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Frederick
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Queer Artist, naturalist, bicyclist, living in the District of Columbia since 1989. Gardening, photography, languages, improvisational quilting, cultural & art history as well as science are interests.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.

☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Whoa … this is really strange.

Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.

🎁 link ⤵️

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
First snow in DC!
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What at NGA now that they reopened? “The stars we do not see” www.nga.gov/exhibitions/...
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Something to consider
Another example of the Parasite Class (1% & big business) putting profits bf human lives

Big pharma may have a drug that prevents mosquito transmitted Dengue aka Breakbone Fever indicating how painful it is, but won’t bring it to market

#BigPharmaDoesntCareAboutYou

www.science.org/content/arti...
Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
A daily pill can prevent the crippling disease, but its maker won’t bring it to market
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We can celebrate with out them
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you didn’t know or even if you do this is an interesting analysis of how we subsidize suburban sprawl.
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The House is voting today on two bills that will put hard-fought reforms to DC’s justice system in the crosshairs.

But what happens in DC doesn’t stay here. When it’s DC today, it’s always America tomorrow. We can stop it right here, right now. #FreeDC
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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#Inside the Rijksmuseum Library in Amsterdam. A sanctuary of light, color, and knowledge. This space feels like stepping into the architecture of wisdom itself. A moment of stillness amid centuries of curiosity and creation.

#Photography #BlueSkyArtShow
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Trump's deployment of the National Guard in DC is wasteful, unlawful — and it could drag on for another year if we don't work to end it.

On Friday, DC's lawsuit against Trump will have its first hearing. Join us to make it clear DC wants the Guard out of our communities. FreeDCproject.org/10-24
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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On a bright September afternoon, a small cluster of people held up anti-Trump signs near the Van Ness Metro, as they have each Thursday afternoon since the spring.
Inside DC's Gray Resistance
Why so many Trump protests are now led by senior citizens.
www.washingtonian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Melted away! Another interesting art event on the mall in Washington DC with @hcrichardson.bsky.social letters from an American as poetry!

meltedaway.com
Melted Away – by LigoranoReese
meltedaway.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
birdcast.info/migration-to...
Lights out this week on the USA east coast and draw the curtains to reduce light pollution that distracts and confuses migrating birds.
Bird migration forecast maps - BirdCast
Bird migration forecast maps show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produce...
birdcast.info
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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In my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, we were required to memorize this, “The True Gentleman.” Back then it was just a thing we did, but now it hits differently, and is needed in today’s men
September 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Read all about how we can upgrade this busy travel lane!
Family Biking Matters: A proposal for a safer 11th Street SE: ggwash.org/view/100840/...
Family Biking Matters: A proposal for a safer 11th Street SE
Learn about Hill Family Biking’s first advocacy project, which aims to convert the unprotected bike lanes on 11th Street SE to a fully protected two-way cycletrack. The lanes could link existing prote...
ggwash.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Sometimes I just want to use my account here to introduce you to some music you should know.
Sit back, close your eyes, take a deep breath, push play and spoil your ears, enhance your emotions, feed your brain.
youtu.be/OmBxVfQTuvI?...
Dinah Washington: What Difference A Day Makes
YouTube video by phalenopsis1
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tonight coming home from the park where I ring my cowbell with #freedc most nights at 7:00 pm for five crazy minutes. The sunset was pretty spectacular.
September 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We need the National Guard to support our national security and respond to natural disasters at home. It's time to end the DC deployment. #NotTheMission share.protectdemocracy.org/s/JPTN5e06
Learn more
share.protectdemocracy.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM