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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Frida Kalho challenged conventions from a young age, here aged 17 dressed in a suit in a family photo. She also participated in boxing and other sports and was part of a rebellious gang at her school #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph of a group of four women standing in a line, three women in dresses one in a suit

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Friday all 🧡
Thank you for following xx

a black and white photo of a woman wearing a flower in her hair and earrings .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a flower in her hair and earrings .

media.tenor.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22h

Singer, songwriter, musician Joni Mitchell is also a painter and has created works featuring fellow musicians, the Canadian and US landscapes and many self portraits. Self-portrait (2000), used as cover art for her album 'Both Sides Now' #Genius

Painting featuring the upper half of a white woman leaning on a table on which a glass of red wine is sited, the subject with long blonde hair is wearing a green jacket and holds a cigarette, she looks out to the viewer with a strong thoughtful gaze

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

'The Flower Maiden'
by Annie French (1872-1965), Scottish painter, engraver, illustrator and designer associated with the Glasgow School of Art #WomensArt

Stylised white female figure with long red hair wearing a blue robe facing right surrounded by a mass of flower like motifs in many colours

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

🌅 sunrise, Monterey Bay

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD BEEN ATTEMPTED OR EVEN IMAGINED IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 1d

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Attorney General William Tong @agwilliamtong.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 1d

justinthenickofcrime

A judge in Chicago just flipped the script completely.

If ICE agents are caught trying to arrest someone at or around a courthouse, they can now be arrested themselves.

Cook County’s top judge made it illegal for ICE to detain anyone inside or even near a courthouse.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Dorothea Lange,
Girl with an umbrella,
Louisiana, 1937
#WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a young Black women in an outside space, upper half, holding an umbrella, wearing a checked shirt and apron as well as a small round hat, she looks down to her hands

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

It's so hard to tell if they're awful or idiots.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the beauty of BlueSky. No-one will be force-fed this via algorithm. Trolling draws blocks rather than amplification.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23h

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

www.nytimes.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Susan Stamberg, a "founding mother" of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died.

Susan Stamberg, first woman to host a national news program, dies at age 87

Susan Stamberg, a "founding mother" of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died. She was 87.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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northerngala.bsky.social @northerngala.bsky.social · 1d

Quote by Patrick Henry

United we stand, divided we fall.
Let us not split into fractions
which must destroy that union
upon which our existence hangs.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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northerngala.bsky.social @northerngala.bsky.social · 1d

When I was growing up, the names of judges were rarely revealed; instead, the trial court was named.
Now the extreme right wing is openly targeting anyone who stands for the rule of law, and media is publishing names/photographs of the judges involved.
This is irregular, and highly unsafe. Do Better

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.

www.msnbc.com

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 1d

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Feb 9, 2024)

NGC 4303, a face-on spiral galaxy, showcases intricate spiral arms and filaments in Webb's high-resolution infrared imagery.

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Infrared image of NGC 4303, a face-on spiral galaxy, showing intricate spiral arms and filaments in orange and red. Credit: NASA; ESA; CSA; ESO; STScI; Janice Lee (STScI); Thomas Williams (Oxford); PHANGS Team

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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northerngala.bsky.social @northerngala.bsky.social · 1d

We are part of an energy field - each element has its place.

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Betty Acquah, Ghanaian painter,
Heart of innocence, 2021 #WomensArt

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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 15d

MAGA mega-church pastor and former Trump “spiritual advisor” Robert Morris pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child yesterday.

The trend of white men getting light sentences for sex crimes is most severe in GOP-run states.

open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...

The Pedophile Elephant in the Room

MAGA mega-church pastor and former Trump “spiritual advisor” Robert Morris pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child yesterday. The trend of white men getting light sentences for sex crimes is most s...

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 15d

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleaded guilty to child sex crimes

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