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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 26/08/2026

It turns out there was one more Spice Rack kitten from this litter hiding out at his colony, & he was very hungry and easily hand scooped. He has ringworm & upper respiratory but we’ll get him on the right track. Because it fits his litter’s theme & feels only too appropriate, please welcome Curry

A scrungly little fluffy orange kitten looks anxiously out from a cat carrier.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/08/2026

In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@amyactonoh.bsky.social Among people who might actually vote for a Democrat, spending money on ICE was massive loser in January and while I don't know that the numbers for the Dem base got worse, the numbers for Independents have. Here's the Jan data:

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A Majority of Voters Are Unfavorable of ICE, Are Divided on What “Abolish ICE” Means

Voter favorability of ICE has steadily declined over the course of President Donald Trump’s second term.

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I wrote about loving the messy, melodramatic, trashy trickster, come-on artist Dolly more than the Saint Dolly of recent imaginings - and made a playlist to match. slate.com/culture/2026...

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What We Miss When We Reduce Dolly Parton to a Saint

The queen of country was a much weirder—and more wonderful—figure than the recent flattening of her suggests.

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Jen Deaderick 🗃️ (She/Her) @jendeaderick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Easily the raunchiest musical number in a kids’ movie ever. Godspeed, Tim Curry, you sexy bastard. youtu.be/0T_RKz7Qmug?...

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Annie (1982) | Easy Street | Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters

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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is cool: ABC will air "9 to 5" this Sunday at 7:30 p.m., followed by an encore showing of last night's ABC News Dolly Parton special.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Perhaps it would be better morally & electorally to make the people you're running against, who are assaulting, abducting, murdering, stealing, putting kids into concentration camps, starting wars & destroying our lives, your opposition. Instead of some streamer dude voters have never heard of.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

MAYBE MAGGIES JOB IS TO PROTECT THE MAC SHE IS SECRETLY WAITING TO PROTEC AND ATTAC CASE CLOS

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm seeing some people ask why the Democratic Party and congressional leaders aren't doing more to challenge Trump's anti-voting executive order. They were literally the first to seek a new injunction after SCOTUS ruled. I know, because I am their lawyer. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

my point is that you can feel however you want about piker or anyone on the left, but there's a literal nazi descendant who is a state lawmaker and running for congress during a presidential administration that reveres nazi values and policies and that's the actual danger to jews.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 26/08/2026

This is a chilling development in this case. My friend @replamonica.bsky.social was just doing her job, conducting critical oversight, and fighting for her constituents.   I’m proud to stand in support as she fights this attempt by the Trump admin to target their political opponents.

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Lily Mars @lilymarswrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

could we maybe have metaphors with a little subtlety, please

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

THE LITMUS TEST OF A HUMAN BEING IS IF THEY WERE A FRIEND OF THE MUPPETS

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/08/2026

If you live in an area that has pockets of immigrants, and you think nothing is happening with ICE, you are probably wrong. I've been hearing about things happening EVERYWHERE right now.

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Tziva @tziva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I want to expand on this: Kidnappings are at an all-time high. ICE shifted recently from doing big showy raids, stops and checkpoints, to stuff like quietly taking individuals on their way to work at 5am, or while at appointments or running errands. [repost with less typos]

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

*double checks list of people born in 1946*

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A NEW lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant, Richard Kahn, & lawyer, Darren Indyke, has been filed in NY alleging they conspired with Epstein to facilitate his sex trafficking operation. I explain the claims & why this kind of lawsuit can make more discovery public. youtu.be/1aDKpZeRmzM?...

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Epstein Co-Conspirators HIT With NEW LAWSUIT Blowing COVER-UP Wide OPEN!!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 26/08/2026

⚡️ Russia is using state youth camps to brainwash foreign teenagers and spread propaganda worldwide. 🧵 1/5 ⬇️

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/08/2026

Facebook directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. Every executive involved in running the company today chose to work at a company that directly enabled those deaths. Compared to that, it is _nothing_ for their products to cause your children harm. Billions for a settlement is a pittance.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

USS LINCOLN SAILOR: “Heartbreaking… I don't know how I can mentally continue working 12-hour days knowing my dad is somewhere possibly being treated like a criminal.” Joshua Aviles’ father was grabbed by ICE. DHS did not dispute he has no criminal record. (From CBS)

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

haven't been hit this hard since Carrie Fisher passed. Carrie and Dolly, two queens who forged their own paths and were always in on the joke and always, always cared. they didn't think caring was uncool, ever. Peerless artists too. RIP to Dolly, a legendary person, in addition to everything else. 💔

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/08/2026

she was an inspiration to me in a lot of ways on how you can be someone the world doesn't take seriously but still embrace that part of yourself, gleefully, while doing all the good you can. 😭

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate

Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anyone who AIs Dolly Parton for any reason is going to hell

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Evening folks: These two cats still need someone wonderful to give them a home. If it's not you, it might be someone you know, so *please* spread the word.

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Anne Margaret Daniel 🌻 @annemargaretdaniel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Go 1) be kind 2) buy a child a book 3) sing a good old song in her honor. 💔

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

University of Southern Maine professor emeritus Parker Albee Jr. on Susan Collins and Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/yxffnsu3 #MEpolitics

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

which is not to say that she didn't endure decades of people failing to take her seriously because of her looks but she's going to be remembered as one of the greatest Americans in history long after every asshole who treated her like shit is forgotten and has crumbled into dust

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Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagination Library site is overwhelmed and can't process all the donations(!)

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you haven't heard this series, you should listen to it, and you'll like Dolly even more. (My fave episode is the one where Jad talks to his dad about how "Tennessee Mountain Home" spoke to him as an immigrant far from home.)

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

as a big boobs and good morals haver i think i speak for all if us when i say we will miss our leader

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.

There are four men in the photo, one of which is wearing a safety vest. The man in a safety vest is holding a small kitten, who is wearing a tiny hard hat.

The kitten in a safety vest and tiny hard hat.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I deeply admire Dolly Parton's lifetime of large-scale acts of kindness. *And* I want to live in a world where kids having access to books or marching band uniforms - or society as a whole having access to vaccine research! - doesn't depend on the whims of one rich person.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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