Pomflora
@pomflora.bsky.social
Proud daughter of two newspaper journalists.
Connecticut Republicans: Use Unbudgeted Funds To Offset Property Tax Hikes ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/10/22/c...
Connecticut Republicans: Use Unbudgeted Funds To Offset Property Tax Hikes | CT News Junkie
The Republican proposal, introduced by Rep. Joe Poletta, R-Watertown, would triple the state’s property tax credit, raising the maximum benefit to $700 and the minimum to $400. The measure carries an ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Connecticut Republicans: Use Unbudgeted Funds To Offset Property Tax Hikes ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/10/22/c...
Bobby Whitlock, Keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
Bobby Whitlock, Keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Bobby Whitlock, Keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
The ’70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to ‘Garbage Men’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/n...
The ’70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to ‘Garbage Men’
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The ’70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to ‘Garbage Men’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/n...
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The Neatham Manor Oak - Alton, Hampshire
One of the finest oak trees in England
One of the finest oak trees in England
June 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Neatham Manor Oak - Alton, Hampshire
One of the finest oak trees in England
One of the finest oak trees in England
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What would Bert’s bath music be? 🎼🐦⬛
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
What would Bert’s bath music be? 🎼🐦⬛
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We can’t photograph every English Bluebell in our woodland as it would take years, but we will share some every day
Bluebell #30
Bluebell #30
April 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We can’t photograph every English Bluebell in our woodland as it would take years, but we will share some every day
Bluebell #30
Bluebell #30
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AOC: Only 2% of people on Medicaid are able-bodied.. I saw Mike Johnson saying we have to stop all the able-bodied men from being on Medicaid — as if it’s a crime for someone to have healthcare in America. Healthcare is a human right, and everyone should have it.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
AOC: Only 2% of people on Medicaid are able-bodied.. I saw Mike Johnson saying we have to stop all the able-bodied men from being on Medicaid — as if it’s a crime for someone to have healthcare in America. Healthcare is a human right, and everyone should have it.
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Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
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If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Every time I read about these law firms caving I think about the sporting goods store owner in the Sopranos who got in hock to Tony and how Tony’s crew ended up cleaning out his store and bankrupting him ….
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out
April 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Every time I read about these law firms caving I think about the sporting goods store owner in the Sopranos who got in hock to Tony and how Tony’s crew ended up cleaning out his store and bankrupting him ….
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out
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Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."
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I’d love your ideas on topics you’d like seen covered in our new health focused podcast with @meidastouch.com
So many things to discuss, I know, but I’d love to hear what you’d like to hear more about (spanning all topics: newsy items, chronic disease, wellness, etc)
So many things to discuss, I know, but I’d love to hear what you’d like to hear more about (spanning all topics: newsy items, chronic disease, wellness, etc)
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I’d love your ideas on topics you’d like seen covered in our new health focused podcast with @meidastouch.com
So many things to discuss, I know, but I’d love to hear what you’d like to hear more about (spanning all topics: newsy items, chronic disease, wellness, etc)
So many things to discuss, I know, but I’d love to hear what you’d like to hear more about (spanning all topics: newsy items, chronic disease, wellness, etc)
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Hawaiian Word of the Day: March 25th
Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly. There are so many beautiful butterflies in Hawaiʻi, it's good to know what to call them.
#HawaiianWordOfTheDay
Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly. There are so many beautiful butterflies in Hawaiʻi, it's good to know what to call them.
#HawaiianWordOfTheDay
Hawaiian Word of the Day
This daily feature encourages awareness of the use of Hawaiian language, or ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, in everyday conversation. In each 30-second vignette, host Leilani Poliʻahu introduces a new word, explains ...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hawaiian Word of the Day: March 25th
Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly. There are so many beautiful butterflies in Hawaiʻi, it's good to know what to call them.
#HawaiianWordOfTheDay
Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly. There are so many beautiful butterflies in Hawaiʻi, it's good to know what to call them.
#HawaiianWordOfTheDay
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
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happy bday photographic artist Edward Weston, b.1886, Highland Park, IL.
"Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have such an opportunity to extend your vision?"
"Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have such an opportunity to extend your vision?"
March 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
happy bday photographic artist Edward Weston, b.1886, Highland Park, IL.
"Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have such an opportunity to extend your vision?"
"Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have such an opportunity to extend your vision?"
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@gtconway.bsky.social is not backing down. If he has any fear of retribution, he’s not allowing it to shape his decisions or what he says. That’s incredibly important at this critical moment in history.
Paul Weiss isn’t made of the same stuff.
youtu.be/bi25VIQcbN8
Paul Weiss isn’t made of the same stuff.
youtu.be/bi25VIQcbN8
The MOST DISGRACEFUL Action By A Law Firm EVER (w/ George Conway)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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March 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
@gtconway.bsky.social is not backing down. If he has any fear of retribution, he’s not allowing it to shape his decisions or what he says. That’s incredibly important at this critical moment in history.
Paul Weiss isn’t made of the same stuff.
youtu.be/bi25VIQcbN8
Paul Weiss isn’t made of the same stuff.
youtu.be/bi25VIQcbN8
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It may not look like it but the oak trees are already awake
Over the last few weeks the leaf buds have been increasing in size, & now within each armoured citadel everything is prepared
Soon is the moment to show the world the glory of an English Woodland Spring
Over the last few weeks the leaf buds have been increasing in size, & now within each armoured citadel everything is prepared
Soon is the moment to show the world the glory of an English Woodland Spring
March 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It may not look like it but the oak trees are already awake
Over the last few weeks the leaf buds have been increasing in size, & now within each armoured citadel everything is prepared
Soon is the moment to show the world the glory of an English Woodland Spring
Over the last few weeks the leaf buds have been increasing in size, & now within each armoured citadel everything is prepared
Soon is the moment to show the world the glory of an English Woodland Spring
‘New York plows ahead’: how the English invaded and changed a city www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘New York plows ahead’: how the English invaded and changed a city
Russell Shorto returns to fascinating history of a unique city in Taking Manhattan, a book showing how New Amsterdam became New York
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
‘New York plows ahead’: how the English invaded and changed a city www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Just to note that if you'd prefer an audio version of the story of Able Seacat Simon, the only feline recipient of the Dickin Medal (animal Victoria Cross) then I did one on Youtube a while back.
That's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5N...
That's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5N...
The Story of Able Seacat Simon
The story of Able Seacat Simon of HMS Amethyst, the only feline recipient of the Dickin Medal. The Dickin Medal is the highest award for bravery and gallant...
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August 6, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Just to note that if you'd prefer an audio version of the story of Able Seacat Simon, the only feline recipient of the Dickin Medal (animal Victoria Cross) then I did one on Youtube a while back.
That's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5N...
That's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5N...
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These books have, in recent years, through the efforts of obsessive editors and fans alike, found themselves justifiably rescued from oblivion, Rhian Sasseen writes.
See the full list: theatln.tc/oOmyETuB
See the full list: theatln.tc/oOmyETuB
March 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
These books have, in recent years, through the efforts of obsessive editors and fans alike, found themselves justifiably rescued from oblivion, Rhian Sasseen writes.
See the full list: theatln.tc/oOmyETuB
See the full list: theatln.tc/oOmyETuB
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Rewatching Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. It’s on Netflix. My GOD, it’s such a brilliant film (it’s not perfect, no film is) and STILL relevant in its topic.
Spike Lee is *not* underrated, but he should be up there with Spielberg, Scorsese, etc. His greatest works shift the needle so hard.
Spike Lee is *not* underrated, but he should be up there with Spielberg, Scorsese, etc. His greatest works shift the needle so hard.
March 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rewatching Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. It’s on Netflix. My GOD, it’s such a brilliant film (it’s not perfect, no film is) and STILL relevant in its topic.
Spike Lee is *not* underrated, but he should be up there with Spielberg, Scorsese, etc. His greatest works shift the needle so hard.
Spike Lee is *not* underrated, but he should be up there with Spielberg, Scorsese, etc. His greatest works shift the needle so hard.
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Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
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JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm
While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."