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robertaquinn.bsky.social @robertaquinn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#LiamNeeson yesterday (September 18.26) on the Red Carpet with Catherine Corless and Monica Dolan during the premiere of *The Lost Children of Tuam* ❤️🍀🇮🇪💚🤍🧡 Tá sé iontach go bhfuil tú ann, a Liam, agus go raibh maith agat as do thiomantas an scannán seo a dhéanamh 🙏🫶 ❤️🍀🇮🇪💚🤍🧡

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social aka Richard Gibney wrote a magnificent #shortstory called FEEDING THE ALGORITHM and I was privileged to read it as it poured from his fevered brain. Now "On the Premises" has published it. Read it here: onthepremises.com/issues/issue... #fiction #literature #media

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Issue #47, Guest Writer #2 – On the Premises

Fiction Magazine

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#English #Usage in transition: OK. Has it reached the point where we need to concede defeat and accept " #literally " as a simple intensifier, rather than a descriptor of literal/concretized speech/writing in contrast to figurative/metaphorical? There is a tipping point. #editing #lexicography

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#English #usage In Transition: I hear sportscasters using "verse" as a synonym for "against," as in "Goldschmidt has struggled verse lefties recently." See what's happening? That's a back-formation from "versus." I've also heard "verse" as a verb in the same way: "A will verse B next week." #grammar

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Safie Maken Finlay @safiemf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leechlike to their fainting country cling" PB Shelley

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I asked ChatGPT if it could do this, then found myself astonished at the level of quality it delivered ... The Big Four. For me, anyway. #Literature as rock and roll. Via the #Beatles album #AbbeyRoad.

Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Woolf, and Hemingway cross Abbey Road.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/03/2026

The @usprogressives.bsky.social are leading the fight against the regime’s rumored request for $200 billion more for Trump’s war with Iran. We agree with Rep. @repcasar.bsky.social: Democrats should unite against funding this illegal war and make Republicans answer to the American people for it.

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🔴 LIVE: Congressional Progressive Caucus Presser on Trump’s $200 Billion War

YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar

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Alexander Raine @alexanderraine7.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some would say tomorrow is Saturday, Mar 21, 2026. However, I say tomorrow is Thursday, April 4, 1974 - otherwise known as Opening Day! There are 2 games on the schedule (ATL @ CIN and OAK @ TEX). See you tomorrow!!!

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Alexander Raine @alexanderraine7.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

4.5.74 - NL SDP 0, LAD 8 HOU 1, SFG 5 PIT 5, STL 6 (10) - LA's Don Sutton gets 8 strikeouts while earning the first SHO of 1974 - Jim Wynn with a strong Dodger debut; 3-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI - Tom Bradley goes 8+innings to get the first Win for the defending NL West Champion Giants

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Alexander Raine @alexanderraine7.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

MIN 6, KCR 23 - KC chases Bill Hands with 7 in the first - John Mayberry scores 4X & drives in 5 on 2 1Bs & a 2B - Hal Mcrae scores 4X & drives in 3 with 3 parts of the cycle - Freddie Patek; 3 H, 2 BB, 2 SB, 4 R OAK 0, TEX 2 - Fergie Jenkins blanks the A's with a 1-hit SHO, getting 10 Ks

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Alexander Raine @alexanderraine7.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

4.6.74 BOS-2 RED SOX PLATE 3 IN THE 2ND, THEN HOLD ON TO BEAT THE BREWERS 3-2 Slaton gets wild in 2nd, allowing 3 Rs, incl a bases loaded BB & HBP. Bottom 3rd of Sox lineup gets 2 Hs each. Segui w/ his 2nd Sv in 2 gms. Money reaches base 3X in L W; Lee (1-0) L: Slaton (0-1) S; Segui (2) HR; none

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Stable genius diplomacy with a critical ally, #Japan. Somebody, anybody find a grownup and sneak said grownup into the room. #Iran

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This is so awesome. I have a new favorite clip…

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Basically, they just lost the midterms.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Since Trump took office in 2025, the FBI gutted its counterintelligence unit focused on threats from Iran and deprioritized racially motivated violent extremism. (Not to mention all the Jan. 6ers who reoffended.) And for what? To focus on left-leaning nonprofits. www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs...

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FBI and IRS to investigate nonprofit groups for domestic terrorism links, sources say

In December, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered law enforcement officials to prioritize efforts to probe and prosecute groups and individuals belonging to the antifa movement or are deemed "extremist....

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 18/03/2026

Joe Biden has to stop making war with Iran. Look what he's done to gas prices.

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Trump nattering on about how great Winston Churchill was with the #Taoiseach sitting RIGHT NEXT TO HIM. Later, refers to #Ireland 's president as "he." #smh Yeah, this president is a real student of history and a true mastermind of international relations and diplomacy.

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The new colonialism. Sickening.

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

On a more positive note for students of history, the increasingly obvious incompetence of the current US president (having finally escaped the grasp of who knows how many handlers) does shine a spotlight on the lethal, even amoral shrewdness and pragmatism of figures like FDR and Ike. #Iran #Hormuz

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Europeans when asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz:

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 13/03/2026

Attorney General Bondi thinks she can play hide-and-go-seek with the Epstein Files, but the law is clear and mandatory. She must release the Files in their entirety so we can end this massive coverup and elite protection for predators.

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Alexander Raine @alexanderraine7.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Here We Go! My next APBA project will be a replay of 1974 for just the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox. By playing teams from both the NL and AL, we'll get a chance to see all 24 teams. By limiting to 2 teams, we should be able to get through the season in about a year (instead of 7).

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

WHOA. Talk about saying the quiet part out loud.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/03/2026

Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Yup, spot on.

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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Yesterday, Jeffrey Epstein's former account testified, under oath, that the Epstein Estate paid a settlement to one of the women accusing Donald Trump of raping her as a minor, AFTER Epstein had died. This would end any other President instantly. But the press doesn't care.

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Last night, @hankjohnson.house.gov told @deanobeidallah.bsky.social about how he thinks that Putin could be connected to Trump and the Epstein files.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I've had a lot of new followers joining this weeks, so short introduction: I'm an Irish writer and illustrator who's been working since the 90's and has published 47 books for different reading levels in a range of genres, including 14 novels. I also work in a range of different illustration styles.

The cover of the third book I did with Jason Byrne, the comedian. It's in a rough-lined cartoon style, the figures rendered in black and white. The title is 'The Accidental Adventures of Onion O'Brien: The Secret Scientist'. It's a sky-blue cover framed with white flashes, where Onion, a ten-year-old white boy with a black patch over his left eye in square-framed glasses, sits in a threatening, high-tech chair. In front of him, an old man in a suit with a scarred face is pointing at his own head.

The artwork for the cover of an anthology of climate change-themed short stories and cartoons that is also a writing resource. The style is realistic, digitally painted. Two teenagers are the main focus of montage; a dark-haired, brown-skinned girl with a notebook and a white boy with blond hair with a camera. Below them is a BMW SUV. In the bottom corners, a young fox on the left and a black girl with spiked hair and yellow and red water pistol on the right. In the background, looming over them, are the ruined stones walls of an old building. Right at the back, a boy is jumping off some collapsing wooden boards.

The cover artwork for the SFF anthology, Fight Like a Girl Volume 2. It's a simple, cartoon-style, brown-skinned, fantasy warrior woman holding a wicked-looking sword against a blue background. Around her, in the style of a game menu, are various tools and weapons.

The cover artwork for my book, The First Fire of Halloween, digitally painted. An athletic human figure with the head of a goat stands over a wide bonfire in a field. Behind him, on either side, are the weird golden eyes of a goat, with their slot-shaped pupils. The background is grassy ground and a dark, cloudy sky.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

@kennjdodgerblue.bsky.social has some epic end-of-season stuff going on today. I asked The #RollingStones if they could think of any theme song worthy of the moment and this is what they came up with. @alexanderraine7.bsky.social @apbamlb1987.bsky.social @ohhjim.bsky.social youtu.be/XAWjSTwvroY?...

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The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (Live) - OFFICIAL

YouTube video by The Rolling Stones

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

No wonder why this fool can't make any progress on ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I haven't really paid any attention to the Epstein death conspiracy, but between this and the revelations that the first of several FBI interviews with one of Donald's alleged rape survivors took place the day before Epstein died is eerie.

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Yusuf Toropov @yusuftoropov.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Sheldon #Whitehouse (D-RI) connects the available dots on #Epstein 's ties to #Russia n intelligence, and 47's attempts to cover up his own, presumably criminal, exposure. "Sometimes, with a little imagination, you have the chance to see what's right in front of your face." youtu.be/1V8oE9PAO9k?...

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"There is a Cover-Up Afoot": Sen. Whitehouse Unravels Disturbing Trump, Epstein, and Russia Ties

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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