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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 9h

Echoing Courtney Milan
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Thanks, @maryanndimand.bsky.social, for sharing this wise and powerful statement.

Thanks, @courtneymilan.com, for writing it -- and your delightful novels, which I highly recommend.

Echoing Courtney Milan

Thoughts on violence

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

For #TreeTrunkTuesday #landscape #cloud #sunset #photography

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Nisaa (she/her) @nisaak.bsky.social · 14h

Today is the release day for “Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife” by Deston J. Munden. It’s also the first book published by Cozy Quill. And those of us who have been following Meg Hood of Cozy Quill are excited for her as well. I started it this morning over tea. I’m hooked after the prologue!

The book “Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife” on a wooden table and a cup of tea nearby. The cover has drawings of a non-human baker with dark grey skin holding up scenes from a town including a bakery, trees, and maybe a castle. The scenes from the town are piled on his back. At his feet is a shadow. Part of the shadow has wings.

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 14h

Eric Trump is when AI ingests American Evangelicalism and gets interviewed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 14h

WE are saving GOD???

Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 2d

He’s seriously out of touch with reality.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

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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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 3d

"I have not seen a neighborhood mobilisation like this since I was in Apartheid S. Africa"

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 3d

Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 3d

This image shows a stack of six lightning bolts nearly striking the same spot six time in only one minute of elapsed time! Mother nature really had it out for whoever was down there... #photography

A sculpted, layered LP supercell at night. The structure is illuminated by six lightning strikes hitting the ground to the right of the storm. A clear, starry night sky is on the left of the storm. A car's headlights can be seen in the distance.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 3d

This is urgent and vital. If you do anything today, please do this.

Debbie N @kith51.bsky.social · 4d

www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

In 2 days, right-wing election groups have submitted over 200,000 new comments to the Election Assistance Commission to require Americans to show a passport or citizenship document for voter registration. We must drive comments to oppose this before 10/20.

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Debbie N @kith51.bsky.social · 4d

So proud to be working on this project ...

Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 4d

The clear story in Immigration this week is the escalation of—and pushback against—the Trump administration’s militarized raids and warrantless stops in Democrat-run major cities. We’ve updated our timeline with a lot of events in this zone:

unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 4d

Gorgeous timeline cleanse.

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 4d

One year ago today, a spectacular aurora display graced the night sky across much of the globe. This was my view in *Oklahoma.* What a beautiful world we are fortunate to live on. #photography

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a SAR arc and moon-lit clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

The andromeda galaxy between a red SAR arc and the Milky Way.

Numerous pinkish aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky and spotty clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky over relatively still waters of a large lake.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 5d

This is hilarious.

Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 5d

It’s stitched into the hem of the pussy hat.

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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 6d

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Debbie N @kith51.bsky.social · 6d

Read all of popehat’s posts to the thread. Lots of the comments are funny/on target as well.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 5d

Timeline cleanse. Also bloomscrolling, because tree leaves are as beautiful as flowers.

Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 5d

Photos from today's walk at the Seattle Japanese Garden (thread). I was quite taken with these red leaves, dangling by a bit of spiderweb in a way that made them look like they were falling.

#photography #PNW #autumn #FallColors #nature #red #31DaysOfHalloween #SeattleJapaneseGarden

Closeup of half a dozen red maple leaves, suspended mid-air by (near-invisible) spider web threads in a vertical line such that it looks almost like a composite image of a leaf tumbling down from the tree, twirling as it falls. Dark greenery blurry in the background.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 5d

After the politics, have some fun. With bonus kennings.

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 5d

Big adventure in the yard today!

NATIVEPLANTGUY: *bent over to pull a weed* Yeah, I’ve been trying to catch these little weeds while they’re small—
ME: STOP
NPG: *freezes*
ME: Step back, slowly.
NPG: *steps back*
ME: Whew.
NPG: Rattlesnake, right? Where?
ME: *points*
NPG: …whoa.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 5d

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social · 5d

Learn how to fight fascism while wearing funny clothes — and why it works.

mythbri 🏳️‍🌈 @mythbri.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the rec, I found a free download from Cornell University Press

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Srdja Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen | eBook | Cornell University Press

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations....

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Fuk-T 🐸 @fuk-t.bsky.social · 5d

The Judge saw right through Trumps game.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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