Island of Reil
islandofreil.bsky.social
Island of Reil
@islandofreil.bsky.social
Old, tired intersectional social democrat. She/her. Not actively seeking followers but you can follow if you want.
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I wrote a little blurb about Antarctica Day which celebrates the Antarctic Treaty of 1959!
Read more about it and a little about my incredible 2014 expedition opportunity to visit the Antarctic Peninsula

#birds #wildlife #ornithology #AntarcticaDay
open.substack.com/pub/gkbwildl...
December 1st: Antarctica Day!
The 1st of December celebrates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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We're behind schedule — possibly because of a technical issue. Mangione and all of us in the audience are just sitting here while they try to figure it out.

A big "story" last month was that he'd be allowed to wear civilian clothing today. He's in a gray suit and light dress shirt, unshackled.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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things got a little hotter this time!
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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☀️Good morning fellow healthcare providers & associates! Don’t forget, it doesn’t matter that it’s Monday…every day is STFU Friday when you’re serving vulnerable minority clients

So remember, when it comes to tasks outside your normal routine & queer/ND/BIPOC people, you need to be mindful of intent
Scripts for Healthcare Professionals to help them STFU Friday:

Can neither confirm nor deny
I'm sorry, I'll need to check the validity of this ROI
I need my patient to confirm consent
What's the fax number again?
I don't know where I put that
We archived those files
You're not entitled to that info
April 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Massive, extortionate, confiscatory taxation could fix this
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Once again: Abolish Yale.
While we’re on the topic:

Letters I found in Yale archives said Skull and Bones members took Native American remains from a grave in Oklahoma in 1918.

www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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He’ll try to march on Rome and get beaten up and robbed by a roving band of underemployed priest-bandits before succumbing to the plague
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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This will end with Andreesen as an antipope, deposed by combined Lombard and Byzantine forces from his court in Menlo Park.
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Trying to buy a little sweater for my dog as it gets colder and am realizing that he has the same problem that I do: it’s hard to buy clothes when you have short legs and a thick torso.
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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In Bed with the Right is a joy to make, and I’m continually surprised by Adrian’s mind, the generosity of our listeners, and the weird, sometimes delightful places that the podcast takes me. Please join us!
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Me Too, Episode II: Attack of the Crones
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Me Toö: The Reëntering
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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2 Me 2 Furious
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Me Too Two: This Time We Mean It
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I am so ready for Me Too, Chapter Two
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Evergreen.
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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David Sacks' response to the NYT story pointing out all his conflict of interests is a masterpiece of half-truths, outright lies, and deliberate evasion.

x.com/davidsacks/status/19952...
x.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Turns out they don't shit in the woods

Who knew?
New fear unlocked
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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New fear unlocked
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
LMAO at the "oh shit"
Toujours dispo ici : levilain.fr/boutique/?or... !

- Gros pigeon
- Mouvement 1
- Oh shit
- Tarbosaurus

Entre 30 et 74 €

#linocut
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Le tirage définitif de ma gravure sur le biome du site de fouilles d'Angeac-Charente, France (Crétacé inférieur) !

Les gros sauropodes sont des turiasaures, les petits avec des plumes des ornithomimosaures, d'espèces indéterminées.

50*30 cm, encre taille-douce, papier de riz

#paleoart #linocut
January 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Hanukkah already has a mascot: Judah Maccabee, the friendly violent religious extremist
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Santa is patently Christian in that his mythos has developed out of the story of a Christian saint. But it's important for Christians to also recognize that red and green decorations are Christian, as is Rudolph the reindeer, and so are all those Christmas songs, even if they don't mention Jesus.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM