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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 1h

The X-Men would have been a better story if the timeline was better allowed to advance. Let the old guard retire, and stay retired. All-new, All-different wasn't a bad thing, once upon a time.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 15h

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 3h

Good for you both! Huzzah.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 4h

A small green friend who is on the wrong side of the screen on the screened-in porch where two active cats often hang out! (It was escorted out before they noticed. 😅)

A green anole lizard with very long tail that transitions from green to brown hanging out on a white-painted railing with screen visible behind it.

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Nodens☄️ @nodens.bsky.social · 8h

Today is my birthday! Sharing my art will be the best gift!

Thanks to everyone who stays with me and shares my passions. I love you so much, you are my inspiration 🤍✨

#portfolioday #fantasyart #art

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 2d

little greek monsters
#art

illustration of some greek monsters

featured are

orthrus
cerebrus
hydra
manticore
chimera
pegasus
minotaur
griffin
hippocampus

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 8h

Very interesting!

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 9h

But still non-verbal?

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 9h

And today I learned the Romans had a mime tradition.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 9h

Wow. That skin texture is so good it's like I can feel the elephant under my fingers.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 9h

Two excellent journalists talking about why all of us need to show up for No Kings:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 9h

She's from Pittsburgh too? Augh.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 13h

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 9h

I can dig it.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 19h

That is a disturbingly invincible helicopter.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 20h

Also, they're some of the stupidest animals in all creation. They lack the brain cells of the stereotypical orange cat.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 20h

Looks like a juvenile cooper's hawk. They wouldn't usually go for squirrels. If anything they're looking for songbirds to come to the feeder.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 21h

I'm glad for the holiday. Got to get some rest. Sorely needed right now.

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 21h

Good luck!

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It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social · 21h

Damn, haven't thought about those things in forever.

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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 23h

Enrico Fermi. No one else even close. An actual Italian-American, unlike Columbus. Like Einstein, Fermi was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of all time. Unlike Einstein, he was also one of the greatest hands-on experimentalists of all time. Total badass.

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Caesar “The Fever” Fahrenheit @caesarfahrenheit.bsky.social · 22h

Giuseppe Garibaldi, except he’s already so American, his literal birthday was the Fourth of July.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Elledeeay @elledeeay.bsky.social · 22h

We should celebrate the Italian for whom two continents after, Amerigo Vespucci.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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JOrion @jorion.bsky.social · 22h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_...

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Mad Dr. Jimbosaur @jimbosaur.bsky.social · 22h

Serious suggestion for an "Italian-American Holiday" to replace that function of Columbus Day (and bonus, there's already a bunch of statues of him in NY and other major cities):

Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi in NYC's Washington Square Park. Garibaldi is standing in bronze on a marble pediment, inscribed with the words "GARIBALDI 1807 - 1882". He is standing with his left foot forward, drawing his sword.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 22h

Serious answer, Gino Bartali. He hid passport documents for Jews and messages to the Italian resistance inside the tubes of his bicycle when he was training for the Tour and Giro.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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