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Magpie Miller
@magpiemiller.bsky.social
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A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.
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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 13d
This transcript is concise, prescient, and amazing. Thanks so very, very much to @veronicadanie.bsky.social for sharing it. #BraveNewWorld #thetimeisnow #TheTimeIsNow #StayAwake #WakeUp #AldousHuxley #60Minutes
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Veronica Danie @veronicadanie.bsky.social · 13d
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The Mike Wallace-Aldous Huxley Interview: A Chillingly Prediction of Today's World - Factkeepers.com
Nearly a century ago author Aldous Huxley foresaw a world of populations willing to live under dictatorships that utilized propaganda and mind altering drugs to keep people "happy." Sound familiar?
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Reuters @reuters.com · Mar 1
Exclusive: The head of the US military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army was forced to retire, officials say reut.rs/4kmUsgA
Exclusive: Trump administration pushed out US military health agency head, officials say
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.
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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 17h
Powerful. Timeless.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 13
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 19h
10/14/1797 — b. Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian global traveler, explorer, travel writer, ethnographer. Early female world traveler + explorer; two trips around the world(1846-55). Member Berlin + Paris geographical societies; bestselling travel books #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #AdaLovelaceDay
Ida Pfeiffer seated with one arm resting on a large book with a globe in the background
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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 1d
Pretty much the exact view Mary Shelley would have had of Jacob's Ladder on the facade of Bath Abbey from her window as she wrote chapter 4 of #Frankenstein in 1816. Note the stone angels ascending and descending... @realgdt.bsky.social we can’t wait to see this played out on screen too! 💙📚#booksky
Pretty much the exact view Mary Shelley would have had of Jacob's Ladder on the facade of Bath Abbey from her window, as she wrote chapter 4 of #Frankenstein in 1816. Note the stone angels ascending and descending...
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D.C. Greschner @dcgreschner.bsky.social · 18h
I’m mentioned in this news article! Does that mean I’m famous???
Jokes aside, I’m so excited to interview Jaye at his book launch this Saturday!
#booksky #booklaunch #scifi #transauthor #indieauthor #canadianauthor

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Trans author to launch debut sci-fi novel in Victoria
The book launch will feature a live reading, on-stage interview, sci-fi trivia, a drag performance and more
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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 18h
10/14/1899 — b. Ilse Knott-ter Meer, German engineer. Early German to be awarded a degree in mechanical engineering. Member, British Women Engineers’ Society (1929); organizer, the first meeting of German female engineers, World Power Conf, Berlin (1930) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AdaLovelaceDay
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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 18h
10/14/1939 — b. Callista Roy, American nursing theorist, author. Creator of the adaptation model of nursing; founder, Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society. Nursing theorist, professor, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #AdaLovelaceDay
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David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social · 21h
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books.
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David Morley · From ‘Seven Women Scientists’
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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 17h
I’m so sorry.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h
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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 17h
Jane Eyre. Smilla’s Sense of Snow.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 18h
Congratulations to former CR editor AND contributor Christian Moody on today's release of LOST IN THE FOREST OF MECHANICAL BIRDS, the winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize!
Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds by Christian Moody — Dzanc Books
For fans of George Saunders and Haruki Murakami, Christian Moody delivers his debut speculative short story collection, Lost in the Forest of Mechanical Birds ––tales of the strange beauty and…
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sarah mccarry @sarahmccarry.bsky.social · 18h
be the ruinous volcanism you wish to see in the world
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 18h
Back in the day, Earth’s ruinous volcanism almost sterilized the planet. Fortunately for living things, Earth gradually drew the excess carbon dioxide deep into its rocky bowels, and the planet cooled back down.
Why Is Venus Hell and Earth an Eden? | Quanta Magazine
A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Quoth the Raymond @raymondmcdaniel.bsky.social · 1d
Standardization of printing conventions (binding, cut size, length, stock) grievously erodes literary imagination
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Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social · 1d
Beautiful writing, Rockwood Moon. 🖋️🤌🏻 You’ve given me something to think on.
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Jack @handle.invalid · 2d
I want that lapel pin.
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Forest Farmer 🌳🕉️☮️⚛️💙🩵🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦🙌🏿🙌🏽🙌🏼🐢 @forestfarmerval.bsky.social · 2d
Gimli turtle has joined the Amphifa Force
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Jen Marie @dabwolf.bsky.social · 2d
She’s got my respect.❤️
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 2d
Silent protest. Powerful message.
Handmaid spotted outside Chicago ICE Detention Center.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 2d
All I want is a quaint château in the French countryside, a vintage copy of Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, the rumble of thunder in the distance, a whistling kettle on the stove, an owl keeping watch, and a basket of emotional support croissants.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 22d
To my new followers:

You're in for a rude awakening when you discover that 93% of my posts involve cats, scones, independent bookstores, autumn, the Scottish Highlands, Agatha Christie, and the Oxford comma.

It’s truly not too late to turn back. My advice is to save yourself whilst you can.
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2d
Your horoscope for today:
Be like a mimosa - sweet, effervescent, and for some, headache inducing.
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The Winter Soldier™ @wintersoldiershere.bsky.social · 2d
Mark for Prez?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d
Sen. Mark Kelly on Chuck Schumer saying "every day gets better for Democrats" during the shutdown:

"For me, this is not political...I don't think this is better for anyone...It's not about that. It's protecting people from crazy increases in the cost of their healthcare."
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 2d
Diane Keaton by photographer Dewey Nicks
From Diane’s Instagram:
“Josie was a bad girl but she was one of the loves of my life. Al Pacino gave her to me on the set of Godfather lll
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2d
If you've prepared your patch properly, by now your pumpkins should be:
- humming slightly
- levitating a little
- visited nightly by dark fairies
- sinking their vines into other plants to drain them of energy
- murmering dark incantations to the elder gods
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