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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · 1d

The protest a couple decades ago is when I learned firsthand that cops would protect Nazis at any cost

sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · 1d

I get horrible anxiety in protest crowds (side effect of almost being trampled by a horse at a an antinazi protest a couple decades ago). Does driving by and honking and waving help?

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · 27d

And the right is going to welcome him “look, a former far left woke leader has come to his senses!” Ignoring that he’s been shunned for years

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh my God, what a game.

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Aug 21

I fell asleep watching the game and woke up to them yelling “mozzarella sticks for everybody” which was kind of confusing! 😂

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Could you imagine if a democrat nominated Rachel Maddow for any of these jobs?

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is definitely the best thing trump has done!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 27

😂

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 27

a woman with curly hair is smiling in front of a door .

Alt: Elizabeth Bennet smiling at Mr Darcy

media.tenor.com

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 27

No contest

a man in a suit says you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you

Alt: Mr Darcy says “you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you”

media.tenor.com

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 26

a man in a suit and tie is saying no i like you very much just as you are

Alt: Mr Mark Darcy in a suit and tie is saying “no i like you very much just as you are”

media.tenor.com

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 18

True, but also - Dyaus Pitar has the same etymological root as Zeus and Jupiter!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Us too! Although bought later in the 90s. It’s the workhorse of our retirement portfolio.

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 3

It’s our only hope

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Oh crap. I meant $240B, not $M 😂😂

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Apple has lost $240M today… that’s quite a loss on $1M investment in the inauguration!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 27

My 8th grader is learning about the holocaust right now. She just saw this video and said it looks like Auschwitz. Nothing concerning here!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 23

“States’ rights” people are quiet, unsurprisingly

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 23

Ultimately, a (reconstructed) language called Proto-Indo-European, which is hypothesized to have originated in the Pontic-Caspian Steppes or Anatolian region some 5000+ years ago. Descendants include English, Spanish, Welsh, Hindi, Farsi, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and tons of others!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 23

Oh! This explains one of my coworkers who insisted Sanskrit was the root of all Indo-European languages. that was my undergraduate focus, so I kept arguing that Sanskrit was a daughter language to no avail

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 13

No way!!! Congrats!! (And I was a longtime follower of you and Libby on twitter until 🔥, so happy to have found you both here)

sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 11

Alex Falcone on TikTok (and maybe other places?)

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you! I’ll look that up!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 8

And why it takes me a week to get up the courage to call my elected officials… And months to call my doctor …. So many ills!

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sophieinbflo.bsky.social @sophieinbflo.bsky.social · Mar 5

That’s why my sister in law stopped doing routine health checks! She didn’t like the results. So when she was finally diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she died within 6 months

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