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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The mask is outlined in red to make it look like the entire inside of the mask is glowing. That's purposeful to give a sense that the person holding the mask is in danger, because the mask is a sentient being and the back of it has charms that compel you to put the mask on.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Am I doomscrolling, or am I curating the algorithm so it aligns with my interests?
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
More like, allowing corporate interests to take over media companies has resulted in editors being less willing to PUBLISH ideas
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Words have power; speaking things aloud gives them weight. Particularly in a culture where story and song used to be the primary means of passing on information. And I may carry the weight lightly, but I still carry it.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
That liminal state where on a logical level I'd say, of course I don't believe in fairies, in the way of "Clap your hands for Tinkerbell." But at the same time I wouldn't purposely piss off fairies, just in case. And when yer old man tells you a story, you listen and remember just in case.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
When my paternal grandmother died, dad told me he saw a bean sidhe over our house. I believed him, not on a literal level but on the gut level where I knew he felt a deep longing for home and connection. And that's hard to describe: the in-between where I don't believe but I don't disbelieve either.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I grew up in Aotearoa NZ but my dad was born and raised in Ireland. Most of his friends were Irish, many of the people he worked with were Irish, we went to the Irish Society club gatherings, we played Irish music, went to Catholic school with kids whose parents were also Irish expats.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I'm still figuring out the best way to articulate this. There's something different about growing up in a culture that has its roots in oral history, and passing knowledge directly from person to person. When elders tell you a story, you internalise it in a way that sinks through to your soul.
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)
A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Thank you! Turns out i had a severe medication allergy that triggered secondary contact allergies, so I was breaking out in hives that were hidden in my hair
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
If Stefano from Days Of Our Lives travelled back to the Old West
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Taking the medications that keep me alive
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Mir 📎 @mirakosh.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
'Oh Rascal Children of Gaza' By Palestinian poet and playwright Khaled Juma - Al-Shaboura. Written during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in Operation Protective Edge August 2014, that killed 547 Palestinian children, wounded 3,374 children and permanently disabled 1,000 children. #Palestine
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Steve E. Tricks @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
i responded to one of the biggest streamers in the world. featuring @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
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Assassin Lookalike Responds to xQc
YouTube video by burt
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
And means testing for disability benefits keeps many disabled people in poverty, so we already know it sucks
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Sermon, National Prayer Service 21 January 2025 Bishop Mariann Budde: In the name of our G-d, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.
Bishop Mariann Budde:

In the name of our G-d, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.

And, the people, the people who pick our crops, and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants. Who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants. And work the night shifts in hospitals. 

They, they may not be citizens, or have the proper documentation. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.They pay taxes and are good neighbors.

[Clip ends. Ten seconds were cut to fit Bluesky 60 sec. requirements.]

Transcript continued:

They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras and temples. [clip ends]
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It is such a pleasure to see Trump and his gang be forced to listen to a sermon asking for mercy for queer children and the many people working in hard jobs in America. What courage Bishop Budde has to speak this directly to him. (A transcript is in the following post.)
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Unfollowing is free
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The Sumaira Foundation (TSF) @thesumairafdn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
#ICYMI - Have you ever wondered what it's like to age with autoimmune diseases? Dr. Amanda Piquet, the Céline Dion Foundation Endowed Chair in Autoimmune Neurology at Uni of Colorado, discusses how aging manifests for patients living with autoimmune diseases. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGkc...
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Aging with Autoimmune Diseases
YouTube video by The Sumaira Foundation
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Transgender Law Center and @reprolegalfund.bsky.social’s Trans Health Legal Fund offers financial support for trans people facing investigation, arrest, or prosecution for seeking gender-affirming care. Share with your community, and apply here: reprolegaldefensefund.org/trans-health...
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Trans Health Legal Fund - Repro Legal Defense Fund
Our judicial system has tried to convince us that we don’t have ownership over our bodies. We know better. In partnership with the Transgender Law Center, we are launching the Trans Health Legal Fund....
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Looks like hell is about to freeze over
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
And the nihilism to fascism pipeline is swift
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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 15/01/2025
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 15/01/2025
New: Change Healthcare's breach last year affects over 100 million Americans whose health data was stolen. But for months, Change has hidden its official data breach notice from search engines, making it far more difficult for anyone searching the web to find it. techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/u...
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UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months | TechCrunch
Following its ransomware attack, Change Healthcare used website code to hide the data breach notice from search engines.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
... which part of your skin?
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Double bear face
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
MeToo didn't go far enough, especially if you read THAT recent article in Vulture
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AlyceMiller @alycemiller.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
On January 20, let’s all be Michelle. Don’t watch the inauguration. Instead, tune into MLK Day programming.
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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 11/01/2025
A great write-up on the incarcerated firefighter program in California & the folks in prison helping out with the fires in LA. Appreciate The Marshall Project for reaching out to me. All too often, folks write about fire camps without talking to people who’ve been to fire camps. Not the case here.
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The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
It's a variation on the classic "I'm uncomfortable being exposed for my horribleness. Let's target the people exposing me."
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Not a single one of them has a shred of self-awareness. Staying woke was always a heads-up that people are trying to exploit you or worse. So if they oppose people being aware of exploitation, that reveals a lot more about them than they realise
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A reminder for people evacuating Hollywood that Metro is fare free. If you’re taking transit to get to safety I’d love to hear from you
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/01/2025
When the Grenfell Tower blaze led to revelations that high-rise public housing across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed those responsible would pay. Seven years on, the companies have largely escaped financial liability reut.rs/3BY7wYa
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Exclusive: The Ghosts of Grenfell: No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material
When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed the building contractors responsible would pay for their negligence.
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I'd do pretty well in the Percy Jackson universe because I have a degree in Ancient Greek
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Part of the issue is that infrastructure hasn't kept pace with the massive increase in demand on power grids, and breakdowns happen. Plus, in Australia 46% of electricity is generated by coal
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I used to do admin + reception for a lab group until someone decided it was more efficient to have no receptionist, and people can just leave the lab in the middle of setting up work
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
And somehow they always avoid quoting the part during the Athenian plague, where Thucydides coins the term diarrhea
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Or start-up operating costs if you're establishing a new lab. My husband knows people who've had plenty of money for equipment but none for payroll
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
And research institutes are CONSTANTLY cutting the budget for admin staff, forcing researchers to waste more and more of their time on things they aren't best suited for, either skills wise or training wise
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I grew up in Aotearoa in the 80s and 90s. It seemed like we couldn't really afford to make our own TV, but the up side is that we got EVERYTHING from the BBC
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NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Hey All, please share and learn about this great summer program, conceived, led and taught by Indigenous scholars to Indigenous students! It's a groundbreaking concept, Indigenous Data Sovereignty #IDSov and protecting resources for Indigenous people's own and exclusive benefit. What an idea?!
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Oh Neil, Neil, orange peel!
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The Wombles?
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Nah that's The People's Poet
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Mary-Anne @mjack08.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
If you steer people towards rigid black & white thinking, you don't have to put as much work into isolating them & making them feel like the world is out to get them. They do 90% of the work for you & they're easy pickings for cult recruitment
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Graphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
These awards are meant to recognize and honor outstanding health-related comic projects published in 2024. They are made possible by your donations and a generous matching gift in Honor of Nancy and Herbert Wolf. www.graphicmedicine.org/the-inaugura...
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The Graphic Medicine Award | Graphic Medicine
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE GMIC AWARD! The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to guide and support the uses of comics in health. The GMIC A...
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