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Libby Spencer

@libbyspencer.bsky.social
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Former prolific blogger of some renown. Jeopardy fan. Doing my best to keep Austin weird.

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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 12h
A cautionary tale for mail in voters: I sent a birthday card from Austin to Connecticut on Sept 14th. It arrived on Sept 22. It used to take three days.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 13h
Pre Civil War America: Going with Plymouth Rock for my #blindguess. I was surprised to see how small it was. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Photo of the Plymouth Rock.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the New Yorker: “Oh, it’s perfectly safe—we put a kill switch behind the upper incisors.”
A giant AI driven machine. The techs are tiny on the ground. The incisors are located a skyscraper above their control.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what democratic socialism looks like.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what democratic socialism looks like.
A fire department in East Bronx needs 750k for a new roof on their station. They asked Mayor Zohran to help them on social media. Twenty four hours later he authorized the funding.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Currencies: My #blindguess is farthing. Always loved that word. In use until 1956. #jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Reverse side of a 1951 farthing. The image is of a bird. Possibly an English robin.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wish I was as clever as Ursela Le Guin.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clippy! I laughed for the first time in a long while. (NewYorker)
Cartoon of a desk top with a lamp, paper, paper clip and pen. The legend says Someday I hope to be a writer like you but right now I'm working as a paper clip.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dolly used her wealth to fund the things our tax dollars were supposed to cover and didn't under Republican rule.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes. The war must end. Hegseth must be removed as DefSec.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Coinage of the 1980s: I sat out the 80s on the farm. It was like Valley Girl talk, yes? My #blindguess is like gag me with a spoon. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Simple meme on black with white letters. Text says GAG ME WITH A (photo of a spoon)
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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Too on the nose: Trump diverted more than $1M that had been allocated to fix the leaky roof to a $4M+ project to paint the columns gold. Then cited the leaky roof as a “safety issue” to justify the spite closure.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every picture tells a story, don't it. (Rod Stewart)
Photo of Xi state visit. Trump in center with angry toddler face. Xi on right looking amused. Melania on left looking disgusted. Attractive soldier in foreground with open white gloved hand looking bemused.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watching Xi's visit. Song in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3P...
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Watching TV
YouTube video by Roger Waters - Topic
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US Geography: My #blindguess is Chihuahuan Desert. Also host to Big Bend National Park where they're currently destroying large swaths to build a border wall where nearly no one crosses. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Art poster for Big Bend national park.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Applause for B Hirsch for a correct #blindguess yesterday. #jeopardyblindguess
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2026 Commencement Speeches: The only one I could think of was the AI guy who got booed off the stage but I couldn't remember his name. So my #blindguess is Wossamotta U. I'm sure they had a brilliant speaker. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
image of Bullwinkle J Moose and Rocky the Flying Squirrel outside of the admin building at the university.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy autumnal equinox to all and a blessed Mabon to my friends who celebrate the pagan traditions.
A drawing of a wheel of Celtic knots surrounding a centerpiece of leaves. Oak. Maple. Elm. Holly. Various artful embellishments among the leaves.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
17th Century Authors: I'm not well versed in this time frame. So Shakespeare is my #blindguess #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Image of Shakespeare holding a skull in his hands.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Famous Women: In honor of Bob Mackie who created so many of her dresses and recently left us my #blindguess is Cher. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
cover of Time magazine in 1974. Cher is wearing one of his dresses.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Once down to a single pair. Conservationists rescued them from oblivion. The flock is now 350 strong. New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year. cnn.it/4rqzZeL
photo of the black robin.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This sounds not great.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Drawing of muppets saying Wishing you a meaningful Yom Kippur.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My friend posts alpaca of the day. This bad boy wins the entire year for me. He has a plan.
Head shot of a shaggy white alpaca wearing a black harness. He has a big smile on his face and a knowing look in his eye. He is plotting mischief.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Didn't expect to see Karl Rove do this impression so well or at all. www.youtube.com/shorts/_9ofE...
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Former White House Adviser Karl Rove Does Impression of Trump Calling Him a ‘Loser’
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Where we're heading...
political cartoon. Advisor reading a list of horrible things happening like gas prices, Iran issues and AI dangers. Trump says, "How can I get my name back on the Kennedy Center?
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fictional characters: For those of you who don't know me well when that is the category my #blindguess will always be Gandalf. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Gandalf in Bilbo's house in the Shire. He's lit by the firelight with a thoughtful and concerned gaze.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's like his first term only so much worse. I've barely slept in months. I wake up in the night to check the news tickers to see what chaos awaits us in the morning.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TV Anniversaries: In honor of their recent 60th my #blindguess is Star Trek. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
Still photo of Kirk and Spock holding their phasers ready apparently confronting strangers of unknown intent.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. A tiny tiger. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
A tiny wild cat with a tiger face and spots instead of stripes.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reading the news. Song in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwg...
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Blowing In The Wind (Live On TV, March 1963)
YouTube video by Bob Dylan
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the world maga has built.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Names in Tech News: I can't bring myself to name any of the tech bros trying to kill us with ai run amok so my #blindguess is simply Apple. #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess (image Pngtree)
cartoon of a apple with a bite taken out of it. It has cute happy face.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Landmarks: Sticking with our much beleaguered Lady Liberty. #blindguess #Jeopardy #jeopardyblindguess
photo of woman dressed like the Statue of Liberty being ziptied by a couple of police of some sort.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yikes. I spaced on the time. Happy return to #Jeopardy #blindguess. Transportation: My #jeopardyblindguess is my favorite free thing to do in NYC. The Staten Island Ferry.
Drawing of the historic Staten Island ferry making the crossing.
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today is the 152nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in New Orleans history, when 5,000 members of the Crescent City White League overthrew the Louisiana government in an armed assault that left at least 35 dead. The attack was a turning point in Reconstruction www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
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John Stanton: Marking the anniversary of the 1874 terrorist attack on New Orleans
Sept. 14 marks the 152nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on New Orleans by the Crescent City White League, the white nationalist organization made up of former Confederate soldiers and led by weal...
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The price you pay. Every time you use *smart* ai apps this is what it costs for your young ones who will inherit our earth. columbiainsight.org/this-is-how-...
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WATCH: This is how data centers kill farms in the PNW - Columbia Insight
The personal and environmental costs of our supplication to AI are high. Here’s proof
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The 9/11 image of 2026. Rudy posted the maga take. Mamdani is not welcome. Mayor Zohran shook his hand at the ceremony. After proving him a liar. Viva the young people. It's their world now.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bullet point in Project 2025
A drawing on a napkin. Two young children asking a teacher a question. Children: What is the administrations plan to lower grocery prices. Teacher: Make it so unsafe that demand craters.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thinking of Deb Bee so cruelly taken from us too soon. Song in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU35...
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Donovan - Season of the Witch (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DonovanVEVO
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I posted this three years ago. Feels like three hundred.
Handmade wooden sign nailed on a birch tree. It's made of scrap of wood with a ragged end. It says Don't Insult The Witch.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Star Trek 60th anniversary day: Haven't slept in two nights running because original series marathon in the wee hours. For fellow fans The Guardian has an interview with William Shatner. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Head shot Of Dr Spock giving the live long and prosper sign.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cartoon of the day by Jonik via Greg Mitchell's newsletter.
Several ordinary people holding signs asking to protect our social safety net. Like justice for all and savings our forests, libraries, schools and constitution. In the the foreground are two Republican fat cats saying how awful they hate America.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Caption by Lars: “But the worst part of A.I. is the environmental impact.” This is the world tech billionaires want. (New Yorker cartoon)
Two giant ai robots holding weapons standing in an urban hellscape. They're watching a group of chained humans marching on the street before them.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Poetry #Painting #LaborDay Green eyes reflect a bursting star Hearing the thunder from afar, The sky a sudden wheel of flame. - unknown 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Media failure: Every insider hed. Kennedy Center ceiling fell down! The White House photos show a hole someone could have stepped on between the joists.
a small hole a ceiling. A small amount of debris oddly devoid of any white board.
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Libby Spencer @libbyspencer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I laughed. US Mint missed an opportunity here.
mock up of his "gold" coin with the image being of him sleeping through a press conference when someone else is speaking.
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is a fun little thread
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sounds like Elon Musk and SpaceX have turned Starbase and the nearby town into a private network city-state.
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