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Nora Bombay

@norabombay.bsky.social
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Middle Aged. Mid Atlantic. Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales. Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 7h
While unsuccessful (and insane if one assumes he wanted something other than martyrdom), Brown’s raid did more than almost anything else in the 1850s to highlight the differences between northern and southern labor systems and the moral bankruptcy of the latter.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 7h
This Day in Labor History: October 16, 1859. John Brown and a group of followers invade the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today WV) to start a war and end slavery. Let's talk about this key moment in American labor history!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h
The back story on who got Fox to take Zacharia out will be interesting. First they got her placed, then they made sure Hannity and F&F -- Trump's two main shows -- ripped her to shreds. Impressive work, whoever did it.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h
Katie Zacharia Reassigned to Previous Role of Posting Racist Conspiracy Theories on Social Media
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10h
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“More than 100 elected officials have joined me in calling on parking lot and garage owners across New York City: Don’t give ICE a place to operate. Don’t rent to them. Tell them they’re not welcome.

Last week, ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in the neck in Marble Hill while his 5-year-old son sat in the car. They had been staging nearby in a private parking lot.

Our city laws keep ICE off public property. Now, we’re calling on private property owners to do the same. One garage on Morton Street already removed ICE vehicles after neighbors spoke out. Every owner has that power.”
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 20h
I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
I'm begging @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social to run against Musk. He's an unpopular and creepy white nationalist asshole billionaire whose approval rating in most polls is 20 points underwater. You can mock Paxton for needing to be bailed out *and* mock the puppet master pulling his strings.
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Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Same. With an instinctive "cancer man would never". But really?
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Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 14/10/2026
This is really cool. Also, that's not the regular title page from the first edition (see image below), which means this version must have been printed for Melville before his last minute renaming of the book. 🐋
Title page of the first edition of Moby-Dick:

MOBY-DICK;
OR,
THE WHALE.
BY
HERMAN MELVILLE,
AUTHOR OF
"TYPEE," "OMOO," "REDBURN," "MARDI", "WHITE-JACKET"

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My campaign's first TV ads for the House of Delegates in 2017 and Senate in 2023 went after data centers. Now here we are, years later and it's wild to see candidates trip over themselves to get to where we were in 2017. Some of us fought before it was cool. (1/3) stateline.org/2026/10/12/d...
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Data center backlash set to sway midterm elections • Stateline
In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal r...
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Grindr is training its AI on your photos, your age, and your taps by default, without asking. This video shows where the app buried the off switch. The stakes are high on an app like Grindr. Numerous countries criminalize same-sex relations, so being outed through your data can be dangerous.
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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Every time a data center that's on the grid goes off the grid, it immediately starts running on backup generators. There are more than 10,500 permitted diesel generators in Virginia serving data centers. When they're activated, expect plenty plumes of smoke. www.newsweek.com/map-shows-th...
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Map shows the 13 states under emergency order to prevent blackouts
A Department of Energy order has been issued to mitigate the risks of blackouts across 13 states in PJM's territory.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'm pretty sure like 3 countries in 2026 Africa would take out all of 1939 Europe
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Rick Porter @rickporter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ryan Coogler's "X-Files" is officially happening. Hulu just announced a series order for the show, starring Danielle Deadwyler & Himesh Patel.
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Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Update Scores Hulu Series Order
Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel will star in the show.
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Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I saw that, and I gave a 50/50 Draco/Hermonie vs Reylo. Sometimes you can just tell
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I know this won’t be a popular opinion on here, but it’s time we all went back to Renner App. Yes it got bad on there after Jeremy was crushed to death by that snowplow, but now you’ll see far more celebrations of Jeremy’s life than discussions of the specific mechanics of his brutal pulverisation
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think that if millennials/gen Z work together we can drive HOAs to the breaking point
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My HOA once charged me $75 because my trash can was visible from the street for approximately six minutes. So now I use the anonymous form on their website to report myself for having grass that's too long. Sandra has to walk all the way over with a ruler and measure it once a week. It's important to stay involved in your community.

A lady with a ruler walking away from a yard
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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
how many stocks do i really have in stock
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Don't mess with Texas.
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Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I want a tv show starring Chris Bauer Nd Sean Bean. In which everyone but them dies.
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mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
having experienced them both, i must say rainbow capitalism is very preferable to live in over Capitalism With Charlie Kirkian Characteristics
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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Today marks 28 years since Matthew Shepard died, beaten to death for daring to be out in 1998. In 2021, his mother Judy testified for my bill to ban the anti-LGBTQ panic defense here in Virginia so people kill or assault us for simply existing. I’m grateful for her work and the advocates who helped.

§ 18.2-37.1. Certain matters not to constitute defenses.

A. Another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not in and of itself, or together with an oral solicitation, a defense to any charge of capital murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, or voluntary manslaughter and is not in and of itself, or together with an oral solicitation, provocation negating or excluding malice as an element of murder.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a defendant from exercising his constitutionally protected rights, including his right to call for evidence in his favor that is relevant and otherwise admissible in a criminal prosecution.

§ 18.2-57.5. Certain matters not to constitute defenses.

A. Another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not in and of itself, or together with an oral solicitation, a defense to any charge brought under this article.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a defendant from exercising his constitutionally protected rights, including his right to call for evidence in his favor that is relevant and otherwise admissible in a criminal prosecution.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 1289 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 12/10/2026
you haven't lived until you've bartended a pride where a bunch of straight guys show up in protest in straight pride flag gear & then are too visibly uncomfortable to even stay long enough to do anything & they wander out aimlessly into the street & likw 40 queers drink mini aperol spritzes.
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Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 12/10/2026
"There should be more people talking about Moby-Dick online!" You've come to the right microblogging platform, my friend. 🐋
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.
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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How it’s going
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The people around for the Ana Mardoll scandal will find this very amusing.
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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
One of the first things that should be done is nationalizing spacex
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fun fact: this is a long weekend in Canada because Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the Julian Calendar.
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Amy (not spooky yet, but hopefully getting there) @spooloflies.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How am I supposed to be normal about Jill Hennessy attending a Law & Order function in 2026
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
his torn body and gashed soul bled into one another; and so interfusing, made him mad
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans
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Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Based on this picture, racially, economically, culturally and geographically profile me. What year did I graduate HS? I chose to purchase all fo the products shown and this is the house i live in. To make it easier .
Sparkling tea and Tupac and snoop wine
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Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There is an instantly obvious answer to this question. Keep your shit seperate and get rid of the whole man.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I converted to Catholicism six weeks before running for office. Here’s what the pope gets wrong about live-streamed executions.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/10/2026
if you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 09/10/2026
at least problem gamblers used to have the quiet dignity of slinking off to circus circus before getting their legs broken. now they do this
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
LMAO sic semper scalpers. Imagine threatening to sue the creators of Pokemon because their adequate supplying has rendered your price-gouging ineffective.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Malcom T Liepke (b. 1953 USA) "Sparklers" - oil on canvas, 2015.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/10/2026
My wife’s brain is less internet-poisoned than mine.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
were the whale then to run the line out to the end almost in a single, smoking minute as he sometimes does, he would not stop there
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/10/2026
"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?" buff.ly/oLdL54C
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Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five poin...
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