Baxter Clare Trautman
@baxterclare.bsky.social
(Retired?) author of the LA Franco mystery series, Spirit of the Valley, and The River Within. Tarot Fool, Wyrd Sister, maker of magical crystal grids, giver of Reiki, and in thrall to the mysteries of spirit and soul.
This sums it up pretty well - Trump shitting all over America
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This sums it up pretty well - Trump shitting all over America
Trump did indeed drain the swamp of lazy alligators but then he refilled it and stocked it with man-eating piranhas.
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump did indeed drain the swamp of lazy alligators but then he refilled it and stocked it with man-eating piranhas.
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Republican officials and leaders need to stop having secret group chats that someone later exposes. This happened again, and the creepy crawlies under this particular rock were, in a word, insane. My write up and mini-rant in today’s piece, link in the replies.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Republican officials and leaders need to stop having secret group chats that someone later exposes. This happened again, and the creepy crawlies under this particular rock were, in a word, insane. My write up and mini-rant in today’s piece, link in the replies.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Luis Obispo” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS San Luis Obispo · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Luis Obispo” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Jane Goodall for Nobel Peace prize
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Jane Goodall for Nobel Peace prize
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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🏳️🌈📚 It's a good day to remind folks that the literature you ❤️ is on the chopping block—so put on your Big Gay Undergarments & stand up for your First Amendment rights & in opposition to book bans & censorship.
Friends tell friends . . . 👊
#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky
Friends tell friends . . . 👊
#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏳️🌈📚 It's a good day to remind folks that the literature you ❤️ is on the chopping block—so put on your Big Gay Undergarments & stand up for your First Amendment rights & in opposition to book bans & censorship.
Friends tell friends . . . 👊
#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky
Friends tell friends . . . 👊
#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky
Thanks, Booktrib for the nice review! booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
A Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Crime Fiction Anthology | BookTrib.
There have been some excellent novels published in the last several years looking at historical crime fiction through a queer lens — books set in 1950s Los Angeles, 1950s Washington, D.C., 1828 Edinbu...
booktrib.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Thanks, Booktrib for the nice review! booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
Thank you, tRump - we haven't stayed up for late night TV in decades, but yesterday we taped Kimmel's return show. We watched it tonight and it's our new favorite show! Probably would have missed it forever without Donnie getting his sticky fingers in the mix.
September 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Thank you, tRump - we haven't stayed up for late night TV in decades, but yesterday we taped Kimmel's return show. We watched it tonight and it's our new favorite show! Probably would have missed it forever without Donnie getting his sticky fingers in the mix.
Go out there and be the force you want to see in the world today. Be Johnny or Janey Appleseed planting the seeds you want to see thrive.
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Go out there and be the force you want to see in the world today. Be Johnny or Janey Appleseed planting the seeds you want to see thrive.
There Are Monsters in Your Midst, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Opinion | There Are Monsters in Your Midst, Too
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There Are Monsters in Your Midst, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Meta is an unethical company run by Peter Thiel’s techno-fascist billionaire protégé—Mark Zuckerberg—and is part of the Trump regime’s surveillance state.
It’s time to leave Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—and while you’re at it, drop Amazon, Google, and OpenAI as well.
Learn how in this thread:
It’s time to leave Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—and while you’re at it, drop Amazon, Google, and OpenAI as well.
Learn how in this thread:
In our latest article, we discuss the digital fiefs the tech billionaires built to exploit us, and how you can fight back by simply clicking delete.
How to Fight the Broligarchy
The tech overlords want to trap us. Escaping is how we fight back.
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Meta is an unethical company run by Peter Thiel’s techno-fascist billionaire protégé—Mark Zuckerberg—and is part of the Trump regime’s surveillance state.
It’s time to leave Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—and while you’re at it, drop Amazon, Google, and OpenAI as well.
Learn how in this thread:
It’s time to leave Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—and while you’re at it, drop Amazon, Google, and OpenAI as well.
Learn how in this thread:
Let Your Garden Grow www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Let Your Garden Grow
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Let Your Garden Grow www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Honored to be included in such august company.
August 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Honored to be included in such august company.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes, say Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, former members of the National Security Council. “We no longer expect resistance from that institution,” they write.
The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes, say Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, former members of the National Security Council. “We no longer expect resistance from that institution,” they write.
Opinion | How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power
The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes.
nyti.ms
August 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes, say Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, former members of the National Security Council. “We no longer expect resistance from that institution,” they write.
The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes, say Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, former members of the National Security Council. “We no longer expect resistance from that institution,” they write.
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Another burrowing owlet video from yesterday. 🪶
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another burrowing owlet video from yesterday. 🪶
All the more reason to support independent news outlets - subscriptions can be dirt cheap - worth it to keep unbiased news sources
Fox Shock open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Fox Shock open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Fox Shock
A truth-challenged channel when we need it least
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
All the more reason to support independent news outlets - subscriptions can be dirt cheap - worth it to keep unbiased news sources
Fox Shock open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Fox Shock open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Why’s trump in a hard hat? There’s nothing in his head. www.nytimes.com/video/embedd...
Video:
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Why’s trump in a hard hat? There’s nothing in his head. www.nytimes.com/video/embedd...
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As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding from public media nears, stations like PBS and NPR are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding
As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
trib.al
July 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding from public media nears, stations like PBS and NPR are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
Let’s all start making 8647 with sea shells, and branches, and stones, and paint, and…
You get the idea. I have been 86d from many a bar in my day and am still alive - it just means I am no longer allowed on the premises. Not dead!
You get the idea. I have been 86d from many a bar in my day and am still alive - it just means I am no longer allowed on the premises. Not dead!
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Let’s all start making 8647 with sea shells, and branches, and stones, and paint, and…
You get the idea. I have been 86d from many a bar in my day and am still alive - it just means I am no longer allowed on the premises. Not dead!
You get the idea. I have been 86d from many a bar in my day and am still alive - it just means I am no longer allowed on the premises. Not dead!
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Two young Women, hero's, saved 20 children in the Texas floods.
Silvana Garza and Maria Paula>
Thank you thank you thank you.
Why aren't they on any of the major news outlets ?
And why aren't they being honored for their courage ?
Silvana Garza and Maria Paula>
Thank you thank you thank you.
Why aren't they on any of the major news outlets ?
And why aren't they being honored for their courage ?
HEROES. Camp counselors Silvana Garza and Maria Paula saved 20 girls from drowning. MSM isn’t covering this story. Why? We know why #CampMystic
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people.com/camp-counsel...
Camp Counselors Say They Wrote Girls’ Names on Their Bodies in Case They Were Swept Away by Texas Floodwaters
Two camp counselors say they wrote girls’ names on their bodies in case they were swept away by floodwaters during the Texas flood disaster.
people.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Two young Women, hero's, saved 20 children in the Texas floods.
Silvana Garza and Maria Paula>
Thank you thank you thank you.
Why aren't they on any of the major news outlets ?
And why aren't they being honored for their courage ?
Silvana Garza and Maria Paula>
Thank you thank you thank you.
Why aren't they on any of the major news outlets ?
And why aren't they being honored for their courage ?