A Shiny Blue Thing Collected By A Bird
@shinybluething.bsky.social
Ugly bird girl.
Angry. Parent. Artist. Nonbinary, She/Her.
Not anyone of note. Cat pictures happen here. I block image scrapers.
Basically a chubby trash panda with anxiety, autism, untreated ADHD and a couple chronic diseases. You've been warned.
Angry. Parent. Artist. Nonbinary, She/Her.
Not anyone of note. Cat pictures happen here. I block image scrapers.
Basically a chubby trash panda with anxiety, autism, untreated ADHD and a couple chronic diseases. You've been warned.
Pinned
People who are following me and have fundraisers: I do not have any money to spare, that's why I've had a little fundraiser to help pay for taking basic care of some street cats who live under my porch.
My roof leaks, my car is 22 years old. I don't have anything to give you but cat photos.
My roof leaks, my car is 22 years old. I don't have anything to give you but cat photos.
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it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
Forgot to eat until dinner today so I ate an apple while I was cooking.
That apple was the best fucking thing I've ever tasted.
That apple was the best fucking thing I've ever tasted.
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Forgot to eat until dinner today so I ate an apple while I was cooking.
That apple was the best fucking thing I've ever tasted.
That apple was the best fucking thing I've ever tasted.
More ice holes falling on ice, please, accompanied by crowds of people mocking them!
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
More ice holes falling on ice, please, accompanied by crowds of people mocking them!
Trying to go to bed but cats are happening because it's cold
January 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Trying to go to bed but cats are happening because it's cold
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As someone who went to an Episcopalian high school, I can’t express how crazy you have to act to get them to start with this sort of rhetoric
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
As someone who went to an Episcopalian high school, I can’t express how crazy you have to act to get them to start with this sort of rhetoric
Just ate the most massive salad. it was breakfast and lunch.
Popcorn bowl full of lettuce, red onion, avocado (bought some, no hoarding them), nuts, sunflower seeds, a bit of shredded cheese, feta, greek yogurt, soy sauce, lime juice, flaxseeds, chia seeds, pepper and everything bagel seasoning.
Popcorn bowl full of lettuce, red onion, avocado (bought some, no hoarding them), nuts, sunflower seeds, a bit of shredded cheese, feta, greek yogurt, soy sauce, lime juice, flaxseeds, chia seeds, pepper and everything bagel seasoning.
January 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Just ate the most massive salad. it was breakfast and lunch.
Popcorn bowl full of lettuce, red onion, avocado (bought some, no hoarding them), nuts, sunflower seeds, a bit of shredded cheese, feta, greek yogurt, soy sauce, lime juice, flaxseeds, chia seeds, pepper and everything bagel seasoning.
Popcorn bowl full of lettuce, red onion, avocado (bought some, no hoarding them), nuts, sunflower seeds, a bit of shredded cheese, feta, greek yogurt, soy sauce, lime juice, flaxseeds, chia seeds, pepper and everything bagel seasoning.
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Heart hoard pre-orders are open! Get your glass hearts! They start at $25. nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are a help!!
Shares are a help!!
January 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Heart hoard pre-orders are open! Get your glass hearts! They start at $25. nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are a help!!
Shares are a help!!
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Obviously, lobotomies are cruel, but what about the reverse? What if we gave people more brain matter???
(Lightning illuminates my lab and thunder crashes behind me as I load some brains into a caulk gun and advance menacingly towards a hapless tech ceo)
(Lightning illuminates my lab and thunder crashes behind me as I load some brains into a caulk gun and advance menacingly towards a hapless tech ceo)
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Obviously, lobotomies are cruel, but what about the reverse? What if we gave people more brain matter???
(Lightning illuminates my lab and thunder crashes behind me as I load some brains into a caulk gun and advance menacingly towards a hapless tech ceo)
(Lightning illuminates my lab and thunder crashes behind me as I load some brains into a caulk gun and advance menacingly towards a hapless tech ceo)
Did the discord survey. Do the discord survey.
January 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Did the discord survey. Do the discord survey.
The video released today that seems to show what happened from the murderer's POV sure looks like she was killed because he didn't like what her wife said.
He punished the woman he was angry at by killing her wife in front of her.
Murderer.
He punished the woman he was angry at by killing her wife in front of her.
Murderer.
January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The video released today that seems to show what happened from the murderer's POV sure looks like she was killed because he didn't like what her wife said.
He punished the woman he was angry at by killing her wife in front of her.
Murderer.
He punished the woman he was angry at by killing her wife in front of her.
Murderer.
I got babysitting money, usually as an IOU, starting when I was 6.
I was caring for an infant.
I was caring for an infant.
Y’all didn’t get an allowance as a kid?!?
January 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I got babysitting money, usually as an IOU, starting when I was 6.
I was caring for an infant.
I was caring for an infant.
Today I'm dying my hair, touching up the blue streaks, and leaving the house.
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Today I'm dying my hair, touching up the blue streaks, and leaving the house.
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I'm not even joking about knitting and letterpress and weaving and friends being the next evolutionary step for digital humanities tech. #DHmakes
2006 Me: Holy shit, are you me from the future?
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I'm not even joking about knitting and letterpress and weaving and friends being the next evolutionary step for digital humanities tech. #DHmakes
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ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
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To copy over a thread about music that moves my soul:
During the Civil War, there was a prison at Andersonville Georgia. It was for prisoners of war.
It was also a death camp. A pit, where the confederacy threw men to die.
During the Civil War, there was a prison at Andersonville Georgia. It was for prisoners of war.
It was also a death camp. A pit, where the confederacy threw men to die.
December 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM
To copy over a thread about music that moves my soul:
During the Civil War, there was a prison at Andersonville Georgia. It was for prisoners of war.
It was also a death camp. A pit, where the confederacy threw men to die.
During the Civil War, there was a prison at Andersonville Georgia. It was for prisoners of war.
It was also a death camp. A pit, where the confederacy threw men to die.
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
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I've been thinking of this every day for months and months.
Every time they stop a bus.
Every time they drag a woman screaming from a car.
Every time they shoot someone with rubber bullets, or gas a group of people for refusing to turn away.
Every time they shoot someone with any bullets.
Every time they stop a bus.
Every time they drag a woman screaming from a car.
Every time they shoot someone with rubber bullets, or gas a group of people for refusing to turn away.
Every time they shoot someone with any bullets.
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I've been thinking of this every day for months and months.
Every time they stop a bus.
Every time they drag a woman screaming from a car.
Every time they shoot someone with rubber bullets, or gas a group of people for refusing to turn away.
Every time they shoot someone with any bullets.
Every time they stop a bus.
Every time they drag a woman screaming from a car.
Every time they shoot someone with rubber bullets, or gas a group of people for refusing to turn away.
Every time they shoot someone with any bullets.
Here is a photo of the Poob all cuddled under the electric blanket today.
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Here is a photo of the Poob all cuddled under the electric blanket today.
1973-74, mom and I lived in Donegal.
We took a bus to a bigger town, I don't know why. I was 3.
The road looped over the border. We were stopped by men with guns, in fatigues. Forced off the bus.
Women to one side of the bus, men to the other. Barked orders, the sounds of beatings.
1/3
We took a bus to a bigger town, I don't know why. I was 3.
The road looped over the border. We were stopped by men with guns, in fatigues. Forced off the bus.
Women to one side of the bus, men to the other. Barked orders, the sounds of beatings.
1/3
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
1973-74, mom and I lived in Donegal.
We took a bus to a bigger town, I don't know why. I was 3.
The road looped over the border. We were stopped by men with guns, in fatigues. Forced off the bus.
Women to one side of the bus, men to the other. Barked orders, the sounds of beatings.
1/3
We took a bus to a bigger town, I don't know why. I was 3.
The road looped over the border. We were stopped by men with guns, in fatigues. Forced off the bus.
Women to one side of the bus, men to the other. Barked orders, the sounds of beatings.
1/3
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I don't like the death squads
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I don't like the death squads
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There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.
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Fleeing this country is a fantasy founded on privilege to me, you have to have money & not be disabled to leave, also people plan on leaving to live comfy gated lives among other Americans abroad as ex-pats. Sometimes hard times come to where you live & there's no way but through them.
People are telling me that I should leave the country. "You're trans, and you're a target," they say. I've been told multiple times that it's stupid to stay.
But I've said before that I'm not going anywhere. If it comes to it, we'll get Mercy to someplace (relatively) safe. But I'm staying.
But I've said before that I'm not going anywhere. If it comes to it, we'll get Mercy to someplace (relatively) safe. But I'm staying.
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Fleeing this country is a fantasy founded on privilege to me, you have to have money & not be disabled to leave, also people plan on leaving to live comfy gated lives among other Americans abroad as ex-pats. Sometimes hard times come to where you live & there's no way but through them.
We can SEE them doing crimes. Murders. Rapes. Theft on every scale.
They know we can see them.
They don't care.
They know we can see them.
They don't care.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We can SEE them doing crimes. Murders. Rapes. Theft on every scale.
They know we can see them.
They don't care.
They know we can see them.
They don't care.
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Men are gazing into the orb to relax, consulting with Grima Wormtongue when they have questions, and defending Sauron's All-Seeing Eye: "if you're not doing anything that would upset the Dark Lord, then you have nothing to worry about!"
I now firmly believe Trump’s handlers are constantly showing him AI slop content - created to support those handlers own individual, often-clashing agendas.
GenAI companies have created Grima Wormtongue as a service.
GenAI companies have created Grima Wormtongue as a service.
January 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Men are gazing into the orb to relax, consulting with Grima Wormtongue when they have questions, and defending Sauron's All-Seeing Eye: "if you're not doing anything that would upset the Dark Lord, then you have nothing to worry about!"
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big day for redacted thoughts
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
big day for redacted thoughts