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TheWarMaid

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Reading SF, fantasy, mysteries. Playing TTRPGs and other games. Learning (I hope) how to be a better human.

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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I really enjoyed your previous Sherlock Holmes books, so I'm looking forward to reading this one!
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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JymByrnes🏳️‍🌈☮️ @jymbyrnes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly 😤😡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I feel like the author of that quote hasnever learnt anything about how many hours humans spent producing textiles before the invention of the spinning wheel.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 20/09/2026
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What Are Tariffs Costing Your State? | State Tariffs Tracker
Interactive state-by-state estimates of what tariffs cost each U.S. state — total executive tariff costs, hardest-hit imports, and quarterly trends. Updated the day new data drops.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Small things in a great way". I like that.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Also, there are so many other fantastic books with magic and adventure! It's not like HP is the only game in town.
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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fortunately, it's never happened to me, but it has happened to almost every other girl/woman I know. This post really makes a great argument. #Metoo #SA #women #girls #RAINN 👉 1 (800) 656-HOPE (4673)
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"Oftentimes when I'm explaining sexual assault to men, ! purposely DON'T use a man and a woman as the example. I intentionally use two men as the example.
And suddenly there are no technicalities, no debates, no "well what was he doing?" No "why did he go over there?" No "maybe he gave the wrong impression." Go
It's IMMEDIATELY, "OH HELL NO. That's sick. If another man ever did that to me, I'ma put him in the ground."
AH. So you Do get it Wo
You understand perfectly well that another person does not have the right to sexually violate you just because they wanted access to your body. You understand perfectly well that if you got drunk with your homeboy and, while you were intoxicated/ not conscious enough and vulnerable, he sexually assaulted you, you would NOT be sitting there blaming yourself for drinking with him. You wouldn't say, "Well, maybe I shouldn't have gotten that drunk around him." You'd be looking at HIM like, "Why the FUCK would you do that to me?"
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I want a life changing tote; I do not want a physical paper. I wish there were an option for that.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Excited to watch very soon!
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/08/2026
Over on Whatever today, I'm talking about "AI" and creativity and how, when it comes to learning creative skills, Generative "AI" is rather like the old "Guitar Hero" game, i.e., a really fun way not to actually learn how to do a creative thing: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...
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Generative “AI”: The Guitar Hero of Creativity
So, you’re a person who has decided to embark on a creative journey of self-expression — to make art, in other words. First off, this is awesome! The universe needs more people making a…
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Keep on, friend. You are worth everything. Stand in the sun when you can and hold that warmth and light in yourself. I promise that there are better days and that you deserve them.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I read that the female roles were a little undercooked (and some of the plots a bit bowdlerized). I wasn't sure if that would detract from the spectacle, though.
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'm so excited for you because you have so many more that you can read (for the first time)!
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🎶 #MorningVibe One Voice Children’s Choir delivers a powerful cover of Imagine Dragons’ "Believer," featuring choreography by Center Stage Studios. It’s a beautiful tribute to strength & resilience. Believe ~ #ArtAsActivism #TeachYourChildrenWell
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Valorie 🐈‍⬛️✨️ @meadowdays.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
What an egregious typo I made (and didn't see until now). :(
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Killer legs in whatever shoes! Where what makes you feel great!
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Most of those Christian denominations don't consider Mormons Christian (many still call it a cult).
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"The study found that resettled refugees contribute $6 billion more to the U.S. economy than they take out. Per year. The Trump administration did exactly what you’d expect: They suppressed the study, and then they lied about it."
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/04/2026
TOMORROW: Americans are calling out of work, walking out of school, and refusing to shop on the nationwide day of economic disruption. There are many ways you can get involved on May Day: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Join one of the over 3,000 events planned: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We need more reporting on the internal mechanisms within the great Silicon Valley vibe shift, e.g. on Andreessen's group chats, like this: "They float in a sensory-deprivation tank the size of the planet, in which their actions are only ever judged by themselves." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"Rick Callender, CEO of Valley Water...resigned last month after an independent investigation confirmed sexual harassment...The board voted to retain him as a “special adviser” and continue to pay his $716,000 compensation package..."
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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
applying for jobs again
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.
 
it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at record highs → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich. How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Did they change the recipe?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I’m showing up for No Kings Day on March 28th because in this country, the people lead, not a single ruler. Democracy only works if we show up to claim it. Our voices carry the power; let’s use them to shape our future together.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Want to read something by a super-lovely man? My husband wrote a cosy fantasy. (Also, any proceeds go to charity). bookshop.org/p/books/a-wi...
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A Wizard and Her Daughter
Check out A Wizard and Her Daughter - <p>There's always something to do in a village. There are animals that need tending, woodpiles that need filling, plants that need weeding, sheep that need sheari...
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Elizabeth Banks
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026
Congrats to all the assholes who shit on Starfleet Academy, which had the best first season of a Star Trek show in franchise history, white supremacist homophobic Paramount has cancelled the show and you won and now there is no Trek in production Do you feel like winners? You assholes
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Oh, this was really great, thank you for sharing it!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Love yourself.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I stayed up way too late last night and it is your fault. I started watching it, planning to watch just a bit but couldn't stop. Thanks, Sarah!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right." Goddamn, Melville could really cook.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump First term: Golf $151.5 million in taxpayer money, 261 rounds one every 5.6 days. Second term so far: estimated $138.6 million and climbing fast. That's $290 million combined across both terms so far and the second term isn't half over.
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TheWarMaid @warmaid.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Seriously? Go take a look at Fillion's IMDB page and rethink. Firefly was a 14 ep show from over 20 years ago. He's done *a lot* since then including hundreds of eps of the two long-running series he headlined. Fillion is only "best known " for Firefly in the fan space.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/03/2026
Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast. Check your state’s date. Make sure you’re registered. Make a plan to vote. Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you. iwillvote.com
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