John
John
@retiredoldguy.bsky.social
Retired educator. Vietnam vet. Stent owner (LAD) 2 dogs, 3 cats, one tortoise, one wife (with mule) Democrat.
MissyMouser and Oreo sharing a look out the window.
May 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Severe cuts to the National Weather Service led to the Jackson NWS going without a full-time overnight forecasters.

Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result.

DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
May 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Good morning from Phoenix!
May 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We have lots of Redtail Hawks that circle overhead above our north Phoenix neighborhood. I’ve never seen one that is white. My wife thought maybe a falcon? Can anyone ID?
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The entire Republican Party is compromised.

When you refuse to speak out against:

❌ a wannabe king
❌ ruining our economy
❌ kidnapping/deporting *US born* cancer-stricken children
❌ eliminating due process
❌ arresting judges
❌ slashing the American safety net
❌ etc etc etc…

You. Are. Corrupt.
April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Sunday inspiration…

John Lewis never folded. Neither will we. They want our light out. Keep it blazing.
April 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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This
April 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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As long as Donald Trump desecrates and defiles the White House with his despicable presence, there should be massive protests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — every damn day.
April 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Angus: Well, Donald Trump, I’m going to say this once—and I might never say it again—I want to thank you. I want to thank you for bringing Canada together.

It took a malignant narcissistic slug like you to make us put aside all our differences
April 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We love Bluesky don’t we?
April 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We have lots of hummingbirds visiting our feeder. This is the first time I’ve seen one sitting her nest.
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit.

ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Opuntia linguiforma
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
April 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
April 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Night blooming cereus. Phoenix AZ
April 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Spring cactus
April 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
April 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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the biggest journalistic failure in U.S. history was the total institutional unwillingness to clearly communicate to the public that this guy operates at a third grade reading level and genuinely has no idea how anything works
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM