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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 4h

10/15/1726 — b. Françoise Duparc, Spanish born French artist. Rococo era painter, created portraits and genre paintings portraying domestic themes. A very talented painter who fell into obscurity; only four of her paintings are known to exist #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart

"Femme Cousant" painting by Françoise Duparc

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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · 1d

China surges and U.S. lags in adding battery storage for expanding solar. California shows the way forward. @financialtimes.com: bit.ly/4qaP0jI

Lead or step out of the way, Ohio GOP. We want more jobs for Ohioans and clean energy. You aren't delivering.

@ccbecker271.bsky.social

How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution

Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power

bit.ly

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Ohio Citizen Action @ohiocitizen.org · 1d

As Ohio emerges as a top state for data center capacity, tech companies challenge regulators over rules that would require them to cover more costs of upgrading the power grid. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10/who-should-pay-to-power-ohios-data-center-boom.html

Who should pay to power Ohio’s data center boom?

As Ohio’s electric bills climb, a new fight is unfolding over who should cover the cost of the state’s digital revolution, everyday ratepayers or the data centers driving it.

www.cleveland.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 1d

10/14/1877 — b. Grace Drayton, American artist. Illustrator, sculptor, portrait artist; early successful female cartoonist. Creator of ‘Dolly Dimples’ (1915-22), ‘The Pussycat Princess’ (1935) + the Campbell Soup Kids art for the Campbell Soup ad campaign #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #OTD

Dolly Dingle paper doll sheet by artist Grace Gebbie Drayton

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ghermy.bsky.social @ghermy.bsky.social · 2d

Next up the guns

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

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 2d

10/13/1853 — b. Emilie Charlotte Le Breton (Lillie Langtry), English singer, actor, theater manager. Legendary music hall singer and stage actor who was famous for her many stage productions. Known for her talent and charm, and her relationships with nobility #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #OTD

Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, stage name "Lillie Langtry", standing in long dress with a hat and stole

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rise up America 🇺🇸

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Bratty Kat @brattykat.bsky.social · 2d

There is a lot of protests and organizing going on
Most the organization right now is geared towards protecting neighborhoods from ICE

But due to surveillance technology
Ppl don’t bring their phones
And media isn’t covering it
A lot happening but the revolution won’t be televised

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 5d

From Harvard & UConn researchers on the June 14th No Kings Day protests. (report came out in August)

THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history

The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.

wagingnonviolence.org

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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 2d

Walk & Talk - We fire government workers who have been working for no pay but we pay members of congress for doing no work; in fact, they compromise our republic daily - and it’s clear that Trump’s army‘s purpose is to obliterate free speech - youtu.be/bdBt5Ylsu70?...

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Michael @mdstamper.bsky.social · 6d

“Sophie Crouzet” by Louis Hersent (French) – Oil on canvas / c. 1801 – The Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio) #WomenInArt #PortraitofaWoman #Neoclassical #Enlightenment #BlueskyArt #neoclassicism #FrenchArt #FrenchArtist #oilpainting #art #artText #artwork #ClevelandMuseumofArt #LouisHersent #Hersent

In this luminous Neoclassical portrait by French artist Louis Hersent, a young woman with warm pale skin and softly waved brown hair is shown seated at a desk against a white wall backdrop. She turns to meet our gaze with poise and calm intelligence. She wears a high-waisted white muslin gown with short sleeves and a Grecian drape, the delicate fabric gathered beneath the bust. Her bare arms and neckline glow in the diffused light, revealing a natural warmth rather than idealized pallor. The subtle transparency of her gown, rendered in fine brushwork, contrasts with the subdued shadow behind her. The artist’s attention to her thoughtful expression and gentle posture, holding a paper, conveys dignity, intellect, and a sense of self-possession. Hersent’s smooth handling of tone and texture exemplifies early 19th-century French precision, with human presence expressed through restraint and grace.

Painted around 1801, “Sophie Crouzet” reflects the rise of virtue and simplicity as moral ideals after the French Revolution. The sitter’s Roman-inspired dress (a “robe à la grecque”) symbolized democratic purity, aligning women with civic virtue. The muslin’s gauzy lightness echoed Enlightenment notions of transparency and natural reason, while the white hue suggested moral integrity. Hersent, a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, merged neoclassical rigor with intimate human warmth, distancing his work from David’s stern heroics.

The sitter, Sophie Crouzet, remains a partially mysterious figure. She likely belonged to a bourgeois family sympathetic to revolutionary ideals, perhaps from southern France, where the Crouzet name appears among reformers. Despite her limited biography, the painting’s style and symbolism align her with a generation of educated women who adopted Greco-Roman dress to express civic virtue and intellectual equality. It was possibly commissioned to celebrate Sophie’s youth or marriage, marking her as both fashionable and virtuous in Napoleonic society.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Why can't we exercise our First Amendment rights?

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Dmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 11d

Grant's biggest mistake wasn't on the battlefield, it was making nice with Lee instead of hanging him.

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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 4d

The last Randian will die of starvation at Galt's Gulch.

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Andy Heppelle🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @andyheppelle.bsky.social · 3d

And here we are - Nazis lied to German voters & fascists lied in Italy and Spain!
#DontBeASucker #USArmy movie shows how Nazi & fascist lies led to dictatorships in WW2 just as in 2025 lies by POTUS, VP, Speaker, AG, GOP & media minions are damaging USA🇺🇸 #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸 youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4

Don't Be a Sucker

YouTube video by US National Archives

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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Lennart Jonasson @lennson.bsky.social · 4d

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 3d

WHATEVER YOU ALLOW YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO TO OTHERS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO TO YOU.

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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 3d

If justice is ever to be truly served, everyone involved in the prison labor industry needs to be in prison for life and 100% of their assets seized. And by "everyone", I mean everyone, right down to shareholders. Fuck these vile sociopathic monsters.

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