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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today’s Canadian painting is “Mother and Child” painted by Norval Morrisseau in 2005. This is Truth and Rconciliation Day in Canada, a day to remember the harms done to Canada’s first peoples.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolem and his epic dangling arms. 🧡 17 pounds of love in a floofy ginger cat suit. #caturday

A large, floofy ginger cat sits on a brown pillow with his front legs hanging down off the edge. He's in front of a window and between two potted houseplants.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Born and raised in Central Illinois, but I've lived in SW Missouri for over 40 years. I guess some habits are just stuck and some get diluted. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

A map of the US with varying shades of red, yellow, and blue. The text says:

Your dialect map.
Redder areas talk more like you, bluer areas least.
You talk most like someone from Illinois - about 54% of your answers match a typical resident.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I got my new @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox book in today's mail. I loooove me some short stories! #booksky

A book (Curios Events Lately Occurring in This Neighborhood by Tom Cox) sitting on top of the package it arrived in.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Absolem seems astounded by this discovery. I'm astounded by his adorableness. #caturday

A floofy ginger cat's face peeks above the edge of a small blue table. His expression is slightly unhinged.
There are puzzle pieces and a puzzle box on the table.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A 4" long garden spider has made her web on the outside wall of our carport. I am deathly afraid of spiders. I call her Mathilda, Queen of the Nopes, and I give her a very wide berth.

A large garden spider sits upon her web, suspended between the roof and the top of the fence that makes up the outside wall of our carport. The fence is painted white. Blue sky and green trees can be seen in the background.

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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“Lake Ontario Painting” by California artist Dmitry. (Watercolor)

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I bought this prayer candle several years ago to cheer myself up on a crappy day. I lit it for the first time today. I've had a giant crush on Tim Curry since the 70s. I'm sad he's gone, but grateful we all have so much of his outstanding work to watch whenever we need to.

A tall, slender glass prayer candle with a photo of Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter wearing robes and a sacred heart top. The candle is lit.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you for founding the Imagination Library and touching & enriching the lives of millions of children around the world. And thank you for your wonderful songs...we will always love you. Goodnight and godspeed, Dolly Parton. 🕯️

Dolly Parton performing outdoors on stage, wearing a brown cowboy hat and a fringed brown suede jacket with fringe detailing. Her signature long, voluminous platinum-blonde hair cascades over her shoulders as she looks downward with a gentle, closed-eye smile, exuding warmth and emotion. There's autumn foliage and a rustic building visible in the softly lit background during golden hour.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

During these awful times it’s always great when something amazing like this pops up on the timeline to give you hope for better days ahead

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

On this day in 1920, TN provided the last vote required ratify the 19th Amendment and prohibit sex-based disenfranchisement. The 19th A. wasn’t a gift men gave women. It was a battle that took women generations to win. Even then, many women, esp. women of color, were still denied the vote. #WeTheMen

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sitting here on the couch this evening, I heard fireworks outside. For just a second, I had high hopes there might actually be something worth celebrating. Alas, it's just the weirdos at the church up the road. Still, one day it'll be true, and we will ALL celebrate. 🥳

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.” ~ J D Salinger

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The heat index is 101° Good day to be a housecat. #catsky #lorgecat

Two large cats on their respective beds lying in front of windows. On the left is a 14lb female short hair tabby, brown and black, named Thirteen the Jedi. On the right is a 17lb male long hair ginger tabby named Absolem, Solly for short.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In November, Missourians will be asked to decide the fate of abortion rights in the state. Republican lawmakers are trying to hoodwink voters into repealing the reproductive rights amendment we just approved in 2024. They want to reinstate a near-total ban on abortion. Again. NO on Amendment 3.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have never interacted with this account other than to block it. (Bluesky allows blocked accounts to harass users by adding them to custom feeds.) This is the primary reason I stopped using my real name on here. Men like this just aren't happy unless they can victimize others.

Screenshot of listifications notice showing a bsky user named "thebetterjd" has added me to 4 custom feed lists, including "Instigators of the Holocaust," "Sexual Predators," "Go Fuck Yourself," and "MAGA/Bigot Blocklist."

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Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A new batch of ceramics has been added to my shop including some monstrous ladies and a very rude soup bowl. www.erikarier.com?category=Cer...

A group shot of some new ceramics in my shop including a soup bowl that says “fuck this fucking soup”, a big eye covered goddess, a little dino Viking saying “bruh what”, a weird cone incense burner, and a useless miniature lidded jar with faces on it saying “beep boop bop burp”.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 09/07/2026

There's a lot of good #sciart in the ko-fi shop, all ridiculously cheap original paintings ko-fi.com/1626SLXL3044... Cells, neurons, viruses, bacteria and more

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's only 84° out, and cloudy, so I sat in my little garden listening to distant thunder and watching the honey bees gathering pollen. #bloomscrolling #beesky #honeybee

Blooming oregano with two honey bees gathering pollen. (Pay no attention to the Bermuda grass...)

A wall of Rose of Sharon bushes in the background of a white blossom with a honey bee gathering pollen fron the center. She's nearly covered in it!

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

UPCOMING NYT OP-EDs: The Sad Rise of Gross Women Ladies Being Scared of Your Disgusting Body: New Approaches Why I Stopped Allowing My Kid to Watch Blue’s Clues (Faggy Stripes) Yes to Being Groped! Asparagus Leads to Avocados: I Said It Coming Out as Aryan 🤮 Scenes from My Country House

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am not a fan of summertime or hot weather, but I do love our little garden corners! I bought this house 35 years ago. I could afford it because the yard was a junky mess. It took us years to clean it up, but it was worth the effort. #bloomscrolling

A corner under the kitchen window with pots of annuals and perennials.
L-R: Astilbe, Hibiscus, Balloon Flower, Autumn Joy sedum, and Coleus.
Behind the fence is our ancient Bridal Wreath.

The Gooseneck Loosestrife is going crazy! I bought three half-dead, tiny pots of it about 35 years ago. I think they like this spot. It's partially shaded and has terrible soil, but they're obviously not picky.

Looking past the Gooseneck Loosestrife to the Rose of Sharon. We have both white and pink. Behind these, they act as a hedge between our yard and the neighbors, running for about 50 feet along the left side. The bees love the blossoms!

Rose of Sharon in pink and white varieties. Behind this garden fence, they act as a hedge between our yard and the neighbors on the left side. They run for about 50 feet to the back fence, and they're over 15 feet tall.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Learn more about Juneteenth and the way black soldiers were tasked with the enforcement of emancipation in Texas.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Thirteen the Jedi shows me that she can, indeed, be quite comfortable in a tiny box. #CatBoxSunday #Cats

A very stripey cat has her two front legs inside a small box. She's sitting on a multicolored rug and looking directly at the camera.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's June, which means it's time for my birthday fundraiser for our local animal shelter! 🎁 Will you consider donating if you can? No amount is too small! 🥳 givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

givebutter.com

Molly's Birthday for Shelter Kitties!

Cats can't get jobs so they need our help.

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Gina Kellogg @gsew.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I try to live by this. It’s actually not that hard! Stitching for Tattered times. Funky embroidery on old quilt piece. #Embroidery #ArtQuilt #QuiltSky #ArtBeforeDishes

“art before dishes.” a quote by Susan O’Malley. Funky stitching on an old multicolored quilt piece. Part of a project called stitching for tattered times.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Absolem turns one year old today. We think. He came into our yard last Aug, a tiny, starving kitten. We caught him, fed him up, and took him to the vet. She guessed his age and we counted backwards to this date. He is an absolute joy and we love him madly. Happy Birthday Solly! #catsky #caturday

A floofy ginger cat with orange eyeballs sits on a tan colored couch, looking into the camera lens.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 27/05/2026

New #sciart in the shop! 12 new paintings, including mitochondria, mitosis, brains, and more artologica.etsy.com

12 different colorful paintings in a grid

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

On this day in 1787, fifty-five state delegates, all white men, convened in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States. The Constitution they drafted purports to speak for “We the People,” but it has never protected all Americans equally. #WeTheMen

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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Good news: The Supreme Court is allowing mifepristone to remain available by mail, telehealth, and pharmacy for now. Bad news: They still don’t allow abortions of adult man babies. 😔

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Absolem sez Happy #Caturday from the cat balcony.

Picture of a fluffy ginger cat with orange eyeballs. He's looking down from a large shelf with his paws sticking out from between the railing balusters. I took the picture while sitting on the couch.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Because of a spate of idjits making hostile comments and adding me to block lists with names like "nazi scum" and "blue maga," I decided I'd rather not use my real name on here. It's a shame, honestly, but we are living in weird times. So I'm now just Joooooooles. Enjoy this nice peony...

Photo of a vivid, deep pink peony. It's wide open to the sun and surrounded by four unopened buds, and greed foliage. I wish we had smell-o-vision, because the scent is amazing!

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 22/04/2026

It’s my favorite topic (that was sarcastic by the way.) Is this the day that I explained the job of Minority Leader well enough? Stay tuned. 1/

It seems like it’s time to talk about the job of minority leader again. I swear I just did this, but oh well, more info is better than less.

It’s herding cats. The job can be simplified down to “herding cats.”

Dems do not all have the same values or the same way of governing by those values. This is sometimes because we are a big tent with many disparate points of views and sometimes because their district, or state is purple, or even red, and we need to make sure a Dem keeps the seat. And Sometimes it’s a combination of both.

That means there is no other member that could convince some members to vote a certain way. You, as their constituent have more power. You can contact their office, and protest in their district and make noise on social media. Their vote is based on their assumptions about their district, so CHANGE THEM.

Everyone talks about Nancy Pelosi. But you have to remember, that was when she was SPEAKER, not minority leader.

She didn’t bring anything to the House floor until she had the votes to pass it. That’s not what Leaders Jeffries and Schumer aren’t doing.

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

At first I thought it said, "Nylon Cathedral," and decided it would make a great name for a band.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 11/04/2026

When you say “why now?” You are proving why survivors don’t come forward. 1/

Eric Swalwell is not Al Franken. The accusation is not groping, it’s rape.

His survivors are not Tara Reade, for starters, there are FIVE of them who have come forward, SO FAR, not one.

Mrs. Frazzled has been trying to get this story out since NOVEMBER, when he announced in the first place. I reached out to Frazz a little less than a month ago, right before she made the initial post naming him. She made that post because the articles still weren’t released and she couldn’t wait any longer.

Your “timing” bullshit should fall apart at this point.

She TRIED to get this out before the filing deadline. CNN and San Francisco Chronicle are the ones who waited till now. Waited until after all the hit pieces were making their rounds and getting traction.

Maybe that’s because they didn’t finish their investigation till Sunday (that’s when we were put under embargo on the story), or maybe they wanted this widespread dismissal to be the outcome. I don’t fucking know.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 10/04/2026

Apropos of nothing: female candidates are electable if you vote for them

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 10/04/2026

AIPAC is bad, but it’s not UNIQUELY bad. Even if you don’t understand that, at least the DNC does. 1/

I want to start by saying, I HATE AIPAC.

AIPAC has been pretty terrible at least since Bibi was first elected, which was my whole life.

I’m a progressive Jew, we grow up hearing about AIPAC the same way Progressive Americans grow up hearing about the NRA.

So we’re clear on that? Great.

AIPAC is bad, AND it’s not some boogey monster. It’s not responsible for everything bad in your life personally or our lives collectively or the Democratic party or the government. And when you give it that much power, you are essentially saying this PAC, that is run by Jews, controls the country.

That IS an antisemitic trope. It’s pretty much the oldest one in the book. Jews control the world, the country and the money. And the way people talk about AIPAC is all those things.

So whenever AIPAC is mentioned at all, many people on the left go a bit feral. It’s an easy scapegoat to blame — it’s a bad organization and antisemitism is pretty acceptable in leftist spaces.

It also means no one ever questions when AIPAC is used as the scapegoat. One you see the letters AIPAC that’s enough proof of whatever.

Publications know this too, which is why their job is quite easy, especially when it comes to helping divide Democrats.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/04/2026

Jesus says hi 👋

A large crucifix on a wall Statue of Jesus is covered with purple fabric, but one arm is uncovered

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Joooooooles @joooooooles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Thirteen the Jedi guarding the last two blanket squares. She's still got that spicy kitten in her, even at 9 years old. #Catsky #caturday

Photo of a very stripey cat on a couch cushion with knitted blanket squares in front of her. She's positioned herself on top of the edges of the squares, and is looking into the camera as if to say, "Deez are mine."

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

On this day in 1934, Gloria Steinem was born. She became a feminist writer, editor, and co-founder of Ms. magazine. When testifying for the ERA in 1970, Steinem decried the “myth” “that women are already treated equally in this society.” More than a half century later, that myth persists. #WeTheMen

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 20/03/2026

There are times when I see a narrative come out of nowhere that I have to dispel immediately, before it really gets out of hand. This is one of those times. 1/

Yesterday I started seeing the same narrative repeated over and over again:

“Schumer has the power to remove Fetterman from committees, and if he doesn’t he’s feckless.”

Now, I already have my alarm bells going off whenever someone blames Schumer for something. Because, it doesn’t matter if Schumer does something right or wrong or isn’t even responsible for the thing, he gets the blame anyway.

But the red warning signs flashed even brighter with this one because it came out of nowhere.

[Bottom half of the screen is a red siren graphic]

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 18/03/2026

You gotta stop misrepresenting the situation around the SAVE Donald Trump’s Ass Act! And realized that there are many votes that come before the final vote 1/