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Lynda Turner

@iketle.bsky.social
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Books, Vinyl, Education, History, Politics, Dogs, Food, & Music. She/her 💛🐝

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Born a century ago today. Now listening…
John Coltrane.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you remember?
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I love pre-ordering books. Helps the authors of course, but also i always forget I ordered it and get a nice surprise when my local independent bookstore calls to tell me to come pick it up. Looking forward to this one! @megiddings.bsky.social
Book cover for Black Arts by Megan Giddings. A grey background with a picture of a black woman with purplr skin wrapped in teal satin fabric with a chain wrapped around her arm and down the fabric.
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WynautWarrior @wynautwarrior.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The only day you can repost this.
Doc Brown from Back to the Future saying, "September 7th? That's this Monday!"
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are moving my daughter and asking for help due to Domestic Violence. I will be adding the rest of the funds myself to facilitate her move. Any amount and sharing will be appreciated. Thank you. gofund.me/6eba6ca16
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Donate to Help Michael's Daughter Move to Safety, organized by Michael Watts
Michael is raising this fundraiser for his daughter as she works to leave a dange… Michael Watts needs your support for Help Michael's Daughter Move to Safety
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP❤️ There’ll never be another Dolly. She was a real one. From Civil Rights to literacy to the empowerment of women…she always stood in the gap. The world lost an angel today. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Dolly Parton, country music icon, dies at 80
Her death came after in May 2026 she announced she was canceling a Las Vegas show and said she’d been undergoing treatment for kidney stones for several years.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is a cool tool to figure out what companies in your area have contracts with ICE. theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...
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Deportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.
The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.
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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Taken from their homes in USA, they found a community now in Mexico. A whole new beginning! 🌱🏠 #Pinks 🌸 #USDemocracy www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’
With plentiful jobs and community support, one Mexico City neighbourhood has become a haven for those who have lived much of their lives in the US
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Please don't let the people of Puerto Rico get lost in the noise. Keep talking about this. www.reuters.com/pictures/pue...
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Puerto Rico is rationing water amid historic drought
Puerto Rico is rationing water across the island in response to intense drought, a plan that forces tens of thousands of people to go without water for 48 hours at a time.
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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 16/08/2026
If you can afford a phone you can afford headphones
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I spend too much time on Reddit, and when I'm over here I just get frustrated that I can't downvote things.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Watching Carville and Sanders fight and seeing the comments here i find it odd that people don't recognize that there are countless democrats in a huge spectrum between those two guys yet somehow Carville now represents the mainstream democrats to progressives. But we hate that guy too.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
All of this thread.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Kristen Bell: THIS IS THE BAD PLACE!
Alt: Kristen Bell: THIS IS THE BAD PLACE!
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Chitown Kev @chitownkev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Denise Oliver-Velez, a Powerful Voice of the Left, Dies at 78 (Gift Article)
She became the highest-ranking female member of the Young Lords in New York, where she pressed for women’s rights, and later joined the Black Panthers.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So sad to hear. RIP Ms Denise.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A whole damn 🧵!
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Well at least he can get his tattoo redone now.
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RMJ @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Ok maybe the next time, when the first thing everyone learns about a candidate is that he has a racist tattoo, we don't continue with that candidate! Does not seem like an idea of which you'd need an illustrated example but now we have it
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Dean Haddix @doctoreon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Despite losing every prominent ally and major sources of party funding, Mr. Platner has seemed to hold out hope of influencing the choice of his replacement in the state’s crucial Senate race.” This guy just won’t take ‘No’ for an answer, which seems to corroborate the allegations against him.
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Democrats Grow Frustrated as Platner Resists Dropping Out Quickly
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This week I got a raise and tomorrow off paid. Going to thoroughly enjoy the 3 day weekend!
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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A really lovely thread. Make sure you read the alt text it's funny.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
*Whispers* Amazon doesn't need your money, but your local independent bookstore does.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
These are my two teams, and I had no hope they'd both make it through. Mexico dominates as usual, but great job Bafana Bafana!
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
South Africa breaks through, Thapelo Maseko
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I was bummed that my book club was cancelled on Thursday due to illness of the host, but I need to tell people that this was an excellent book!
Book cover of Ma and Me by Putsata Reang. Mustard yellow background with stylized pictures of a red tiger and s black crocodile.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 15/06/2026
Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist whose "Mannenberg" became an anthem of the struggle against apartheid, has died at 91. From the Jazz Epistles to Juilliard to a homecoming for a free South Africa, he turned a piano into an act of resistance. zurl.co/fAdf5
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Abdullah Ibrahim, South African Jazz Master Who Turned a Piano Into a Weapon Against Apartheid, Dies at 91 - That Eric Alper
Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist and composer whose music carried the ache and defiance of a nation through its darkest decades, has died at 91. He died on 15 June 2026 in Germany. He was born Adolph Johannes Brand in Cape Town in 1934, into a city of extraordinary musical collision. The multicultural port […]
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Michelle 💫 @squeatly.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
u never realize how many books u own until u start moving
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Stacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com · 06/06/2026
A Pride reminder: If you are in the MKE area and you/your kid have court for a name change, I'm happy to come and sit at counsel's table with you/them if I am available. Parents/support people aren't allowed unless they're lawyers, and the process can be scary even in the best of circumstances.
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Regressives went from wanting to have a beer with a candidate to giving you a candidate you have to not leave your beer unattended around. Wild stuff.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy official Pride Month! I always think it starts in May because our city does it early.
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Pride Progress Flag Waving for Pride Month
Alt: A Pride Progress Flag Waving for Pride Month.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Just strolled over to the park and dropped off my ballot in a drop box before grabbing a Friday happy hour margarita. Go vote California!
California flag waving in front of a blue sky. White background with a red stripe on the bottom,  a red star over a brown bear on a mound of green grass over the words California Republic.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday to Miles Davis! An all time fave. youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...
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Miles Davis - All Blues (Audio) (Official Audio)
YouTube video by MilesDavisVEVO
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95
A photo of Sonny Rollins
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
My boss is more into AI than I am. The new platform she's using was supposed to have an intro webinar this morning. Event info says it starts at 10pm and also 7am, though it's supposed to be 10am. Reminder email says it's in person and provides a link that's expired. Not awe inspiring.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Please never give up on your dream that one day, you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I figured Long Beach Pride weekend was a good time to finally sit down and figure out my votes in the CA primary. This one in particular was an easy choice.
California primary ballot with Xavier Becerra chosen for governor
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Happy Pride Long Beach!🌈
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Grumpy Auntie 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩵 🟦💙 @1technodiva.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Leave it to white men to argue about which actress should play an imaginary woman who hatched from an egg, when her father turned into a swan to impregnate her mother.
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k. radke @kradke.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🎼 The iconic London jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s ‚is going Bach to the future‘. The legendary jazz club embraces classical with new weekly orchestral performances in its refurbished space
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The iconic London jazz venue going Bach to the future - Positive News
Legendary jazz club Ronnie Scott’s embraces classical with new weekly orchestral performances in its refurbished space
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Lynda Turner @iketle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@ologies.bsky.social Loved the turkey episode! Whenever I visit my parents in NoCal they are all over the place. Made me think of the video we always send out around Thanksgiving. youtu.be/WIv-qsH40m0?...
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