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AnneW
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I have indoor cats, I bird, I like native plants, bugs, science fiction.
Blue, blue progressive in a red, red state.
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Each year at this time, we remember our friend, the amazing and inimitable Vienna Hagen.
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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WTF?
April 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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March 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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👏👏👏 "Volt Europa, a pan European federalist party, has proposed the law at the European Parliament to strip Hungary of its voting rights. Finally! They probably won’t have enough votes, but this is long overdue. Hungary’s descent into Putinist authoritarianism has been enabled by the EU inaction in the past decade. Cut off their development funds. Strip them of their voting rights. And if necessary, remove from the EU. In light of the Putin-Trump alliance, Europe needs to finally grow a freaking spine. Also, there needs to be an EU Army." ~ from a friend's post
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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February 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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WHEN THEY COME FOR US ON THE 7 TRAIN by Ananda Lima Past the underground tracks, the railroad rises our eyes adjust to the sun over Jackson Heights at the platform, the doors slide open and the winter comes in with the men in their dark uniforms silence except for the “please stand clear of the closing doors,” the weight of their boots sways the car and I raise my hand towards the pole, but one of the men grabs my wrist and I feel the cold of his black gloves against the grooves of my tendons, the cold crosses my skin, the cold mixes with my blood, the cold travels in my veins, to my fingertips to my elbow and my other hand lets go of my son before the cold reaches him I say “I’m an American citizen” the soft tissue in my mouth cracks with frost, I say it louder “I’m an American Citizen” and the frozen edges of the words scratch as they move through my throat I shout “I’m an American citizen” and reflected on the man’s visor, I see my face I think of my son if they take me I think of my son if they don’t as he watches me whisper “I’m an American citizen” while others are taken by the men of ice.
February 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Thanks, Pam!
February 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Today, we celebrate the Superb Owl!
Great Horned Owl giving me the side-eye from a perch high in the hay-shed Barred Owl perched on a limb among spring-green leaves Short-eared Owl atop a telephone pole Snowy Owl on a fence with a no trespassing sign
February 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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😍🥰🥹🤸‍♀️🤸🤸‍♂️🤸🤸‍♀️🥰
February 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Screen-shot of Alt National Park Service facebook post: "Our coalition has grown significantly, with people from all sides joining us because—let’s face it—no one voted for Elon Musk. The number of laws Musk’s staffers have broken in just two weeks is staggering. Every day, more laws are broken. We report them, yet nothing is done. We spoke out because we knew that if we didn’t, by the time they came for us, no one would be left to stand up. We apologize for filling your timeline with so many posts lately, but the Trump administration won’t stop. Things have escalated to the point where a U.S. District Judge has approved requests from anonymous federal employees to proceed under pseudonyms in multiple cases against the Trump administration to protect themselves from harassment and threats. Chief Judge James Boasberg of D.C.’s federal trial court granted these requests on Tuesday, citing serious safety concerns raised by their attorneys. Meanwhile, the U.S. Attorney in Washington has warned that his office will pursue charges against “anyone who impedes” Elon Musk or his staff. We are being rendered powerless to stop Musk’s actions. The Trump administration is targeting USAID, DOE, OPM, DOJ, CIA, FBI—the list goes on. Our coalition is grassroots, growing each day as we remain committed to speaking out. America, remember: we are in this together. You never realize how much you rely on essential services until they’re gone. When that happens, there will be no one left to help. We hope all Americans will soon realize that what is happening is not normal. “Raise a glass to freedom—something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you. Tomorrow, there’ll be more of us.”
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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My shiny new library card arrived yesterday! With card number and PIN, I can access Libby, Hoopla, Newsbank, Press Reader! So many services: Free Tutoring, Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, Learning Express Library, Interlibrary Loans!
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February 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Happy birthday to the leader of the free world!
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Chart showing degree of alignment between each executive order and Project 2025. " In all, more than 30 out of Trump’s 47 initial executive actions as of Thursday afternoon match or partially align with ideas promoted in Project 2025, the analysis found."
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The list of "Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century", from On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder: "1. Do not obey in advance. 2. Defend institutions. 3. Beware the one-party state. 4. Take responsibility for the face of the world. 5. Remember professional ethics. 6. Be wary of paramilitaries. 7. Be reflective if you must be armed. 8. Stand out. 9. Be kind to our language. 10. Believe in truth. 11. Investigate. 12. Make eye contact and small talk. 13. Practice corporeal politics. 14. Establish a private life. 15. Contribute to good causes. 16. Learn from peers in other countries. 17. Listen for dangerous words. 18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. 19. Be a patriot. 20. Be as courageous as you can."
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Mercetta Loulie Belle, the tiny queen of our hearts
Mackerel Tabby cat with big green eyes: she was looking out the window, then turned to look at me taking her picture
November 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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Yesterday: Buffleheads and a Red-shouldered Hawk at Gallipolis Ferry (WV), and a Red-shouldered Hawk and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Gallipolis (OH)
November 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM