Zachary Becknell
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Zachary Becknell
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Humanist, programmer, tech and EV enthusiast. Marine veteran and Democratic volunteer. Beginning birder 🪶.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Oops.
May 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It turns out a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster does not make for a good President.
April 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
April 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I like this one:
March 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.

Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”

Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”

Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Explain this, humankind
December 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Mood.
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 PM
We love doves here at our house. 🕊️🪶
November 27, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
A tale of two wrens: Winter Wren and Carolina Wren. The first I saw on my relaxing hike Sunday and the second when I arrived home from the same hike. Wrens are probably my favorite. 🪶 #birds
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Just starting out my birding journey. This Hermit Thrush was the first bird to greet me on my relaxing hike today. 🪶 #birds
November 18, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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bird sounds
November 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
You know that “hope this good thing doesn’t come to an end but it probably will” feeling? Yeah, #Bluesky feels that way right now.
November 16, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.

Repost if you agree.
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Welcome to Bluesky.

Keeping our intrusive thoughts out is hard enough. We don’t need anyone else’s.

Here's what you need to know about one thing that makes Bluesky so much better than Twitter ever was: blocking.
An ode to blocking
This is another invitation to join Bluesky and avoid those intrusive thoughts coming from outside of our brain My brain keeps messing with me. What am I supposed to do with the thought, “If Taylor ...
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November 15, 2024 at 11:30 AM