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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Anyone who says climate change isn't real should be forced to spend the summer wearing every single historically accurate layer of a proper European style 1800s outfit. And none of those damp, gauzy Napoleonic French dresses, either.

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a man in a military uniform stands next to two women in dresses

ALT: a man in a military uniform stands next to two women in dresses

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Confirmed measles case in the Baltimore area. If you aren't sure you got the vaccine as a kid, or if you're still immune, your doctor can add a test to check if you need a booster when you get bloodwork if you ask.

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Pages - One case of measles confirmed in Maryland resident with recent international travel

An official website of the State of Maryland.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Is it just me, or should "homes" and "workplaces" be at the top of the list of "sensitive locations" data brokers filter out and don't sell? "the vendors we use to make location data available to our customers filter out sensitive locations, such as hospitals, schools, and religious institutions."

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks already or wrap my brain around this being forever. So incredibly grateful for the love of dear friends who held me and made space to break my emotional surface tension while I cried off my makeup and tried my best to dance a little sadness out. I love you all 💜

Detail of the painting "Grief" by Menagerie Macabre. Brightly colored psychedelic style painting representing the feelings of overwhelm and helplessness while experiencing the all consuming and overwhelming nature of grief, and the fear that the pain is inescapable and unending, and that the world will never feel safe or good again.

An abstracted figure, inspired by the five of cups from the Rider-Waite tarot deck, is surrounded by vivid, clashing, frenetic chaos. The figure wears a long, flowing black cloak and is bent over in despair. They stand at the edge of a cliff as an undulating, oozing mass of pulsating red and blue pools and spreads beneath them, flowing over and obscuring more peaceful, spring-like greens and pinks, as though the earth itself has been wounded as it absorbs and echoes their pain, preventing them from seeing the beauty in the world around them.

A golden aura representing the loss of interest in self and the physical world rises from the figure like a halo, before erupting into flames of the consquences of that withdrawal against a sky filled with a tangle of jagged, jumbled tendrils and haphazard stripes signifying the seemingly endless frantic and chaotic current of racing thoughts in the aftermath of loss.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Know your rights! The 4th Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures of you or your house or papers. The founding fathers would want you to tell them to come back with a warrant and sue their asses if they violate your rights by coming in anyway! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_...

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them" - Margaret Atwood Real men are confident, strong, and secure. It takes a special kind of fragile, insecure, pathetic weakling to get triggered enough to murder a woman in broad daylight over words.

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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Blood in the streets, run a river of sadness youtu.be/6lnoM25D-js

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Peace Frog

YouTube video by The Doors - Topic

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 07/01/2026

If you want to change Bluesky’s default moderation settings, go to your moderation settings on the web - bsky.app/moderation. Apple limits adult-content controls inside iOS apps, so you won’t see those options on the iPhone app itself. 1/2

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I was just starting to feel the teensiest bit not quite completely consumed by overwhelming dread, and now I wake up to news that the U.S. has bombed Venezeula?! And took their president?! What the actual fuck?! The Epstein files, 2nd Jack Smith report, and medical test results must be doozies

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I am tired and scared and don't give a shit about saying "I told you so," I need you to look at what's going on, listen to what they're saying and realize that they mean it and it can get worse, and push back. Ignoring or dismissing things doesn't make them go away, it gives them room to grow.

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Rebecca Schoenkopf @wonkette.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

well hot damn. Ted Cruz's dad did the Black Dahlia murder.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Tonight's random hyperfocus: can I build a working replica carnyx?

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Tiny victory! Finally pushed past the dread of awkward and relatively heavy lifting and took down the window air conditioner! Highly recommend doing something on your to do list that's been nagging at you for a nice little whoosh of dopamine and reduction of background stress.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Spotted in a shopping mall ladies' room. So many questions. Am I supposed to roll the tampon in the pop rocks, or do I need to use the sour candy drops for adhesion? I suppose if this one sold rubbers like in the old days, pop rocks in the tip could be an exciting and zesty surprise at the end.

Wall mounted vending machine with the text, "Protocol when life just can't wait" and a faded photograph of a rocky stream above cards showing that the machine is stocked with Sour Patch Kids gummy candy, pop rocks type knockoff popping candy, tampons, sour liquid candy drops, and generic ibuprofen.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Picked up a copy of Cosmo for the first time in years and it's so weird to see ads in it for things mayo (with a potato salad recipe, no less!) and frozen mac & cheese.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Trading doomscrolling for spindle spinning when I just can't with the world has been very rewarding. Plying 330 yards into a giant turtle was incredibly satisfying (turtle shown w/ Puscifer cd for scale). All done except a bath to fluff & set the twist! #handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle

Large lozenge shaped ball of bright purple and lime green striped yarn in front of a cd case which has been propped upright. The yarn is over half as tall as the cd. The striped strands neatly criss-crossing each other create zig zaggy op-art effect that appears to slightly vibrate.

Thick twisted hank of lime green and bright purple barber pole striped handspun yarn.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Cutting healthcare funding for the most vulnerable among us is economic genocide. People will die. I'm not surprised the wannabe eugenicists in charge are delighted to sign a massive death warrant for the elderly, disabled, and poor into law, but I'm disgusted so few people see it for what it is.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Just started spinning this 50/50 Yak and silk top and it's the absolute softest, most amazing feeling thing! If I had all of the money, I'd make myself a giant nest out of it. #handspun #handspinning #yarnsky

Turkish style cross arm drop spindle wrapped with a small amount of fine, shiny, silver grey yarn resting against a braid of the same unspun fiber.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Had a dream that the Blink-182 nurse talked to my cats and said one of them told her his name was "Dave." I called him "Dave" this morning in case it was true and he looked at me like my toy mouse had lost all of its catnip* *cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Gorgeous rainbow this afternoon with funky, almost horizontal, streaks of light across it. Hard to see in the pics* but super cool irl. Light does wild stuff during sunset adjacent storms** *cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility **or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth

Rainbow against a gray, cloudy sky. A traffic light, crosswalk signal, tree tops, and the top of a flat roofed building are visible in the foreground.

$Rainbow against a gray, cloudy sky, with thin faint rays of light refracting across the rainbow$

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

2nd single of the "Wizard and the Frog" roving from Avalon Springs Farm done! Spinning wee bits on breaks moved things along, but making time for a nice long session today to blast through the last chunk felt really good. Next, onto a bobbin, then plying both together. #handspinning #handspunyarn

Drop spindle wound with bright green yarn next to a loo roll used as a makeshift bobbin for bright purple yarn.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

As far as scary dieases go, ebola is one of the scariest. Outbreaks can be kept in check, but it takes hard work and money; both scarce after U.S. cuts to international health & foreign aid. If you can spare some cash & want to help prevent the spread of ebola and save lives, donate via WHO's link.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Just saw two bald eagles circling like vultures. Never seen them do that before. My superstitious side is tempted to think this means something, but my logical side is reminding me that I lack knowledge of eagle behavior.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The "Gremlins" remake you didn't know you wanted

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Dear booksellers, please use a waterproof bag or wrapping in addition to a box when shipping due to a massive uptick in wet parcels reeking of perfume or detergent lately from various shippers. It's awful to see a book get damaged or destroyed, especially if it's out of print or scarce.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Not sure what's going on with that one big rumor, but I keep picturing the skeksi emperor raging that he is still emperor from his deathbed in The Dark Crystal.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

We can still save #PBS & #NPR ! "Made possible by viewers like you" means us and they need us more than ever. If you canceled a Paramount, Prime, Post or Times subscription because they're jerks, why not give that $ to help the folks who brought us Sesame Street, Bob Ross, Martin Yan & so many more?

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Dreamed about a shovel race. The shovel blades were jammed at an angle into packed snow. Racers held the handle, put one foot on top of the blade & kicked with the other to propel it. The race was 4 or 5 miles; racers each had 2 sled dogs to pull them to safety if they were too tired to finish.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It's amazing how slippery my brain can be to steer. I'm fighting an overwhelming urge to prune the vines in my yard & teach myself basket weaving right now because I'm apparently trying to sabotage the metric fuckton of housework that needs done on a tight deadline. I love the basket idea, though.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It's not over yet! We can still save PBS an NPR! ● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good! ● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Do you ever have the feeling where you don't want to leave the house because you're so desperately lonely that you're afraid you'll accidentally fall in love with the first person you see and that sounds like it couldn't possibly be a good idea? Or shatter into tears at a tiny kindness? Just me?

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Exciting study results for a pill treatment for sleep apnea! Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative. finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...

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Incannex Reports Positive Topline Results from RePOSA Phase 2 Trial of IHL-42X

Statistically and clinically significant improvements across key clinical endpoints; IHL-42X reduced AHI by up to 83% from baseline. IHL-42X demonstrates compelling clinical benefit and an outstanding...

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Final #TourDeFleece 2025 update: Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜

A large drop spindle wrapped in lime green yarn sits on a pile of fluffy lime green fiber. A cardboard tube used as a makeshift bobbin for dark purple yarn with a few streaks of lime green also sits on the fiber. A small, turquoise, cream, and purple hank of yarn and a larger hank of yarn with short sections of yellow, hot pink, purple, turquoise, and cream twisted together sit next to spindle.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Finished plying the merino! I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack Main spin: 308 yds Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds #TourDeFleece 2025

A large, multicolored skein of yarn and a much smaller skein lay beside two bat shaped pieces of a disassembled modular niddy noddy.

A small hank of turquoise, purple, and cream yarn is nestled against a much larger hank of yarn with short sections of hot pink, yellow, turquoise, purple, and cream twisted together.

Two Turkish spindles wound thickly with yarn lean against each other. The yarn on the large spindle has many colors twisted together. The smaller spindle is half as large and wrapped with solid colored yarn.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Not sure what official day of #TourDeFleece it is; the rest days threw me off, but it's 17 for me. Started plying the "Lollipop" merino from The Fiber Imp on my Snyder Spindles Turkish plying glider. Love how it's turning out and am excited to see the final skein!

Two cardboard tubes wound with multi colored hot pink, turquoise, yellow, purple, and cream yarn sit next to a large Turkish spindle wrapped in thicker yarn made of two strands twisted together.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The Prince of Darkness has left us. Thank you for the music and the memories. Love and strength to his family and loved ones. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

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Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces

A statement from his family says Osbourne was with his family and

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#TourDeFleece day 16 was a rest day, so I only did a very tiny bit of lunch break spinning on the sparkly green and got the neon pastel rainbow singles wound onto loo roll "bobbins". Planning to start plying them tonight.

Two cardboard rolls wound thickly with thin yarn in bright yellow, turquoise, purple, hot pink, and cream.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

So is 1000 FBI agents going through 100,000 documents the inverse of a million monkeys with a million typewriters? King Leer vs. King Lear?

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#TourDeFleece day 14 & 15 progress. Finished the neon pastel rainbow merino singles! Should have stopped earlier, but I got too excited. My hands will probably hate me in the morning. Tomorrow these go on bobbins, & I'll pick away at the sparkly green. Pic taken with flash to better convey the neon.

A pair of wooden spindles wrapped with yarn rest next to each other. The yarn is wrapped around the plain, straight handled spindle in a carrot like shape, with thin stripes of yellow, purple, hot pink, turquoise, and cream. The yarn on the more elaborate, curvy handled spindle is wrapped in a turnip shape, with wide stripes of turquoise and purple at the bottom and thinner stripes of cream, hot pink, and yellow at the top.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

This poem seems awfully relevant lately. Narcissist's Prayer That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did You deserved it. Dayna EM Craig daynaemcraig.com/goodToKnow/

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Good To Know

What is The Narcissist’s Prayer? Whether you know it as The Narcissist’s Prayer, Creed, or Playbook, in 2016 I wrote and published online A Narcissist’s Prayer, a short poem about patterns of behaviou...

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Tom Servo Is Ready For Truth & Retribution @mhael.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

(317) 643-4888 As of yesterday, the general 988 safety hotline removed its direct extension for LGBTQIA+ youth. The Rainbow Youth Project has provided this number to fill the need for the community. Please share this with other humans.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

As a former poor-ish kid in the sticks with no cable in the pre-internet era, #PBS & #NPR were my lifeline to the bigger world. I'm gutted about the funding cuts, as are so many of you. Does anyone have a number that if we all chip in would cover the difference? Or which stations need it most?

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mogadooooooom @mogadontrenchcoat.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

duckduckgo ain't perfect but unlike google it does allow you to completely turn off its ai assistant, and now this. i've been using it exclusively for nearly a year, it's worth switching.

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Mad Ophelia @madophelia.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

#TourDeFleece days 12 & 13 progress. Finished the short colors & got to blue on the long colors for the neon rainbow spin. Need to split the last of the braid for the 2nd long color single. Green spindle has been slowly getting fatter over my lunch breaks. Stoked to be this far & for plying soonish!

Three top whorl drop spindles between two piles of fiber. A spindle with a white top wrapped with lime green yarn is next to a large pile of soft, fluffy fiber in the same color with a few streaks of dark wine purple and sparkly strands of tinsel-like thread. The central light colored wooden spindle has a smaller top whorl (the piece at the top of the spindle shaft) and is wrapped full of fiber in stripes of cream, purple, hot pink, turqoise, and yellow. The fiber wrapped around the spindle is almost as wide as the whorl! The third spindle has a wider whorl and is made of a slightly darker wood. The shaft looks wood turned, with wider and narrower sections of various lengths and widths, giving it a decorative, antique look. It is wrapped thickly with yarn halfway down the shaft, in a shape like a beet or radish. The visible yarn is mostly purple, with a thick stripe and a few criss crossing strands of turquoise around the middle and thinner stripes of cream, hot pink, and yellow at the top. A pile of loose, fluffy turquoise fiber and a densely packed braid of fiber with swirling strips of cream, turquoise, hot pink, purple, and yellow is next to the darker, more elaborate spindle.

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