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Alaena aka Slackerchick

@selcouthowl.bsky.social
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I'm a hugger not a fighter. QUILTBAG & Neurodiverse. Leftist of an undefined flavor. Sports sometimes. Human Rights & Labor Unions Always. I block TERFs & other idiots she/her

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a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 6h
worth also noting that both the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti happened in her district, and on top of the obviously racist targeting of her personally this is also an attempt to deny the people of Minneapolis their democratically elected representative
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Alaena aka Slackerchick @selcouthowl.bsky.social · 1h
Upper-level swirling is MESMERIZING. 👀
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 11h
Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
May Jared Polis’ political career end entirely in January, 2027. May he drift into obscurity, always obsessed with getting in with the billionaires who won’t let him into their club. And may his family not suffer by his failures and angers.
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Fiadh @condor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
cw: so many slurs. fuck this shit, vote against this.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026
anti-abortion activists are arguing that they have a First Amendment right to advertise "abortion pill reversal" services and I feel like feel like "free speech" should not give you a free pass to do fraud actually ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Lying To Pregnant Patients Is A Constitutional Right, Argue Anti-Abortion Activists
The conservative legal movement’s newest weapon in its war on reproductive autonomy: the First Amendment.
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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
AI is fucking everything up but it's not because it's some sophisticated technomancy beyond the ken of mortal men. It's because some rich dickheads have worked out an infinite money glitch at the expense of all of us and literally do not care who or what is harmed by exploiting it.
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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 13/10/2026
ICE activity has been ramping up heavily recently, keep your eyes on and don't forget about Minnesota.
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 13h
Operation Beaver Drop: 1948 the USA airdropped 76 “nuisance” beavers into Idaho. Beavers are important species in ecosystems, adorable, & you DO NOT FUCK WITH BEAVERS (they have killed a person).
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US officials parachuted 76 beavers into the Idaho wilderness – then something astounding happened | Discover Wildlife
In post-World War II North America, beavers were wreaking havoc in rural communities. So the state department came up with an ingenious solution involving parachutes
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 13/10/2026
[Founder's Briefs] In Canada's Clayoquot Sound, a First Nation-led initiative is restoring degraded kelp forests. By combining nursery-grown bull and giant kelp with ancestral Tla-o-qui-aht knowledge, the project aims to rebuild vital coastal ecosystems from the seabed up. Learn more. 👇️
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First Nation-led effort replants kelp forests in Clayoquot Sound
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In Clayoquot Sound, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, a…
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Meggie Z @nutmeggles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I need at least 2 or 3 local reporters constantly trailing Polis and asking him, "Why?" It won't stop whatever's wrong with him (libertarianism) but I want this shit on the record and him to literally be haunted by his decisions.
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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🌟Call for sports fans🌟 I am looking to interview queer fans of men's sports about how their identity affects/engages with their relationship to sport! This is for a book project on queerness in high-level sports. If this sounds like you, hit my line (DM's or replies) and I'll get in touch!
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Also, I should have said upfront. Weird is neutral. Weird is okay. Weird can be hard. But weird can also be awesome.
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Steve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Excited to read this article. This morning I was just working with tree-ring data that vividly display the role of Indigenous people on influencing the "wilderness" forests of the Lake Superior basin prior to the arrival of Europeans. The fire data is from the Missouri lab highlighted here.
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Jack Brauer 🏔️📷 @jackbrauer.mountainphotography.com · 13/10/2026
This was the best sunset I caught this autumn (on a day with a totally clear weather forecast, no less!). Above the town of Ophir, with Mt Wilson and the San Miguel Range beyond. See more photos from this autumn in the #SanJuanMountains, #Colorado here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/mons...
A brilliant sunset and golden aspen forest above the small town of Ophir, with Mount Wilson and the San Miguel Range in the distance. San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“I don’t think any of us, in our wildest dreams, expected this many fish this quickly to repatriate that area,” said Keith Parker, a senior fisheries biologist and member of the Yurok Tribe, which led the decades-long campaign to have the dams removed. enewspaper.pressdemocrat.com/infinity/art...
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Salmon thrive after Klamath dam removals
Salmon thrive after Klamath dam removals
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Jac ✨🧜‍♀️ @mirrorthestars.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Celebrating the Yurok Tribe for their tireless & incredible work on reintroducing the Condors to their ancestral home in Humboldt County. See link for more information & you can make a donation if you are able. Thank you Yurok Tribe! 💚 #IndigenousPeoplesDay www.yuroktribe.org/yurok-condor...
Returning Home
Prey-go-neesh (California condors) help ecosystems by consuming animal carcasses, preventing the spread of diseases. This also benefits sey-gey-po-lah (prairies) and hoo-leyhl-ke-loy (insects) by releasing nutrients back into the environment.
Since March 2022, Prey-go-neesh have returned to the keehl (redwood) forests of Northern California-part of their ancestral range. Their reintroduction is the result of a decades-long, Yurok-led effort, carried forward in partnership with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners. This return is not only a milestone in wildlife recovery but also a powerful continuation of Indigenous stewardship, cultural revitalization, and the responsibility to restore balance to the land.
You can help Prey-go-neesh by switching to non-lead ammunition, properly disposing of all trash,
The Yurok Tribe is one of many indigenous cultures that considers condors sacred. California condors, or prey-go-neesh in Yurok, have been spiritually tied to the Yurok Hlkelonah — the cultural and ecological landscape — since the beginning of the world. Condors feature prominently in the Tribe’s origin narrative, and its feathers and songs are foundational components of Yurok World Renewal ceremonies. Management and conservation of condors in Yurok Ancestral Territory and the Pacific Northwest is part of the Yurok Tribe’s obligation to restore balance to the world. YCRP seeks to return the condor to the integral role it plays in healthy ecosystems and, in doing so, to renew and strengthen the spiritual lifeways of the many tribes who revere this majestic species.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 12/10/2026
This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant?
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Pyke Redrock @pykeredrock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Extreme levels of “Based” detected…
If you are a man who gets offended by a band making room for a female only moshpit then you are PART OF THE PROBLEM. Stay home, read a book by Bell Hooks, come back when kindness, compassion and empathy have landed with you. Incels, homophobes, misogynists, racists, fascists not welcome

Also this isn't up for debate. I don't care for your pedantry. If it isn't your lived
experience, don't fucking speak on it. If you are offended by being told something isn't for you then imagine how it feels to be a woman in the current climate

And finally...When I say a Ladies only moshpit pit, I of course mean a trans inclusionary space. The space is for people who don't usually feel safe.... To dance and have fun without the worry of physical, sexual or psychological violence being used against them while they are vulnerable
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
“The O’odham have inhabited the Sonoran Desert, from what is now Southern Arizona to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, for thousands of years.”
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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones
For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"ADHD label risks lifelong harm to children." If you don't label the disorder, then what we will be labelled instead is "Lazy." "Underachiever." "Doesn't live up to their potential." "Bad student." Those labels come with pain, shame, and abuse. The ADHD label comes with a chance for support.
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St. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Interviewer: Can you explain the gap in your resume? Me: well I mean it’s not my proudest career achievement but there are worse jobs than selling preppy clothes to yuppies
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No More Deaths | No Más Muertes @nomoredeaths.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
⚠️ Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day. Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
OCTOBER 12, 2026
BORDER WALL CONTRACTORS ARE SET TO BEGIN REMOVING SACRED SAGUAROS AND OCOTILLO IN THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION.
THE TADAI ME: CAMP CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT TO THE BORDER TO STAND WITH THE TOHONO O'ODHAM IN OUR FIGHT TO PROTECT O'ODHAM JEWED (LAND).
THESE ARE NON-VIOLENT GATHERINGS!
EVERYONE WELCOME
ALL ONK AKIMEL, KE:LI AKIMEL, AK-CHIN, HIA CED, TOHONO AND MEXICO O'ODHAM STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
PLEASE COME
PREPARED FOR THE
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ELEMENTS (HEAT/RAIN), COME HEALTHY, AND
ALL ELDERS, SINGERS, AND
SELF SUFFICIENT.10/10 - 10/11
GATHERING OF O'ODHAM SISTER
TRIBES AT TADAI ME:I CAMP
10/12 - Prayer to Action
SUNRISE
HIMDAG 'O WUD T-GEWKDAG (OUR
CULTURE IS OUR STRENGTH) GATHERING AT THE TADAI ME:I CAMP AT KO:LI KI:JIG.
9:00 AM
GEWKDAG HI:M (GO IN STRENGTH)
MARCH STARTING AT BASHAS PLAZA, BRING YOUR SIGNS AND WALK IN PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF O'ODHAM LAND.Camp is located at the San Miguel Gate, on South Indian
Route 19
Turn right at the "Entering
Prayer Camp" sign
Be aware of cattle and Border Patrol on your way down
If you are planning on staying at Tadai Me:i Camp, you will be required to check in with Camp Caretakers for safety checks and information before entering camps.
Be respectful of camp protocols
No alcohol, drugs or weapons. Zero tolerance.
IF YOU AIN'T PRAYING, YOU AIN'T STAYING!Tohono O'odham Nation Emergency Mobile Command will be stationed at San Miguel
Community Building
In case of emergency dial 911 or T.O.N. Dispatch at 520-383-6412
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Tohono O'odham Nation has filed an emergency injunction to stop the removal of thousands of saguaros and other vegetation to construct a border wall. The removal of the sacred saguaros is scheduled to begin on Indigenous Peoples Day. www.modbee.com/news/nation-...
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Tribe fights saguaro removal in borderlands on Indigenous Peoples' Day
The Tohono O'odham Nation has filed an emergency injunction to stop the removal of thousands of saguaros and other vegetation to construct a border wall.
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't usually advocate for organic stuff because it usually doesn't mean much. But with chocolate, it means less slavery. Slavery conditions are incompatible with organic certification, and that cert also means hella inspections.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 11/10/2026
prison labor is modern day slavery in Colorado we banned slavery in the constitution recently but still haven't been able to ban prison labor practices. it's so insidious
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Alaena aka Slackerchick @selcouthowl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well now, yet another reason for me to hate Russell Stover!
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.
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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I know the feed is bleak, but please have a brand new lamb picture. I wasn’t expecting this one, and he might be a premie, but his mom is great and he is eating well.
A little white lamb.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nigel the Eastern Screech-Owl at the Avian Behavior Conservancy in Escondido, CA. Screech-owls have fairly complex vocalizations & Nigel has specific mews & trills he uses with humans to direct them to give him mealworms. It's =highly effective=. Meaning: He's domesticated his humans.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This video of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was taken by Sondre Eriksen Hensema (@itseriksen on IG). There are 4 species in genus Lynx & what's striking is that 2 of them are in North America, 2 in Eurasia... but the lynx line originates in Africa. Let's learn more about these right-sized kitties.
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Sarah Grey @sarahlynngrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The cheetah cub cam is back!!!! Don't miss this; it's extraordinarily good for the soul
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As she recounted her younger days, the old punk told me that she was lucky to have made it through her 20s, and when I asked about the present, the old punk replied that we will need more than luck to make it through the 2020s.
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United for a New Economy - UNE @unecolorado.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every year, billionaires and corporations spend millions pushing deceptive ballot measures, hoping to trick working families into voting for policies that benefit the wealthy at our expense.
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Alaena aka Slackerchick @selcouthowl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Menus don't even really need images! I've been to excellent restaurants with text only menus.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cornell undergrad Saya Taylor: “I just want to say one thing: Stop calling it the Cornell 7. It’s Cornell...The systems placed by this University & the state of NY have allowed sexual assault culture to thrive & for rape to go unpunished.” www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Thousands Flood Ho Plaza for ‘Justice for Survivors’ Rally
Thousands of students, faculty and Ithaca community members flooded Ho Plaza on Monday evening for a “Justice for Survivors” rally held in response to the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape case.
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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 06/10/2026
“That’s What You Get,” (Riot! 2007)
"America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News. "We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice," the agency's statement said.

Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS' statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: "And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***"
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A tree that took 250 years to grow getting cut down by Donald's jackbooted thugs in minutes is the type of on-the-nose symbolism that would have a writer panned by critics as a hack.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The mobility of children is simply not taken seriously or viewed as important. Something illustrative is how people will often say that kids "don't count" when you remind them that children and young teens are nondrivers who deserve the right to get around without cars.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 05/10/2026
hey all, posting my 2026 voter guide today! a lot of work when into writing this year and I hope you find it useful. covers all Colorado ballot measures and more specifics if you live in Boulder County / City of Boulder. cheers! bouldercoloradovoterguide.com
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Election 2026 — Boulder Colorado Voter Guide
Boulder Colorado Voter Guide from Eric Budd covers 2026 Boulder City Council candidates — Colorado, Boulder County, and City of Boulder ballot issues, candidates, and judicial retention questions
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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 06/10/2026
28 years ago today, Matthew Shepard, a 21yo student at the University of Wyoming, was tortured and left to die by 2 men in their early 20s simply because he was gay Shepard was beaten so brutally that his face was completely covered in blood, except where it had been partially cleansed by his tears
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Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com · 05/10/2026
Nine years ago we told the Blocks they were going down a bad path. Today they hit the end of the road as the Supreme Court joined a very long list of people who also told them so. Humble appreciation to everyone who worked to hold the Blocks accountable. That family owes us a LOT of money.
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Post-Gazette union-busters hit dead end at Supreme Court, must pay back millions to journalists | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween. They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands. Let's talk about them. (📷: Petra Prager)
A marbled polecat photo from Petra Prager.  It looks almost exactly like a ferret, but the arched back is sort of orange with brown dots on it similar to a cheetah, and the head has a white stripe that reminds me of a skunk, with a long floofy tail and dark limbs.  This one looks alert and at rest.
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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's not "cheating" to use, say, a bag of shredded cabbage instead of buying a head and shredding it yourself. You think top chefs do all their own prep work? That's just making the grocery store your prep cook, so you can get on with the rest of the cooking. (inspired by a food feed post.)
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026
Slow motion pelican coasting above the coast bliss. 🪶
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