periwinkle
@periwinklecrayon.bsky.social
Indoctrinator Emeritus at Educational Industrial Complex
raised on promises
thinks about the Roman Empire every day
numbered posts are dreams
raised on promises
thinks about the Roman Empire every day
numbered posts are dreams
THE ELVES WENT TOO FAR www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqFO...
Icelandic Elves save Lars | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | 4K | Movie Clip #4
YouTube video by Golden Movie Clips
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December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
THE ELVES WENT TOO FAR www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqFO...
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Today, Rep. Don Beyer, Sen. Peter Welch and I are introducing a bill to expand ranked choice voting to all elections for Congress. RCV assures that winners have majority support, no candidate acts as a “spoiler,” and the voting process favors positive coalition-building.
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today, Rep. Don Beyer, Sen. Peter Welch and I are introducing a bill to expand ranked choice voting to all elections for Congress. RCV assures that winners have majority support, no candidate acts as a “spoiler,” and the voting process favors positive coalition-building.
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Let them play with two dolls.
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Let them play with two dolls.
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This was 8 days short of *exactly* three months ago.
Weird how these "The Democrats are too far left!" things from a well-funded group you've never previously heard of drop almost literally quarterly, as predictably as the tides, right before nonprofits have to justify their existence in writing.
Weird how these "The Democrats are too far left!" things from a well-funded group you've never previously heard of drop almost literally quarterly, as predictably as the tides, right before nonprofits have to justify their existence in writing.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This was 8 days short of *exactly* three months ago.
Weird how these "The Democrats are too far left!" things from a well-funded group you've never previously heard of drop almost literally quarterly, as predictably as the tides, right before nonprofits have to justify their existence in writing.
Weird how these "The Democrats are too far left!" things from a well-funded group you've never previously heard of drop almost literally quarterly, as predictably as the tides, right before nonprofits have to justify their existence in writing.
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BREAKING via Reuters
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING via Reuters
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom.
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The Nazis, in 1941, banned the Fraktur font because it was “too Jewish.” alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar...
1941: The Nazis ban Jewish fonts
In 1941 the Nazis continued their campaign of persecution against Germany's Jews - by banning all Jewish fonts.
alphahistory.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Nazis, in 1941, banned the Fraktur font because it was “too Jewish.” alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar...
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He’s building a giant ballroom and covering everything in gold and he’s telling kids to use fewer pencils. How big of a dumbass do you have to be to support this man.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
He’s building a giant ballroom and covering everything in gold and he’s telling kids to use fewer pencils. How big of a dumbass do you have to be to support this man.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.
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A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
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🎯, @casmudde.bsky.social: “In terms that are clear and concise: the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe. In other words, the US is not (just) an unwilling ally, it is a willing adversary.”
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🎯, @casmudde.bsky.social: “In terms that are clear and concise: the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe. In other words, the US is not (just) an unwilling ally, it is a willing adversary.”
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I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
An under-reported problem with Truth Social is that it really could use a character limit
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
An under-reported problem with Truth Social is that it really could use a character limit
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BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
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“The worst of the worst.” The “real bad hombres.” “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime.”
Some sweet land of liberty we have here, hm?
Some sweet land of liberty we have here, hm?
ICE now admits that hundreds of children were held past the legal 20-day custody limit set to protect their safety.
Five were kept for 168 days.
Some faced unsafe conditions and went days without medical care.
This crosses a moral line.
Five were kept for 168 days.
Some faced unsafe conditions and went days without medical care.
This crosses a moral line.
About 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits
Legal advocates concerned over the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody are sounding the alarm before the federal court. U.S.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“The worst of the worst.” The “real bad hombres.” “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime.”
Some sweet land of liberty we have here, hm?
Some sweet land of liberty we have here, hm?
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“ Typically, for people with low vision, the serifs significantly degrade legibility. The importance of using a sans serif typeface is especially important for digital content since it is typically read on-screen and not in hardcopy print.” www.section508.gov/develop/font...
Section508.gov
Learn how fonts and typography impact accessibility. Explore Section 508 guidance on legibility, font size, contrast, and design best practices.
www.section508.gov
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“ Typically, for people with low vision, the serifs significantly degrade legibility. The importance of using a sans serif typeface is especially important for digital content since it is typically read on-screen and not in hardcopy print.” www.section508.gov/develop/font...
Hahahahahahahaha
Mr. Rubio said switching back to Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.” Calibri is “informal” when compared to serif typefaces like Times New Roman and “clashes” with the department’s official letterhead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Hahahahahahahaha
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"I'm not in denial about [AI]. I'm in open rebellion."
Amen.
Amen.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"I'm not in denial about [AI]. I'm in open rebellion."
Amen.
Amen.
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Showed this to my older child. The response:
“This works for art and music too. AI can’t produce anything great because it will never have imposter syndrome.”
“This works for art and music too. AI can’t produce anything great because it will never have imposter syndrome.”
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Showed this to my older child. The response:
“This works for art and music too. AI can’t produce anything great because it will never have imposter syndrome.”
“This works for art and music too. AI can’t produce anything great because it will never have imposter syndrome.”
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Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
I just saw a wizard walking down West Main Street & I'm not sure whether that's a good sign or a bad sign
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I just saw a wizard walking down West Main Street & I'm not sure whether that's a good sign or a bad sign
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a fun fact about Tom Perriello is that he is the only member of congress who reviewed and made edits to the original Indivisible Guide before we launched it
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District because families and workers deserve a fair shot. Costs keep rising while salaries aren’t - and MAGA Republicans are cutting food & health care to fund corporate tax breaks instead of defending Virginia’s families.
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
Tom Perriello For Congress Launch Video
YouTube video by Tom Perriello
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December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
a fun fact about Tom Perriello is that he is the only member of congress who reviewed and made edits to the original Indivisible Guide before we launched it
Only two of 72 dead birds tested positive for flu because they only tested two.
"The Ohio Department of Agriculture says two of the 72 black vulture carcasses cleaned up from a Clermont County elementary school’s campus tested presumptive positive for bird flu."
Bird flu found in 2 dead vultures at Cincinnati-area school
Ohio Department of Agriculture confirms bird flu in dead vultures found at Clermont County school. Ohio wildlife officials initially refused to help.
www.wishtv.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Only two of 72 dead birds tested positive for flu because they only tested two.