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Raised by wolves in the larch jungles outside Lubbock, Texas. Unrequieted 60's-style radical. Major-league cat dad, retired beekeeper. he/him (Banner: Samuel Beckett “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”) #polysky #sotd

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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 06/10/2026
Scent of the day: Hearth. Sweet pipe tobacco, cherry wood, the warm, worn leather of an easy chair and a pleasant, subtle waft of fireplace smoke. #sotd #bpal #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 05/10/2026
Scent of the day: Idle Moon. Ten days-worth of rice, a bundle of twigs, and a soothing cup of white tea. #sotd #bpal #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 04/10/2026
Scent of the day: Death Biting a Snake. BPAL’s sibilant Snake Oil (deep, rich, earthy notes swirled with vegetal musks, sugared vanilla bean, and dark spices) getting chomped by the pallor of white sandalwood, orris root, frankincense, ambrette seed, and rice powder. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 04/10/2026
No one can self-own like Rethuglicans.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 30/09/2026
Sure getting tired of those endless spam text money begs for political candidates. If I don't give money to iam-notagrifter.com, I am sure as hell not giving money to someone I have never met at a phone number that I don't know, no matter how worthy the cause seems. #fuckspam
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 29/09/2026
Scent of the day: 'Tis Strange. Both bog and castle, moor and battlefield, chivalry and nightmare: scarred leather armor, moss-covered stone, shadows upon shadows, and billows of black incense. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 28/09/2026
If you are a fan of the notion of Total Theatre, you won’t do much better than the Met Opera’s Akhnaten. Saw it live in 2022, and you can find it on metopera.org. (They have a 7-day free trial.) Breathtaking Glass score. #theatresky #operasky #phillipglass
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 27/09/2026
And you call YOURSELF an engineer. #catsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Cn...
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Building a Cat-Sized Lego Train
YouTube video by Brick Technology
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/09/2026
Any way we can clone this guy and spread it around?
Description of how well Mayor Mamdani is doing.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 12/09/2026
Scent of the day: Count Dracula. The essence of nobility, brutality and true Will made flesh and propelled through the eons by an ever-burning hatred: black patchouli, neroli, tonka, cinnamon, bitter clove, leather, black musk, coffin wood, and fiery ginger. #bpal #perfumesky #sotd
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 09/09/2026
Scent of the day: In Necessariis Unitas. "In essential things, unity." A perfume to strengthen our bonds to one another for support in trying times: sweet patchouli, oakmoss, red oud, guiac wood, mahogany, and honeyed vetiver. #perfumesky #bpal #sotd
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 08/09/2026
Ya wanna bitch about the proposed water use by AI-centric data centers? Maybe you should also bitch about a much larger use of water currently in your communities -- golf courses.
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The manager at our local IKEA is retiring, so I sent him a 🎂 cake. 🍰
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 04/09/2026
Tad Stoermer fan here. An interesting take on today’s politics, Hassan Piker, and the myths surrounding America’s founders. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH98...
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Hasan Piker and the 100-Year-Old Campaign to Make the Left Un-American
YouTube video by Resistance History with Tad Stoermer
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 03/09/2026
Get this crow a start-up!
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 01/09/2026
Princess Calliope von Floof.
One (sitting on a pillow on a chaise longue) of my two tortoiseshell cats that tolerate my presence -- (Calliope).
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/08/2026
#theatresky If you want to get the most useful, generalist degree in college, get a theatre degree. You learn how to be a decent jackleg electrician, a good rough carpenter, you'll read more literature and history than you possible would have otherwise. You learn how to manage people . . . /1
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 22/08/2026
Weird stuff you see every day: people wearing symbols of torture devices around their necks as a sign of pride.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 17/08/2026
Rupert Murdoch, with the help of Maggie Thatcher, got the money to buy and run Fox News by firing thousands of media (newspaper) employees in England in the 1980s. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NNpd...
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What Can You Do When You're Replaced By Machines?
YouTube video by J. Draper
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 10/08/2026
Guess what happens when you use raw local honey in a challah recipe? Nothing, it would seem. The anti-microbial properties of honey kills the yeast. #foodsky
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
An important reminder to a nation full of pious busybodies:
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 06/08/2026
Scent of the day: Imp. White peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky blackphoenixalchemylab.com/collections/...
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Imp Perfume Oil
Devilishly playful: white peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli.
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Beverly @grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 01/08/2026
The very definition of privilege:
Yellow Firebird parked in the access spot for a handicap parking spot.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 28/07/2026
For those of you who use Spotify, you might want to rethink that. #Spotify #maga fortune.com/2026/07/27/s...
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Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century? | Fortune
Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 27/07/2026
Shakespearean thought for the day: Macduff: Stands Scotland where it did? Ross: Alas, poor country! Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot be call'd our mother, but our grave: where nothing, but who knows nothing is once seen to smile . . . #shakespeare #theatresky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 25/07/2026
Driftless Books in Viroqua WI sits in a cavernous building once used to dry tobacco leaves. Now it is a lovely old book store. The video takes you through just the first three rooms and into the main part of the store. Glorious! #booksky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 25/07/2026
We are at the American Players Theatre production of Shakespeare' As You Like It tonight. Spring Green, Wisconsin, has a hidden gem of a theatre here. It won the 2026 Tony for best regional theatre. #theatresky #theatersky
The set for As You Like It at the American Players Theatre in Spring Green WI.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/07/2026
Just for everyone's information, the Liftmaster Company (maker of a popular garage door opener in the U.S.) lies when you ask about warranty replacement. The support desk says that the warranty is for a year; their documentation says the motor and belt are covered for a lifetime. So, there's that.
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Kevin Tompkins, but halloween @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 13/07/2026
Scent of the day: Petrichor. Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry earth and is one of the most universally beloved scents in the world. It's cool and green, with a deep, almost mineral dampness underneath. #sotd #perfumsky #bpal blackphoenixalchemylab.com/products/pet...
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Petrichor Perfume Oil
PETRICHOR You asked for it, you got it. Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry earth and is one of the most universally beloved scents in the world. It's cool and green, with a deep, almost minera...
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 13/07/2026
Those wacky Brits . . .
A parody poster (parodying Obama's 2008 political campaign) featuring Count Binface, who is running against Nigel Farage in an upcoming English by-election.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 06/07/2026
Scent of the day: Looming Spectre of Inutterable Horror. Wherein Antonin Scalia channels Lovecraft: raw frankincense and tobacco absolute with Russian leather, blackened champaca, bitter clove, red patchouli, bourbon vanilla, and petitgrain. #sotd #bpal #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 04/07/2026
Has anyone seen a schedule of the book tour for @tadstoermer.bsky.social ‘s A Resistance History of the United States? I cannot find anything except for the 7 July appearance in Boston. I really want to attend if it comes out way (Minnesota). #booksky #resistance
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/06/2026
Scent of the day: Hope. Sugared rose. #bpal #perfumesky #sotd (Apparently, Black Phoenix doesn't make this one anymore, although it was part of the Carnaval Diabolique line.)
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/06/2026
Now here's some genuine resistance going here. @tadstoermer.bsky.social #resistance
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 23/06/2026
Indeed. #booksky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 19/06/2026
You just can't make up shit this good!
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 18/06/2026
So much said with so little. #dumptrump #resistance
An image of the Creature from the Black Lagoon neck deep in an algae-infested Washington Reflecting Pond. The creature is holding up a sign reading "8647". The Washington Monument is in the background.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 14/06/2026
Sportin' the suit!
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 11/06/2026
Scent of the day: Liquid Gold is in the Air. Liquid gold cascading over parched earth: three glittering ambers, golden oud, golden apple, saffron, and orange blossom honey, with vanilla husk and gilded cedar. #bpal #perfumesky #sotd
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 10/06/2026
Scent of the day: Ligiea. A haze of tuberose, pale jasmine, vanilla orchid, and lily, with a faint jagged edge of opium tar. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 09/06/2026
I don't normally do sports stuff, but this one smacked me in the face this morning. #fucktrump www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Somali referee Omar Artan to miss tournament after being barred from entering US
Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, is dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 09/06/2026
Scent of the day: The Sun Rises. Tunisian amber, French beeswax, jasmine grandiflorum, golden peppercorn, myrrh smoke, and neroli. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky This one's very complex. Not quite floral, not quite amber, and a thread of smoky goodness.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 08/06/2026
Don't forget that beloved hybrid of two of these: Little Free Libraries! While they don't have the selections at a bookshop, their price is right.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 07/06/2026
Scent of the day: Lightning. Lightning slashing the midnight skies over the endless reaches of the ocean. The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky blackphoenixalchemylab.com/products/lig...
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Lightning Perfume Oil
LIGHTNING Lightning slashing the midnight skies over the endless reaches of the ocean. The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain.
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 03/06/2026
Remember that America's Founding Fathers purposely started a country where political power lay with propertied Protestant white men. What SCOTUS is doing is trying to return us to the original intentions of the founders of the U.S. There are those out there fighting this. #resistance
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · 02/06/2026
It is not enough to wave signs. It is not enough work within the existing political system to "return" to the Elysian Times of voting rights, or to count on midterm elections to fix things. It is time to fight. It is time for real change. #resistance @tadstoermer.bsky.social youtu.be/jvAuvG-5Ij0
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When the Darkest Day was Every Day
YouTube video by Resistance History with Tad Stoermer
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