EMGW
@onwardandupward.bsky.social
Onward and upward. Photographer. Teacher. Union Steward. Always planning a National Park trip. Hope and history rhyme. Ancient and new, all at once. Miami. This bio is way too serious for this app. 🦉🗽✡️ 💪🏼🚴🏼He/Him. (Yes, I took all the photos I Skeet.)
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EMGW
@onwardandupward.bsky.social
· Sep 1
Let’s bring back intro threads since we have so many new folks joining us! 🇧🇷
Name: Evan
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Miami, Florida (God help me)
Hobbies: National Parks. Photography. History. Teaching. (That’s my job lol) Star Wars. Star Trek.
Reskeet w/ your introduction!
Name: Evan
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Miami, Florida (God help me)
Hobbies: National Parks. Photography. History. Teaching. (That’s my job lol) Star Wars. Star Trek.
Reskeet w/ your introduction!
Who do I need to talk to about CarPlay being absolute trash in my car? Ford? Or Apple? Because getting that to work is 45 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Who do I need to talk to about CarPlay being absolute trash in my car? Ford? Or Apple? Because getting that to work is 45 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.
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Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
It took 2 hours to get home. 23 miles. The snowbirds are here.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It took 2 hours to get home. 23 miles. The snowbirds are here.
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I'm begging people to understand that going more than a month without pay is not some minor technicality. For many folks it is disaster even if they do know they will eventually get backpay bsky.app/profile/dber...
Trump in lengthy new post says he will reward air traffic controllers who have worked through the shutdown, punish those who took time off.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm begging people to understand that going more than a month without pay is not some minor technicality. For many folks it is disaster even if they do know they will eventually get backpay bsky.app/profile/dber...
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I did some exempt work on a prescribed fire funded by non-appropriated money last pay period, so this was my take-home for the last two weeks. The two weeks before that, I took home $0. The next two weeks, I was looking at $0.
How long can your family survive on this?
How long can your family survive on this?
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I did some exempt work on a prescribed fire funded by non-appropriated money last pay period, so this was my take-home for the last two weeks. The two weeks before that, I took home $0. The next two weeks, I was looking at $0.
How long can your family survive on this?
How long can your family survive on this?
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i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
HELL YEAH
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
HELL YEAH
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I picked a hell of a day to actually watch a football game, this year.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I picked a hell of a day to actually watch a football game, this year.
like, ok, fine, arm big
But why not
ARM DEFINED??
But why not
ARM DEFINED??
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
like, ok, fine, arm big
But why not
ARM DEFINED??
But why not
ARM DEFINED??
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Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
Petty gym and body dysmorphia things: being incredibly pissed off at the guy who was before you on the bicep curl machine who had INCREDIBLE definition in his arms…. But was struggling to lift 30 pounds.
And here I am lifting 90 pounds and I have almost NO definition.
RAGE. ABHOR. SEETHE. 👹
And here I am lifting 90 pounds and I have almost NO definition.
RAGE. ABHOR. SEETHE. 👹
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Petty gym and body dysmorphia things: being incredibly pissed off at the guy who was before you on the bicep curl machine who had INCREDIBLE definition in his arms…. But was struggling to lift 30 pounds.
And here I am lifting 90 pounds and I have almost NO definition.
RAGE. ABHOR. SEETHE. 👹
And here I am lifting 90 pounds and I have almost NO definition.
RAGE. ABHOR. SEETHE. 👹
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
bluesky branding refresh unveiled
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Fun fact:
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Fun fact:
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
New barber, same haircut. 😎
And this barber isn’t a conspiracy obsessed nutcase, so that’s nice.
And this barber isn’t a conspiracy obsessed nutcase, so that’s nice.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New barber, same haircut. 😎
And this barber isn’t a conspiracy obsessed nutcase, so that’s nice.
And this barber isn’t a conspiracy obsessed nutcase, so that’s nice.
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(Rod Serling) Submitted for your ranked choice the case of one Andrew M. Cuomo, smarting scion of suburbia dethroned over workplace boundaries, unwilling to relax his wandering grip on power, and doomed to repeat humiliating attempts at return upon that most brittle boundary of all—the twilight zone
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
(Rod Serling) Submitted for your ranked choice the case of one Andrew M. Cuomo, smarting scion of suburbia dethroned over workplace boundaries, unwilling to relax his wandering grip on power, and doomed to repeat humiliating attempts at return upon that most brittle boundary of all—the twilight zone
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Aerial Photos Reveal Extensive Demolition of Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom
Aerial Photos Reveal Extensive Demolition of Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World has begun the process of demolishing the actual island of Tom Sawyer Island, recent aerial photos reveal
blogmickey.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Oldest selfie on your phone.
2005. High school band nerd days.
2005. High school band nerd days.
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone.
2005. High school band nerd days.
2005. High school band nerd days.