blueturtle2024
@blueturtle2024.bsky.social
Enjoy studying Chinese language and culture. Enjoy writing and reading poetry and haiku. Leans politically to the left. Zumba & Tai Chi.
I do not respond to DM's unless we have been friends for a long, long time.
I do not respond to DM's unless we have been friends for a long, long time.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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the passage of light
clouded now by cataracts
but memories don’t need eyes
#senryu #haiku #micropoetry #nss365 #memories
clouded now by cataracts
but memories don’t need eyes
#senryu #haiku #micropoetry #nss365 #memories
January 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
the passage of light
clouded now by cataracts
but memories don’t need eyes
#senryu #haiku #micropoetry #nss365 #memories
clouded now by cataracts
but memories don’t need eyes
#senryu #haiku #micropoetry #nss365 #memories
Knitting 🧶 with really cool ladies at Roundabout Coffee ☕️ and 📖.
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Knitting 🧶 with really cool ladies at Roundabout Coffee ☕️ and 📖.
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State television in Iran broadcast footage from Butler, Pennsylvania, alongside text that read ‘This time, the bullet won’t miss.'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Iran issues chilling assassination threat to Trump as tensions spiral
LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as more than 3,400 people have been killed by Iranian security forces in a harsh crackdown on protesters
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
State television in Iran broadcast footage from Butler, Pennsylvania, alongside text that read ‘This time, the bullet won’t miss.'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
She's in Love with the boy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFO...
Trisha Yearwood - She's In Love With The Boy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TrishaYearwoodVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
She's in Love with the boy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFO...
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One of the best noir comics you can get. I’m not kidding
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
One of the best noir comics you can get. I’m not kidding
My favorite Chinese interpretation of the Milky Way is “The River of Stars.”
There’s something wonderfully poetic about that name. “The River of Stars” — 银河 (Yínhé) — feels less like astronomy and more like a doorway into myth, memory, and the way a culture imagines its place in the cosmos.
There’s something wonderfully poetic about that name. “The River of Stars” — 银河 (Yínhé) — feels less like astronomy and more like a doorway into myth, memory, and the way a culture imagines its place in the cosmos.
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
My favorite Chinese interpretation of the Milky Way is “The River of Stars.”
There’s something wonderfully poetic about that name. “The River of Stars” — 银河 (Yínhé) — feels less like astronomy and more like a doorway into myth, memory, and the way a culture imagines its place in the cosmos.
There’s something wonderfully poetic about that name. “The River of Stars” — 银河 (Yínhé) — feels less like astronomy and more like a doorway into myth, memory, and the way a culture imagines its place in the cosmos.
Allen's Sisters Haiga
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Allen's Sisters Haiga
Allen's parakeet haiga.
January 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Allen's parakeet haiga.
“I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
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— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
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The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6)
Quote shared via Kindle: "I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,"
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January 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
“I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/2tpquw3
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/2tpquw3
“I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/i2KodWY
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/i2KodWY
The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6)
Quote shared via Kindle: "I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,"
a.co
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“I love a woman who can explain life and death with a used car analogy,”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/i2KodWY
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/i2KodWY
Having breakfast at Elmer’s
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Having breakfast at Elmer’s
Dancing 🕺to cardio fitness tunes at Larkspur Community Center
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Dancing 🕺to cardio fitness tunes at Larkspur Community Center
Dancing 🕺to cardio fitness tunes at Larkspur Community Center
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Dancing 🕺to cardio fitness tunes at Larkspur Community Center
“The brain is an incredibly delicate mechanism, and trying to alter it with hallucinogens is like trying to adjust a priceless Rolex wristwatch with a sledgehammer!”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
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— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/31p16I0
The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6)
Quote shared via Kindle: "The brain is an incredibly delicate mechanism, and trying to alter it with hallucinogens is like trying to adjust a priceless Rolex wristwatch with a sledgehammer!"
a.co
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
“The brain is an incredibly delicate mechanism, and trying to alter it with hallucinogens is like trying to adjust a priceless Rolex wristwatch with a sledgehammer!”
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/31p16I0
— The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 6) by Dan Brown
a.co/31p16I0
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The ICE agent probably got his bounty money but the only other thing that came out of this arrest was pain and grief.
www.wdbj7.com/video/2026/0...
www.wdbj7.com/video/2026/0...
Mother arrested by ICE days before her 15-year-son dies from cancer
Still in ICE custody when her son died, she never got the chance to say goodbye.
www.wdbj7.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 AM
The ICE agent probably got his bounty money but the only other thing that came out of this arrest was pain and grief.
www.wdbj7.com/video/2026/0...
www.wdbj7.com/video/2026/0...
Knitting 🧶 with really cool ladies at Dilly Dally Coffee Company
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Knitting 🧶 with really cool ladies at Dilly Dally Coffee Company
Attending monthly Haiku celebration
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Attending monthly Haiku celebration
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
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Soil darkened sable
Wafting scents like fresh cut grass
Petrichor rising.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #sable #cutgrass #haiku #senryu
Wafting scents like fresh cut grass
Petrichor rising.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #sable #cutgrass #haiku #senryu
January 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Soil darkened sable
Wafting scents like fresh cut grass
Petrichor rising.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #sable #cutgrass #haiku #senryu
Wafting scents like fresh cut grass
Petrichor rising.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #sable #cutgrass #haiku #senryu
Walking 🚶♂️ with friends along the Deschutes River
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Walking 🚶♂️ with friends along the Deschutes River
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Is there a limit to how many times you can watch ICE falling on ICE?
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Is there a limit to how many times you can watch ICE falling on ICE?