gatherings to celebrate.
Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration.
3. A violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
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Lindsay Fickas @lindsayfickas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The reason the right side is winning over young men is because college guys don’t have indie rock phases like they used to

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 24/01/2025

What is abundantly clear in many of the negative responses to Bishop Budde’s invitation to mercy is that many Christians either do not know Jesus or have simply rejected him. But there is a better way. Today is the day of salvation.

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Holly Stallcup (she/her) @hollystallcup.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Do not call it a white elephant gift exchange unless you are doing WEIRD gifts. This is a hill I will die on. "A game where amusing & impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable item."

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Join @annarosas.bsky.social and me TONIGHT at 7:00 EST on Zoom for our 4th annual Advent Poetry Night! Bring your favorite Advent poem to read, or just come and listen. Comment below, and one of us will send you the Zoom link.

Image of four purple and pink Advent candles with the words, "Fourth Annual Advent Poetry Night. Sunday, December 15, 7:00 PM EST."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you consider yourself an ally to disabled and marginalized individuals - but you’re no longer masking in public - we need you to start right now. If a mask ban passes in NYC - it may not be long before we see them across the country. The best thing you can do for us is wear a mask.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Today was the day I finally needed the paper road atlas that's been languishing in my car for years and years.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Please join is for the 4th annual Advent Poetry Night on December 15 at 7:00 PM EST!

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.

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Erin Jean Warde @erinjeanwarde.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Do you think my body would consider a jubilee year regarding the score it’s keeping

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

These are hard times for many of us and likely to get harder, at least for the present, and I find the Advent theme of Christ’s coming as judge to put things right helpful. Trying to live the life of the Kingdom may feel like “fighting the long defeat,” but victory does not depend on us. So hope. ⚓️✝️

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This is just to say I have sold the shoes that were in the closet and which you were probably saving for the baby

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Covid is a social justice issue - it always has been. We need to recognize it & start providing: - Free tests & respirators - Paid time off - Clean air in public spaces - Mandatory masks in healthcare - Universal healthcare We won’t beat COVID until everyone is protected

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A long haul with long COVID: Why poor and middle income Americans are hit hardest

Long COVID can strike anyone, rich or poor, but a growing body of evidence suggests poor and middle income Americans like Rick Henline suffer most.

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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

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Memento Mori Kira @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Lot of white cis male Christians and clergy posting this morning that Jesus is Lord, which, okay, but how are you going to help people who are going to be persecuted and suffer under this administration? How are you going to use your privilege to defend those who are rightfully afraid? ⚓

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I was voter #899 at my precinct tonight. As I was leaving, they checked in voter #900, and everyone cheered. The poll worker who was scanning ballots said it had been the largest turnout he'd ever seen, and he told me to "take as many stickers as you want."

Photo of three "I Voted" stickers, featuring different designs by local children.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

On the figurative eve of an election, and the literal eve of daylight savings time, it is my pleasure to present you with the most unhinged political take I have - one which I mean with 100% sincerity. It's not enough to end DST. We need to abolish time zones.

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Jim White @jimwhitegnv.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Oh oh oh oh. I've got it! The LA Times newsroom publishes the Washington Post endorsement and the Washington Post newsroom publishes the LA Times endorsement. It can't be argued that those endorsements aren't news since they've been quashed.

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

it is more than possible, and in fact quite easy, to drag donald trump without shitting on the concept of working at mcdonalds

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Moo Deng the hippopotamus and I had fun passing out candy at the trunk-or-treat our church hosts for the neighborhood kids each year!

Photo of me dressed as a zookeeper, holding a hose, standing in front of my parked car, which is decorated to look like a hippo with its mouth open.

Selfie wearing a tan sun hat, white duckbill N95 mask, and green linen shirt. I am standing in front of my car, which is decorated to look like a hippopotamus with its mouth open, and holding a hose with blue ribbons taped to the end to simulate water.

Photo of a sign in front of car decorated to look like a hippo. Sign reads: "Khao Kheow Open Zoo. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). Name: Moo Deng. Please do not feed the hippo!"

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Ms. Cyrus said she would buy the flowers herself.

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

reposting with alt text and my undying love for Chicago:

the sign at iconic Chicago hot-dog restaurant The Wieners Circle reads “Immigrants Eat Our Dogs”

the sign itself is an old-fashioned light-up sign in bright tones of yellow, red, and orange with a five-color illustration of a large hot dog bedecked with toppings

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

This might be the funniest example of clickbait I’ve ever seen 😂

The image is a screenshot of a news article headline from NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. The headline reads: "Did a Trump staffer push an Arlington Cemetery official? U.S. Army sets record straight." The article is dated August 29, 2024. Below the headline is a photo of former President Donald Trump, looking upwards with a serious expression. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie. The photo caption states that Trump is speaking at a campaign event in Las Vegas on August 23, 2024. The author of the article is Matt Arco. Below the photo, the article continues with a single word, "Yes."

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Perplexed that the fresh-from-the-box battery I put in my alarm clock wasn't working. Then I looked at the battery and realized it expired in 2005.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/08/2024

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

TO THOSE WHO FIND THIS NOTE
IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS NOTE YOU MUST BE ENGAGED IN DEMOLISHING ONE OF THE FALSE COLUMNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE FOYER OF THE SAINSBURY WING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE FALSE COLUMNS ARE
A MISTAKE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THAT WE WOULD LIVE TO REGRET OUR ACCEPTING THIS DETAIL OF HIS DESIGN.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ONE OF THE DONORS OF THIS
BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT YOUR GENERATION HAS DECIDED TO DISPENSE WITH THE UNNECESSARY COLUMNS.

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Pretty rude of my first ever UTI to show up on the very day that my two closest female friends are preoccupied by being in labor and starting cancer treatment (respectively). Also, did you know that Adderall increases your risk of UTIs?

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Steph @eristicenigma.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Grateful that my therapist is a Sufjan Stevens fan, because I just spent an entire session talking about [crying at] Illinoise

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/07/2024

A kind of relationship I would like to see more in fiction: two people who for very good reasons can’t be romantically involved, but who have a romantic emotional connection anyway, and they just manage it, without drama or hurt, and it makes them closer. Not will-they-won’t-they (they won’t).

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Atkinson @maddavenport.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Speaking as someone who can claim more fluency in the forms and uses of despair than most, this is spot on. Despair so often looks like serenity. It seduces because it masquerades as a form of rest.

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 01/07/2024

Tired of seeing people despair about how they wish they could do something, literally anything to make things better- but they won't mask to save their life or others. Like, it's literally right there. It's such an easy thing that makes SUCH a difference. It can SAVE lives.

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