skimpole

skimpole

@skimpole.bsky.social

Wife, mother, nerd, feminist, uncomfortably white proud humanist history buff, poet, gamer, random hobbyist The more I live the less I understand, but I keep trying I would like to think it is not my fault. But it is my responsibility.

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Meanings of the word for November in various languages ▪️ Leaf fall (Czech) ▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe) ▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami) ▪️ Wind slender (Navajo) ▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona) ▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh) ▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik) ▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai) ▪️ Death month (Finnish)

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jail, he has to go to jail

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

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What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC. My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.

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"The White House stopped using live ASL interpreters at briefings and other public events when President Trump began his second term in January." Not surprisingly, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's "fvck those deaf people" attitude isn't acceptable.

NPR@npr.org

The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump. n.pr/43W4f6r

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Can people stop pretending 2024 delivered Trump and the GOP a cultural mandate now? People voted out the incumbent party because of inflation. That was it. Then Trump proceeded to abuse his power and raise prices while enriching himself and his friends. Americans are pissed.

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Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin. How times change.

404 Media@404media.co

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown. The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

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We only rate dogs. This is spaghetti con salsiccia. Obviously has the noodles and the sausage, but is notably missing sauce. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 13/10 (IG: futrinka_tacsko)

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Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

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Yes, I'm sure that the Republican voters *in Mississippi* who helped flip 3 seats from red to blue were all ecstatic about inflation, losing their healthcare benefits, watching the president tear down the White House and seeing him attend lavish parties while they couldn't afford Ramen noodles

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

LISA McCLAIN: Voter turnout from Republicans was not high. But I think part of that reason is because Republicans for the most part are happy with what's happening TAPPER: Using that argument, your voters could be so happy that Democrats retake the House next year

Let's make America a historical anachronism again! Stream power: the Titanic was a beauty. Nukes: height of 1950s power cachet, can't be a superpower without a lot of them War crimes and murder on the high seas: you know, like a pirate, but with bad hair and no charisma

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A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

Daniel Connerton@lordnad.bsky.social

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

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Was Brett Favre somehow involved?

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app

20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes “Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...

I just watched Sean Penn's The Pledge and it was so much more than I was expecting as in it was fucking brilliant in achieving verisimilitude in moral ambiguity in the pursuit of evil and the dirty of fulfilling an oath in which one's own morality, honor, and reputation are sacrificed without a

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BREAKING: Sean Greyson, a 30 year old white male police officer, has been convicted of second-degree murder for the cold blooded murder of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who dialed 911 for help. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan 29, 2026.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Consider what Republicans would’ve done if Joe Biden chose to let 42 million Americans starve instead of taking all possible steps to fund SNAP bsky.app/profile/axid...

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)@axidentaliberal.bsky.social

It is a choice to give Argentina a $40 billion bailout It is a choice to use ICE in a way which terrorizes US citizens It is a choice to tear down the East Wing of the White House and spend $350 million on a ballroom Just as it is a choice to starve 42 million Americans by refusing to fund SNAP

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“Why not ask Congress for a declaration of war on the cartels?” TRUMP: “We’re just gonna kill people bringing drugs into our country. We’re gonna kill them.” Again: Not legal. (Also, not moral — There has been no real confirmation the dozens killed are even drug runners)

We are not in such sad shape that the only viable option is a Nazi tattooed recovering hate monkey who may or may not be recovering. Maybe we don't need to fight for the white young men in love with hate demographic. Stand up, do not become shit to appeal to the gutter.

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I think we all know there's only one way this will end. With you on the run from the library detectives in a stolen hovercraft, and the skull of Agatha Christie grinning madly on the seat by your side.

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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

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Epstein Ballroom. That's what it is.

Dave Jorgenson@davejorgenson.bsky.social

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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$40 billion to bailout Argentina $250 million for a White House ballroom Who knows how much wasted to deploy the National Guard where there’s no need But the Agriculture Department says there’s no money for SNAP-which feeds 42 million Americans The Trump administration doesn’t care if we all die

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Abrams: The destination this nation was built on was a nation that sees all and serves all and stands for all. That's the destination. And yet we are living in a moment where ethno-fascists are in charge of the government…