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Lisa Firke

@lisafirke.bsky.social
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Reader, writer, poet, artist, illustrator, nice-person, hopelessly naive. lisafirke.com

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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
hey all, I've had a few professionally-framed works back from the restaurant I loaned them to & I need to sell them because I don't have room for them in my little house! so they're on my site for a v reasonable price 👀 here's one... shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/thir... #painting #crows #art
a framed painting of a red sun with eyes floating in the middle of it on a white background, and thirteen stylised crows beneath. There are collaged snippets under the crows.
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you see this, quote with your fall vibe art… 🍁
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I would like it if the reporters laughed in response to his insults.
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Saffron & Her Majestic Floof @saffronsfloof.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How I feel about the weekend almost being over. #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
Color photograph. A tan and black tabby cat wears a teal harness as she walks outside. The photo captures her as she shakes her head from side to side with motion blur evident. Wouldn’t you feel the same way about it almost being Monday?
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” —H.L. Mencken.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
just two left of this large golden boi limited-edition linoprint 👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/the-... #art #printmaking #stag #witchsky
a linoprint of a stylised golden stag resting among oak branches. The golden ink shines in the light. The background is dark green.close up of the head of a print of a stylised golden stag resting among oak branches. The golden ink shines in the light. The background is dark green.
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’ve been painting most days. It takes a while to get one’s hand back after a break from a medium, but I’m enjoying the effort. These are mostly done with A. Gallo watercolors from Italy. They have honey and rosemary oil in the binder, and are incredibly creamy and luxurious.
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CREEPYpasta ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
psychiatrist: when you drew a clock, you left off the hour hand me: it’s on top of the minute hand. because it’s set to *lowers shades* 4:20 [psychiatrist starts breakdancing]
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dogs at the Rescue Center get to pick their own toy 🧸
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
lil reminder that I have these very well reviewed linoprint-created tarot decks for sale 👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/franks-slow-... #tarot
a spread of brightly-coloured tarot cards
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CREEPYpasta ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
new favorite review of my play just dropped
a picture of the cast of my play Spoons (Kaan Kayasan, Yagmur Guclu) and a review: 

Despite this heavy, traumatic base of the play, that subtle humor and situation comedy in the text was so high that it balanced that claustrophobic intensity of the drama very well. Instead of drowning in a heavy sociological inquiry, we caught a breathless rhythm with the actors, where we had a lot of fun in the hall.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hmm. No new duck boots for me.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Is it a giant wooden horse
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A Complete List of the President's Positive Qualities:
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Lots of snoot boops and scratches behind the ears
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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 17/03/2026
Sometimes I search Bluesky like this: "#kidlitartpostcard since:2025-10-01 until:2025-11-01" to find #kidlitartpostcard posts from October when I'm looking for someone to illustrate new Halloween picture books. It's a good idea to post samples that align with each month's dominant holiday.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is the correct nomenclature futurism.com/future-socie...
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses"
On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
and you may find yourself reading everything you wrote in your notes app at 4am and you may tell yourself this is not my beautiful story
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@merriam-webster.com please educate us on the different between a gauntlet and a gantlet. So tired of seeing “running a gauntlet”…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
GUYS GUYS MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
four white plastic muppet-style busts of dante, moliere, aristotle, and shakespeare, 3d printed in the style of the muppet christmas carol
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
And for World AIDS Day today, I’m reposting this important, sensitive, and profound essay. We all had, and have, our lists of love.
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DoctorCarlton🔜 Torremolinos 🇪🇸 Infinity X Festival 10/3-10/12 @doctorcarlton.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Sexual Health vaccines I recommend for the queer community . #gay #bi #queer #trans
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Hey conference-organizers (sorry for addressing you in one of your professional capacities on a holiday). I posted this 5 days ago, and 65 artists have already applied. Many of them are PSYCHED, and many of them are extremely qualified. There's HUGE interest from artists in working w/scientists.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congratulations!
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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Updating my LEGO White House
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Lisa Firke @lisafirke.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
You’d think historians and archaeologists would have liked the opportunity to at least oversee the #illegal demolition of the East Wing. Just saying.
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winnieswhiskers.bsky.social @winnieswhiskers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
In what way does the large turnout at the No Kings protests help move the needle? My husband & teenager attended a rally in Northern Virginia. My Marine Corps husband led some of the chants!
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
worst reboot of the Abbey Road cover, ever
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 13/08/2025
since Kennedy Center is no more, lemme bring back a magical moment that happened there
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I think so, yes. The biggest thing about protesting en mass like we are is that it reminds people that we aren’t 1939 Germany. There’s a large, organized social and political resistance to this regime, and the message is clear: We aren’t going to sleepwalk into a dictatorship.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
"I don’t care if Clinton is in the Epstein files. I don’t care if any Democrats are on the client list. I don’t care if any progressives are on the client list... You know why? Because I'm not in a cult." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-dont-car...
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I Don't Care if Democrats Are in the Epstein Files
Hold them all accountable.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
1. Call your reps about Trump's violation of the War Powers Act 2. Demand Congress haul Hegseth etc. in for hearings/briefings on justification 3. Demand to know why the Gang of Eight was not kept in the loop. Do it NOW.
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SPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Lemme know!
Text in the image:
"Artists, post this to let your followers tell you what they'd want to see more from you!"
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14/06/2025
Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air.
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This grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dogs to keep itself safe from predators
Previous research has shown birds frequently eavesdrop on other bird species to glean information about potential food sources or approaching danger. But, so far, scientists have documented only a…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social. Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121 And call the DOJ comment line: 202-353-1555
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"A Christian school in the Atlanta suburbs forced a senior to withdraw just weeks before graduation after attending her prom with a transgender boy... [...] ...The school receives taxpayer funds under Georgia’s school voucher program." www.metroweekly.com/2025/05/teen...
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Teen Expelled for Prom Date with Trans Boy
A Georgia Christian school forced a senior to withdraw just weeks before graduation after she brought a transgender friend to prom.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
More of this energy, please! Thank you, Rep. Glenn Ivey.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Stop the @bsky.app bashing. We’re all under a tremendous strain. We’re not perfect. I block when I need to, but ignore most foolishness. Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things. To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.
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Jonas Viggo Pedersen @jonasvp.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
It IS cool though to have a means to transporting those two books around with him until he finishes coloring them.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
move to make “ozowned“ a verb, all in favor
back to back tweets — the first is from known dipshit Matt Walsh, who said, “Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer.” 

the second is from @DKThomp, who said, “What happened is scientists
discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.”
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