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Taffy Marlington

@taffymarlington.bsky.social

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🌊Avid amateur astronomer and sci-fi fanatic; former roller derby girl & professional pianist/vocalist/actor/jingle singer. Lover of empathetic smart people. LGBTQ+ ally. 🌊 NO DMs, please. Twitter refugee.

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · Nov 21

Pathocracy. Where we've landed:

"A pathocracy is a system of government where a small group of people with personality disorders, like psychopathy or narcissism, gain control over a society. People in a pathocracy are driven by self-interest, extremism, and disregard for others."

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Nov 20

should probably keep posting this

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💙PaTresha 💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇦 @patresha10.bsky.social · 7h

trump is going to shut down the 5 freeway and shoot missiles from Camp Pendleton on Saturday?
I’m going to play my games. This alternate universe is making me 🤪
Oh and

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when you're mom would say "go get my purse" when you needed some cash? Donny is mommy here and global despots, his children.

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 11h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina.

Where is Congress? Is NO ONE able to stop Treasury Secretary Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans.

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 8h

L.A.'s declared a state of emergency to address the violent increases of ICE rampages.
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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 9h

You know who else loved Argentina? Schnazis. Schnazis like Eichmann and Mengele, both of whom escaped there after the war because of Argentina's support of the Axis powers.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 9h

Montana has decided to sidestep Citizens United and who had Montana as a bastion of liberty? Today, I do. Listen up and share.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 12h

Dave Norton

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 9h

It's infuriating that Hines gets to spout more blahblahblah supporting RFK in this space. STOP bringing idiots on like they're normal. It's NOT normal.

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 11h

My hubband was on "Wipeout!" years ago. I often think it was a fever dream until I see the proof.

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 13h

Also known as the "I know you are but what am I?" defense.

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d

#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

An Unusual Globule in IC 1396

Credit: Joachim Korb www.astro-joko.de

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 1d

This was a painful crawl.

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 1d

Dangit.

#deluxewaffle177 X/5 (28)

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Waffle

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 1d

Word games, word games, roly poly word games.

#waffle1362 2/5

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Waffle

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 1d

Easy one today.

#travle #1035 +0 (Perfect)
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travle

Travle: A daily game, get between countries in as few guesses as possible!

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 1d

The smallest country in the world.

#Worldle #1362 (14.10.2025) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 7 days
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Worldle - Guess the Country

A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 3d

We need an attorney at every gathering. This gives me hope.

Props to the unnamed attorney.

Resist ✊

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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JWST and Hubble see baby star and future planetary system! #space #astronomy #nasa #science #shorts

YouTube video by ASTRO ALEXANDRA

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

Gross avarice is gross.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 2d

“Lotta cash…UNLIMITED cash…”😐

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

Hippo, I've never seen an inflatable one in the wild at a protest.

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

There are some freaky things in the ocean.

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Scientists' Hilarious Reaction to Bizarre Deep-Sea Fish | National Geographic

YouTube video by National Geographic

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

Happy with this. 🤷‍♀️

#travle #1034 +1
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travle

Travle: A daily game, get between countries in as few guesses as possible!

travle.earth

Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

Today's a good day to try this game :)

#Worldle #1361 (13.10.2025) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 6 days
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worldle.teuteuf.fr/share

Worldle - Guess the Country

A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

worldle.teuteuf.fr

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 2d

Now THIS is a strongly worded letter!

We will remember.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 2d

THIS!!!

A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu

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Taffy Marlington @taffymarlington.bsky.social · 2d

RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES!

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