MainLine Grrl

MainLine Grrl

@mainlinegrrl.bsky.social

Love working in higher education. Have rescued dogs and cats (almost all from abusive situations). Philadelphia is my home (yes, I say "wudder"). Geek, instructor, techie & accessibility advocate. Democrat. Will not follow you if all you have are reposts.

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An image that makes astronomers wax rhapsodic.

Space VFX@spacevfx.bsky.social

A cosmic iris blooms in the velvet dark, crowned by a halo of ancient, burning dust. Gravity spins these stellar embers into a radiant diadem, an eternal eye gazing out across the silent void.

Today marks one week since I had life-altering surgery. I sleep a lot but have walked more distance in the past three days than I did in the last three months pre-surgery. It's exhausting, but I'm on the right path. #Goals

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Tarrant County, Texas just closed 92 Election Day polling places. Before 2013, Texas needed federal sign-off to change how its people vote. John Roberts wrote the ruling that ended that. That’s his fingerprint on every closed door.

My pudu would be named Puddles. And I would love it and feed it and take it for walks ...

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social

San Diego Zoo Safari Park introduces Petal, a newborn Southern pudu fawn, the world's smallest deer species native to Chile and Argentina and listed as near-threatened due to hunting, deforestation, and human encroachment. IG: @sdzsafaripark

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Yep. Many Christians seem to think that any other person of a differing faith is destined to burn in Hell. In reality, many of those others are far more willing to help someone in need than a fake-ass, MAGA, Christian-in-name-only douchebag.

I've been in the hospital several days and you know what makes a good hospital a great hospital? Not the doctors. It's the nurses and the pharmacists and the phlebotomists and the cleaning staff, to name a few. I have met some lovely people who are taking care of my most basic of needs who are ⭐⭐🩺.

I have questions. They offered me the opportunity to use the bathroom prior to my getting prepped for surgery, and I came across a sign that is disturbing in two ways; who puts their hand in a toilet and why are sharp objects built into them? Cutting up poop? I demand an answer!

Sometimes I'm so ashamed of my country. And sometimes I am so so proud. I'm in the hospital linked up to machines so I can't protest in person, but man, I'm with you all in spirit. #NoKings

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

LA No Kings ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽

Glad to hear they're cancelling the televised firing squad execution. Barbarism is strong with this administration. But they'll bow to bad optics sometimes (unless the Orange One is taking the stage).

And now, take a moment to hear an ancient instrument of war played for beauty's sake.

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social

Abraham Cupeiro plays a Roman cornu, a 3-meter curved brass horn used by Roman cornicines to relay military signals, in a duet with Sabela Caamaño on pipe organ inside Galicia's Catedral de Mondoñedo. IG: @abrahamcupeiro ~ Spain instagram.com/abrahamcupei...

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So executing a valid search warrant to recover stolen classified documents at Mar-a-Lago is an “illegal, partisan witch hunt” Yet when a racist president who tried to incite a race war against Somalis and called Ilhan Omar “garbage” has DOJ raid her home for this sham, it’s supposedly acceptable

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Trump's DHS raids Rep. Omar's home because of paperwork filled out by her late father in 1995. The Trumpists are desperate. But loyalists at powerful agencies of the executive branch will obey orders. Desperation is dangerous. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Such a fun wee ring from over 2000 years ago.

Chapps@chapps.bsky.social

A fascinating little ring from the Punic necropolis on Ibiza. It depicts a bearded man in profile, but his hair and beard are composed of two birds (!), and his collar is a dolphin. 😮 The Punic inscription reads 'Belonging to Abdim'. 🏺 1/ 3rd-2nd c. BCE. #MuseoArqueológicoNacional 📸 me

Watching "The Boroughs" and enjoying it! The cast is stellar and as we only just finished episode 4 of 8, I'm still not entirely sure who all the bad guys are. But we'll find out soon.

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Navi Pillay — the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge — happened to be at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the Nobel.

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She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

I saw the headline that Pete Hegseth wanted a public execution and that's when I realized I had reached my horror saturation for the day. Made me feel physically sick.

Our president saying it's totally fine to have America attacked on its own soil and have thousands of Americans die just because they're in a blue state. He's acting like the attack would be doing us a favor. How would he feel if one of his golf courses were hit instead? Or his precious helipad?

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

And legacy media hardly blinks at this.

I present for your viewing pleasure Mr. Ernie Hudson. He is 79. He's fought off cancer multiple times. And he is lookin' good. And from all reports he is a stand-up guy. I've been a fan for eons.

One of my favorite words is "lalochezia." I practice this often. What does it mean, you ask? "The use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress, tension, or physical pain." I am seriously thinking of making a t-shirt with this important dictionary entry.

When I read "Trump's explosive diarrhea problem," my first thought is the article is about Trump's condition, not the nation's. Either way, it stinks.