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she/her ๐Ÿ“š Reader: mystery, true crime, sci-fi, reading diversely ๐ŸŽจ Art journaler and former poet ๐Ÿ”ฎ Tarot card collector ๐Ÿฆ„ Perimenopausal mom & educator still figuring my ๐Ÿ’ฉ out

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Mystery movies at my local #ClassicCinemas: you pay $6/ticket & you see a movie not knowing the title or summary. It could be anything! We saw #OhHi #OhHiMovie which is hysterical & scary. The cast is incredible. I would never have picked this movie from the description, but I'm so glad I saw it.

10.07.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My 13-year old is at sleep away camp for the next MONTH & I'm enjoying all the things: a mystery movie at our local theater (more in the commenfs), a minor league baseball game w/friends & spending 1.5 hours chatting with a friend w/o worrying about getting home on time. This is glorious.

10.07.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is officially horrifying.

09.07.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And there's my brain, broken.

07.07.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
HOW IT HAPPENS

I want to staple
myself to a passing cloud
so I am blameless for war.

HOW IT HAPPENS I want to staple myself to a passing cloud so I am blameless for war.

Victoria Chang โ˜๏ธ

@victoriachang.bsky.social
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

06.07.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

03.07.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30434    ๐Ÿ” 10098    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 564

Wonโ€™t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital

Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, weโ€™ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.

03.07.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7912    ๐Ÿ” 1997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 129    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

I wanted to see mine too. I built the dang thing- I wanted to see it.

26.06.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know that saying the F-word in public is the least-worst thing he's ever done in his life. I'm just noting the hypocrisy for posterity. The media will either ignore it. His base will love it & say he's an everyman.

24.06.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a "complete and total" ceasefire between Israel and Iran will go into force with a view to ending the conflict between the two nations.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

24.06.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On August 28, 2014, Barack Obama wore a tan suit to a press conference & it was scandalous. Now, we have a twice-impeached, convicted felon, accused sex pest president who just swore while talking to the press. The Reuters article (in the comments) doesn't even remark on the swearing. Unreal.

24.06.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

48 and... well, I like myself more and care less about what other people think of me.

23.06.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In my field (Career Development), using AI effectively is complicated by the cycle of companies using AI to screen applications & applicants trying to outsmart them with the right keyword combination. Applicants apply to 100s of jobs, necessitating companies to use AI to screen applications.

20.06.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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20.06.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The at home assassination of a state lawmaker should be getting a bigger reaction from the President than someone throwing a rock at a Tesla dealership.

19.06.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25673    ๐Ÿ” 5913    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 587    ๐Ÿ“Œ 193

new ArtsWatch dropping soon with resources and call scripts to yell at your Senator if they (like Oregonโ€™s @jeff-merkley.bsky.social) sit on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which will be making recommendations Monday June 23 on the budget which proposes to eliminate arts & culture agencies

18.06.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

heads up to anyone in these states, your Senator is on the same committee and you can use the same toolkit

DEMOCRATS
Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member (Oregon)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jon Ossoff (Georgia)

18.06.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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13.06.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1165    ๐Ÿ” 347    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.

This is a horrifying moment in our nationโ€™s history.

12.06.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35001    ๐Ÿ” 8189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2024    ๐Ÿ“Œ 528

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciaryโ€™s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has โ€œoversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.โ€

12.06.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21673    ๐Ÿ” 7523    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 670    ๐Ÿ“Œ 392
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Senator Alex Padilla of California was removed by force from Kristi Noemโ€™s presser and handcuffed for his free speech. This is what a fascist regime does that rejects the laws of the US. It should horrify every American. Letโ€™s stop pretending we are approaching authoritarian rule. We are there.

12.06.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2813    ๐Ÿ” 907    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

We had an Apple IIe when I was about 7 or 8. There was a game where you led a guy through an adventure, based on simple commands. If you told the man to shit, he would crouch down like he was pooping. Endless hours of fun.

12.06.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œFocus on the people getting hurt. Thatโ€™s who matters most.โ€ ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Hold onto your humanity, and realize a majority of us have more in common with the ones being hurt than the ones wielding the power. Fight for one another, and take care of one another. Itโ€™s the only way we win.

11.06.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#Boom I loved this episode on the first watch & I love it now. #NcutiGatwa brings such a rich performance, while being perfectly still. It has the #DoctorWho anti-war elements, with a peek at the capitalist war machine, 3000 year in the future. Millie Gibson comes into her own too. Grade: A

08.06.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Doctor Who' is about possibility. Ncuti Gatwa's role embodied that Until recently, the long-running British show was too often content with iteration. Actor Ncuti Gatwa brought an unapologetic queerness to the character of the Doctor.

Until recently, the long-running British show was too often content with iteration. Actor Ncuti Gatwa brought an unapologetic queerness to the character of the Doctor.

07.06.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 487    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]:โ€Š26โ€Š and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.

Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]:โ€Š26โ€Š and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.

06.06.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9871    ๐Ÿ” 1859    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152

Forgot my grade: B+

04.06.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#TheDevilsChord If you go into this season expecting Serious SciFi, you won't be happy. Surrender to camp. While I don't love the visual effects here, #JinxMonsoon is fire as Maestro, God of Music. I'm digging Ruby, but I'm already pre-disappointed with the arc about the search for her birth mother.

04.06.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with his eyes closed is wearing a striped shirt and a necklace from disney + Alt: Ncuti Gatwa as thr 15th Doctor Who, on board a baby-manned space station. He's looking very confused and exclaiming "What?!".

#SpaceBabies Just no. Again, love the element of storytelling, love the energy of the Doctor, Ruby, & Jocelyn Sancerre #GoldaRoshuevel And the Doctor mentions the Rani when explaining his name, so RTD had a "plan". But talking babies are always weird & creepy, especially w/ CGI talking. Grade: D

03.06.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#TheChurchOnRubyRoad : 15's 1st standalone episode. It's not awful. I can now see the throughline of stories & languages, with the coincidences & how the Doctor learns the language of the rope. The Doctor & Ruby have a great connection. But I will never forgive singing goblins. #DoctorWho Grade: C

03.06.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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