@complextailor.bsky.social
Birder & bird photographer, mitten maker, reader, cat guardian, nature walker, puzzler. Current Michigander, former Hoosier, interested in US History & politics, esp. the New Deal and World War II. Older than I would like.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Kalamazoo Michigan representing today for January 20 protests. Cold as hell here.
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Kalamazoo Michigan representing today for January 20 protests. Cold as hell here.
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Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
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Best sign nominee.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Best sign nominee.
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Holy shit!! This makes a statement.
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Holy shit!! This makes a statement.
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Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list
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The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation
October 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation
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It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
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Wes Moore on Fox & Friends: "Our National Guards are not trained for this ... we know the missions that they are trained for. Municipal policing is not one of them. If we want to be serious about making people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe."
August 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Wes Moore on Fox & Friends: "Our National Guards are not trained for this ... we know the missions that they are trained for. Municipal policing is not one of them. If we want to be serious about making people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe."
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8,000 people lined over a mile of Drake Road in Kalamazoo, Michigan for No Kings Day! Well done, Kalamazoo!
June 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
8,000 people lined over a mile of Drake Road in Kalamazoo, Michigan for No Kings Day! Well done, Kalamazoo!
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They told Minnesotans to stay home. After the murder of Speaker Hortman and her husband—and the failed attempts on Senator Hoffman and his wife—fear was the official message.
But the people came anyway. In defiance. In grief. In purpose. This was the #NoKings rally in MN. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
But the people came anyway. In defiance. In grief. In purpose. This was the #NoKings rally in MN. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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From No Kings March in Indy!
June 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
From No Kings March in Indy!
Kalamazoo Michigan. Huge crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Kalamazoo Michigan. Huge crowd.
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“I was a Yale-educated lawyer before I ever heard people say bad things about the traitors who killed American soldiers in defense of slavery.”
JD Vance: “I feel like something happened like 10 years ago where every, it’s like you have to think that every single person that who fought for the Confederate side was an evil person. I just think that’s so stupid.”
June 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I was a Yale-educated lawyer before I ever heard people say bad things about the traitors who killed American soldiers in defense of slavery.”
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This is dictator shit right here. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is dictator shit right here. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Always labeling things as good or bad?
That habit might be shrinking your world.
Drop the snap judgments. Choose “interesting” instead (and don’t even think about clicking that heart below this post).
That habit might be shrinking your world.
Drop the snap judgments. Choose “interesting” instead (and don’t even think about clicking that heart below this post).
Stop the ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ snap judgments and watch your world become more interesting
Instant evaluations narrow your perspective and limit your mind’s potential to connect and engage with other aspects of your experiences.
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Always labeling things as good or bad?
That habit might be shrinking your world.
Drop the snap judgments. Choose “interesting” instead (and don’t even think about clicking that heart below this post).
That habit might be shrinking your world.
Drop the snap judgments. Choose “interesting” instead (and don’t even think about clicking that heart below this post).
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“The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.”
Carson McCullers, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," published on this day in 1940
Carson McCullers, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," published on this day in 1940
June 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.”
Carson McCullers, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," published on this day in 1940
Carson McCullers, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," published on this day in 1940
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Crawford photographed by Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair in 1931.
May 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Crawford photographed by Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair in 1931.
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There was a rather charming trend in the 1910s to introduce the actor at the beginning of the film by showing them first in their street or evening clothes and then dissolving into the costume of their characters. Here we see recent stage import William S. Hart become a bandit in THE BARGAIN (1914).
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There was a rather charming trend in the 1910s to introduce the actor at the beginning of the film by showing them first in their street or evening clothes and then dissolving into the costume of their characters. Here we see recent stage import William S. Hart become a bandit in THE BARGAIN (1914).
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#VEDay in Britain saw a momentary outbreak of celebration, but the overall mood according to Mass-Observation that spring/summer was one of “war weariness, disappointment, and bewilderment” at the state of the world and the country. Extracts from M-O’s File Report 2268, compiled in late 1945.
May 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#VEDay in Britain saw a momentary outbreak of celebration, but the overall mood according to Mass-Observation that spring/summer was one of “war weariness, disappointment, and bewilderment” at the state of the world and the country. Extracts from M-O’s File Report 2268, compiled in late 1945.
At the #indivisible protest in Kalamazoo today.
May 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At the #indivisible protest in Kalamazoo today.
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Was photographing a sandhill crane family today (see the colt bottom right) in Michigan and a red-winged blackbird dropped by. I suspect he was trying to drive them away from his nest, but it didn't work. #birds
May 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Was photographing a sandhill crane family today (see the colt bottom right) in Michigan and a red-winged blackbird dropped by. I suspect he was trying to drive them away from his nest, but it didn't work. #birds