unixwhisperer
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Retired IT. Veteran. Music. Books. Coffee. Birds. Beach. Nature. Futurist. DMV/FL 💙 #opposition #resist #democracy #SCOTUSreform #nevertrump #neverMAGA #nocults #followthemoney #dueprocess #equalrights
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Penstemon virens, our Front Range Beardtongue, blooming in Boulder Canyon #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Penstemon virens, our Front Range Beardtongue, blooming in Boulder Canyon #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
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When you follow illegal orders…
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you follow illegal orders…
This cover of Paul Desmond's otherwise unlistenable "Take Five" by #jazz #pianist is brilliant.
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"Take Five" - Kenny Banks Jr. - 2019 American Pianists Awards
YouTube video by American Piano Awards
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This cover of Paul Desmond's otherwise unlistenable "Take Five" by #jazz #pianist is brilliant.
youtu.be/WmGFM0j-fus?...
youtu.be/WmGFM0j-fus?...
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An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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Today, on Dick Cheney’s funeral, I am reminded of a valuable life lesson he taught me.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today, on Dick Cheney’s funeral, I am reminded of a valuable life lesson he taught me.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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National Chocolate Day is actually tomorrow, but in these crazy times, let's start celebrating a day early.
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
National Chocolate Day is actually tomorrow, but in these crazy times, let's start celebrating a day early.
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
"Passion attracts mentors, even where least expected." - Deborah Hammett, Young Salt at Sixty: Becoming Better Than Retired (2025)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Passion attracts mentors, even where least expected." - Deborah Hammett, Young Salt at Sixty: Becoming Better Than Retired (2025)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Memorable quote from a Vermont gardener:
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Memorable quote from a Vermont gardener:
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
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📌 Because we're literally living
pages , out of a horror novel 📚
Stephen King would know 🐥
pages , out of a horror novel 📚
Stephen King would know 🐥
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📌 Because we're literally living
pages , out of a horror novel 📚
Stephen King would know 🐥
pages , out of a horror novel 📚
Stephen King would know 🐥
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"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
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Arizona A.G. Kris Mayes explains why she is suing Mike Johnson for not swearing Adelita Grijalva into office. "By not swearing her in he's depriving 813,000 Arizonans of representation. That's called taxation without representation. We fought a revolutionary war over that."
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Arizona A.G. Kris Mayes explains why she is suing Mike Johnson for not swearing Adelita Grijalva into office. "By not swearing her in he's depriving 813,000 Arizonans of representation. That's called taxation without representation. We fought a revolutionary war over that."
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🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
"Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt." - Emanuel Kant
October 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt." - Emanuel Kant