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@lillyh.bsky.social
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Working for a fascism-free, habitable Earth and for Scottish independence. #MECFS #BasicIncome WGBer
I spend more time on Mastodon, the ethical platform. You can follow my bridge from there at: @LillyHerself.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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via Jyoti Mishra
The image features a serene riverside scene with a calm body of water in the foreground, reflecting the overcast sky. The riverbank is lined with a concrete edge, and a bridge is visible in the background, partially obscured by trees. The trees are dense and green, indicating a natural setting. The sky is gray, suggesting an overcast day. Overlaid on the image is a text in white font with a black outline, reading: "Minimalism is a scam created by big small to sell more less." The text is centered and covers a significant portion of the image, contrasting with the natural background.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Two male civil servants walking down the street, one says to the other: “Thank goodness we finally have an Administration that speaks for those of us who don’t care what happens to the planet in a hundred years because we'll be dead.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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South Korean theatre adverts for Shakespeare's MacBeth. Worth embiggening.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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<screams>
Cartoon by Wayne D Two men in a bathroom, a plumber and the houseowner. There is a toilet in the background. Plumber: "There's no handle; you need to download the FlushMe app. (he is holding up a phone)
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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The ending is maybe not so bad.
Screenshot End Stage Capitalism The year is 3129. Humanity is extinct. The last LG SmartFridge is desperately emailing its last owner that they are low on orange juice. The satellites still left, their orbits decaying, dutifully relay the message. The automated "away from office" response turns on, as it always does, notifying the refrigerator that its owner will likely return to the office in 3-5 business days. A pack of roombas, the local wind turbines giving out, search for the next functional docking station. A washing machine tweets: "anyone need to do a load?" every Saturday at 1:30 a.m. eastern standard time. The replies are filled with Al thirstposters and their hypebots. In North America, raccoons have entered the bronze age, while babboons riding domesticated battlewolves rule most of Asia. Unbeknownst to either, the octopi are mastering nuclear fusion.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Every time I see this picture I think of you 😊
Drawn image. A traditionally-dressed geisha lady is adjusting her rather large collection of foot pedals. There is an amplifier in the background.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Don't you wish they'd all stop harping about bloody "AI"?
Love this photo, BTW - this is Carney's goalie 'don't mess with me, bud' face, hahah
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Grifters, murderers and whoremongers were the people who created the US. Their descendents are still running the show.
"America is a country made possible by hucksterism and carnival buncombe. It's the birthplace of both modern PR and advertising, the first place on earth to apply techniques of commercial marketing fo politics, and a country where, for at least thirty years, the economy has been driven by the engine of finance, that is, by the magical creation of wealth through financial securities and derivatives. When you consider those U.S companies that still produce commodities now devote themselves mainly to developing brands and images, you realize that American capitalism conjures value into being chiefly by convincing everyone it's there." - David Graeber
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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He reminds me of that French actor, Michael Lonsdale
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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@amendlocke.bsky.social This is kind of mind-bending 🤔
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Christmas at Morgan’s, by Adrien Hébert
[1936-1937]
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Isn't this just SO MUCH NICER than those stupid bonfire pyres made of pallets and covered in hateful posters that the Irish do?
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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@rustybertrand.bsky.social 😊
Old monochrome photo of Leonard Nimoy together with Jimi Hendrix.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Screenshot of a typical explore Ghost page.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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@john@john.onolan.org Lots of you have asked how to find independent Ghost publishers on the social web, and we haven't really had a good answer. But now we do! https://explore.ghost.org/social-web Brand new social web category on Ghost Explore aggregates all your favourite blogs and newsletters that are publishing to the fediverse
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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@hutchinsondave.bsky.social Is it too late to have a glow-in-the-dark cover on the new book? 😍
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I see Cloudflare is down in London.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Felix Hlatky @mellifluousbox@mastodon.social Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @Gargron as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the German non-profit, am a co-founder of the US 501c3 non-profit, and I have contributed to most of the fundraising success, which allowed us to expand the team. (1/13) Nov 18, 2025, 07:53 AM ·
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Hahaha, nice try!
Cyclist lying on his stomach on a cyclepath in a tunnel, pretending to be holding on to a small notch to keep from falling. rotated the pic a bit.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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These people can't be for real !! 😂
"students"
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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People skipped the escalator and spent several minutes playing tunes on the stairs. It was a huge success.

I just ordered something from IKEA in Edinburgh, and it is making its way up to the north of Scotland. I got sent a link to a map where you can watch the tiny truck on its way to you 😊
Map of Scotland showing a toy red van, and a little blue house (mine).
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM