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Moine Michelle

@moinem.bsky.social

Writer, mushroom and native plant lover, and forest walker. Ask me about Chihuahuas, Shiba Inus, my super tenor ukulele, or that cranky newspaper man.

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History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”

Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”

History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

18.02.2025 17:16 — 👍 16342    🔁 2004    💬 375    📌 80
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FBI cancels community outreach programs for seniors

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What an absolute pleasure to have hosted Ryan Skinnell for a Zoom talk on teaching public rhetoric in the second era of Trump. About 130 folks signed up--college and K-12 educators and concerned community members.

Here's what I know: WE SHOW UP, even when we are terrified, pissed, and uncertain.

16.02.2025 16:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is simply a pleasure to be your student. I learn so much about the subject AND teaching with thoughtful, energizing skill. Always well thought out, always practical, theoretical, *useful*, and welcoming, with strong and well articulated boundaries for the shared-space. <3

16.02.2025 15:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I am sometimes tempted to grind them all into a fine powder, so we can snort them, because my bog witch self cannot help saying the quiet part out loud.

16.02.2025 15:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A few years ago, I went to a concert wearing a red, full length leather coat that was likely made in 2010. A gorgeous, fresh-faced twenty-something petted the arm and purred to me, "Oh I bet you've had this coat for aaaaages."

Ummmm. . .

16.02.2025 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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January 6th ... the board game? Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

16.02.2025 15:38 — 👍 633    🔁 101    💬 89    📌 42
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview The government efficiency group also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.

Elon Musk's DOGE is demanding secrecy and wants to be notified of any attempts at oversight and requests for documents

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A digital image of text titled "the grief survey." The text consists of fragmented phrases describing relationships and emotions associated with grief. The first section lists different roles a lost person may have held, such as "my father," "my sister," "my soulmate," and "my twin." The second section expresses emotions and states of being, including "shocked," "shattered," "numb," "desperately lonely," "heartbroken," "angry," and "a continual November." At the bottom, the text includes "hannaheve.substack.com." The text is in a simple black serif font on a white background.

A digital image of text titled "the grief survey." The text consists of fragmented phrases describing relationships and emotions associated with grief. The first section lists different roles a lost person may have held, such as "my father," "my sister," "my soulmate," and "my twin." The second section expresses emotions and states of being, including "shocked," "shattered," "numb," "desperately lonely," "heartbroken," "angry," and "a continual November." At the bottom, the text includes "hannaheve.substack.com." The text is in a simple black serif font on a white background.

the first two paragraphs of my poem, "the grief survey," which phrases from 235 responses to "Experiences of Grief: A Phenomenological Survey" by @griefyork.bsky.social

weaving this together was a spiritual experience.
read the whole thing on Substack:

open.substack.com/pub/hannahev...

10.02.2025 15:39 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Teaching in the Second Era of Trump with Dr. Ryan Skinnell Friday, February 14, 2025 1:00 PM EST

english.gmu.edu/events/16594

10.02.2025 13:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This talk is coming up on Friday. Link for registration in first comment.

10.02.2025 13:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Loving this layering affect. (I add in prayers and offerings to the spirits of the land and house to build my relationships there--I never presume, but always hope good neighbors may be more likely to work pro-actively and protectively with one another.)

10.02.2025 13:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A castle and moat are in the background. In the foreground, a headline says "Building Better Defenses"

A castle and moat are in the background. In the foreground, a headline says "Building Better Defenses"

New blog this morning!

"Some of my magical brethren have referred to my home as a “magical bunker” ... Full credit to the spirits I live with – some of that is their doing. But some of it is also a very long habit of high-test protection magic. Which brings me to the present moment."

#WitchSky

10.02.2025 12:14 — 👍 41    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 1
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More of this, America.

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Abracadabra: The Magick of Lady Gaga’s Spellbinding New Single A Pop Invocation for the New Aeon & The Power of Speaking Words Into Reality

#WitchSky #OccultSky #LadyGaga #Abracadabra

08.02.2025 01:21 — 👍 100    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 3

I work for The Weather Company, which has a much used cellphone app for the weather, provides aviation weather services, and much more. We stand on the backs of giants, relying on information from the National Weather Service for what we do. Harming the NWS will harm us and many other businesses.

07.02.2025 14:45 — 👍 732    🔁 151    💬 16    📌 8
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Oops 😬

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"And then we'll have a white guy with a shaved head wearing a brown shirt block the way..."

"Come on, Bob, no one will believe that part of the script. Dial it down."

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Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”

Musk and his coup are very unpopular. People who oppose it have much to gain.
newrepublic.com/article/1911...

06.02.2025 11:50 — 👍 3090    🔁 906    💬 87    📌 47
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BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!

Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

06.02.2025 14:54 — 👍 23594    🔁 6043    💬 1993    📌 879

Rather than magick on a national level, my guidance has been to focus on the soul of the land of our towns, states and regions, with the intention of cleansing, protection and blessing amid chaos. State birds, flowers, and minerals can be helpful allies to call on.

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This talk is coming up on F, February 14th, 1pm est.

Pls DM for reg link.

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Perfectly captured.

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The Summer '25 Writing Retreat will be held July 31st to August 3rd at The Inn at Lost River--a beautiful historic inn that won the "Best BnB" at West Virginia Living in 2024. Join us for writing, shared meals, afternoon trips to swim or hike (optional), and community.

All writers welcome!

01.02.2025 01:20 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Teaching in the Second Era of Trump with Dr. Ryan Skinnell Friday, February 14, 2025 1:00 PM EST

I'm pleased to announce this upcoming talk (via Zoom) at George Mason University. Friday, February 14, 1pm.

Click the link for registration info:

english.gmu.edu/events/16594

29.01.2025 21:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Monarch Butterflies Are Recommended for Protected Status in U.S. They would become the most commonly seen species to receive federal protection if the proposal is adopted.

U.S. wildlife officials proposed on Tuesday that monarch butterflies receive protection as a threatened species.

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“Dagger Through the Heart”: Ex-Capitol Officer Slams Trump’s Election Former Officer Harry Dunn torched Donald Trump avoiding all accountability.

Just shy of 75 million Americans voted against a second Donald Trump presidency—but the Capitol police officers who stood between the forty-fifth president’s supporters and Congress on January 6, 2021, are especially aggrieved.

newrepublic.com/post/189245/...

11.12.2024 17:37 — 👍 640    🔁 167    💬 15    📌 10

One day, your skull will be as empty as a conch shell on a fence post,
full of wind and gentle quiet.

Today, it’s a cauldron of ghosts.
Flesh and electricity.
Water and memory.
A machine that makes reality.

Now. Here. Your skull is the garden where fact flowers into meaning.

07.12.2024 18:11 — 👍 171    🔁 49    💬 7    📌 1

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