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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 4h

We are going to absolutely PACK the Capitol Grounds in Austin! Se you there, Texas!

WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 17h

I'm attending a #NoKings Rally in my area!

October 18th.

Please. Join. Us.🐸

#StandTogether

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 17h

The loudest per ounce bird in the world. I've got six living on my 7,500 sqft lot. I love them.

Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Got a bird buddy notification that there was a Carolina wren in my feeder, and boy was there! 😅

Extreme close-up of a grumpy looking wren

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 17h

So be sure to tell us how it went!

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

And while I'm on the subject of appearances, where I'll be tomorrow night, with Kim Stanley Robinson, in San Francisco:

www.jccsf.org/event/john-s...

JOHN SCALZI & KIM STANLEY ROBINSON – THE SHATTERING PEACE

Two masters of sci-fi take the stage for a thrilling conversation where imagination meets urgency, and the future of humanity hangs in the balance.

www.jccsf.org

southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

Poor Tipsy...

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1d

who's gonna tell her

Tipsy the empty-headed tortoiseshell kitten paws at a smart tv; the display reads that the update process is at 0%

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 14 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

ICYMI. . . FOR ME THIS CLIP IS WORTHY OF SHOWING AGAIN & AGAIN

THE IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA VOTING YES ON PROP 50

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
PLEASE LISTEN
CALIFORNIANS GET EVERYONE TO VOTE
YES ON PROP 50

WE THANK YOU !!!

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

Just how much scratch does Soros have, Harry?

He sure is paying for a shit ton of protesters!

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d

The funny thing is, several of these countries HAVE kings...but not ones that fuck them over.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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Grace Pritchard Burson @gaudynight78.bsky.social · 1d

"What has been built of value has been built from human virtue, and human virtue, like human progress, exposes the Republican project like it exposes any supremacist project, as a project void of virtue, opposed to human progress, and even to humanity, and even to humans."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

The problem with Alex, who lives two Zip Codes south of me, is that he he is a complete nepo baby and grifting fuckwit.

He could do us a all a favor and step on a rainbow and go straight to hell.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Jones keeps losing www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Alex Jones keeps losing

Conspiracy theorist and Trump superfan Alex Jones suffered another setback on Tuesday after the conservative-majority Supreme Court denied his appeal of ...

www.dailykos.com

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

SUBSTANTIAL members of the community, and also Nazi Fuckwits.

Shocking!

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

Damn Bruce.

Good on ya!

#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 2d

*Yeah. What he said. That's what happened. That's why it's funny.

*Also, becoming collateral damage in some vast software racket and getting unwittingly crushed by big bonebreaking chunks of falling marble has some bleakly ironic aspects

Daniel Howard @dannyman.toldme.com · 2d

Wow! ahl.bsky.social wanted to iterate on XKCD, but AI was inadequate to the task, so they did some cool manual processing, shared the image, and now bruces.bsky.social has pushed the rendered line art through Gemini to make it look like falling chunks of marble ... to complain about AI slop. :D

southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

Boy, John, did you ever trade up!

Krissy is one handsome woman.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

Krissy in her happy place, i.e., Camp Krissy, this afternoon.

(and for those of you going "What? Camp Krissy? What?": whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/30/w...)

Krissy smiling at the camera with a whole bunch of trees behind her

southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

It's Zaphod Beeblefeline!

Huzzah!

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

Experiment to attach a second head to the cat was successful.

Black cat close up, a head of grey tabby visible behind him.

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

Pictures! Post Pictures!

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

The Bluesky Department is closed for a few days now because we have a wee calf.

The library is open as normal and you can still contact us on 01856 873156 or email [email protected].

See you all next week 👋

A black and white archive photograph of a cow standing in front of a mill

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

We'll see you there on Saturday!

Shana The Harpy! @shanahipharpy.bsky.social · 2d

I drew this on the driveway today!

A photo of my chalk art creation on the driveway. It reads: No Kings! (in red & pink), then has a drawing of a gold crown, outlined and circled in black, with a red X through it. Below that, in turquoise is October 18.

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

I guess if they are Legal Immigrants she'll be all "Hello, Sailor! Buy me a drink?"

Richard K Morgan @quellist1.bsky.social · 2d

Not even if they have A level English........???

Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 2d

Bury this in a Blue Peter time capsule. 2025 Britain in all its glory.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 3d

This.

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 1d

The Queen City on the Concho!

She Who Must Be Obeyed used to play with the San Angelo Orchestra as a hired gun out of Austin (Harp), and once stayed in a hotel that had a restaurant with a breakfast menu that included an entire page dedicated to "The Wonderful World of Eggs" (pronounced "Aigs").

Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d

Huge crowd for James Talarico in deep red San Angelo, TX!

This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico.

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed they are! Little Jewel Box insects, on the way to Southern Mexico for the winter.

I love them.

Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 3d

Saw some monarchs today. Seems the fall migration is starting to come through central Texas.

southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 5d

See y'all next Saturday!

BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 6d

There it is... #politics #fascism

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 6d

There it is... #politics #fascism

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 5d

Just got a cold call from a PAC that is fundraising for Mr. Popo.

How tone deaf do you have to be to raise funds for cops right now?

Sheesh...

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 7d

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here's a smiley octopus on a terracotta plate from Getty Museum 😀
Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter
getty.edu/art/collecti...
#CephalopodAwarenessDays

Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate (happy-looking octopus detail)
attributed to the Binningen Painter
3rd quarter of 4th century BCE
terracotta
6.5 × 26 cm (2 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Paestum, South Italy
Greek (South Italian, Paestan)
Getty Museum Obj. No. 96.AE.240

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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 8d

Your job, for the moment, is to boost at least 2 lovely posts each day - you know, the people who post beautiful birds, animals, nature, etc. so everyone gets something nice in their TLs, since there's so much awful stuff out there. Thank you for your cooperation with this community effort.

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 7d

Good luck, you fuckwit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

"Maybe you can look into that, Pam" -- Trump directs Pam Bondi to try to stop a planned anti-Trump rally in Austin

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southaustinhippy @southaustinhippy.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, this will disappear tomorrow.

Because it's Bulkshite.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7d

Every morning DSA, Antifa, the DNC, and Jimmy Kimmel hold a conference call with President Obama. Obama gives them their official M.A.Y.H.E.M marching orders and that is why Portland, Chicago and Seattle all burned to the ground and are being rebuilt as MegaCommunist Super Woke Cities.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."