Hugh in Arizona
@cooncatt.bsky.social
Mountain biker, option trader, precious metals caster, devoted to Carrie my wife.
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for you, a softly vibrant + peaceful moment with some African daisies
🤍🕊️
(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon
🤍🕊️
(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
for you, a softly vibrant + peaceful moment with some African daisies
🤍🕊️
(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
.
#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon
🤍🕊️
(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
.
#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon
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Sunset on Anna Maria island, Florida. #photography
December 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sunset on Anna Maria island, Florida. #photography
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Any Port in a Storm
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Any Port in a Storm
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image!
So bright. Soooo bright.
-
#Twizel, #NewZealand.
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel
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JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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What is the big story of the 2026 midterms going to be? I have some thoughts…
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What is the big story of the 2026 midterms going to be? I have some thoughts…
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Is it too much to hope that Congress is regrowing some backbone? Baby steps here, but important ones. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Is it too much to hope that Congress is regrowing some backbone? Baby steps here, but important ones. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
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President Macron:
I really believe that in the weeks to come, the pressure on the Russian economy and Russia's capacity to finance the war effort will drastically change.
I really believe that in the weeks to come, the pressure on the Russian economy and Russia's capacity to finance the war effort will drastically change.
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
President Macron:
I really believe that in the weeks to come, the pressure on the Russian economy and Russia's capacity to finance the war effort will drastically change.
I really believe that in the weeks to come, the pressure on the Russian economy and Russia's capacity to finance the war effort will drastically change.
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Beautiful Maine Coon cat
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Beautiful Maine Coon cat
Wear a piece of Art !
Jewels at sunset. Happy Friday friends! Music by Quincy Jones-Velas #makingart #etsy carrienunes.etsy.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Wear a piece of Art !
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Happy Thanksgiving! Seven members of our coffee klatch gathered to connect together before we went our separate ways today, and they voted for this photo looking slightly north taken 8 minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Seven members of our coffee klatch gathered to connect together before we went our separate ways today, and they voted for this photo looking slightly north taken 8 minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
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I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
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Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
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Businesses in Texas aren't happy:
"We don't know if it's the shutdown or just that demand has dropped, but our orders have dropped in half."
"If no uptick in business in the next 1-2 months, will need some further reduction in workforce to right-size operations."
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
"We don't know if it's the shutdown or just that demand has dropped, but our orders have dropped in half."
"If no uptick in business in the next 1-2 months, will need some further reduction in workforce to right-size operations."
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
Texas manufacturing activity accelerates, though employment remains flat
Texas factory activity expanded at a markedly faster pace in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
www.dallasfed.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Businesses in Texas aren't happy:
"We don't know if it's the shutdown or just that demand has dropped, but our orders have dropped in half."
"If no uptick in business in the next 1-2 months, will need some further reduction in workforce to right-size operations."
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
"We don't know if it's the shutdown or just that demand has dropped, but our orders have dropped in half."
"If no uptick in business in the next 1-2 months, will need some further reduction in workforce to right-size operations."
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout