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Nancy Hayfield Birnes

@nancybirnes.bsky.social

Writer, editor, reader, weeder, feeder. All around nice person. https://nancyhayfield.birnes.com https://perforatedlines.substack.com https://medium.com/@nancybirnes

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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β€” the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

11.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 25568    πŸ” 7256    πŸ’¬ 408    πŸ“Œ 542
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Man 'trains' crows to attack MAGA hats in just 3 months A man has gone viral after documenting how he trained crows to target MAGA hats, sharing his months-long process and sparking fierce debate about ethics and politics

We have been given instructions

www.themirror.com/news/politic...

16.01.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

16.01.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11636    πŸ” 5287    πŸ’¬ 522    πŸ“Œ 371

Everyone has their own line in the sand ... this is mine.

11.11.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But he's just a renter! Renters are not allowed to demo a property they don't own! There oughta be a law.

23.10.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It should say "... and the Frogs are boiling mad." Soros should print up a batch.

20.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As the Epstein files inevitably leach out, and they will, the new excuse will be a corollary to that old chestnut "Too big to fail." Now it will be "Too rich to sin." πŸ€‘

19.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.

Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with palettes visible inside.

Go behind the scenes at the #InternetArchive! 🌐 Join us Tues in Richmond, CA, for Doors Open 2025 & explore how physical collections are preserved, digitized & shared.

In-Person Only!
πŸ“… Oct 21 @ 6–8 PM PT
ℹ️ & 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/1626423248...

#Wayback1T #tour

19.10.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

26.08.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 45561    πŸ” 11451    πŸ’¬ 1254    πŸ“Œ 390

We gotta get humans doing the subtitles again, the chaos out there is daft

03.08.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marie-ThΓ©rΓ¨se, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, πŸ“Έ via @pbs.org

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Holy pedos Batman!

16.07.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below When the Chicago-size iceberg drifted away, scientists seized the opportunity to study the life and geologic formations hidden below.

Dr. Patricia Esquete and Dr. Sasha Montelli join us to talk about the fascinating world researchers found on the seafloor when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica.

28.03.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 333    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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A list of things everybody should know…

25.03.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This fountain in L'Aquila was designed to look like it's pouring lava for a brief time each day when the sun hits it at just the right angle.

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²

20.03.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10695    πŸ” 1351    πŸ’¬ 231    πŸ“Œ 217
Under a bridge, an old mattress lies on the ground. On the wall behind it is painted in spray paint, a chest of drawers with a TV on top, a window with curtains, and a stand with a birdcage and bird inside. A homeless man painted this. Homelessness must end.

Under a bridge, an old mattress lies on the ground. On the wall behind it is painted in spray paint, a chest of drawers with a TV on top, a window with curtains, and a stand with a birdcage and bird inside. A homeless man painted this. Homelessness must end.

Swiped this pic from my friend, Jackie @sentenne.bsky.social, because it slammed my heart so hard, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

No one should be without shelter.
We must hold tightly to our humanity and expand our own capacity.

It’s up to the 99% of us to #EndClassWar

#SheShed

15.03.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1305    πŸ” 449    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 26
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TikTok video by Javier Camacho

This is Switzerland!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2qFsFf3/

13.03.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's where we spring forward by an hour, right? Then we stay there forevermore? Right?

19.02.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a thought for the guys in charge: How about we make this the last time we change the clocks? One last time for Springing Forward into DST. We would be so happy!

11.02.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent idea. I give them a year until they give in and use the inevitable AI, perhaps with a label.

24.01.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Who is sitting beside Barron Trump? The short guy in front of Musk and beside Usha Vance? He has the very short wife? Anyone?

20.01.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So TikTok is actually down, and the notice is thanking Trump in advance for fixing the app. I feel like I've been Rick Rolled.

19.01.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every weird or soft pick for a position in the Trump presidency can be seen as another rotten apple set to spoil the entire basket. It's the Enemy's way of conquering us. 🍎

31.12.2024 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk's transphobia really hits different when you realize that he ordered all boys via IVF.

He's worse than a bad father, he's a dissatisfied customer.

31.12.2024 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5026    πŸ” 977    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 64
Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, β€œPotato may whistle in microwave.”

Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, β€œPotato may whistle in microwave.”

for the potato fears not death

31.12.2024 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 23017    πŸ” 3775    πŸ’¬ 597    πŸ“Œ 286

Yes! Thank you. We did huge projects on those floppies, and Word Perfect is still my second favorite software of all time. The first, for me, is still HyperCard.

09.12.2024 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mis-remembered. It was on a 5 and a quarter floppy. But where did the data go?

08.12.2024 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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