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Katrina Wefel
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jamiedupree.bsky.social
Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center notes this was not done to honor Dolly Parton: "The timing of the use of the name Dolly for this storm is purely coincidental...The name Dolly replaced Diana after the 1990 hurricane season."
August 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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jimchines.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 300 million books to children.

In honor of her passing, I'm making my middle grade book TAMORA CARTER: GOBLIN QUEEN free through the end of the week if you use coupon code ThanksDolly at payhip.com/b/JI8X

Grab a copy for a kid who might enjoy it.
Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen (e-book)
A middle-grade fantasy from the author of the Goblin Quest trilogyOne night after roller derby practice, twelve-year-old Tamora Carter discovers a pair of goblins digging through the dumpster behind t...
payhip.com
August 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Potluck contribution
The Washington Monument in shortbread, behind a green gelatin Reflecting Pool
June 21, 2026 at 11:12 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Champaign/Urbana/etc people: TIL there's an exhibit of revolutionary war artifacts at the Champaign public library through the weekend: www.champaigncountyhistory.org/america250
AMERICA 250 IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
Welcome to our America 250 homepage, where we honor the diverse heritage of the United States and highlight local contributions from Champaign County. Here, you'll discover a treasure trove of resourc...
www.champaigncountyhistory.org
June 19, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.
Simple, direct graphic proclaims "Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores.
April 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Read. The. Alt. Text.
kalicokobold.bsky.social KalicoKobold @kalicokobold.bsky.social · Mar 27
Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹
owls-in-towels.bsky.social Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · Mar 21
A Little Owl was rescued after falling down a chimney. South Essex Wildlife Hospital reported he was "dirty and dehydrated but soon on his way back home". Want to donate to SEWH? southessexwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/555952912555... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
March 28, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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owls-in-towels.bsky.social
A Little Owl was rescued after falling down a chimney. South Essex Wildlife Hospital reported he was "dirty and dehydrated but soon on his way back home". Want to donate to SEWH? southessexwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/555952912555... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
A Little Owl is bundled in a baby blue towel on a table with an expression of malcontent. His eyes are squinted and slightly crossed, and match his waxy yellow beak in colour. He appears chinless, recessing his head into his body; eyes at the same level as his shoulders and squashed as though someone had tried resizing him in a Word document and forgot to lock the aspect ratio.
March 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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diane.dianeduane.com
...Did I mention "Danegeld" earlier in the week? "The strait is also, as of this week, a toll road. The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid."
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · Mar 22
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.

I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.

This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
no01.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
tumblr post: lesbuchanan Summer Olympics: Who can run the fastest? :) Who can swim the fastest? :) Who can do the best somersault? :) Winter Olympics: WHO CAN MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ICE SLIDE OF DEATH AND SURVIVE?? WHO CAN GET AROUND THE RINK WITHOUT GETTING THEIR HANDS SLICED OFF BY EVERYONE ELSE'S FEET BLADES?? CAN THIS GUY DO A 1080 DEGREE FLIP WITHOUT DYING?? reblog by legionoftuna Summer Triathlon: Don't run too fast, you have to save your energy for a swim and a bike ride! :) Winter Biathlon: I see you've been skiing for five miles now here's your gun
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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lalahaenzy.bsky.social
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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indivisible.org
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
(next to a crossed out Home Depot logo) “Home Depot has allowed its parking lots to become ground zero for ICE raids on immigrant day laborers, and its billionaire co-founder Bernie Marcus has funneled millions into Trump's campaigns.” (next to a crossed out Target logo) “Target, which once branded itself as the friendly, inclusive big-box store, has now scrapped its DEl goals and scaled back LGBTQ+ offerings to avoid angering the regime.” (next to a crossed out Amazon logo) “Amazon didn't just shower Trump's inauguration with cash -- Jeff Bezos' company pitched facial-recognition tools to ICE and powers the Palantir systems ICE uses to track and deport immigrants, making Amazon a core contractor for the regime's deportation machine.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Aurora from Central Illinois tonight
A rural night scene with aurora colors in the sky, prominently glowing red pillars
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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numb.comfortab.ly
I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.

bsky.app/profile/numb...

Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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cooperstreaming.bsky.social
Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:

"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Test drove a Rivian today. That was pretty awesome.
A dark green Rivian R1s, parked with driver door, front and rear hatches open
July 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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muppetwiki.com
Kermit the Frog for Earth Day
April 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
Awesome day at the "hands off" protest in Champaign Illinois
People walking and carrying protest signs People at a rally holding protest signs, including "DEI makes America great" and "expression not repression" Protesters
April 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
galactikat.bsky.social
The H Mart Grand opening in Urbana this morning was wild!
January 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
galactikat.bsky.social
For the three years we have had an aquarium, Remus has ignored it. Two days ago he suddenly became fascinated. (We had to move the chair there to keep him from scaling the wood cabinet.)
January 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM