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Paula

@notsoencrypted.bsky.social
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I love people & learning anything & everything. Love your neighbor as yourself. she/her but they/them is fine too. Expat Minnesotan in Wisconsin. aka Sha. ADD. Struggling with life. Avatar: @lullindo

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 12h
Fen for the win
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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🎶 imagine all the warblers… 🎵 (No idea what bird, fall warblers are hard mode, but I enjoyed watching several flit about flashing their white bellies and dark wings.)
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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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smolecule @smolecule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s that time again! We start my first playthrough of The Walking Dead: the Final Season today at 1pm EDT/ 5pm GMT 🎃 👻 See you soon over at Twitch :)
Game key art of The Walking Dead Telltale Series: the Final Season, sepia toned serious atmosphere with zombies and a young woman holding a crude weapon while standing protectively next to a young boy
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💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel like there's a cohort of us who got on the internet before "social media" and made all sorts of healthy friendships through forums or livejournal or what have you and thus, while everyone's like SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS COMPARISON AND MISERY we're like, but that's just where my friends live.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 23h
For more than 160 uninterrupted years, federal law has prohibited troops wherever an election is held. The Insurrection Act’s grant of authority to the president does not supersede Section 592’s prohibition on armed people at the polls, writes @lorenvoss.bsky.social and @nkorpett.bsky.social.
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The Insurrection Act Is No Exception to the Troops-at-Polls Ban
Congress restricted military deployments to election sites, even when a broader deployment authority might otherwise apply.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is.
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 03/10/2026
I've been waiting for this to be published. Such a bonkers story: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forever my captain
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AAUP-NC Genuine Intelligence Project @ncaaupgip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us Friday, 10/2, for a critical AI teach-in with the wonderful Andrea Reyes Elizondo @altibel.bsky.social! She'll be helping us think about the importance of reclaiming our reading and writing skills from generative "AI." Learn more and access Zoom link here: www.aaupnc.org/projects/gen...
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AAUP NC - Genuine Intelligence Project
The Genuine Intelligence Project
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
you do want to see this
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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy Anniversary to the Darwin quote of all time
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Melissa Blue. What a lovely name for a butterfly (Plebejus melissa) #invertebrates
Close-up of a lavender/blue butterfly perched on a purple clover flower. It has a narrow white edge around its wings, and a very fuzzy body.
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Laura Bundesen @laurabundesen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finished the brain and I already have a frame - now just need to do the background #SciArt #FiberArt
Kinusaiga (tucked fabric) style brain with a tree inside of it. Lots of different greens with blue sky poking through, brown trunk and branches and a root system inside the cerebellum - background is unfinished and it is setting inside a gold painted frame
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy birthday, and thank you for sharing this. I turned 40 this year and am feeling fairly awful about it. This post gives me inspiration and some hope. So thank you for the gift. I hope you have some lovely things (tasty or cozy especially) to celebrate with!
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 01/10/2026
We have built a vast global human enterprise on the expectation that Earth’s infrastructure will always deliver the services on which we depend, while we simultaneously degrade that very infrastructure.
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Commentary: We need to work together to preserve our vessel — Earth • Minnesota Reformer
The future of Earth will be determined by human decision making; either by default or by design, either by accident or by intention.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most profound and impactful sermon I ever heard (the only sermon I can still remember after decades) was about abolishing the death penalty. It was short, to the point, and almost bitter in how it quoted scripture. My teenaged self agreed with it then, & I agree with it even more fervently now.
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Hilarie Ashton @hilarieashton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The state cannot be allowed to continue torturing people and claiming it's a just punishment. The death penalty must be abolished.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
Am I an extraverted person realizing that they're essentially a vampire too long cut off from their food supply, or am I just in my 40's in unprecedentedly hostile social times?
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anti-leaf blower account @eboldy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
we have strayed so far from god’s light
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gracie was so excited when I got home and now she's lying on my foot so I can't get away again (and continuously giving me this look, to boot)
Black and white dog lying on a blue and white carpet, turning back over her shoulder to gaze adoringly at the photographer (me). You can see one of my hands scratching her back, but you can't see my foot, which is pinned firmly beneath her fuzzy butt.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yessss
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's really crucial to remember that a "gas tax holiday" means starving states of revenue. That means fewer resources for public needs. Who do you think wins in a fight between funding for preschools and highways?
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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 29/09/2026
It's my birthdaaaaay!🎊 As an artist, it's often difficult to acknowledge how much I work and how much I improve, so today I want to be nicer to myself and share some of my favourite pieces I made since my last bday.💙 If you'd like to share, it would be a lovely gift!🙏✨
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is so lovely. Thank you for sharing with us!
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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.
Rainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rock from aboveRainbow sea slug on a rock
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026
Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!
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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 @deltahead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i am so beyond thrilled to launch my new webcomic: PRAYERS TO THE FUTURE! it's a muslim-themed post-apocalyptic adventure about coming together to breathe life into a struggling world. the first update is now live at prayerstothefuture.com - the comic is free to read + updates every monday. ENJOY 🧿
an illustration for the launch of my (iasmin omar ata) new webcomic PRAYERS TO THE FUTURE. the main character, irfan, poses with an obsidian sword. the rest of the comics cast (a mystery for now!) is depicted in various shapes behind her. the title of the comic is written outside of a circle behind irfan, with "by iasmin omar ata" written on the underside of the circle. within the circle, a post-apocalyptic desert is shown, with a tall obisidan obelisk at the center and a giant crystal floating atop it.
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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026
meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.
An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nooope. It's super weird. Especially since the UW folks have random bits of jurisdiction all over! Like, if something happens at the Pine Bluff Observatory, they have to haul over there from Madison? Or do they try to keep personnel spread out? Seems like such a waste.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do not like reposting stuff from Twitter, but in this case I'll make an exception. I also do not trust or respect MTG at all, BUT she's someone that has more credibility with MAGA than all of us who pointed this out in the past. Hope it gets through to some folks.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes to this whole thread.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I would literally rather see you scribble a stick figure on a postit note than whatever you’re considering doing with AI
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like if you had barometric migraines as a kid, there might have been a handful of days per month with huge pressure shifts. Now that's like every other day.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm so sorry. I can relate to that a lot. I would give you a hug if I could (and only if you like them).
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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
today the letter that made me cry said that getting books makes her feel like she has a choice in something because she says what kind of books she wants and we listen to her
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would also grab it because I'm a history nerd, but that part aside, just the coolness would be enough!
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OK, that is a sweet looking promo record. I feel like if I saw that at the thrift store or something, I'd grab it just because it's cool looking.
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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is kind of just a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Hilton said, “to have a bird knock at your door and ask for help.” Years ago, a chickadee fluttered at my office window late on a cold winter night. I finally opened the window and he flew in. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...?
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Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.
“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That is absolutely amazing. I would miss him, too.
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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS
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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A fascinating bee on fall asters, with the breeze and dappling of sunlight through the cottonwoods beside me making it tricky to focus.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 27/09/2026
"we can't uninvent this" we can't uninvent my car either but it still doesn't go anywhere without gas in the tank
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
It should really bother everyone more that these "AI" companies and the people that run them are always— ALWAYS— looking for ways to trick or coerce us into giving up more and more ourselves to them.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A lot of things are shit right now, but recently a friend lost his guitar on the subway and a music producer found it, posted on Insta, and with the help of the internet tracked him down and RETURNED IT! Sometimes, the world is still a lovely place and people are still kind. 🥰🎸
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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU IM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Thank you for caring about my work and thank you for all the support and sharing photos ❤️✨✨✨ (book -> linktr.ee/adhdalien/ )
Kiki (the adhd alien) is shown super happy and smiling at the bottom. At the top it says „I’m officially a bestselling author“, underneath it shows „feeling like an adhd alien“ on a list being number 10. On the side it says national bestseller category young adult.
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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you for blessing us with cuteness.
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