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@alexeverette.bsky.social

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Poet, Editor, Farmer, Herbalist, Queer as hell. He-ing and him-ing “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

If you force service people to be a part of your YouTube or TikTok content, you are harassing/exploiting them.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 3h

Your honor i would produce evidence proving my innocence but it's so cringe maybe I can just approach the bench and whisper it into your ear and leave it a little secret between us

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: I've obtained TWO emails sent directly from AIPAC on Aug. 21 and Sept. 15 fundraising for State Sen. Laura Fine in IL-09

Both emails include links to a hidden webpage called "pro-Israel Network" with live (and hidden) donation pages. But the homepage to the site is dead

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 4h

learning new things every day

A screenshot (from Wikipedia) that says "-touring visitors to the White House usually enter through the East Wing. The East Wing was built on top of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a secure emergency underground shelter for the president. As part of a major renovation-"

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 4h

I told him I don't appreciate that he's making it so I look like a coward if I'm afraid of my top surgery while I send him to have part of a lung removed. Fine, I can be brave for you so long as you stay strong for me

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 4h

now that it's been all afternoon I can't tell how much he may still be a lil high and how much he's just enjoying knowing I'll carry him up the stairs and place him on the couch after all the drama today

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 4h

I asked him if he wanted water while he was still high from the sedation and he just stared straight into my eyes for like a minute before I just put it in his face (yes he wanted much water it turned out)

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 5h

hey. stop that

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τreez🦇 10/22🎂 @zoetreez.bsky.social · 10h

telling her she can use my library card as a flirt

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Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social · 14h

Churchyards are important for fungi, including some of the UK's rarest
This webinar will introduce UK fungi and their roles in the natural environment
Chris Knowles is a field mycologist and member of his local fungus group He works at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh cataloguing the fungi collection

Various fungi growing around a grave in Warstone Lane Cemetery, showing the headstone

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 12h

He's almost thirteen and he knows he has more time on this contract so it better only be in that goddamn lung or I'll bring his punk ass back from the dead for the rest of his time

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 12h

Dog update: Shilo has lung cancer and as long as there's no complications when they take a look next week they'll be taking it out. Top surgery scar twins this year

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 14h

I hope they just wore safety vests and went for it tbh

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Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games · 1d

This is the longest I've spent on any single project in my life! Please remind your friends that Isopod is coming out tomorrow!

Sbug Games @sbug.games · 1d

3 and a half years of isopod rolling down big hills!
Isopod is finally coming out tomorrow!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 16h

Oh ok I saw the bread knife post now. You can be as gross as you like in the confines of your own home and you never have to announce it! But yeah, why you don't eat at just anybody's house

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Rex The TV Terrier ™ And Spike! @rexthetvterrier.org · 18h

We're doing a #fundraiser! Check it out 😀. Fall flower bulbs and plants and each sale helps feed hungry animals!
#DogsOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #Charity

www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/index.php/ma...

Rex The TV Terrier, Inc.

Flower Power Fundraising helps support groups, causes and communities using an earth-friendly alternative to traditional fundraising through the sale of flowers, bulbs and perennials that can be enjoy...

www.flowerpowerfundraising.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19h

society would be massively improved if ring doorbells were banned completely actually

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 21h

the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”

just look outside your window 😅

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 17h

Also "I paid a high price" you're still running for mayor so obviously not high enough

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Gibsonia @gibsonia.bsky.social · 17h

A guy who has to “Mike Pence” it and just never be alone with a woman would never get my vote.

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 17h

Screaming over the looks on everybody's face as they flip through the cameras

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 17h

My dog's at the vet for the day getting scans and hopefully a biopsy to find out about his chest mass! I'm going to be extra insane today

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 2d

Going to make a thread of free software that's useful for making zines (writing, illustrating, image processing, laying out, publishing...)
Different operating systems. Let's go...

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universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 1d

recovering from burnout as in I've organized my crafting supplies and remembered I know how to do things

universal dad 🏳️‍⚧️ @alexeverette.bsky.social · 1d

I love when you first meet a character and their explanation for what they're doing is just so silly you're like "that's a stupid reason to be doing things" and then as the story goes on you're like "oh you had no idea the complex reasons behind your actions"