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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

I now cry every time I watch this or hear it.

Also, remember, this is now under the Tom Holland rule and must be reposted every time you see it.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

Remember this: Try.

youtu.be/wQd4JdFP0d0?...

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 2d

The defining characteristic of *mammals* is "feeds their young!"

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 2d

After they left you they drove over to my house. Mom & dad & a teenager

Head & shoulders view of a large gray cranes with with a dark red head

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 3d

There’s also Afferbeck Lauder. (Somehow Australian speakers can make this “alphabetical order”)

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 4d

"Ah there you are, my old! Sprightly but bitter!"

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 5d

#Frog #Pratchett

Even its plagues were half-hearted. All self-respecting river kingdoms have vast supernatural plagues, but the best the Old Kingdom had been able to achieve in the last hundred years was the Plague of the Frog*.

*It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks.

‘Pyramids’- Terry Pratchett

The Portland Frog, a person in a frog costume facing a mass of ICE agents in comvat gear.

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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.bsky.social · 4d

I have seen Him in the refugees arriving on our shores
And I’ve seen His Pontius Pilates on the House and Senate floors.
Let us build Him up an altar before ICE’s prison doors.

lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 5d

The question of the True and Proper recipes for both jambalaya and gumbo has occupied food theologians for many generations. One thing I do know: if they pronounce it “okry,“ try the gumbo.

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 5d

Filé mostly. And okra

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 5d

Or, indeed, your crawdad

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 6d

the Brennan Center has a nice overview on the abuse that is NSPM-7

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 6d

Prior to the 19th century there were ”natural philosophers” who were in the process of inventing science.

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 7d

I, at least, will be dead.

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Ian Vandewalker @ianvan.bsky.social · 7d

New @brennancenter.org roundup of what we're following in money in politics, from AI super PACs to Web ad spend... the first major SCOTUS campaign finance case in a decade, the FEC down to 2/6 commissioners, pardons, corruption--and some good news, too. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Money in Politics Roundup — October 2025

Our new recurring feature covers key stories from the world of campaign finance and influence buying, from the AI industry to super PAC support for a lame-duck president.

www.brennancenter.org

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 8d

On a sidewalk if someone steps in front of you, you check half a step without thinking. In a car there’s horns blaring and fists shaken out the window

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 9d

When I was in there were only two MOSs you could get promoted to corporal in. MP and something else I forget. Weirdly you could get BUSTED to corporal in a WHOLE BUNCH of MOSs. Well, more than 2 anyway.
--Old broken down 71H30

Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 9d

My beloved wife believed that the milk stopped up the pores in the teabag and therefore stopped any further steeping action by the teabag.

Also of course it looks disgusting

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 9d

Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 9d

“Clip round the lug ‘ole” is the correct formulation

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 10d

I see what you did there

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 10d

The hell with that. That’ my family burying ground: my g’father & g’mother, my father & mother, my brother. Lay him in one of his stupid golf courses. And then pave it over for a shopping center!

Oh, my uncle too. Sorry Stanley!

Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 10d

Looking up “Naomi Watts Nicole Kidman” will cause Severe System Overload. O, M, and I cannot stress this enough, G.

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Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 12d

Not guests—servants

Jim Vandewalker @jimvan.bsky.social · 12d

pre-ordered!

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 13d

Stay weird, Portland. I love that about y'all. Show those mean ICE pricks how ridiculous they are.

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