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Mara Santiago

@mara2772.bsky.social
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Writer / Tea drinker / RPG / Feminist /

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Es droht die Wahl eines rechtsextremen Ministerpräsidenten. Im DLF Interview geht es stattdessen um Enteignungen, Neukölln und Wahlpartys. Der ÖRR versagt seit Jahren in seiner Verantwortung für die Demokratie. Kritik perlt ab. Kein Diskurs, keine Reflexion. Einfach weiter so. Bis zur Abschaffung.
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Nick in NC @nicknc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Science fiction authors designing aliens need to aspire to at least the level of weirdness of a real bucket orchid. Coryanthes macrantha in my greenhouse this morning. Flower is approx 15 cm wide, 10 cm tall. 🌴🌱
A bucket orchid in shades of orange and yellow. The bucket is formed from the distal end of the labellum and the column. Glands drip liquid into the bucket. Bees falling into the bucket can only escape through a hole at one side where they will be forced into contact with the pollen and stigma at the end of the column. The hole is pretty large, so the bees must be equally big.  The sepals look like big wings made of tissue paper that counterbalance the bucket. The base of the labellum where it connects to the rest of the flower looks like a weirdly ridged orange alien penis.
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Mara Santiago @mara2772.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So awful. No respectable media outlet should release her name.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day to all who celebrate.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.
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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Diese Massenpsychose, die gerade die deutsche Medienlandschaft bezüglich des Siegs der Linken in Berlin ereilt erinnert stark an New York und den Versuch Mamdani zu verhindern. Er ist jetzt übrigens nach ein paar Monaten der beliebteste Bürgermeister seit langem.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
leaving this here too: bsky.app/profile/abeb...
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Nicole Selmer @nicoleselmer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anlass ist Fall Gunkl in Ö. Aber es fällt auch sonst auf: Männern muss gesellschaftlich geholfen werden, damit sie keine Täter werden. Frauen müssen sich selbst drum kümmern, dass sie keine Opfer werden. Das ist nicht okay.
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Welche Maßnahmen es gäbe, um die Menschen gezielt und gerecht bei steigenden Spritpreisen zu entlasten: - Mobilitätszuschuss - Klimageldes - 9 Euro Tickets - Übergewinnsteuer für Ölkonzerne Was die Regierung mit Sicherheit wieder beschließt: - Tankrabatt 3.0 für 43 Mio. Verbrenner Autos.
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Mara Santiago @mara2772.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Das queerfeministische Bündnis @nofundis.bsky.social organisiert am 19.9. um 11 am Washingtonplatz eine Gegendemo in Berlin, hier findet ihr mehr Infos. www.instagram.com/p/DcJuky9iP0...
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Die @taz.de schreibt heute über das Event von @nofundis.bsky.social letzte Woche, auf dem @linadahm.bsky.social und ich über die transnationale Vernetzung von Abtreibungsgegner*innen gesprochen haben. Am Samstag findet in Berlin der „Marsch für das Leben“ (Demo von Abtreibungsgegner*innen statt)
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„Marsch für das Leben“: Eine globale Allianz gegen Abtreibung
Beim „Marsch für das Leben“ demonstrieren am Wochenende Fun­da­men­ta­lis­t*in­nen gegen Abtreibung. Eine Podiumsdiskussion beleuchtet die transnationalen Netzwerke dahinter.
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Mischa Honeck @honeckmischa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Alexander Dobrindt rief 2018 zu einer „bürgerlichen Revolution“ gegen Links-Grün auf. Derweil bezeichnete Alexander Gauland die AfD unaufhörlich als bürgerliche Partei. Die Saat geht auf: Heute ist der wohlhabende Berliner Südwesten dabei, sich in eine Hochburg der Blaubraunen zu entwickeln.
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Deutsche bauen solche Fußgängerzonen, ohne Bäume & Pflanzen, ohne Tische und Bänke, ohne jeglichen Charme, mit den immer immer gleichen seelenlosen Ketten und wundern sich dann warum unsere Innenstädte veröden, nur um dann zum Ergebnis zu kommen, dass das natürlich an der Verkehrswende liegen würde.
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ralphbunchonumbers.bsky.social @ralphbunchonumbers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Danke für diese bitternötige Einordnung! Es ist so offensichtlich, was hier passiert, dass es nur noch zum Verzweifeln ist, wie Journalismus hier gerade versagt. Statt den Unfug der KI-Bros einzuordnen, wird er atemlos und unkritisch reproduziert. Kollektives journalistisches Totalversagen.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Your occasional reminder that performative sneering at whole genres of fiction is not a sign of intelligence, nor is performative misery a sign of superior talent. Read what brings you joy. No-one else gets to decide or to control what that means to you.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vaccines really are amazing scientific accomplishments. The shingles vaccines reduces risk of heart disease. The HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer virtually obsolete. We’re close to an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer. Science for the win! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Does the shingles vaccine cut heart-disease risk? Mounting evidence suggests a link
Large study finds that people who received the ‘recombinant’ vaccine for the viral condition had a lower risk of cardiovascular problems.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Keith Muise @keithmuise80.bsky.social "Covid is mild".... Zero publications to prove it. "Covid is dangerous".... 492,027 publications to prove it. There is no debate. Source: x.com/keetmuise/st...
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LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance
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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Die Mamdanis dieser Welt stellen sich ja auch nicht hin und sagen „Wir haben hier Spaß, seht ihr das? Wenn ihr hier mitmachtet, dann müsst/dürft ihr Spaß haben“ Sie machen einfach und das Gefühl kommt, weil man Gründe dafür gibt. Man kann sowas nicht per Pressekonferenz anordnen.
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One of my favourite Dolly Parton stories. Chatting to one of her employees one day, she asked why he’d decided to work at Dollywood. To fund his education, he said. She immediately paid 100% of his college fees & then offered the same deal to all 11,000 employees. www.upworthy.com/dollywood-co...
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Dolly Parton's Dollywood will pay tuition costs for all employees to 'pursue a new dream'
Disneyland might be named the “Happiest Place on Earth,” but the employees at Dollywood can make an educated claim to fame of their own. Herschend Enterprises, partner owner of Dollywood and the natio...
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Mara Santiago @mara2772.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dear bluesky: someone said Dolly should be a saint. And srsly. Who need the church. If we all say she's a saint, who'll gainsay us? So, here's to Saint Dolly, Saint of Love, kindness, music and literacy.
A young ish dolly Parton smiling
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The message packets echo that moment when SecUnit pinged her feed and she knew rescue was possible.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume.
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I love you Dolly
IF YOU'REEVER SAD, JUST REMEMBER THIS:
THE EARTH IS 4 BILYON YEARS OLD, AND YOU MANAGED TO EXIST AT THE SAME TIME AS DOLLY PARTON.
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Arbeitskreis anarchistisches Korrektiv @akakorrektiv.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Tom from Europe @e42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Kühnes Tod wäre auch ein guter Anlass, um über legale Steuervermeidung, Steuerflucht, Steuergerechtigkeit und Mindestbesteuerung internationaler Konzerne sowie Erbschaftsteuer zu sprechen. #TaxTheRich
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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/u...
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Das unaufgearbeitete NS-Erbe von Kühne + Nagel
Klaus-Michael Kühne gehört zu den reichsten Deutschen. Seine Firma transportierte nach 1933 für das NS-Regime Möbel und Hausrat verfolgter und ermordeter Juden. Eine öffentliche Aufarbeitung verweiger...
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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Deutsche halten sich für Erinnerungsweltmeister, schaffen es aber nicht im Nachruf auf einen Milliardär zu erwähnen, dass sein Vermögen auf Arisierung und Ausplünderung von Jüdinnen und Juden basiert, die sein Nazivater durchgeführt hat. www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
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Unternehmer Klaus-Michael Kühne: Klaus-Michael Kühne ist gestorben
Mehrere Jahrzehnte prägte Klaus-Michael Kühne die Logistikbranche in Deutschland. Nun ist der zweitreichste Mann Deutschlands im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben.
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Mara Santiago @mara2772.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@ryeisenberg.bsky.social it's arrived 30min ago. I'm so excited about this one. Made my Monday so much better. (FYI reached Germany / hamburg)
Picture of the baking book small batch breads on a table
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public, said David Rhode [natsec reporter for MS NOW]" newrepublic.com/post/214510/...
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Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied
According to a report from MS NOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026
"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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bnrlibrarian @bnrlibrarian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
very sexy of joong tbh
ig post reading "bad art is better than AI art btw" over a photo of a young man laying relaxed over some storage bags in the back of a truck; joong's IG icon is floating over the likes
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“Writing builds our working memory, executive planning skills and metacognition — the ability to think about our thinking, weigh alternate viewpoints and revise for clarity and style. It takes decades to develop writing skills, from toddlerhood into adulthood.”
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Sun-Headed Deity of Tamgaly @oscarfranklin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Deliberate provocation to see what sort of response there is. Trump and Putin are 2 cheeks of the same arse at this stage.
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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The UK is a very normal and well-functioning state where if you have enough money you can destroy the rights of minorities by throwing endless lawsuits at the government until they do what you want
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 04/08/2026
--If you use AI for 'research' (🙄) do not copy paste the results. Go to wherever it stole stuff from and read that and work from there. You know, like actual research. --I can't see any way AI 'editing' would not make your MS look more like AI.
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
INTO THE DROWNING DEEP by Mira Grant is only $2 in US eBook format today! That's less than half the cost of a cup of decent coffee for hours and hours of meticulous marine biology research leading you to the horrors of the deep!
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“As a librarian, I think it’s important to see this as…helping people reclaim their autonomy over whether they want to use AI tools,” Bailey said. “It’s important, especially when it can be so difficult not to use them, and when the design seems to force adoption” Librarians to the rescue (again)
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Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 26/07/2026
I wrote a whole book about this! And it wasn’t hard to find people to include; it was hard to narrow the list down from *OVER A HUNDRED* early gamedevs
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/07/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "why are you so proud of being an asshole?"
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