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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

psa: apparently i was following this person and it looks like a good handful of my mutuals do too

nichole hiltz:
the democrats defend the kennedy center but not trans people. a building.

this mf (dispatches from the end of the world a.k.a. treewarrior):
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

*slaps hood* this baby can fit so much whiny liberal pearl clutching in it

Alan Elrod (account labeled as Liberal Apologia):

“Re: Luigi Mangione

I see a lot of people who claim to love people or something to that effect lavishing praise on a guy for doing a summary execution on a New York street.

It was murder and stochastic terrorism, plain and simple. I truly do not understand how anyone thinks glorifying this helps.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

POV you decided it would be a great idea to chase a skunk and now you are sulkily being de-stinkified

a sulky and damp shepherd mix pouts with her eyes while looking at the camera

a sad and damp shepherd mix pouts with her chin on the ground

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

(sorry in advance if this isn’t what you’re asking! but) i count 10 rows in that photo. each stitch makes a little “ladder” and you count the rows using the ladders. hopefully that helps, i’m not a pro by any means. i do highly recommend counting as you go tho, stitch markers can help! 💟

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

how it started vs how it’s going, one year later 💟💟💟 (happy homecoming anniversary to my gracie lou)

gracie, a black and brown puppy around 3 months old, sits on some carpeted interior steps with bully stick in her mouth. this photo was taken one year ago today, dec 20, 2023.

gracie, a full-grown black and brown shepherd mix lies on a carpeted floor with a bulky stick and a blue llama toy next to her. it’s been a beautiful and challenging and exciting year for us both.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

25 million people in the US have no health insurance at all and we won’t be able to afford to get this i’m seeing a lot of celebratory posts about the new vax and i get it, but it should be free (or close to it) for everyone, not an excuse for pharma to add to their ever expanding profit margins

How much will it cost?
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are charging up to $150 per dose for a Covid vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The vast majority of people with public and private health insurance should pay nothing out of pocket for the updated Covid vaccines
—as long as they stick with an in-network provider, said Jennifer Kates, director of the Global Health & HIV Policy Program.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

if you see this, post a picture you took at sunset

lush green grass in the foreground with leafy oak branches dipping down into the frame. in the middle distance are pines and brush. the background is backlit hills with a vibrant red and orange sunset behind them and wisps of clouds in the sky

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

look who mugged for the camera for once instead of immediately turning away and doing sad ears

my dog gracie, who is a large black and brown mix, lays on a carpeted floor surrounded by the detritus left behind in the wake of her chaos. she has one paw tucked under and is smiling for the camera

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

30 seconds ago she was doing full-speed zoomies around the house

my dog gracie, a large black and gold shepherd mix, laying on her side on the kitchen floor, exhausted from being a chaos gremlin

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

she’s a shepherd/rottie mix as far as we know. almost 11 months old but still VERY much a puppy. she is the very joy of my life and a giant pain in the ass 💚

my dog gracie, a large tan and black shepherd mix, sitting in some green grass making a derpy face

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

hmmmm where could she possibly be??? 🤔

my dog gracie “hiding” under a chair with her whole back half sticking out. her tail and back feet are visible and she’s lying down.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

ok i’ve had this dickhead troll muted for a while but i happened to see this comment today and this is beyond the pale. i have no words for how gross it is to pull this shit in the mentions of Palestinian human being fighting for their life anyway please report and mute/block this fuckwit

A bluesky post from noor hassan: “Now there is barbaric and violent bombardment on the Nuseirat area…May God protect us”

Comment from soulless ghoul @ferrarimanf355.bsky.social: “Tell the whole story bro.”

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

show your vibe with one of the last pictures on your camera roll

an image of a wooded area with dappled sunlight full of ferns with some outdoor furniture, wine and snacks, rustic lanterns, and manmade canopies of branches

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

also fwiw if no one mentioned already, i don’t think it’s a play on a school crossing sign, it’s based off of these very real signs that used to be posted all along the CA/mex border on the highways

a screenshot of google image search showing variations on the illegal immigration signs posted on the highways in CA

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

i can’t translate it but i did find better pics of it

a close-up of the hebrew on the shirt from the op

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

POV you thought you might try and sleep in a little

a black and brown dog standing over the camera looking down at it. part of the photographer’s bedroom is in the background.

the same dog with her nose pushed all the way up to the camera, in forced perspective.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

behold her most photogenic highness

a photo of gracie, a large black and brown puppy, lying down on a wood deck with grass and foliage in the background. in the foreground a fake grass mat is underneath her to the left of the photo. gracie has her front paws out in front of her and her ears down because she hates having her photo taken. she is looking off to the side stoically.

a photo of gracie, a large black and brown puppy, lying down on a wood deck with grass and foliage in the background. gracie has her front paws out in front of her and is in mid-yawn with her tongue stretched fully out. she is looking off in the distance to the right.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

this is my understanding as well fwiw

screen grab from ilan pappé’s wikipedia:
He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy, and has called for an international boycott of Israeli academics. Pappé supports the one-state solution, which envisages a unitary state for Palestinians and Israelis. His work has been both supported and criticized by other historians. Before he left Israel in 2008, he had been condemned in the Knesset, Israel's parliament; a minister of education had called for him to be sacked; his photograph had appeared in a newspaper at the centre of a target; and he had received several death threats.

screen grab from ilan pappé’s wikipedia:
During the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, Pappé reaffirmed his opposition to Zionism, writing that "this violence is not a new phenomenon," and called for a "de-zionised, liberated and democratic Palestine from the river to the sea.” He called for the Israeli government to conduct a prisoner exchange in order to release the hostages held by Hamas. Pappé's comments following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel drew criticism from The Telegraph and parts of the student body at the University of Exeter, namely in stating he had admiration for Hamas militants' courage and ability to take over military bases in Israel and rejected the claim that Hamas is a terrorist organisation, although he condemned the attack.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

the banana slugs are out this morning and looking ✨healthy✨

a fat and happy banana slug in the grass

a second fat and happy banana slug in the grass

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

show me your range! (it was hard to pick 4 lol imma have to do a part 2)

my face with purple hair, green eyeshadow, and dark nails

my face with no makeup, pink hair, a blue slouchie beanie, two necklaces on black leather strings (one short with a silver half moon upside down and one longer with a piece of wood inset with a green stone), a strappy black cami, and a gray cardigan. i have a turquoise nose stud.

my face, smoking a joint, with short wavy green hair under a trucker hat, gold-rimmed round sunglasses, and a white aromantic ring on my left middle finger. i have a turquoise nose stud and a silver septum ring.

my face with light black eyeliner and raspberry colored lip stain, short curly green hair under a wide brimmed hat, round glasses, four necklaces of different lengths, a gold septum ring and turquoise nose stud. you can see the wide straps of a blue embroidered dress, black bra straps poking out, and a gray gauzy vest over it.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

my reading journey for the past few months (part 1)

the overstory by richard powers

the first book i sat down to read in many years. i cried healing tears all the way through it. it made me see the world around me completely differently and re-awakened a drive for activism and advocation that had been lying dormant inside me for a long time. truly a life changer.

the water dancer by ta-nehisi coates

my first coates novel and after reading this one i want to read everything else he’s ever written. this was a marvelously crafted story. i was deeply invested from page 1 and it absolutely rended me asunder.

freedom is a constant struggle by angela y. davis

a must-read for anyone looking at global liberation struggles and an especially excellent starting place for learning more about how the oppression of palestinians fits into that global narrative and affects other fights for liberation elsewhere.

mornings in jenin by susan abulhawa

this novel broke my heart into a million pieces. i was told by the person who recommended it that it would radicalize me and they were not wrong. i wept uncontrollably through the entire thing. it is absolutely beautiful and utterly crushing. it was written years before the current assault on gaza but it is incredibly relevant to what’s happening in palestine right now. balancing hope and devastation, it tells the story of several generations of a palestinian family and how the israeli occupation decimated them, their home, their friends and loved ones, and their land. i can’t imagine anyone getting to the end of this book and still having any ability or desire left to defend the apartheid state. i for one will never be the same for having read it.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

turn a picture from your gallery black and white

a black and white pic of my face. i am a white fat person wearing dark lipstick, a light colored crocheted beanie, a plaid shirt, round sunglasses, an inverted half-circle necklace of bone, and large round stud earrings. i have a stud in my nose and a ring in my septum. my left hand is resting up near my left temple and there are several rings on my fingers and i have on dark nail polish.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

take a photo in the app right now I dare u

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Gracie Lou gets prettier every day 🌻

a black and brown puppy lying down in grass with her front paws out, looking toward the camera

a black and brown puppy now standing up facing the camera with her snoot pointed curiously at the lens

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

my asexual ass every time i compulsively tap to look at an nsfw post on bluesky

the arrested development “i don’t know what i expected” meme

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

i don’t reckon this utter turnip brain gives a shit about the fact that this showed up on the ace feeds. but hooray i got to be privy to this ding dong mansplaining my own sexuality to me. tell me you’re a mediocre cis straight man who doesn’t understand what asexuality is without telling me lmao

a bluesky post from jurassic parkhurst that reads: “just saw the phrase ‘asexual poly relationship’ used seriously and i’m so sorry to tell you that’s just ‘friend.’ you’ve just invented ‘friendship’

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

17 days ago this perfect little agent of chaos joined our family

A photo of a black and brown puppy sitting on grass with dappled sunlight behind her. She is clearly a very good girl.

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thegroni @singularitymachine.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

apropos of nothing, i watched this movie tonight and was surprised at how cute it was

Movie poster for the film “Jules” (2023)

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