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retired librarian, news junkie, bibliophile, tourist
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Emergency Declared After President Actually Declares Emergency When Blue State Asked: tinyurl.com/4jrsnjzc
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Let's turn the whole internet into truth social!
Everything is really shitty.

But what if we could make it even shittier?
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40 will tell you the temperature in Fahrenheit.

Your phone will also give you this information.
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Heron on the shore, Torridon, in beautiful Wester Ross, NW Highlands of Scotland
#birds #heron #scotland #highlands #wildlife #torridon
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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These days, travel insurance is usually a good idea. But there are major pitfalls, too.

www.frommers.com/tips/health-...
The Biggest Mistakes You Can Make When It Comes to Travel Insurance
Beware these 10 costly pitfalls in buying and using travel coverage.
www.frommers.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
GO UNION!
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You know it's not over, but I will take this win in the name of our dissappeared.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Remembering Jim Ward 🕊️ On the Stephanie Miller show with @stephaniemiller.bsky.social join us on @freespeechtv.bsky.social @wcpt820am.bsky.social @politicalvoices.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“For those who died and those who survived and all we lost during the covid-19 pandemic, we shall remember.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.

www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
Justice Department moves to drop charges in international soccer corruption case
Federal prosecutors in New York moved to drop charges against former Fox employee Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports media rights company.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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More than 200 environmental groups want Congress to halt development of new data centers in the U.S., citing energy and water consumption: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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It's funny to read headlines (left) that we may have just "seen" dark matter. I covered similar claims, based on similar data from the same space telescope...in 2014 (right).

Now, as then: interesting observation, but weak evidence of a dark matter signal. 🧪🔭

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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The Perfect Day Trip: 5 Scottish Castles Near Edinburgh

📍 The Route: Tantallon Castle → Crichton Castle → Rosslyn Castle → Craigmillar Castle → Lauriston Castle

#Scotland #Outlander #HistoricScotland #VisitScotland #Edinburgh #DayTrip #ScotlandItinerary
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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(spotted on Facebook…) #Klingon #Santa
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The remains of Gresham castle photographed with a regular camera and how it looks with a LiDar drone camera.
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I liked it better when racists had enough shame to stay in the closet.
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Flowers for y'all from my SoCal flower-pics dealer. I hope you're having a beautiful Saturday. #bloomscrolling #flowerpower
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The people in this admin are excellent at finding new ways of being racist jackasses.
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
YES
A win! The Institute of Museum and Library Services (the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries) has reinstated thousands of grants that had been canceled by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ruled the executive order mandating those cuts was unlawful.
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Bad AI-Generated Traveler Info Provokes Religious Tension: 'Mistakes Like This Can Be Dangerous'

www.frommers.com/tips/news/ai...
AI Hallucinates Inaccurate Traveler Info: 'Mistakes Like This Can Be…
Artificial intelligence is getting critical travel advice disastrously wrong. Businesses are sounding the alarm.
www.frommers.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Ladder press conference.
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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JUST IN: A 2-1 panel of the D.C. Circuit rules that Trump may remove members of the NLRB or MSPB regardless of laws meant to shield them from removal without cause.

Majority: Rao (Trump), Katsas (Trump)
Dissent: Pan (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM