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Seldom Seen Smith
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Environmentally mindful, consciously uncolonizing, guerrilla gardening, kitchen concocting, TR parenting, pensioneering, friendly neighborhood heathen
Thought at 19:54 I succumbed to the “Little Drummer Boy” #littledrummerboychallenge
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We're on day 10 of the #RepublicanShutdown, and it has now been 21 days since Mike Johnson last called a vote in the House. I'm ready to work for the #FightingFifth and the American people, and to negotiate in good faith to reopen the government AND secure affordable health care.
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I would rather have someone wrapped in the Constitution burning a flag….than someone wrapped in the flag burning the Constitution!
August 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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CA just blew the lid off: 1.5 million pages of police misconduct and use-of-force records from 700 agencies and 12,000 cases. It exposes a system soaked in violence where police brutalize the people they’re sworn to protect. The receipts? Right here:
laist.com/news/crimina...
August 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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For me, it's a metaphor for what's going on in the US and the world at large--the things that are noble or beautiful about our nation being sold off and stripped for parts by people, who, if they had any generosity of spirit, could fix most if not ALL of the problems on the planet.
July 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Central Coast farm workers use their muscles, sharp knives and repetitive strenuous motions for the leek harvest. #WeFeedYou
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This should be repeated, printed, and displayed at every sighting of ICE!
If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.
June 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Today we honor the courage of those who fought in Normandy 81 years ago. On D-Day, thousands stormed the beaches of Normandy and fought for our freedom and the freedom of our allies. Today we honor their legacy and sacrifice.
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m just putting this out there.

I know AI is evil… but this was a simple request.
May 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I stopped by #MontezumaNWR today.

Saw at least four eagles not including this one. One flew by and landed in a tree visible through my sunroof.
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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The fucking idiot who doesn't know if he has to obey his oath to the Constitution, is doing his best to make sure that it no longer exists.
May 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Boss!
"Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king,
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything."

Bruce Springsteen
May 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🚨 SCOOP: DOGE just cut millions in Labor Department grants to support getting women into manufacturing & construction jobs & tackling gender-based violence & harassment at work.

It may be illegal since some grants were mandated by law.

New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
DOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workers
Advocates say the cancellations, which Mother Jones is first to report, will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.
www.motherjones.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This need to be seen in #Roc and beyond. The people chose to have a PAB with disciplinary powers.

As soon as it passed it started getting its teeth pulled.
I need to get better about timely cross posting. This was from earlier this week, everything is just moving so fast…
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I feel it is bad news when the Port of Seattle webcam looks like this.

I assume it is normally full of containers and dock workers and truck drivers.

#Teamsters
#MerchantMarine
#Longshoremen

youtu.be/K5lteSLEeeA
April 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:

An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Ok, I did a deep dive into this EO and here's what I came up with. This EO, if it's upheld by the courts, will allow employers to discriminate, legally, against anyone who isn't an able bodied straight white Christian male.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A
www.whitehouse.gov
April 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We are SO CLOSE to topping last year’s total number of volunteers for Clean Sweep! Sign up today and let’s make this the biggest community clean-up Rochester has ever seen!

Learn more & register: cityofrochester.gov/cleansweep
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“ I haven’t seen anybody with a rap sheet that looks like the presidents…”
@jasmineforus.bsky.social: Abrego Garcia "a lot less criminal than the person that's sitting in the White House because last time I checked, he didn't have any criminal convictions."
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
Vote NO on the SAVE Act!
The SAVE Act is a trick to undermine our voting rights. Urge Congress to vote no on the SAVE ACT.
act.standupamerica.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Oh man. So much more reason to support small, local restaurants. Forget DashHubEats. Go there. Meet the people, pick up your own takeout, or…eat in.
restaurant profit margins are thin enough, but any restaurants that heavily feature coconut milk, fish sauce, gochujang, teff, berebere, cumin, sichuan pepper, avocado, black vinegar, chili crisp oil, cardamom, tamarind, or soy sauce are in for a world of pain
April 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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On Apr. 8, 1864, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery passed the U.S. Senate with a 38-6 vote. Though the amendment would not pass the House of Reps. until January 1865, the Senate’s vote was a major step in banning slavery. 134 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD
April 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Show me what anti-DEI looks like.

This is what anti-American looks like!
“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”

wapo.st/4jdXL8m
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I see Tesla dropped $28 today. Seems like fElon lost another $10,000,000,000.
April 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM