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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Oct 28

A Ren Faire implies a Stimpy Faire

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 1d

I’m running for governor.

For over a decade, Greg Abbott has made it easier for billionaires to profit while hardworking Texans struggle to afford groceries, housing, and healthcare.

But together, we can make Texas work for Texans again.

Join us: ginafortexas.com

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 1d

443 years ago, on the 15th of October 1582, the Gregorian calendar was first adopted causing many Catholic European countries to jump from the 4th to the 15th. The calendar was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII to regain a correct calculation of the date of Easter. #otd #history 🗃️

Lunario Novo, Secondo la Nuova Riforma della Correttione del l'Anno Riformato da N.S. Gregorio XIII, printed in Rome by Vincenzo Accolti in 1582, one of the first printed editions of the new calendar.

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 1d

So many layers here but I’ll limit it to this: straight, on the rocks, or mixed.

If 1, you’re in danger. 2? Perhaps. 3? In the clear

Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 1d

Depends. Whisky or whiskey?

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Only time we eat Buttercrust white bread is with BBQ

It’s kinda the law to do so

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 3d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 2d

RBs and mustard entrepreneurs

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a tray of steamed hams on it

ALT: a cartoon of a man sitting at a table with a tray of steamed hams on it

media.tenor.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 3d

Most of us can’t do all this but all of us can make our yards more hospitable to native bees and pollinators.

youtu.be/rGRqeN3PCNw?...

Creating Habitat for Native Bees in Texas

YouTube video by Texas Parks and Wildlife

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 3d

An accidental separation of the thumb and index finger at an inopportune time?

Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 4d

O-H-I-O

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 4d

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 4d

👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 5d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 5d

Please be careful. That’s clearly a dangerous place. Complete anarchy all around you

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 6d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 6d

The ketchup is about to be thrown

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 8d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 9d

I have my students bring a running vocabulary of the words from the passage. Only the definition is in English. Nothing else.

They refer to it as they read.

To encourage them, I give pop quizzes where I ask them to define randomly chosen words while using their notes. Easy grade.

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 10d

It’s very depressing when compared to CLC

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Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 10d

Are you quoting our Dear Leader?