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Grumplestiltskin
@grumplestiltskin.bsky.social
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Pro-democracy. Pro-planet.
Anti-racist. Anti-fascist.
📍Kansas City, MO
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I regret that I have but one like to give to this post.
Painting of Nathan Hale being hanged for spying.
April 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Logged onto LinkedIn today and noticed this sidebar. Things are obviously going swimmingly in America under the Trump administration. Can't wait for the Whitehouse Press Secretary to decry LinkedIn as "fake news."
Screengrab from Linked In. Headline: LinkedIn News. Subhead: Top Stories. Gold is on record run as stocks tank. Immigrants in tech warned on travel. Student loan late payments spike. SpaceX set for polar mission Monday. "Buy Canadian" movement grows.
March 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The parallels between what the Trump administration is doing to erase trans and non-binary people and what the Nazis did is powerful. We need to realize that scrubbing websites, deleting datasets, and erasing decades of research is just the digital equivalent of book burning. It's the same picture.
Pam from The Office looks at 2 pictures. A caption reads, "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." One picture shows Nazis burning books at the Institute of Sexology. The other shows a recently scrubbed page from the CDC website that reads "The page you're looking for was not found." In the lower frame, Pam is saying, "They're the same picture.|
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Went to the hardware store today and bought stripper and a pole. Gonna be a fun Sunday.
Image of a can of stripper next to a wooden flag pole in a hardware store
February 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Timeline cleanse. This fearless fella found us while we were out for a walk. We helped him find a good home.
A calico kitten plays with a toy on a sunlit patch of a hardwood floor. He looks directly at camera.
January 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The Declaration of Independence lists "the pursuit of happiness" as an "unalienable right." I'm CIS, but I have trans people in my life. To me, a core part of the trans journey is seeking happiness. Government must not be allowed to deny that right to trans folks.

#trans #transrights #letthembe
The trans flag with the words "Let Them Be"
January 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The hypocrisy, though.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Donald Jr., RFK Jr, and Mike Johnson eating McDonalds on a plane.
December 15, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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My Plan.
A ninja turtle punching Hitler and saying, "For the millions"
November 16, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Here's my expert analysis of what went wrong with the election. Maybe our VP nominee shouldn't be a white guy named Tim.
Headshots of Tim Walz and Tim Kaine
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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Next up, Trump nominates famous Flat-Earther, Kyrie Irving, to head NASA.
Boston Celtics player Kyrie Irving interviewed in a post game news conference.
November 14, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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I'm telling my grandkids that this was Alf hog.
Picture of a hog dressed in a red, silk robe lounging on a red chaise lounge. A title identifies him as "ALF, Bluesky Elder."
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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I've decided to adopt mid century modern as my personal brand.
August 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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OK, here's the play. We turn the Democratic Convention into an episode of Survivor. Candidates vying to replace Joe have to survive challenges, like identifying Ukraine on a map, or guessing how much a bag of groceries costs. Each night one candidate gets voted off until we have nominee.
Survivor series logo with number 47 at the top
June 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
Image of Donald Trump in orange prison clothes in a prison yard. Title says, "Orange is the new orange."
May 31, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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It's official. Trump is more orange than an Oompa Loompa. #hexcodes #RGB #orange
Photo of Donald Trump in court beside a photo of an Oompa Loopa. The photo shows the RGB values of their skin tones. Caption says, "Trump is more orange than an Oompa Loompa."
May 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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My uber is here.
A HIMARS rocket launcher vehicle
September 21, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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Front page of the Daily Tarheel.
Front page of the Daily Tarheel featuring text messages sent during the active shooter on campus.
August 30, 2023 at 2:08 PM
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Too soon?
A white mug featuring Trump's mug shot. Get it? A mug shot mug.
August 25, 2023 at 7:59 PM
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This is fine.
8 thumbnail images of news stories showing wildfires rampaging in different parts of the world.
August 19, 2023 at 7:06 PM
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Really depends on the knife. Some knives you can open a can with. Try that with your spoon.
Meme of Crocodile Dundee holding a large knife with text, "Now that's a knife.
August 16, 2023 at 3:26 PM
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And also, OUCH!
A round wooden rod being worked on a lathe
August 11, 2023 at 6:55 PM
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At first glance, I thought the beauty on the bottom flower was a small Monarch, but after a closer look, I don't think it is. Anyone know what kind of butterfly or moth this is? 🌱
A cluster of yellow Sweet Coneflowers. A small butterfly or moth sits on one of them, wings unfurled.
August 9, 2023 at 9:24 PM
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Saw this big ol' bumblebee enjoying my native garden this afternoon. Enjoy it, big guy. It's for you. 🌱
A fat bumble bee sits atop a blooming Blazing Star plant.
August 9, 2023 at 9:15 PM
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Harvested some elderberries last night. Made some cordial syrup. Still have half the berries left. Not sure what to make next. 🌱
A plastic bowl full of freshly harvested elderberries, still on their vines. The berries are small and dark blue-black. The stems are rhubarb red.
August 8, 2023 at 2:52 PM
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🌱 Neighbor's zinnia showing off.
Closeup photo of a bright pink Zinnia with a ring of bright yellow in the center atop its pistil. In the background, slightly out of focus, we see the zinnia bush, more flowers, a bee, and a concrete block wall.
August 8, 2023 at 1:54 PM