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Larry Rippel
@lrippel.bsky.social
Photographer working in Pittsburgh
Walking, Reading Books, History, Travel
You never stop being Punk Rock.
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The same people telling you that arresting all the pedophiles in the Epstein Files would collapse the system are the same people telling you that taxing the rich would collapse the economy.
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We have to stop the Billionaires. Open the Epstein Files.
In light of the gutting of the Washington Post:
from Jan. 3, 2025

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
From Pittsburgh with Love, Mr Rogers is still teaching us if we stop to listen. Thank you Lady Gaga for your beautiful tribute.
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Merry Christmas! Here's a good one:

wapo.st/4arVQMh
5 tips from ‘super agers’ on how to live a healthy life
This year, we learned a lot from people in their 80s, 90s and 100s (and the scientists who study them).
wapo.st
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's that time of year when I open my favorite Christmas Book,
The List of 7 by @markfrost.bsky.social
If you haven't read it, it's a Holiday Treat like no other. ❤️
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We got SNOW! 😂
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy Holiday from our home to your home.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Thank you @njfreeblockbuster.bsky.social for the love here in Pittsburgh. We are experiencing high levels of "borrowing." 😂
Thanks to @lrippel.bsky.social and @alhoff2000.bsky.social for founding and managing our newest location in #Pittsburgh!
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Fun was had by all who showed at @alhoff2000.bsky.social and my Grand Opening of BFG Video In Pittsburgh. Stop by and take or leave a DVD. It’s FREE!
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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‘A national security crisis’: Andrew Weissmann, fmr top prosecutor at DOJ and Frank Figiluzzi, fmr Assist. Dir. of Counterintelligence at FBI, joined Nicolle Wallace on #DeadlineWH www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi..., via MSNBC @weissmann11.bsky.social
‘A national security crisis’: Fear of mass firings at the FBI, paralyze America's law enforcement
Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department and Frank Figiluzzi, former Assistant Director of Counterintelligence at the FBI join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with rea...
www.msnbc.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trump's throwing shit on the walls to see what sticks.
January 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Everybody follow @anntelnaes.bsky.social to get our truth. 💙
January 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#RefugeesWelcome please share.
November 13, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Donald Trump. An Apology.

The new Private Eye is out now
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Let's live and breathe this the next four years.
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sorry to share this devastating news. I hope his DreamWorld sustains him for all time.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How about "Democrats Against MAGA Numskulls." DAMN, that's a swell idea. 😂
January 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I find it truly amazing that no matter how much I hate Republicans they can always do things to make me hate them even more.
January 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
From the Guardian:
Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 Election.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel
Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Glad I’m not religious so that there’s no one I’m supposed to hate
January 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM