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Emma

@jediemma.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader. She/Her. Feminist. Cat Wrangler. Amateur Gardener.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
We live at a helluva moment when a major GOP leader suddenly dies and the first reaction of many is disappointment that it was not a different major GOP leader.
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Faulty Frannie @faultyfrannie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My compliments to the Reaper on a great draft pick
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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 12/07/2026
Interesting to see McConnell honoring the ancient pharaoh's tradition of taking your pet along with you to the afterlife
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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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Knits With Cats @knitswithcats.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A photo of algae with white letters in the upper left: Pantene Color of the year 2026 and a paint chip appearing box with a solid block the color of the algae labeled Pantone #658a2a American Flag Blue.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I did make it to the nursery where I met this guy, whose hobby is starting fights with dogs
A poster containing a picture of an orange and white cat called tomatillo, and a warning that the cat is aggressive towards dogs
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2026
they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now
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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Reminder that the Biden admin was bringing us a free online filing program, but then Trump/Musk killed it before it had a chance to be expanded to everyone:
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 10/04/2026
We're going to get an excommunication in 2026. Hopefully he calls Vance a jagoff on a hot mic in the process
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
rural Wisconsin counties that went for Trump by roughly 20% voted for the liberal candidate today.
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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I know it's late, but I need you all to realize that as soon as we started paying attention to these races, Moms for Liberty & their ilk, started losing. They exploited a window of apathy & did a lot of damage, but they just cannot win when actually opposed. No unopposed elections anywhere.
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
And if it comes and goes and nothing happens, and the apologists say “it was just a threat to get them to buckle, he never meant he’d actually do it,” it is morally correct to punch them in the face.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026
I could watch this on repeat
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/04/2026
it’s nice to see a rocket go up to space that isn’t directly associated with some horrible billionaire piglet
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Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I haven't clicked on the trailer for the Harry Potter show and neither should you. It's clear that the creator of that IP has more money than God will ever need and the excess is being used to fund anti-trans movements across the world. Starve it out. If it doesn't do ratings it won't be renewed.
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Emma @jediemma.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
why am I more tired on my days off than the days I’m working
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Randy Douglas @randydouglas.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The aurora last night from our house.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"
medium.com
March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 16/03/2026
I choked.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Also, be sure not to spread this video of Justin Fox, the other DOGE bro who revealed that he's a malicious moron who caused incredible destruction. Do not hurt Justin Fox's reputation just by linking Justin Fox's name to the sworn testimony Justin Fox gave about what Justin Fox did.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com
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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 11/03/2026
Boom! Had a great ight show over the skyline tonight. Here’s my first big lightning shot of the season. This is a 2-frame composite. Best as I can tell, two large, branching bolts struck the eastern antenna mast of the Hancock. #wxsky #ilwx
A photo of the Chicago skyline at night with a tangle of bright lighting lignite gap the night sky during a thunderstorm
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 27/02/2026
"Would anyone have the stomach to fire hundreds of ICE agents?" They had the stomach to abuse, torture, rape, & murder...I promise you, firing them is the least problematic item on my list of ideas about what should happen. I'd lock them in their facilities to face the exact conditions they created
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 20/02/2026
2 grand would still come in clutch
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13/02/2026
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13/02/2026
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast! Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?" Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
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Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for like genAI or sports betting or something and it was like “don’t bet against the underdog” and one of the examples they depicted was the Spartans at Thermopylae. And like… my brother in Zeus, they lost. The were the underdogs and they FAMOUSLY lost.
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
7um Jing
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.
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sixpenceee none the richer @kagredon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This post is blowing up, so for all the big name journos sharing it, some context: This was a rally in Chicago explicitly calling for ICE to be abolished, and for a mass general strike to counter the Trump admin's continous attacks on our communities and civil liberties.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 27/01/2026
May his retirement be very, very long and may he never sleep more than an hour of it. May he wake up sweating to find his only company is the silence of vengeful ghosts. Also may a Minnesota tick give him a red meat allergy, because he seems like the type who would absolutely melt down.
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/01/2026
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
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ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
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onion person @junlper.beer · 25/01/2026
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
User @backintimeag: 
The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Minneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/01/2026
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities? This is your moment. Let's ride. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... (non 'zon in follow up!)
@GuntherEagleman on Twitter says, "BREAKING: The "No-Go-Zone" in Minneapolis is getting fully stocked like a pop-up leftist supply depot, free hand warmers, winter gear, coffee, food, milk, you name it.

This is PROFESSIONAL-grade logistics. Someone is BANKROLLING this autonomous zone.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Acoustic Rob @robacoustic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Episcopal Bishop of Dallas--Dallas!--came out and said anyone working for ICE needs to repent and come to Jesus. edod.org/resources/ar...
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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