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Leslie Bockol

@lesliebockol.bsky.social

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Reader, writer, Jersey girl, political junkie

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Benjamin Dreyer

@bcdreyer.social

Perseus regarding the Medusa in his shiny shield except me following the speech on Bluesky while listening to Sophie Tucker and Mildred Bailey.

March 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM

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Ben Collins

@bencollins.bsky.social

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

February 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Leslie Bockol

@lesliebockol.bsky.social

Remember marveling that she danced right through it?
youtu.be/6r6vnSR0wbI?...

Myanmar Dance Workout during the military coup | Full video

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February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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Amy Wilson

@amywilson.bsky.social

Hey! In case it becomes helpful anytime soon, here is the Deportation Defense Manual by Make the Road NY. And if it doesn’t become important — no worries! Just, you know, if you feel like checking it out and stuff!!!!

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maketheroadny.org

January 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM

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Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (she/her)

@petrana.bsky.social

Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...

A screenshot of Maggie Smith's "Good Bones"
Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Leslie Bockol

@lesliebockol.bsky.social

Put it on repeat, volume turned up to 11.

Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · Jan 20

Here's how to cover things that are illegal:

(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not

Truth sandwich, extra mustard

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jan 20

Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

January 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM