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Dr. A is Mildly Over-Educated 💙
@cranky14.bsky.social
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Pro: science, facts, information, education, reading, democracy, voting rights, environment, women, animals. Learning Spanish and Esperanto. I follow people I find interesting. Philly

Fleeing the bad place....
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#KeepColbert #KeepColbertOnAir #FreeSpeech
The words "Keep Colbert On-Air" on a purple background.
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Birds baths. #RittenhouseSquare philly #urbanism
Small sparrows and larger pigeons enjoy the water in a fountain with a colorful mosaic background
September 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Post someone who looks good in boots 👢🖤
B&W photo of David Bowie in Ziggy Stardust phase, in cool vinyl boots.
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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My Franklinia alatamaha is in bloom! 🌻🌱
Bloom of Franklinia alatamaha - with five white petals and cluster of gold-yellow stamens in the middle. Light green ovate leaves surround the blossom.
August 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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The good old days. #BarackObama #BarackObamaDay #JoeBiden
Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Both wearing navy suits with blue ties. Barack has his arms crossed and Joe has one arm around Barack's shoulder.
June 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I've always been a fan of the #tansuit #BarackObama
Picture of President Barack Obama wearing his famous tan suit with a grey striped tie. White House logo in the background and two flags on either side.
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Urban mushrooms. #fungifriends #urbanism #Philadelphia
Shelf mushrooms growing through a crack between the sidewalk and a stone wall in an urban setting.
June 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Old-timey bookmobile bus, with librarian-y people in front.
May 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Spring has sprong. #flowers #gardening #spring
Three tulips with bright red petals with yellow centers and black pistils, with broad green leaves. Large magenta peony.
April 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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FWIW. Happy International Women's Day.
Logo showing pink globe with Venus/Woman glyph in the middle, held by four female forms. Text reads "International Women's Day 8 March"
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Blue and yellow flag with "I Stand With Ukraine"
March 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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The #Bell prevails.
Photo of the cracked Liberty Bell with Independence Hall in the background.
February 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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#arrestmusknow
Protest sign with picture of Doge dog and statements: "fake agency", "much illegal", "such treasury", "very coup", "very data breach", "unelected", and "wow".
February 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Theosophical Society Library in LA destroyed by fire. Irreplaceable items, including the entire archive of the history of the organization, lost.
FB post describing the contents of the Theosophical Society Library in LA, which was destroyed by fire
January 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Lookin' to resist in 2025!
Set of four wooden blocks. The first three read "2", "0", and "2", and the last one is being turned by a human hand from "4" to "5".
December 31, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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"Ummm....why, no, I'm not eating the flower arrangement. Why ever do you ask?" #cats
Holiday flower arrangement on table with white tablecloth. A pudgy calico cat is sitting next to it, trying to look innocent.
December 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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What's your favorite Christmas movie? Mine is the 1951 b&w version of A Christmas Carol. I try to watch it every year -- and I still both get scared & cry happy tears. Alistair Sim IS Scrooge!
B&W still shot from 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, showing Alistair Sim as Scrooge and Francis De Wolff as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
December 23, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Dead garden with snow. 12/2024
Large container with dead plants and snow. Oregano still green but with sprinkling of snow. Other assorted planters with dead/dying plants, sprinkled with snow. Dead tomato plant with snow, along with dead basil and other dead/dying plants in containers, dusted with snow.
December 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Homemade street signs in W. Philly warning of big hole in the road, in which several bicyclists have fallen into. I don't know why the city can't fix these things promptly, but I'm glad that neighbors are trying to watch out for each other.
#urbanism #safestreets
City street scene with homemade street sign warning "Brad the Pit Ahead" City street scene with big hole in the road, and homemade street sign with image of a bicyclist falling.
December 4, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Spotted on my walk this afternoon. There is no joy in Mudville. 😭
Unused Harris Walz yard signs stacked upside-down against a wooden fence, next to a bicycle. Three boxes of unused Harris Walz campaign literature, put out on the street as trash.
November 20, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Just did, but I think it will be hard to reach him, given his 1M followers on the evil place.
November 16, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Just did civic duty in W. Philadelphia #Vote2024
November 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Family quilt, family cat
September 14, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Century plant at Longwood Gardens. They had to remove a pane in the greenhouse roof.
September 8, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Urban gardening, Philadelphia.
Two large sunflowers growing on a back porch in an urban alley.
August 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM