Strix Varia
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Pro Democracy, Photographer, Birder, Trekkie, IDIC, 🖖🙂 “With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Jean-Luc Picard
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
The Blue Danube Waltz - 1867 You meant the 1860's, right? youtu.be/_CTYymbbEL4?...
Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz
YouTube video by Classical Music Only
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 3d agoName your fav Song from the 60s.
I'd buy really expensive ketchups for my Kraft Dinner. 🎶
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 4d agoquestion for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?
name a bit part in a film, played to perfection. Drexl Spivey played by Gary Oldman
Drexel Gary Smoking with Chopsticks
Alt: Drexel Gary Smoking with Chopsticks Gary Oldman
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 6d agoname a bit part in a film, played to perfection.
Ruin a book by adding a word. The Lord Of The Cock Rings
Turing Pest@krikalitika.bsky.social · last wk.Ruin a book by adding a word. Of Mice and Menopause
"Ann Landers is a boring, old biddy!"
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w agoName a quote from The Simpsons.
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
This scene created absolute dread and anxiety for me as a kid. I was too young to appreciate the anatomical details that the West Germans gave us on the statues. Although the existential dread was a nice change from the abject horror and depression of the Artax scene.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 2w agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
theatlantic.com
Sitting crossed-leg on the floor, two feet from the TV and getting my dopamine fix from Colecovision's Ladybug
Retro Blast 👻@retroblastpod.com · last mo.What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
theatlantic.com
Triumphantly returning from Medbed Hypersleep to cast a vote on the Rural Hospital Abolition Act. That's beautiful.
WKYT@wkyt.com · last mo.Mitch McConnell in a social media post said that he will return to the Senate floor and cast his first vote since his hospitalization in June. See more: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/14/mcconnell-confirms-he-will-return-senate-cast-first-vote-since-hospitalization/
If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."