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Amy Gibson
@amyinsd.bsky.social
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Dog lover, Jersey Girl by birth, Californian by choice. Interested in science and nature and society and people who do weird cool things. She/her.
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New shirt says it all.
A blue tshirt with script writing in rainbow colors. The text reads, "Radicalized by Basic Decency." There are hearts and flowers around the text.
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I have a lil caterpillar living on a parsley plant in my kitchen.
A small caterpillar clings to the stem of a parsley plant. The caterpillar is mostly black with yellow spots, with a white band around its middle. It looks a little spikey.
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Again I ask, ayfkm
Quote from Charlie Kirk: "Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot."
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Lol as long as none of them look like this
I don't think I can convey in words how stupid the photo is, but I'll try. Paul Ryan, at the time Speaker of the House of Representatives, sits on a weight bench, but he is not in a gym. He is on a photoshoot set. He straddles the bench, heavy weights at his feet. He wears a backwards baseball hat in spite of the fact that he appears to be an adult. His head is cocked to the side and his arm reaches toward the camera as if to say, "Step off, bro." He looks like a parody of someone trying to look tough. This photo is an entire SNL skit if SNL was still funny.
August 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
Two little girls smile at the camera. They're standing in front of an enclosure that houses a black-and-white cow. The photo is from the National Zoo in Washington DC. The Zoo, part of the Smithsonian, is an absolute gem. It is free to visit!
August 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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This is our new dog, Lucy, adopted in April. She has such a funny, slouchy sit!
A beautiful, jet-black dog sits on a dog bed in front of a hot tub. She sits in a funny way, with her butt tucked under and her legs flopped open. Even though she looks serious, you can tell she's a total dingdong.
July 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I've been (obsessively?) following the caterpillars in my garden and it's incredible how fast they grow. You almost think it can't possibly be the same one you saw yesterday. I've had at least 5 butterflies so far. This guy emerged Sunday.
A freshly-emerged monarch butterfly hangs from a stem of (very overgrown) parsley as it waits for its wings to be ready for flight. Its chrysalis shell is visible just to the right.
July 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Well you aren't the base Amy."

I'm not sure how much more basic I could be (pun intended).
An incomplete collection of my political tshirts, including Friend of the Pod (from Pod Save America), Nevertheless She Persisted, Hillary (from 2007 primary), Dare to Hope Obama '08, Enough (for gun control march and gun control day in June), Women's Rights are Human Rights.
June 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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This section jumped out at me. How very American to assume we're the only country providing foreign aid.

Also, if people are worried about their tax dollars being wasted, they should be demanding an audit of our military spending.
Question and answer: You make it sound as if we’re the only country in the world. What about Europe? What about the other rich countries? Why don’t they help? Most of our peer countries donate more per capita to humanitarian aid than the United States does: Norway is the champion, donating more than four times as much per capita.
June 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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So many chonky bois in my garden right now. Can you see all seven? #caterpillars #monarchs
A large monarch caterpillar with lovely black, white, and yellow stripes, clings to a milkweed leaf. A somewhat chaotic and messy photo of a native (to southern California) milkweed plant. Somewhat camouflaged are seven monarch caterpillars.
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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@sandiegouniontribune.com nails it with above-the-fold on page one and big spread on A4-5. UT>NYT
Front page of the San Diego Union Tribune on June 15, 2025, featuring a large color photo of the No Kings March. Photo of two-page spread in the June 15, 2025 San Diego Union Tribune with large photos and lots of text about the No Kings Marches in California and across the nation.
June 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Huge crowd, amazing energy in San Diego #nokings #sandiego #indivisible
Photo of a protest crowd including a sign that reads "They blame immigrants so you won't blame billionaires." Photo of a protest crowd
June 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Lucy! New to us in April. Settling in nicely.
A photo of a black dog taken with a fish-eye effect so that her nose is exaggeratedly large and her body is small.
June 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Twitter post from the Democrats account that reads: What is Trump hiding? Release the Epstein Files. The post includes an old photo of Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell.
June 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I have a bias toward small colleges where classes involve actual discussions and students and profs know each other, but that is a privilege not available to everyone, nor is it a fit for every student. It also makes in class (oral or written) assessment more doable.
Another obvious step is more in-class assessment. Requiring students to take tests with paper and pencil should not only prevent cheating on exam day but also offer a semester-long incentive to master the material. Likewise oral exams. Schools should experiment with other creative and rigorous methods of evaluation with AI in mind. While all this will no doubt require more work from professors, they should see it as eminently in their self-interest.
June 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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All of a sudden the White House is worried about a lack of experience?
And while Hegseth's former junior military aide Ricky Buria has effectively assumed the job of the chief of staff, the White House has blocked Hegseth from giving him the job permanently on account of his limited experience and role in internal office drama.
May 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Was Bessent hoping if he said a lot of confusing numbers, they'd stop asking him questions? This is like a word problem in middle school math.
"approximately 97 or 98% of our trade deficit is with 15 countries, 18% of the countries are our major trading partners. And I would be surprised if we don't have more than 80 or 90% of those wrapped up by the end of the year and that may be much sooner."
May 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Shame on me for not mentioning Shelby, who we adopted from the San Diego Humane Society in 2001. Note that the loveseat she is lying on smelled of skunk because 2 out of the 3 times she was sprayed, she ran in the door and jumped right up.
A honey colored dog lies on a floral loveseat. If you take a deep breath through your nose, you may still smell the skunk spray.
May 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Our beloved Callie (2011-2024) also came from the shleter-to-rescue pipeline. Best dog ever.
A shiny black labrador-ish dog looks at the camera with her tongue lolling out. She is clearly tired and happy. You can see in the background that she is at the beach.
May 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! Both our dogs came from a local rescue, but the black dog (Lucy, who we adopted just 3 weeks ago) was in a shelter prior to going to the rescue. Leo (tan dog, adopted 2017) is from Tijuana.
A largish black dog with adorable outward-pointed ears looks at the camera with a happy expression and open mouth that looks to be smiling. Next to her, a medium tan dog looks somewhat anxious, as is his wont.
May 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Marco Rubio can fuck right off into the sun with this.
United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has tried to ease concerns of European travelers wanting to visit the USA by saying, "If you're not coming to the United States to join a Hamas protest, or conflict on our campuses and create riots in our streets and vandalize our universities, then you have nothing to worry about."
April 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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It depends when he attended and if he received scholarships. Because of their endowment and other generous donations, Harvard can give a lot of financial aid. This is a recent announcement.
Harvard University President Alan M. Garber and Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra announced today (March 17, 2025) that Harvard College will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less and tuition-free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less. This significant financial aid expansion reaffirms the Harvard’s decades-long commitment to enabling more undergraduate students, especially those from middle-income families, to receive the financial support they need to attend
April 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I saw this dog wearing chaps? waders? in Montreal and immediately thought of the centaur.
A medium-sized brown dog is walking on a leash, wearing some sort of protective clothing that covers his legs and his belly, and reach about halfway up his sides. His neck and back are bare except for some straps, like suspenders, from the pants. The pants have a fashionable stripe on the back leg, like a track suit. He is also wearing booties.
April 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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New dog alert! She's one year old, lab/shepherd mix. Name suggestions appreciated!
A black dog with adorable wing-like ears lies on a green lawn. She has a sweet and intelligent expression.
April 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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If you see this, post something monochromatic.

#art
A black and white photo of the otherworldly walls of Antelope Canyon in Arizona. The walls are swirling and striated and look more like soft cake frosting than stone.
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM