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Loren
@shambles.bsky.social
nonprofit comms, voter protection vol, NYC. win my heart with puns, locked tomb memes, and picket signs. she/her

pfp: a half melted little mermaid candle. banner: a spoiled 9 rescue pup in a fetching bowtie. she appears to be lightly judging you.
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Seen in Brooklyn ❤️
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Wow, today was a real fucked one.

Let's do some of that again, but not most of it.

Definitely not most of of it.

Here's something that happened you DIDN'T know about, for I was the only one capturing, thus everyone NOT on bluesky is missing out!

I give you January 30th's Full Pelican 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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With all the madness going on, a one-holed worm thing with a no brain or any identifiable organs is quietly crawling somewhere on the ocean floor--and it is named after a churro. #xenoturbella_churro

scripps.ucsd.edu/news/researc...
Research Highlight: Deep-Sea Churro Finds its Evolutionary Home
Churros, the delicious snacks covered with cinnamon sugar and served with hot chocolate, have a doppelganger in the deep sea. The deep-sea worm named after the deep-fried sticks of dough was recently ...
scripps.ucsd.edu
February 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Do androids eat electric peeps?
January 31, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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This is very cool. Actually it’s FREEZING!
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From @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and 📸 ace lenswoman 📸 @alexkrales.bsky.social on the
Ice Age beat.
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It’s good stuff as they say in the trade. Check it out, check it out, check it out in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/n...
WATCH: This 85-Year-Old Tugboat Is Why You’re Not Freezing Right Now
THE CITY was aboard the Shoofly as it carved through the ice to let barges carrying essential heating fuel make their way up and down Newtown Creek.
www.thecity.nyc
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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“We are not here to save their souls we are here to save the people being hurt”/
We have to give up hope of making random people who haven't seen reason yet see reason. It won't work. We are not here to save their souls. We are here to save the people being hurt.
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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finally a good dating app
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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return of the Jedi is not possible without the receipt of the Jedi
May 12, 2023 at 2:50 AM
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if you are in need of an oxytocin boost—and who isn’t?—do yourself a favor and set aside as much time as you need to scroll through all the replies
I am having a really rough morning emotionally and would like more videos and pictures of your dogs - not just any dogs, but your dogs - in the snow.
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Bowling alleys are so cool I wish more restaurants made you change your shoes
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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“I am afraid that if people feel that I am a very special person, a sort of heroine, they may doubt whether they will do the same I once did.” - Miep Gies, who helped hide the Franks from the Nazis
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Cloning myself for The Prestige of my magic act, dropping the original me into a hot tub below stage. There are nine of me in the tub now.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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It's worth noting that the population of Minnesota is about 5.8 million, so close to 1 in 100 people in this entire amazing state showed up to say #FuckICE today
50,000+ marched against Operation Metro Surge and IN FAVOR of our neighbors in 10 Degree below weather.
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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[wiping the gunpowder from my hands] now THAT is a high-quality petard! I feel sorry for whoever ends up getting hoist by that thing!
January 24, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Quick animation of 7 frames of Jupiter from last night showing Io emerging from Jupiter's shadow. #CFF160 🔭,#Televue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. #astrophotography
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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tbh the fact that cottage cheese came from farm cottages had never acurd to me
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Hyperbole? What about a little more chillbole, bro?
January 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Not assessed. Online. Open to everyone.

If you can't read all the books no problem (I'll provide extracts)

If you can't come every week, no problem (I record my talk)

If you can't do extra work, no proble

Everyone interacts at the level they have time for.
I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!

Come and join us!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Oh man, I just realized the seed art at the State Fair this year is going to be *something*.
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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PSA: If you've got 50 bucks, you can get a huge packet of media and nominate & vote for the Hugo Awards!
January 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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One lucky break for us is "get rich guys to give you lots of money" and "be at all good at anything" seem to be opposing traits
January 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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mementos mori means always remember the freshmaker
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM