Profile avatar
spoonbill.bsky.social
Large wading bird 🪶 Unpleasant persons blocked 🚫 Not comfortable with DMs on first acquaintance. Living on Wangal Country #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #JoinYourUnion #birds #TTRPG #ADHD
12,429 posts 1,752 followers 1,275 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

🚨Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park, both Democrats, were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer. A manhunt is currently underway. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

BORDER PATROL: “Are you an 🇺🇸 citizen?” 🔥 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN: “FIRST ONES. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us… what are you? You’re not first born. You’re not from this f*ckin’ land. Punk-as* b*tches.”

Memo from Private Eye to our broadcasters

Whoa! Huge slam on Edoras! @billcorbett.bsky.social levels of shade here.

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED, but be grateful for the BBC music documentaries that get uploaded to YouTube. #GilScott-Heron

Israel can take out an Iranian commander 1000km away with a drone missile through a single bedroom wall, without any other damage. But to target a Hamas leader a few kilometres away, they need to raze whole neighborhoods to the ground. Is it obvious yet?

Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Obama’s respectful tone toward immigrants is sorely missed. Establishing DACA in 2012 allowed over 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to live and work legally — without the constant threat of deportation.

Question for #history buffs; which Empire was comfier, Ottoman or Kushan?

#NoKings

I'm going to a protest this weekend mostly because I wanted to make this sign. @billcorbett.bsky.social and @frankconniff.bsky.social get it. #NoKings

"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.' But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...