Cheryl Aruda
@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social
Gravelicious soul/blues singer, great foodmaker, mighty decent songwriter, kinda funny, too! New England lesbian w/o a Subaru.
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
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[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
🍥🥗🍜
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Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
🍥🥗🍜
🍥🥗🍜
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
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Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
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Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Band Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact
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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Pepperoni Pizza-rrito,
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
September 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Pepperoni Pizza-rrito,
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
LIVE 🔴
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
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We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
LIVE 🔴
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
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Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.
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BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
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Hey... that's ME!
Hey... that's ME!
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Dirty Blonde is one of those bands that many have not heard of but many will love once they’ve heard them. Sultry singer Cheryl Aruda fronts this hard-driving, non-stop rhythm machine.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Hey... that's ME!
Hey... that's ME!
Avocado Eggrolls. Yum! And I didn't have to look thru a 47 page menu, OR eat cheesecake!
August 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Avocado Eggrolls. Yum! And I didn't have to look thru a 47 page menu, OR eat cheesecake!
Hey, New England!
It's a beautiful day for a concert on the #Cape!
If you leave NOW from your home in MA, NH, RI or CT, you can wend your way along rte 6 and be there for the downbeat at 530pm! (Details follow)
#DirtyBlonde
#provincetown #capecod #PilgrimMonument #HighPoleHill
It's a beautiful day for a concert on the #Cape!
If you leave NOW from your home in MA, NH, RI or CT, you can wend your way along rte 6 and be there for the downbeat at 530pm! (Details follow)
#DirtyBlonde
#provincetown #capecod #PilgrimMonument #HighPoleHill
July 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hey, New England!
It's a beautiful day for a concert on the #Cape!
If you leave NOW from your home in MA, NH, RI or CT, you can wend your way along rte 6 and be there for the downbeat at 530pm! (Details follow)
#DirtyBlonde
#provincetown #capecod #PilgrimMonument #HighPoleHill
It's a beautiful day for a concert on the #Cape!
If you leave NOW from your home in MA, NH, RI or CT, you can wend your way along rte 6 and be there for the downbeat at 530pm! (Details follow)
#DirtyBlonde
#provincetown #capecod #PilgrimMonument #HighPoleHill
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Saw this amazing pile of people tonight... Making em breakfast en la mañana....
Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico!
youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico!
youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
El Mosquito + El Mitote = El Mosquitote
YouTube video by Lone Pinon
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Saw this amazing pile of people tonight... Making em breakfast en la mañana....
Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico!
youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
Lone Piñon. Qué magnifico!
youtu.be/8F8UQP0CU-0?...
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Jailing homeless people for being homeless is dumb for so many reasons but the one that should resonate with the other side is that is it costs more to imprison people than it does to just give them free housing.
July 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Jailing homeless people for being homeless is dumb for so many reasons but the one that should resonate with the other side is that is it costs more to imprison people than it does to just give them free housing.
July 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dirty's Comin' to #Ptown...
THIS #Wednesday!
Make a day of it!
Come to #Provincetown for lunch and beautiful beaches, then, at 530-730pm head on up the hill for GREAT music and gorgeous views at the Monument!
#CapeCod #livemusic #midweek #outdoorconcert
THIS #Wednesday!
Make a day of it!
Come to #Provincetown for lunch and beautiful beaches, then, at 530-730pm head on up the hill for GREAT music and gorgeous views at the Monument!
#CapeCod #livemusic #midweek #outdoorconcert
July 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dirty's Comin' to #Ptown...
THIS #Wednesday!
Make a day of it!
Come to #Provincetown for lunch and beautiful beaches, then, at 530-730pm head on up the hill for GREAT music and gorgeous views at the Monument!
#CapeCod #livemusic #midweek #outdoorconcert
THIS #Wednesday!
Make a day of it!
Come to #Provincetown for lunch and beautiful beaches, then, at 530-730pm head on up the hill for GREAT music and gorgeous views at the Monument!
#CapeCod #livemusic #midweek #outdoorconcert