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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · 16h

Dance of the Humpbacks #whales #tahiti

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · 1d

Golden Colorado!

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Sep 19

Good morning! “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Sep 13

Tyler Robinson carved clever “bullet memes” into the shells for his online gaming friends, and then SHOT KIRK, under the vague authority that his family didn’t like him. The memes all reference Helldivers 2 (where the goal is to be the best fascist.) The reaction? Crickets. Because who can we blame?

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 22

“Strength”
11x14 oil on canvas

Oil painting of woman submerged in water tank, steadying herself with hands against glass wall

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 22

“disappearing”
16x24 oil on canvas

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for asking! I don’t like to tell people what to think or feel about a painting. In my experience people’s reactions are very personal. But my intention was to paint a story about a young woman at the end of a really tough night, betrayed, desperate and not sure what direction to move in.

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks so much to everyone who has liked, commented and shared! It makes my artist heart happy to see an emotional connection.

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 20

That’d be me. Thank you!

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yes I did paint this! Thanks so much ❤️

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 19

“Waiting for the Train”
Oil on canvas

Oil painting of sad-looking woman in a dark, rainy train station looking down the track

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Saw this moose yesterday near Blue Lake (Brainard Lake, Colorado). She stood in that same spot eating for like two hours.

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Aug 7

No. They’ve been destroying lives for the past two years and websites are dead.

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Easter!

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ellenlibby.bsky.social @ellenlibby.bsky.social · Apr 5

@maddow.msnbc.com

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Feb 23

If they use AI to read the 1.75M emails required from federal employees, does that mean we’re working for robots?

Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Feb 10

Yes, terrible audio but the visual experience was stunning!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Feb 7

CNBC: Musk's posts about USAID " have been responses to a handful of small but influential verified accounts .. The most popular .. Wall Street Apes, Kanekoa the Great, Chief Nerd and Autism Capital .. have been viewed hundreds of millions of times .."

www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/h...

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid

Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

www.cnbc.com

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WIRED @wired.com · Feb 5

“The American people quite literally voted for Elon Musk and DOGE when they elected Donald Trump with a historic mandate,” right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk posted on X on Wednesday. “Buckle up, Democrats.”

Read the full article: www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

The Far Right Has a New Hero: Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government has inspired adoration from far-right communities online that used to be reserved for Donald Trump.

www.wired.com

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Everybody should watch this

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Feb 5

Breaking News: In a news conference with Israel’s prime minister, President Trump said he wanted the U.S. to take over Gaza in an “ownership position.”

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · Feb 4

What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Feb 4

Top export trading country for each state

Map of the U.S. with text inside each state identifying top export trading country

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jan 26

This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!

We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀

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Brenda Ellis @brendamullerellis.bsky.social · Jan 24

This week has been the longest year ever