Don Bredes
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Don Bredes
@bellevance.bsky.social
A novelist in the hills of northern Vermont who enjoys gardening, hiking, photography, wildlife, good food, and cycling the back roads.
Yes, astounding as it was, considering the enormous stakes, more “voters” didn’t vote at all than voted for either candidate.
March 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Somewhere in between.
March 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction,” - Goebbels
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Of course it's authentic--and I'm not implying anything. I'm pointing out that, contrary to your description, the osprey is not an "angler" at all. An angler catches fish with a rod and line (that's the angle). An osprey employs a more targeted method, as depicted.
February 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Except they don't angle. They grab.
February 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What sort of violence do you envision? Localized? Widespread? Prolonged? Sporadic?
February 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
He made a sad mistake. The Yankees, love 'em or not, are baseball royalty, emblematic or class and success. And batting ahead of Judge in the order was an irreplaceable advantage for him.
February 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Not at all. I just can't figure out how to get my "disabled" page back. There's no mechanism to challenge Meta's decision--which I suppose must be based on the scammer's brief takeover of my page. That ought to be easy to correct--but how? A friend at Meta has been trying to help.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wishing you fortitude and good fortune in these necessary efforts, Mark. Strong resistance on every front is crucial.
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It all goes by awfully fast, it seems. Yet I fear I will not live to see the demise of Trumpism, much less this country's recovery from its many, cruel and destrctive depredations.
February 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This really has been the longest, more excruciating month in decades.
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM