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Durel

@relliepi.bsky.social
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She/Her. Blue dot in red Louisiana. Socially awkward, nuerodivergent introvert. Loves science fiction and fantasy media. Enjoys reading and playing video games.

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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
💙📚 #finishedreading
Gideon the Ninth
By Tamsyn Muir
3.75 out of 5 stars
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#NOH8
Selfie with NOH8 temporary tattoo on my cheek.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I cannot get over 86 Dems voting for this House Resolution on the "horrors of socialism". The corporate politicians in both parties are so scared of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and @demsocialists.bsky.social they had to cope themselves into this resolution.
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House Resolution on the “horrors of socialism” gets 86 Dem votes. They’re so scared of Mamdani
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
actionnetwork.org/petitions/fa...
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Faith and Community Leaders, and Coalition Organizations Call for Compassion and Fairness as Louisiana Families Face Painful Separations
Faith and community advocates across Louisiana are calling for compassion, transparency, and accountability as immigration enforcement actions continue to separate families and destabilize communities...
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I only read one book last month, but it was a good one. 💙📚 #readingwrapup
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Baton Rouge” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Baton Rouge · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
💙📚 #finishedreading
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
💙📚 #readingwrapup
September 2025 Reads
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🔥 @adammockler.com : “Every time one of these tragic shootings happens everybody’s at each other’s throats about which side did it but we’re missing a broader pattern in 🇺🇸— this was another white young white dude in his 20’s… an acceleration of radicalization of young men…”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/09/2025
“These people are full of shit.” Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social, who faced multiple death threats from people who've since been convicted, calls out Trump +allies for weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s killing against the left. Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's full interview: zeteo.com/p/full-of-sh...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/09/2025
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left Have they forgotten all the Trump supporters who have killed, attacked, and threatened both prominent Democrats and opponents of this president? @mehdirhasan.bsky.social writes: zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
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Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left
Have they forgotten all the Trump supporters who have killed, attacked, and threatened both prominent Democrats and opponents of this president in recent years? I haven't – and I have a list of them.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
💙📚 #startedreading #currentlyreading
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
💙📚 #finishedreading
A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
4 out of 5 stars
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
💙📚 #currentlyreading #startedreading
A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
💙📚 #readingwrapup
August 2025 Reads
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
💙📚 #finishedreading #donereading #read
Upgrade
Blake Crouch
4.25 stars out of 5
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I bought this amazing scorpion shot glass at a local summer market event.
Glass blown shot glass with a black scorpion design.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
My last haul from @chbbookstore.bsky.social . 💙📚
Four books:
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Camilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
How to Keep House while Drowning by K.C. Davis
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
💙📚 #currentlyreading #startedreading #currentread
Upgrade
Blake Crouch
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics? A Project 2025 architect who has suggested abolishing the jobs report that triggered Trump. A look at EJ Antoni’s public statements suggest he'll help remake the BLS—a wonky nonpartisan agency—in Trump’s image. What to know for @motherjones.com:
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Trump taps Project 2025 architect who wants to do away with the jobs report
Some economists described him as "completely unqualified."
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Well, I finally managed to start reading again. For several months I barely read anything. I was burnt out in general across my personal and professional life. It impacted my focus and motivation for reading among other things. Thankfully I'm doing better now. #readingwrapup 💙📚
July 2025 Reads
Rapport by Martha Wells
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
#finishedreading 💙📚
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
Nnedi Okorafor
Rating: 3 stars
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The Trump administration has taken its anti-diversity agenda to such extremes that it's killing good infrastructure projects - including roadway safety improvements that I worked on with congressional Republicans - just because they went to disadvantaged areas.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This was never just about abortion. It was about using religion to control women’s lives.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Sure. Let's give them all a free pass to continue polluting cancer alley. 🤬
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Louisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 18/07/2025
RED ALERT: Regulators discover more toxic discharges from the Atlantic Alumina facility near Gramercy, just months after citing the refinery for spewing waste with arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other heavy metals into state waters. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/07/18/a...
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More toxic waste leaking from levees at River Parishes alumina refinery, records show
Environmental inspectors have discovered more toxic waste leaking from the containment lakes at the Atlantic Alumina facility near Gramercy.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I instigated this, but he loves playing fighting. Lol.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
💙📚 #finishedreading
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
💙📚 #finishedreading
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
The Murderbot Diaries 
Martha Wells
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NPR @npr.org · 11/07/2025
In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas, state leaders are exploring whether to install more flood warning sirens. Such sirens can save lives if they're part of a larger warning system.
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How flood sirens could have saved lives in Texas
In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas, state leaders are exploring whether to install more flood warning sirens. Such sirens can save lives if they're part of a larger warning system.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/07/2025
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
He don't think it's too hot for cuddles. Lol. I just sat down after coming back inside. It hot out there.
Woman (me) sitting leaning back on the couch holding a tabby cat that's lying on her chest.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"Sorry Islamophobes, I'm a Proud Muslim American and, Like Zohran Mamdani, I'm Not Going Anywhere" The insanely bigoted attacks on Mamdani are out of control and designed to intimidate a vulnerable minority – but they will fail. Please read/share my latest for Zeteo: zeteo.com/p/sorry-isla...
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Sorry Islamophobes, I'm a Proud Muslim American and, Like Zohran Mamdani, I'm Not Going Anywhere
The insanely bigoted attacks on Mamdani are out of control and designed to intimidate a vulnerable minority community – but they will fail.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Statement from DSA's National Political Committee On Zohran Mamdani's Primary Win, June 27, 2025. In New York City, socialism has won. Time and again, the capitalist class have told working class New Yorkers that providing the basic necessities of affordable housing, efficient transit, and universal child care are not possible, and they should be grateful for the crumbs they do provide. But working class New Yorkers across all different ages, races, and religions have refused to accept that lie. New York City has again proved that a better world is possible. These election results are a rejection of the Democratic Party political establishment and point to a widespread desire for an alternative to the status quo, and the need for the working-class political party DSA is building.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The four Muslim members of Congress have put out a statement condemning the Islamophobic attacks on Mamdani. But it shouldn’t just be on the Muslim electeds. Where is Hakeem Jeffries? Where is Chuck Schumer? Where is the caucus? Shame on any Dem elected who is silent on this.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 16/05/2025
If Rational Arguments no longer work in US governance, it’s evidence of a deeper problem in our educational system, which favors what to know over how to think — how to critically analyze, process, & verify information. Seems like a bad time to reduce funding for Public Education.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The new White House tip line to report immigrants is bombarded with calls to arrest Musk 😆
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Durel @relliepi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 17/03/2025
Whether you're trying audiobooks for the first time, are a long-time audiobook lover, divesting from Amazon, hoping to support your community, or all of the above, we can help❤️ We're Libro.fm, the audiobook platform that shares profits with indie bookshops. Learn more: blog.libro.fm/alternatives...
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Libro.fm vs. Audible
Learn more about Libro.fm, the Audible alternative, for your audiobook needs. Every purchase on Libro.fm supports independent bookshops.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Who will be the first top elected Democrat to come out and say that, next time the Dems have power, they will repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to prevent wannabe autocrats like Trump from using/abusing it?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What a different world we could have.
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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.” Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
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How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/03/2025
Elon Musk's DOGE group has posted what it calls a "wall of receipts" on its website that claims it has saved billions by cutting certain federal contracts. But reports and government documents prove that many of these so-called savings are either misleading or incorrect.
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A look at the misleading and incorrect claims on DOGE's 'wall of receipts'
Elon Musk claims his campaign to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and cancel government contracts is in the name of rooting out “fraud” and “waste.” A website claims they’ve saved billions…
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 22/02/2025
Live in East Baton Rouge Parish? Help save the library! actionnetwork.org/letters/4bd8...
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Tell the Metro Council: Fund the library and vote NO on the rededication!
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is under attack. On February 6th, Mayor-President Sid Edwards released a proposal to permanently rededicate library funds from the current and future 10-year librar...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 28/02/2025
On this episode of America Unhinged, @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social dive into the Trump-backed spending bill passed by the House, sweeping cuts to Medicaid, Epstein files, plus a special guest @elienyc.bsky.social Don’t forget to tune in at 8pm EST: youtube.com/live/XFeDPr-...
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TRUMP DOESN'T RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES BUT WELCOMES ANDREW TATE, PLUS ELIE MYSTAL JOINS TO TALK SCOTUS
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
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Baton Rouge DSA @batonrougedsa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
RVSP with the QR code. Landlords are organized, you should be too! A better world is possible.
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