Oh I love this ghost story

THEE NWMagpie - I Don't Argue With Ppl John Brown Would've Shot@thenwmagpie.bsky.social · 19h ago

Last night I was reminded of one of the sweetest ghost stories I've read. A friend posted "Tam O'Shanter" (which I love), and it made me recall a story I found in a Time-LIFE book on ghosts. Whittingehame Castle stands in East Lothian, Scotland, and for years it was haunted by the ghost of a

This article about the new Miss America actually buoyed me. She breaks the mold and after breading it, I had a reassuring thought. We’re not going back. (Gifted) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/a...

Miss America? She’s a Dancer. The ‘Joy Bomb’ Kind. (Gift Article)

Regan Hutsell has been a Rockette, a ballet dancer and now Miss America. “Dance taught me how to be adaptable without changing the essence of who I am,” she said.

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#PPOD: Galaxies warp, stretch, and multiply across this view from NASA’s JWST. The golden galaxies belong to the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, seen as it was about 8 billion years ago. The cluster’s enormous gravity bends spacetime and distorts light... 🧪 🔭

If you‘ve studied history, you know what Trump and his fellow fascists are doing in Minnesota. They’re calling Somali Americans “garbage” and “enemy combatants“ because fascists need to create enemies and foment hate to excite their sick supporters.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

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Precisely.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...

Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Producing an Enormous Toll (Gift Article)

At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on a commuter bus in the country’s east, officials said, a day after an attack on an apartment building far behind the combat zone killed 22.

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This guy, like Trump is a sexually repressed man. They are most dangerous animals on earth.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well, gee, this certainly makes $6 per gallon diesel worth it

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Mitch McConnell is technically alive

Miracle Max: He's Only MOSTLY Dead!

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He’s so on target.

Sue Carr@scarr54.bsky.social · last mo.

Jon Ossoff: "He's trying to put his face on the money. Did you see that? He's building a monument to himself. But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now, because no one will honor him when he's gone. Because he's a failed president and a national disgrace."

i got really sick on 9/11 and actually wondered if it was psychosomatic, but now realize it was probably Cyclospora.

Pink is simply awesome.

Hen Mazzig@henmazzig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

But I thought the only ones risking their careers were those "brave enough" to speak out against Israel? You know, because we own the media? You should at least keep your stories straight, you're making my job of calling you out a little too easy.

No, do tell. 🙄 I’ve only been Black and female in America for almost 63 years, politically aware since childhood, and dismissed by too damn many white people throughout, telling me not to take things so seriously.

🕸️ ꗟ𝕦𝕤𝕖 🦇@bohemiangirl6.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Histrionics? Do you have any idea what's going on in this country? I agree with you on the horrifying historical abuse of Black persons and their strength to survive, but why dismiss the destruction of democracy as a whole?

She’s a Palestinian Muslim woman born in Israel and citizen of Israel and Italy. She’s a visiting professor at University of Miami and I think they should terminate her employment.

🐺💥LazarTagW⭕️⭕️⭕️lf💥🐺@lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PSA: Rula Jebreal is not Jewish. She is a Muslim woman from Haifa. I’m not sure what’s so confusing about this, but for people jumping on Jews over this incident? Get fucked.

Yall was ok with Mamdani’s wife posting racist tweets, Hasan Piker going on racist anti-Black rants, and dumb as a doorknob AOC asking who gets to be Black or chuckling about woke 1 nonsense so no one should surprised their fellow leftists are now calling us monkeys.

I was gone for a month with no wifi and limited cellular service. I couldn’t sign on to Bluesky once. I was able to sign in and interact on X almost every day.

Because it’s the leakers who are the danger, not the stockpile of munitions he allowed to dwindle.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3mo ago

Trump said the alleged “leakers” who said munitions stockpiles are dwindling are being “hunted down."

If I would post about a certain mideastern country and genocide, I would get a lot more reactions then if I post a tweet about American genocide, past & present, and gross human rights abuses & dehumanization of American Black and indigenous people. It’s much easier to point away & blame the other.

I mentioned this yesterday on Xwitter, but Miss Aja just gave a whole course on it here.

Miss Aja@brat2381.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧵Here we go Y’all are upset because I called out your hypocrisy about genocide. America has been thriving off of and exporting American style racism against Black Folks here to the rest of the world for 250 years. Y’all ALWAYS ignore that until it’s convenient. 2024 was a sad example of that

We will never know how deep the corruption goes in every corner of this admin, just that it was the most corrupt presidency and administration in US history.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Politico- US Interior Department staffers say they've witnessed bosses routinely shredding official documents and use disappearing Signal messages — even for mundane scheduling matters — to avoid communications being preserved, as required by the Federal Records Act. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Bear is still looking for his forever sibling!

Frodo da Pirate🏴‍☠️@xochiptx.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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She just didn’t label herself as DSA or Justice Dem so it doesn’t count.

SpryOldLorax@spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The willfully ignorant misinformation and lies that people are STILL spreading about Kamala Harris is really annoying as fuck. Harris did not swing "Hard Right" on anything. She was LITERALLY the most progressive candidate to ever run for President. This fact is really not up for debate.

They've made corruption so commonplace that this will be met with yawns and shrugs by MSM (who secretly admire the ability of Trump and his cronies to get away with it).

Corey Johnson@coreygjohnson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My latest story has some intrigue. FCC finally released Chairman Brendan Carr’s financial report for 2025 late Friday. The report states Paramount gave him tickets to the gala worth $12,390. But he and his wife sat in skybox seats that sold for $125,000 a piece. www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...

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I am sick over this. It’s an utter disaster. Gifted article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

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I’m not letting pedophile Trump and his degenerate cohorts steal my joy and gratitude, today or any day for the matter. I’m channneling #JoyfulWarrior

What do you want him to do? Blow a gasket? He’s in an entirely different branch of government.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 4mo ago

I will donate the legal maximum to any serious Dem who challenges Schumer in 2028. He has to go. This cannot be the response to a 5-4 decision on birthright. It's completely feckless.

People in "safe blue" states do not listen to me on this - they start at the damn school boards. It's how they're dismantling public ed, the DOE, and going after the teacher's unions. Trust I know what I'm talking about.

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