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Alyssa W.

@scorpius69.bsky.social

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Alt account for more academia, photography/art, history, tennis & hoops. Studying International Relations at Harvard ES. Primary account is large & very heavy on politics: @alyssa667.bsky.social

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Alyssa W. @scorpius69.bsky.social · Jan 21

Credit: Lawrence Tribe
Printed in Germany c 2015

Statue of Liberty walking a tight rope above mountains

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 15h

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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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7h

Los Angeles County voted to declare a state of emergency in response to federal ICE raids. Normally reserved for natural disasters, the declaration allows the county to mobilize resources and offer assistance to residents impacted by the raids.

LA County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

abc7.com

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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 10h

When you think of iconic movie posters, you think of his work. RIP Drew Struzan, you will always be the gold standard.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

The case before the Supreme Court is called Louisiana v. Callais, a redistricting dispute that has become a major test of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the landmark civil rights law designed to protect Black Americans and other minorities from being shut out of political representation.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7h

Charlotte Brontë, at 21 years old, showed all the signs of a young writer’s frustration: she was angry at herself for remaining unknown and angry at the world for its reluctance to know her, Peter Ackroyd writes.

The Sublimely Inaccurate Portrait of the Brontë Sisters

Charlotte, Anne, and Emily were neither mad nor bad nor particularly dangerous to know.

www.newyorker.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

[Exit Angelo.]

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Politicians who accuse their critics of Hating America…hate America.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1d

One of the British dressage team posted this pic from his yard and it's the most intimidating photo I've ever seen.

dressage horses looking over their stable doors in a way that suggests you're done for m8

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Debbie Crochets @debbiecrochets.bsky.social · 2d

My Crochet Today 40" Crocheted Door Draft Stopper Snake: Colorful Home Decor . Proceeds of sales goes towards the dogs vet bills. Thank you etsy.me/4n3x4ES via @Etsy

40" Crocheted Door Draft Stopper Snake: Colorful Home Decor https://etsy.me/4n3x4ES via @Etsy

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Zoë’s Studio @zoesstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Day 14 of #inktober - the prompt is trunk.
I’ve done a mini study of tree bark textures.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025trunk #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #inkdrawing #art #treebark #dailysketch #dailydrawing

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.

📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

Getty Museum photo of a translucent, dark blue, two-handled, glass flask (amphoriskos) against a grey background. The free-blown body is bulbous in shape, with a narrow neck with a flattened rim. The two handles were added afterwards and attach to the body and mouth. The handle on the right has been attached slightly higher up on the body than the other side. Height 10.5 cm. There is some incrustation on the interior of the glass.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

going viral here is worse than it used to be on twitter because half of the replies will just be pure pedantry

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Klee, Around the Fish, 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135193

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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