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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 3h

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 4h

Where’s Dippy’s scarf? It was chilly this morning!

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 4h

It’s definitely not for me.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

It’s no accident that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem shot and killed a 14-month-old puppy and now oversees ICE.

(I observed at the time of her appointment that her killing of the dog probably made her a more attractive candidate for the position.)

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 8h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 5h

Older child wants to do laundry but has anxiety about dryer lint. So guess who had to move the dryer, climb over top of it, and vacuum everything behind it? I’m glad it’s done, but this was nowhere on today’s list of adulting.

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 6h

Example:

Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 6h

When our cats do this to each other, we call it “balding” so the second I saw this photo, I said “Bald!”

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 7h

😳

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 9h

Ew.

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 10h

We’ve noted the same, which is disappointing. Not only because of texture issues, but also sometimes a bean burger just hits.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 11h

I may putz with it again before I sign it, but this is the general gist.

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 11h

“Ohiopyle” watercolour on paper 2025

A watercolour painting of Ohiopyle by Amie R Gillingham 2025

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

I am very hopeful on your behalf!

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

I think so. And I have yet to be disappointed by any of J’s friends which have been universally delightful, excepting the Extra Child #ifkyk

Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

It’s in the resting phase where I don’t look at it for an hour before attacking it again with Much Gusto!

I have to say I love painting exactly the way my watercolour teacher told me not to in college: treating my “delicate” watercolours like acrylic. WTF shouldn’t I?

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

Dang!

Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

They’re staying through Halloween. And they have never been to PA before so J wants to show him 🍁

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 13h

Lookit those little guys! 😍

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 14h

Snippet of my current WIP #ohiopyle

A partially completed watercolour painting of a Rocky river cove backed by trees

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Hiding in the Burgh @hidingintheburg.bsky.social · 16h

That last one is very important. Reminder why:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 15h

Grateful my eldest had the tiny scrap of time in American history where being accepted for who he is was relatively easy. I don’t want the rest of his life to be an uphill battle. Trans rights are human rights.

ACLU @aclu.org · 16h

This LGBTQ History Month, we’re not just honoring the past — we’re fighting for a future where all trans youth can grow up and thrive as themselves.

Blue graphic with a quote in pink and white text reading "Our son is trans. He knew he was a boy, long before he had access to social media or had met other trans people... My son is alive and has a great life because of gender-affirming care.” The quote is attributed to: Anonymous parent of a trans child

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Amie Ghoulingham 🎃 @aimkag.bsky.social · 16h

I completely forgot to share these yesterday for Indigenous Peoples Day. The Carnegie Museum of Art has a fantastic permanent collective of native art, both ancient and contemporary, all of which includes context and historical background.

Beadwork on antelope hide depicting the Battle of Little Bighorn (Battle of the Greasy Grass)

Abstract anthropomorphized bone artifact with a moon face and a bird

A stone figurine of a native woman with a hand drum

Several Hopi katsina dolls in a display case

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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