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Love will keep us together. Love for each other will see us through. They cannot comprehend love, so they are helpless to break us apart. They will be left out and left behind. Because they hate even themselves.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1h

They were drawing power off the ley lines en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line

Ley line - Wikipedia

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 3h

Yes! Is why the Scots were so comfortable in the Appalachians!

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SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 4h

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 3h

They were once connected, before the Atlantic started forming …

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

Insightful reading of "To Elsie," by William Carlos Williams: poetry.arizona.edu/blog/homesic...

The Homesick Imagination: On W.C. Williams’ “To Elsie”

I don’t think a body can experience a proper homecoming without first enduring a certain level of homesickness. What better way to return to the setting of one’s birth and childhood, to measure the he...

poetry.arizona.edu

SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

Same as it ever was…
www.popsci.com/science/misi...

Rumors spread like viruses. The French Revolution proved it.

Historians and epidemiologists join forces to uncover some scary and relevant lessons.

www.popsci.com

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

Nice of you to leave options www.etymonline.com/word/schmoo

Schmoo - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

Origin: Yiddish "shmú," meaning a blob or amorphous mass. Meaning: a fictional blob-like creature, often used to describe something shapeless or formless.

www.etymonline.com

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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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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI
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Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · Aug 10

Trump may have taken a $10 M bribe from Egypt in 2016. This is an unreal story, and I can’t believe this isn’t all the news is talking about.

theweek.com/politics/tru...

How could a $10M Egyptian cash withdrawal upend Trump's campaign?

A scuttled Justice Department investigation into alleged foreign election interference returns to complicate the 2024 presidential election

theweek.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

Yes and that makes normies uneasy because they cannot imagine caring so much, being so into it

About anything

SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

And he sailed for Spain!!

SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

Oh you mean like allelopathic trees!

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 1d

And also plan spending and relinquish some convenience to avoid feeding the beast

SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 2d

He looks like he is running for middle school student council president

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 2d

Wait does he have tiny hands like his father?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Simon, born today in 1941.

“It’s a cliché,” he said, “but music really IS the closest we come to a universal language. It crosses borders as effortlessly as a cloud.”

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, Trump just asked the Israeli president to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the Israeli parliament.

Insanity.

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 2d

That is why they are called the "riot police." They put on their riot gear and voila! -- a riot commences!

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 9d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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