Wiry
@wiryarky.bsky.social
Ret med tech, grammy and unrepentant elderly white hippie. Disappointed in my country. Fan of books, blues, science, dogs & the Hogs.🐗 Support PBS & NPR! Adopt, don’t shop.🐾
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I’ve done it again. Trying to scroll through a mutual’s page to read their posts and accidentally hit the unfollow button. I hate it when that happens.
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I’ve done it again. Trying to scroll through a mutual’s page to read their posts and accidentally hit the unfollow button. I hate it when that happens.
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John Oliver had a great segment on public media this week, which included this mention of Arkansas PBS.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
John Oliver had a great segment on public media this week, which included this mention of Arkansas PBS.
From hubs:
Endangered staghorn coral off Klein Bonaire.
Endangered staghorn coral off Klein Bonaire.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
From hubs:
Endangered staghorn coral off Klein Bonaire.
Endangered staghorn coral off Klein Bonaire.
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"NBC Nightly News can show you pictures of devastating flooding, but they don't tell locals where to get fresh water."
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"NBC Nightly News can show you pictures of devastating flooding, but they don't tell locals where to get fresh water."
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BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.
For-profit healthcare that most people can’t afford.
The world’s highest incarceration rate.
More guns than people.
Troops in our streets.
Ppl being disappeared.
Blowing up boats in international waters.
Why can’t we just have a normal country as opposed to whatever the hell this is?
The world’s highest incarceration rate.
More guns than people.
Troops in our streets.
Ppl being disappeared.
Blowing up boats in international waters.
Why can’t we just have a normal country as opposed to whatever the hell this is?
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For-profit healthcare that most people can’t afford.
The world’s highest incarceration rate.
More guns than people.
Troops in our streets.
Ppl being disappeared.
Blowing up boats in international waters.
Why can’t we just have a normal country as opposed to whatever the hell this is?
The world’s highest incarceration rate.
More guns than people.
Troops in our streets.
Ppl being disappeared.
Blowing up boats in international waters.
Why can’t we just have a normal country as opposed to whatever the hell this is?
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This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
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Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
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What stage of capitalism is it when the tv in the gas pump has a 30-second spot telling people how to find free and low-cost food? Because that feels like a really bad sign.
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What stage of capitalism is it when the tv in the gas pump has a 30-second spot telling people how to find free and low-cost food? Because that feels like a really bad sign.
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More than 400 Arkansans entered the 2026 election cycle by Wednesday’s filing deadline, several of them returning candidates and some setting up rematches from the 2024 elections. #arpx #arleg
Arkansas' 2026 election cycle will feature several rematches, returning candidates | Arkansas Advocate
The Democratic Party of Arkansas is fielding 75 candidates in 2026. Fewer contested races were on the ballot in 2024, when the party fielded 72 candidates.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Blues musician Hubert Sumlin (d. 2011) born November 16, 1931 at Greenwood, Mississippi.
Raised at Hughes, Arkansas.
Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist.
*
Clip with Sunnyland Slim, introduced by Sonny Boy Williamson:
youtu.be/5frAMMXes8c?...
Raised at Hughes, Arkansas.
Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist.
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Clip with Sunnyland Slim, introduced by Sonny Boy Williamson:
youtu.be/5frAMMXes8c?...
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Blues musician Hubert Sumlin (d. 2011) born November 16, 1931 at Greenwood, Mississippi.
Raised at Hughes, Arkansas.
Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist.
*
Clip with Sunnyland Slim, introduced by Sonny Boy Williamson:
youtu.be/5frAMMXes8c?...
Raised at Hughes, Arkansas.
Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist.
*
Clip with Sunnyland Slim, introduced by Sonny Boy Williamson:
youtu.be/5frAMMXes8c?...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Congrats to Robb Ryerse for his extensive mention in The Guardian. Well done getting us POSITIVE coverage for once! #arpx
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates
From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congrats to Robb Ryerse for his extensive mention in The Guardian. Well done getting us POSITIVE coverage for once! #arpx
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Monday morning! #arpx #arbluedots
If they can afford to give data centers huge rate cuts, then they can afford to improve their infrastructure without raising our rates. If you can be there- BE THERE. @50501movement.bsky.social #crypto #datacenters #extractive #exploitative
If they can afford to give data centers huge rate cuts, then they can afford to improve their infrastructure without raising our rates. If you can be there- BE THERE. @50501movement.bsky.social #crypto #datacenters #extractive #exploitative
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Monday morning! #arpx #arbluedots
If they can afford to give data centers huge rate cuts, then they can afford to improve their infrastructure without raising our rates. If you can be there- BE THERE. @50501movement.bsky.social #crypto #datacenters #extractive #exploitative
If they can afford to give data centers huge rate cuts, then they can afford to improve their infrastructure without raising our rates. If you can be there- BE THERE. @50501movement.bsky.social #crypto #datacenters #extractive #exploitative
Ah, the all too familiar misogyny from mediocre white men who feel threatened by strong women. Bless their hearts.
#arpx
#arpx
This is what they say about women who dare to run. I’m not backing down. Not now, not ever.
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ah, the all too familiar misogyny from mediocre white men who feel threatened by strong women. Bless their hearts.
#arpx
#arpx
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The FBI has recently used polygraph tests to ask senior employees if they have said anything negative about FBI Director Kash Patel or had spoken to the media.
Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.
Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The FBI has recently used polygraph tests to ask senior employees if they have said anything negative about FBI Director Kash Patel or had spoken to the media.
Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.
Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.
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November 14, 2025
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
November 14, 2025
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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They are scared, and they should be. Chip in today!
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They are scared, and they should be. Chip in today!
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
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“The Trump administration will require millions of low-income people to reapply for food stamps…”
Handing out billions to himself and his friends like candy and raiding the treasury but now wants to squeeze the poorest among us.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Handing out billions to himself and his friends like candy and raiding the treasury but now wants to squeeze the poorest among us.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“The Trump administration will require millions of low-income people to reapply for food stamps…”
Handing out billions to himself and his friends like candy and raiding the treasury but now wants to squeeze the poorest among us.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Handing out billions to himself and his friends like candy and raiding the treasury but now wants to squeeze the poorest among us.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Blues musician Carey Bell (Harrington) was born November 14, 1936/Macon, Mississippi.
D. 2007.
Bass, harmonica.
Recorded with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, many more.
His sons Lurrie Bell & Steve Harrington are musicians.
Bell is on both classic albums pictured:
youtu.be/amojJJTeYkY?...
D. 2007.
Bass, harmonica.
Recorded with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, many more.
His sons Lurrie Bell & Steve Harrington are musicians.
Bell is on both classic albums pictured:
youtu.be/amojJJTeYkY?...
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Blues musician Carey Bell (Harrington) was born November 14, 1936/Macon, Mississippi.
D. 2007.
Bass, harmonica.
Recorded with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, many more.
His sons Lurrie Bell & Steve Harrington are musicians.
Bell is on both classic albums pictured:
youtu.be/amojJJTeYkY?...
D. 2007.
Bass, harmonica.
Recorded with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, many more.
His sons Lurrie Bell & Steve Harrington are musicians.
Bell is on both classic albums pictured:
youtu.be/amojJJTeYkY?...