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Mary Ruffin Hanbury

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Wife, mother, preservationist, Virginian, business owner, Aquarius, singer, voracious reader, gardener, occasional cook, animal adopter, “tweets” are mine alone

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Was AI used for the targeting that likely resulted in the bombing of the girls school?

We must have answers to that question and there is ZERO reason for delay because the Pentagon damn well already knows the answer.

06.03.2026 00:44 — 👍 2128    🔁 684    💬 106    📌 31
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 — 👍 6725    🔁 4377    💬 178    📌 214
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Sign the Petition STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room!

c.org/4XbPbMm7PK

this would be a travesty

05.03.2026 20:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 16442    🔁 5771    💬 499    📌 484

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

04.03.2026 19:03 — 👍 23204    🔁 9207    💬 1228    📌 599
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The day after an election, county boards are usually open and voters who cast provisional ballots have a chance to cure.

Yet today, Rockingham county BoE is closed. And they’ve not released any provisional ballot list for ballot cure.

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

04.03.2026 17:17 — 👍 33    🔁 14    💬 7    📌 1
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U.S. Southern Command announces U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launch operations in Ecuador On Tuesday, the U.S. Southern Command announced that U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launched a military operation against Designated Terrorist Organizations.

U.S. Southern Command announces U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launch operations in Ecuador

04.03.2026 03:42 — 👍 95    🔁 69    💬 10    📌 17

The WPA produced mountains of banger public art, priceless historical documents and infrastructure we're STILL using. Our vision of an inspirational past is 1000% better than conservative Greek bust horseshit (because it actually happened) and we should be proud of it

27.02.2026 13:26 — 👍 264    🔁 67    💬 4    📌 4

uh
UH
UHHH

03.03.2026 03:14 — 👍 324    🔁 63    💬 31    📌 4
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 — 👍 12763    🔁 6361    💬 1300    📌 4134

If this is true, things are actually worse than I thought, and I didn’t think that was possible.

03.03.2026 03:35 — 👍 227    🔁 66    💬 17    📌 5
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This statement by Marco Rubio is a thing of beauty. No notes. It can be taken exactly as is and dropped into Orwell's 1984. I believe the correct Homeric adjective for military reasoning like this is "Hell-kissed."

Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.

03.03.2026 00:55 — 👍 930    🔁 339    💬 59    📌 30
MAGA Christian nationalism
- men's rights 
- anti LGBTQ 
- anti democracy 
⁃ anti free speech 
- control education 
- ban books 
- one religion 
- pro gun 
- totally incompetent 
- no sense of humor

Iranian Islamic Principlism
- anti science 
- anti women's rights 
- anti LGBTQ 
- anti democracy 
- anti free speech 
- control education 
- ban books 
- one religion 
- pro gun 
- totally incompetent 
- no sense of humor

MAGA Christian nationalism - men's rights - anti LGBTQ - anti democracy ⁃ anti free speech - control education - ban books - one religion - pro gun - totally incompetent - no sense of humor Iranian Islamic Principlism - anti science - anti women's rights - anti LGBTQ - anti democracy - anti free speech - control education - ban books - one religion - pro gun - totally incompetent - no sense of humor

I mean.....🤷🏾

02.03.2026 16:43 — 👍 44    🔁 23    💬 4    📌 0
A picture of a woman standing next to steel bollards of children in blue and black school clothing

A picture of a woman standing next to steel bollards of children in blue and black school clothing

Are these steel bollards of children creepy, yes.

Are they doing their job, also yes.

As always. The children are the front line in pedestrianized safety.

02.03.2026 15:43 — 👍 225    🔁 47    💬 19    📌 21

The key to getting mainstream media on board with an illegal war is making them feel like an important part of it.

02.03.2026 16:44 — 👍 1672    🔁 539    💬 37    📌 10

A fantastic resource, especially if you need a break from the doomscrolling

02.03.2026 11:56 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
Yesterday these men killed four times as many elementary schoolers as the Sandy Hook shooter.

pic: Donald Trump, Bibi Netanyahu

Yesterday these men killed four times as many elementary schoolers as the Sandy Hook shooter. pic: Donald Trump, Bibi Netanyahu

02.03.2026 03:01 — 👍 213    🔁 79    💬 7    📌 5
Photo of ad for book club ad for Lost Raleigh

Photo of ad for book club ad for Lost Raleigh

Here we go!

28.02.2026 20:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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🚨Military members - Under SAVE 2.0, your military ID wouldn't be enough to register to vote.

Service members born overseas could be blocked. They're attacking those who defend our democracy.
PROTECT the right to vote for our troops.

#SaveActTaxesYourVote social.demcast.com/s/Hm7cI0ET

27.02.2026 22:49 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
A strapless ballgown consisting of a long white many layered net skirt topped with a pale blue tightly ruched strapless bodice. The top of the décolletage has an asymmetrical spray of pink silk flowers drifting to one side

A strapless ballgown consisting of a long white many layered net skirt topped with a pale blue tightly ruched strapless bodice. The top of the décolletage has an asymmetrical spray of pink silk flowers drifting to one side

A close up of the pale blue ruched bodice of the 1950s strapless ballgown by Ceil Chapman that shows the arrangement of the pink silk flowers along the neckline

A close up of the pale blue ruched bodice of the 1950s strapless ballgown by Ceil Chapman that shows the arrangement of the pink silk flowers along the neckline

All the colours of tentative spring time, pale and with a wash of blue, the hyper glam of Ceil Chapman deployed in a strapless ballgown. The skirt is a fluff of layers and the bodice wraps the torso tight with a spray of flowers peeping. Sold via #1stdibs, 1950s #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

27.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 194    🔁 32    💬 6    📌 4
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 — 👍 8160    🔁 3446    💬 159    📌 221
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These ICE THUGS are absolutely RECKLESS!
#ICELawlessness

They think nothing of dangerous car chases.

They have no regard for the public safety!

2 weeks ago on 2-16, they killed special education teacher Dr. Linda Davis in Savannah, Georgia in much the same way.

26.02.2026 21:32 — 👍 755    🔁 535    💬 50    📌 28
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Join the Archive Project’s all-star group of experts (Anthony C. Wood, Laurie Beckelman, Michael Hiller, Frampton Tolbert, Emily Kahn, Adrian Untermyer) on March 12 as we consider the intellectual underpinnings of the hardship application. Register below:

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

26.02.2026 19:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Lisa explains that ham, pork chops, and bacon all come from a pig. Homer replies, doubting, that it’s a “magical beast.”

25.02.2026 11:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of these days when the discourse is really bad, I'm going to ask what everyone's favorite Simpson's quote is and the reason why.

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

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FBI chief shown in raucous locker room celebration during Olympics trip During what his agency said was purely a business trip, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated with the U.S. men’s hockey team in Italy on Sunday.

"Eight former FBI and Justice Department officials sent MS NOW a copy of the video, which they said was drawing outrage as it rocketed around FBI and DOJ circles. " by @carolleonnig.bsky.social + @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social for @ms.now

23.02.2026 01:58 — 👍 388    🔁 162    💬 29    📌 35
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Why the FUCK is the director of the FUCKING FBI using YOUR TAXES to FLY TO ITALY so he can party with pro hockey players?!? In WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE is this ok?!

23.02.2026 01:50 — 👍 3864    🔁 930    💬 296    📌 69

“I’m just saying … bsky.app/profile/ronf...

23.02.2026 01:08 — 👍 20469    🔁 7340    💬 991    📌 422
On April 29, 1986, I stood on the corner of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles and watched black smoke pour from the windows of L.A.'s Central Library. The big library, which I loved, and in which l
wrote my first novel, was a victim not only of arson, but of years-decades-of neglect, political bickering, and short-term think-ing. Ironically, by the time of the fire, the building's long-needed renovations had finally been scheduled. This year, those ren-ovations, made all the more urgent by the fire, will be com-piete-Just in time for another, broader library crisis.
All over the country now, public libraries are in as much danger from shortsighted budget cuts, political expediency, and neglect as the old firetrap Central Library ever was from fire. The L.A.
Library fire was a metaphor for what's happening to libraries in
Some libraries have al-
ready been closed. Others have had to cut hours, staff, services, and acquisitions.
This is not sensible! We Americans of the 1990s are sending our unskilled and semiskilled jobs away to low-wage countries just as fast as we can. We're hoping that the long-term result of this will be to stimulate enough of an increase in trade to create new, better-paying jobs. Of course new workers will need more education to get those jobs, and displaced workers will need job-market information and retraining. But meanwhile, we're saving money by cutting school budgets, closing school libraries. raising university tuitions and fees, and diminishing or closing public libraries
In my most recent book, my main character, who lives in a poorer, dumber near-future time, writes,
"Intelligence is ongoing,
individual adaptability."
And
"Civilization is ... a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptability." Just so. And in the present time of great change, public libraries, like public schools are among the best tools of adaptation and civilization that our society has.
Public libraries in parti…

On April 29, 1986, I stood on the corner of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles and watched black smoke pour from the windows of L.A.'s Central Library. The big library, which I loved, and in which l wrote my first novel, was a victim not only of arson, but of years-decades-of neglect, political bickering, and short-term think-ing. Ironically, by the time of the fire, the building's long-needed renovations had finally been scheduled. This year, those ren-ovations, made all the more urgent by the fire, will be com-piete-Just in time for another, broader library crisis. All over the country now, public libraries are in as much danger from shortsighted budget cuts, political expediency, and neglect as the old firetrap Central Library ever was from fire. The L.A. Library fire was a metaphor for what's happening to libraries in Some libraries have al- ready been closed. Others have had to cut hours, staff, services, and acquisitions. This is not sensible! We Americans of the 1990s are sending our unskilled and semiskilled jobs away to low-wage countries just as fast as we can. We're hoping that the long-term result of this will be to stimulate enough of an increase in trade to create new, better-paying jobs. Of course new workers will need more education to get those jobs, and displaced workers will need job-market information and retraining. But meanwhile, we're saving money by cutting school budgets, closing school libraries. raising university tuitions and fees, and diminishing or closing public libraries In my most recent book, my main character, who lives in a poorer, dumber near-future time, writes, "Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability." And "Civilization is ... a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptability." Just so. And in the present time of great change, public libraries, like public schools are among the best tools of adaptation and civilization that our society has. Public libraries in parti…

In 1993, Octavia E. Butler wrote a defense of public libraries.

“Public libraries in particular are the open universities of America. They're free; they're accessible to everyone… I'm a writer at least partly because I had access to public libraries.“

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