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Agen Schmitz
@agenschmitz.bsky.social
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Techie ecom writer, tetchy progressive, music over-sharer, travel lover (Iceland, Japan, etc.), pro democracy. No thugs in our house.
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Solar-powered Astra is soaking in the energy on a rare sunny Seattle December day.

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra
Astra the gray-and-white cat soaks up the sun on a green couch that's accented with bright orange and patterned turquoise pillows.
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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For #Caturday, I want to celebrate my pal Astra, who I've featured on this year's edition of my annual holiday mix. She's always good for a photo, and she'd love for you to check out the festive tunes I've gathered. #CatsofBluesky #CitrusAstra #CitrusCats #musicsky

www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...
Astra the gray-and-white cat looking serious in front of a colorful Christmas tree promoting the Radio Free Eggsy Holiday 2025 Mix Astra the gray-and-white cat lounging in the sun while spread out on my desk chair, preventing me from sitting and forcing me to make good use of my standing desk.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Ho Ho Ho! This year's holiday mix is full of classics (new and old) reimagined, a sprinkling of originals, goofy holiday wokeness, Hanukkah tunes, and some of my annual must-haves (Kate Rusby, Carol of the Bells). #NewTunes #MusicSky #HolidayMusic #NowPlaying

www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...
Cover photo for the Radio Free Eggsy Holiday Mix with gray-and-white Astra the cat looking serious in front of a Christmas tree decked in lights and colorful aloha flowers.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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From @theguardian.com's Politics Live blog... quite the entry in the daily summary! but pretty much standard in this f'd up timeline of ours.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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remembering Jamal Khashoggi and what happiness he could have been enjoying with his wife today...
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Floof on a cloud! Sim is hanging out on the duvet during sheet washing day and dreaming fluffy dreams, no doubt.

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusSim
Sim (aka The Grey Floof) finds a soft, fluffy bed on the uncovered duvet while the sheets are being washed.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Mal from Firefly saying Shiny!
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Astra's bundled up for the autumn chill.

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusAstra #CitrusCats
Astra, the grey and white cat from Citrus Manor, is bundled up under a yellow blanket while lying on her human's blue hoodie.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Trump's Katrina moment?
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Here's my first mix fully focused on the Japan city pop genre, both new and old. Crack open a Sapporo (or other favored Japanese brew) and join me for some smooth jazzy/bouncy pop in the izakaya of my dreams. #NewMusic #MusicSky #Japan #CityPop #NowPlaying

www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...
Cover for the Radio Free Eggsy mix called Tsumaranai Tunes Volume 1 – Classic & New Japanese City Pop, featuring several Doraemon in various poses
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The Floof is ready for fall. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusSim
Sim, aka The Floof, hangs out in the front window on her scratching tower with reflections of autumn trees in the window.
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Ring the alarm bells, indeed. Thank you, @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @merkley.senate.gov
Senator Jeff Merkley of OR holding the Senate floor with a sign that reads, " Ring the alarm bells: authoritarianism is here now!"
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Astra helping me come down from
the Seattle #NoKings protest with a little biscuit making. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra
October 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I'm ready for #NoKings Saturday, are you?

Saturday (18 Oct) at Seattle Center starting at noon.

@westseattleindivisible.com #ResistTrump
Agen modeling his new inflatable Zebra suit in his living room.
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Everyone's feeling it... don't listen to the man gaslighting behind the curtain.

The president has continued to insist that there is “virtually no inflation”. “Prices are ‘WAY DOWN’ in the USA,” Trump wrote on social media in late August.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Chart showing Three-fourths of respondents said their monthly household costs are going up by more than $100
October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Amen, brother @jefftiedrich.bsky.social

we’re not giving up, you fascist fucksticks. #NoKings #ResistTrump
this Saturday, October 18th, millions of Americans will be peacefully exercising their First Amendment right to assemble in protest of the shitfuckery that’s being inflicted on us by a convicted felon and his willing Republican accomplices. predictably, the worst people in the world are panicking over No Kings Day. the fascists and the oligarchs don’t to want to see We the People united against their agenda. fascists win by tricking you into thinking they’re invincible, and then grinding you down and making you give up. well guess what, fucksticks: we’re not giving up.
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Indiana Jones saying, "Nazis ... I hate these guys"
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Let's go big this Saturday for #NoKings — at the Seattle Center starting at noon on 18 October.
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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#NoKings this Saturday (18 October) in Seattle! Meet at noon at Seattle Center by the South Fountain Lawn.

More details here:
seattleindivisible.com/events/nokin...

#ResistTrump #ResistFascism
Map of where to meet at Seattle Center for the No Kings protest on Saturday 18 October
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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New tunes for October with loads of swell indie rock/pop to keep you motivated while you prep for the October 18 No Kings protests. #NewMusic #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NoKings

www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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When it's bed washing day, Oni loves to have a pillow cave made for her and she hangs out there all day.

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CitrusCats #CitrusOni
Oni the black cat lying regally in her cave made of pillows on the bed.
October 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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shot (joke from @stonekettle.bsky.social), chaser (from sad-sack Republican an hour later)
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Sim is tuckered out after working for the weekend. Happy #Caturday to all who celebrate (and everyone should)!

#CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CitrusSim #CitrusCats
Sim, the floofy grey cat of Citrus Manor, naps with one paw extended off her soft perch below an open window showing blue skies.
October 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Mark your calendars for October 18! No Kings or Fascists!
No Kings protest on Saturday October 18. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I know there's been a lot of back-and-forth about the Dems making health care subsidies central to their pushback against the continuing resolution, but there's some data backup that they're defending a popular position.
Most Americans - including over half of Republicans - back extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, poll finds Almost 8 in 10 Americans say they want Congress to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, according to a poll published today by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. About 78% of adults said the subsidies, which lower premiums for people buying coverage on ACA marketplaces, should be extended, compared with 22% who favor letting them lapse. Support cuts across party lines, with 92% of Democrats, 82% of independents and 59% of Republicans - including 57% of those aligned with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement - backing an extension.
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM