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Voter interference is HAPPENING. If you're concerned about an illegitimate outcome, please TAKE ACTION TO CONTEST IT TODAY.
Screenshots & 2 sample messages are in the alt text here.
#DoNotConcedeKamala
(Thanks to @tirelessfrog on Twitter for original link and 3 screenshots!)
Voter interference is HAPPENING. If you're concerned about an illegitimate outcome, please TAKE ACTION TO CONTEST IT TODAY.
Screenshots & 2 sample messages are in the alt text here.
#DoNotConcedeKamala
(Thanks to @tirelessfrog on Twitter for original link and 3 screenshots!)
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🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 There it goes! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
EASY AS IT GETS is out the door today! Fourth in the #MURDER ON THE #STARSHIP AUSTRALIS series, this #noir #detective #mystery finds Tom battling addiction as he searches for a missing woman and her son. Special thanks to my fabulous beta readers! 🪐📚💙📚⚡
EASY AS IT GETS is out the door today! Fourth in the #MURDER ON THE #STARSHIP AUSTRALIS series, this #noir #detective #mystery finds Tom battling addiction as he searches for a missing woman and her son. Special thanks to my fabulous beta readers! 🪐📚💙📚⚡
January 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 There it goes! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
EASY AS IT GETS is out the door today! Fourth in the #MURDER ON THE #STARSHIP AUSTRALIS series, this #noir #detective #mystery finds Tom battling addiction as he searches for a missing woman and her son. Special thanks to my fabulous beta readers! 🪐📚💙📚⚡
EASY AS IT GETS is out the door today! Fourth in the #MURDER ON THE #STARSHIP AUSTRALIS series, this #noir #detective #mystery finds Tom battling addiction as he searches for a missing woman and her son. Special thanks to my fabulous beta readers! 🪐📚💙📚⚡
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Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Chilling thread
"After the Kapp putsch in 1920 the [German] government charged 705 persons with high treason; only one, the police president of Berlin, received a sentence—five years of 'honorary confinement.'"
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 109).
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 109).
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Chilling thread
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NEWS: The United Auto Workers union throws their support behind the Ford factory worker who was suspended for calling Trump a "pedophile protector" — and slams Trump for targeting workers with "vulgar language or behavior"
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
NEWS: The United Auto Workers union throws their support behind the Ford factory worker who was suspended for calling Trump a "pedophile protector" — and slams Trump for targeting workers with "vulgar language or behavior"
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Blessed is the Rot, a dark science fantasy, the first in the Bit Trilogy and part of my Alfom shared universe.
Haven’t read any of my other novels yet? No problem. You can start with this one if you like.
#scifibooks #darkfantasybooks #genreblender #booksky #newrelease
Haven’t read any of my other novels yet? No problem. You can start with this one if you like.
#scifibooks #darkfantasybooks #genreblender #booksky #newrelease
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Blessed is the Rot, a dark science fantasy, the first in the Bit Trilogy and part of my Alfom shared universe.
Haven’t read any of my other novels yet? No problem. You can start with this one if you like.
#scifibooks #darkfantasybooks #genreblender #booksky #newrelease
Haven’t read any of my other novels yet? No problem. You can start with this one if you like.
#scifibooks #darkfantasybooks #genreblender #booksky #newrelease
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Yep.
Do not retweet these accounts.
They are doing exactly zero to flip congress.
And that is the only thing that is going to shift the balance of power.
Focus on the task at hand.
Do not take the rage bait offered by those who want Trump to control congress next year.
Do not retweet these accounts.
They are doing exactly zero to flip congress.
And that is the only thing that is going to shift the balance of power.
Focus on the task at hand.
Do not take the rage bait offered by those who want Trump to control congress next year.
Any account blaming dems for what repubs have done and what voters did should be treated with suspicion. It's a midterm year and they've come here to suppress the vote.
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Yep.
Do not retweet these accounts.
They are doing exactly zero to flip congress.
And that is the only thing that is going to shift the balance of power.
Focus on the task at hand.
Do not take the rage bait offered by those who want Trump to control congress next year.
Do not retweet these accounts.
They are doing exactly zero to flip congress.
And that is the only thing that is going to shift the balance of power.
Focus on the task at hand.
Do not take the rage bait offered by those who want Trump to control congress next year.
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When ICE shows up in Minnesota, people with whistles swarm and make a racket to warn everyone. People bang pots and pans. They honk.
Here's a sign outside a Minneapolis church honoring this. It reads:
"Blessed are the whistle blowers for they play the music of salvation".
Here's a sign outside a Minneapolis church honoring this. It reads:
"Blessed are the whistle blowers for they play the music of salvation".
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
When ICE shows up in Minnesota, people with whistles swarm and make a racket to warn everyone. People bang pots and pans. They honk.
Here's a sign outside a Minneapolis church honoring this. It reads:
"Blessed are the whistle blowers for they play the music of salvation".
Here's a sign outside a Minneapolis church honoring this. It reads:
"Blessed are the whistle blowers for they play the music of salvation".
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Here it finally is, release day for Blessed is the Rot!
Snag a copy of this unique dark science fantasy with math as magic, eldritch horrors, and a love story all rolled into one.
books2read.com/BitR
#scifibooks #fantasybooks #newbook #newnovel #indieauthor #booksky
Snag a copy of this unique dark science fantasy with math as magic, eldritch horrors, and a love story all rolled into one.
books2read.com/BitR
#scifibooks #fantasybooks #newbook #newnovel #indieauthor #booksky
books2read.co
January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Here it finally is, release day for Blessed is the Rot!
Snag a copy of this unique dark science fantasy with math as magic, eldritch horrors, and a love story all rolled into one.
books2read.com/BitR
#scifibooks #fantasybooks #newbook #newnovel #indieauthor #booksky
Snag a copy of this unique dark science fantasy with math as magic, eldritch horrors, and a love story all rolled into one.
books2read.com/BitR
#scifibooks #fantasybooks #newbook #newnovel #indieauthor #booksky
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It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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Times are tough.
This admin is the pits.
I wish I could give everyone who needs one a hug 🤗
This admin is the pits.
I wish I could give everyone who needs one a hug 🤗
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Times are tough.
This admin is the pits.
I wish I could give everyone who needs one a hug 🤗
This admin is the pits.
I wish I could give everyone who needs one a hug 🤗
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Apparent squirrel convention
Credit: Wayne Sprague
www.newscentermaine.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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These members of Congress took full advantage of migrating to the U.S.A for the opportunities, freedoms, and values of America AND now they support the horrific terror being inflicted on others who seek the same. They have failed their constituents and must be voted out of office.
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
These members of Congress took full advantage of migrating to the U.S.A for the opportunities, freedoms, and values of America AND now they support the horrific terror being inflicted on others who seek the same. They have failed their constituents and must be voted out of office.
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Added. Thank you!
@meekayelah.bsky.social you own the government account blocklist, right? theres a new one to add and its ICE. username is icegov . bsky . social
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Added. Thank you!
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Trump Winery bringing in more foreign workers while paying them less per hour than they did in previous years
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Trump Winery bringing in more foreign workers while paying them less per hour than they did in previous years
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an actual nazi running as a democrat in CA-26: ventura county: Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Calabasas, and Agoura Hills. don’t allow this in southern california!
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan.
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork filed on Monday, Kyle Langford indicated that he would be vying for Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley's ...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
an actual nazi running as a democrat in CA-26: ventura county: Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Calabasas, and Agoura Hills. don’t allow this in southern california!
If you don’t watch Leigh McGowan already, at least listen to her put this as clearly as humanly possible. @politicsgirl.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/0mcdj...
youtube.com/shorts/0mcdj...
I Blame You
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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January 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
If you don’t watch Leigh McGowan already, at least listen to her put this as clearly as humanly possible. @politicsgirl.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/0mcdj...
youtube.com/shorts/0mcdj...
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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5-star review of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD from Readers' Favorite!
"The noir voice is so strong that it reached out and grabbed me, pulling me deep into the science fiction storyworld... This is a read-through-all-hours-of-the-night book; the storyline and pacing held me captive to the end." 🪐📚💙⚡️📚
"The noir voice is so strong that it reached out and grabbed me, pulling me deep into the science fiction storyworld... This is a read-through-all-hours-of-the-night book; the storyline and pacing held me captive to the end." 🪐📚💙⚡️📚
Book review of Chivalry Will Get You Dead
A former police detective is forced to place his drinking on the back burner to solve a murder in the fast-paced sci-fi noir mystery, Chivalry Will Get You Dead by Ed Robins. It’s been four months sin...
readersfavorite.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
5-star review of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD from Readers' Favorite!
"The noir voice is so strong that it reached out and grabbed me, pulling me deep into the science fiction storyworld... This is a read-through-all-hours-of-the-night book; the storyline and pacing held me captive to the end." 🪐📚💙⚡️📚
"The noir voice is so strong that it reached out and grabbed me, pulling me deep into the science fiction storyworld... This is a read-through-all-hours-of-the-night book; the storyline and pacing held me captive to the end." 🪐📚💙⚡️📚
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Cozy fantasy with all kinds of body positivity, disability support, a queer normal world, crimes of fashion, weaponized fiber arts, and All The Cats. :) The first two of these are out now and the third, coming this spring, starts a trilogy! bsky.app/profile/lynn...
💙 📚 🌈 📚 🪐 📚 ♿ 😺 Hi! I'm Lynn. I write #cozyfantasy with scampering kittens, feisty book-witches, & kind priests who nourish everyone, even the mice. Joyfully body positive, inclusive, & welcoming. (So many bonus recipes!) Come for the chai; stay because everyone is treasured. lynnstrong.com/books/
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Cozy fantasy with all kinds of body positivity, disability support, a queer normal world, crimes of fashion, weaponized fiber arts, and All The Cats. :) The first two of these are out now and the third, coming this spring, starts a trilogy! bsky.app/profile/lynn...
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Edwin Hubble announced OTD in 1925 that Andromeda and other spiral nebulae were in fact separate galaxies outside the Milky Way, in a paper read to an AAS meeting by H.N. Russell. The Universe was far larger than what many astronomers had imagined; more than just our little island of stars. 🧪 🔭
January 1, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Edwin Hubble announced OTD in 1925 that Andromeda and other spiral nebulae were in fact separate galaxies outside the Milky Way, in a paper read to an AAS meeting by H.N. Russell. The Universe was far larger than what many astronomers had imagined; more than just our little island of stars. 🧪 🔭
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A reminder of the stunning rate of scientific progress: it’s only been 101 years that we’ve known the Universe is larger than the Milky Way. Now we know that it’s at least *1 million* times larger in linear size than the Milky Way (and probably 50 or more times larger than that, even).
Edwin Hubble announced OTD in 1925 that Andromeda and other spiral nebulae were in fact separate galaxies outside the Milky Way, in a paper read to an AAS meeting by H.N. Russell. The Universe was far larger than what many astronomers had imagined; more than just our little island of stars. 🧪 🔭
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
A reminder of the stunning rate of scientific progress: it’s only been 101 years that we’ve known the Universe is larger than the Milky Way. Now we know that it’s at least *1 million* times larger in linear size than the Milky Way (and probably 50 or more times larger than that, even).
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Crazy Northern Lights tonight!
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Crazy Northern Lights tonight!