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This is basically what I feel like all the time now

It's the birthday of the writer who said, “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1896. #BookSky #WriterSky #History #BOTD

On this day in 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt designated Devil’s Tower in Wyoming the country’s first national monument. #History #OTD #Environment #Conservation #EnvironmentalProtection

This is bigger than big. Huntington's caused the death of Woody Guthrie. It's a terrible disease, with symptoms similar to those with Parkinson's, dementia, and ALS - and Huntington's is a killer, like ALS. Any progress in ameliorating Huntington's is a monumental step forward for humanity. Yay.

On September 24, 1906, the city of Atlanta was convulsed by mobs of white people violently attacking Black people. #History #OTD #Racism #Racist #Hate

On this day in 1890, the president of the (Mormon) Church of Latter Day Saints, claimed he had a vision compelling him to issue a manifesto banning polygamy. The “vision” was well-timed. #History #OTD #Polygamy #LDS #Mormon #Religion

On this day in 1869, gold panic gripped the United States. It was a financial crisis caused by a scheme to manipulate the price of gold. Two financiers, Jay Gould and James Fisk, wanted to corner the gold market. Their plan was complex, but it worked. #EconSky #History #OTD

If a thumb grew ears and became a Nazi.

Tesla dropped from 47% of the Canadian EV market to 8% in just a couple years cdn.ihsmarkit.com/www/prot/pdf...

A good line in the NYTimes: The odds that this speaker will move to thwart the electoral desires of this president are roughly the same as those of Pam Bondi posting all of the Epstein files on Bluesky.

It is the birthday of the musician who wrote, “I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own.” American singer-songwriter and guitarist Ani DiFranco was born on this day in 1970. #MusicSky #WriterSky #BOTD

It is the birthday of the musician who sang, “Sprung from cages on Highway 9, chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line.” Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice of the American everyman, Bruce Springsteen was born to run on this day in 1949. #MusicSky #EveryGuy #BOTD

It is the birthday of the musician who wrote, “I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my heart. Like my blood.” Singer-songwriter, pianist, and American icon, Ray Charles was born on this day in 1930. #MusicSky #Boogie-Woogie #BOTD

Banning books they never read, and blaming drugs they can't pronounce.

It is the birthday in 1867, of American folklorist and musicologist John Lomax. #Archivist #MusicSky #Musicology #BookSky #WriterSky #History #BOTD

About yesterday's pronouncement on Tylenol and autism:

On this day in 1905, the nations of Norway and Sweden signed the Karlstad Treaty, which dissolved the union of the two countries. It was a coup by technicality. #History #OTD

Kimmel’s back. The gop is fighting among themselves. Feels like something cracked and the faintest light is getting in.

rfk jr’s bathroom medicine cabinet

It is the birthday of the musician who wrote, “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.” American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and trailblazer Joan Jett was born on this day in 1958. #MusicSky #BOTD #Punk #ILoveRockAndRoll

It is the birthday of British activist Eric Baker. A life-long pacifist, Baker met legal advocate Peter Benenson and began talking about politics and ethics. #History #OTD #PrisonerOfConscience #AmnestyInternational

As a member of team pro-vasectomy, nothing compares to the scent of the vas deferens being cauterized. It smells like... Victory. 🫠

It is the birthday in 1762 of Canadian diarist, author, and painter Elizabeth Simcoe. She kept a detailed journal of life in Canada with her husband and their 11 children. #WriterSky #BookSky #History #BOTD

On this day in 1862, U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln released his preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation. It offered the Confederate states a choice: end the war of secession and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, or the Union will free the slaves and end slavery in rebel states. #OTD

On this day in 1692, seven women and one man were executed for witchcraft in the town of Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. These were the last people murdered by the town in the wave of mass hysteria that led to the accusations of witchcraft in Salem. #History #OTD #Xenophobia #Hysteria #Hate

I need a substitute teacher to wheel a TV in from the hallway for the rest of 2025 please

It's the birthday of author H. G. Wells, who wrote this 130 years ago, which seems >remarkably< prescient:

If it's important to Tammy, it's important to me. And there's a really good chance it's important to lots of us here on BlueSky. If you have a moment, check it out. Thanks

It is the birthday of the author who wrote, “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” American writer Stephen King was born on this day in 1947. #BookSky #WriterSky #Horror #BOTD

More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

This is so important! If xitter, f*c*book, and the other hateful social media platforms were to follow Jay's/BlueSky's openness, users wouldn't be at each other's throats - as much. This is the way. And those fuckers could do this at ANY time!

It is the birthday of the musician who wrote, “I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think a pessimist is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.” Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen was born on this day in 1934. #MusicSky #BOTD #HowTheLightGetsIn

There are so many wonderful aspects of @iquitcigs.bsky.social: -real encouragement to quit smoking -real reasons to do so -real resistance to the orange skid mark -really good photography of really beautiful places I hope you follow the account.

I love everything about this, right down to the Blue(Sky) butterfly. #BlueSky 🦋

So... we CAN regulate algorithms of social media sites... Interesting. Wonder how this will be received by musk, zuck, and the other parasitical ass wipes currently using social media to pit people against each other. Looking forward to an actual Congress imposing this regulation on them.

It is the birthday of the illustrator who wrote, “Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.” American writer, producer, and director Chuck Jones was born on this day in 1912. #BOTD

It is the birthday, in 1902, of English publisher Allen Lane. He and his brothers founded Penguin Books, bringing great books to market in the far less expensive paperback format. The origin story begins with a visit to Agatha Christie in 1934. #BookSky #History #OTD #Penguincubator

It is the birthday of the novelist who wrote, “We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.” English author H. G. Wells was born on this day in 1866. #BookSky #WriterSky #History #BOTD

On this day in 1780, during the American Revolutionary War against the British, the friend that General George Washington entrusted with command of West Point betrayed the colonists by giving plans of the fort to the British. #History #OTD #RevolutionaryWar

Even though they’ve been busting their asses to find a connection,

‘If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it.’ - Dan Gilroy deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

These two posts, together, make it painfully obvious: You and I aren't allowed to tell the truth, but the orange skid mark isn't capable of telling the truth. He can constantly - and without consequence - reveal his own bottomless stupidity. 'Idiocracy' would be an improvement.

It's Upton Sinclair's birthday: a good day to take action against the revolting things we want to change. You can always write about it, like Sinclair did:

It is the birthday of the author who wrote, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” American novelist and critic, Upton Sinclair was born on this day in 1878. #BookSky #WriterSky #History #BOTD

On this day in 2011, the U.S. military ended its policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” It had been a half measure, allowing gay men and women to serve in the nation’s armed forces, but only if they kept their sexual orientation a secret. This change meant they could serve openly. #LGBT #History

On this day in 1973, female tennis star Billie Jean King beat male tennis star Bobby Riggs in a Houston, Texas tennis match called the Battle of the Sexes. #History #OTD #Texas #Tennis #GenderWar #BattleOfTheSexes

On this day in the year 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set sail on what would become the first time people would travel entirely around the world. #History #OTD