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Grumble Kitty
@grumblekitty.bsky.social
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I ask a lot of ?s. I mean them sincerely.
Overarching goals: reduce premature death & human suffering.
Special interests: gardening, baking, human behavior, medicine, art, animals, politics, interesting objects, learning, film & television, justice
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Full spectrum light bulbs and growing something with a grow light where you spend time. Seems to help me.

This is Delilah’s plan. I’m trying to resist her influence.

All the advice is about the same. Sleep hygiene, Exercise, nutrition, join a club, group, or program, hobby…
Brown black and white short haired dog peeking from under sheet, duvet, and quilt.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
The school is accused of offering scholarships. Upon arrival they’re told they’re in debt and have to work it off.

Schools have been shut down in NY & CA.

It was founded by a Korean Pastor named David Jang. He has prior convictions too.
In comments to the Christian Post, Park accused the students who brought the civil suit of falsely making these claims to receive T nonimmigrant status, which allows victims of human trafficking to remain in the U.S. to assist law enforcement in an investigation. Holders of this visa may qualify to adjust their status and attain a green card. One of the plaintiffs, Rebecca Singh, from India, called 911 in 2018 and said she was being held against her will at Olivet's rural campus, Newsweek previously reported. = Newsweek Subscribe Sign In The four students involved in the suit— Singh, Dawin Liranzo Galan of Spain, Roland Brocko of Venezuela, and Minerva Ruiz of Venezuela-are not the only students to make such claims. Tingbo Cao and his wife Qilian Zhou made similar allegations to both the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek, and the school faces a civil racketeering suit which allege its participation in an e-commerce scheme that former Olivet students have told Newsweek is staffed by students. Darren Harris, the attorney for the four students, told Newsweek in a statement that he plans to move forward with the suit and remains confident his client's allegations will meet the standard of proof.
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
#Bloomscrolling #gardening #Dalias #sunflowers #cosmos #fall #Pittsburgh #Zone6 #Zone6b
2 Flower bouquets. One larger and one with only a few Dalia blooms. Larger arrangement in cream and brown colored rustic pot with Dalia from seed, cosmos, sunflower, nicotiana, in colors including white, fuchsia, lavender, yellow, and peach.
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
#Bloomscrolling #gardening #Dalias #sunflowers #fall #Pittsburgh #Zone6 #Zone6b
Flower arrangement in a pumpkin shaped pot with red and yellow flowers. Dalia, thyme, sunflowers, snapdragons, zinnias, nicotiana, marigolds.
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
You’re missing a sideshow.
I think he should step down to tend to his health & family. No one will ever pass a purity test. Hindsight is 20/20 2 1 企 • •• Henry Kissinger's ghost @kissing... • 2h Defensive much? Shit, I voted for him too, that stroke F'd him up. So F that guy NOW. I'm not blaming voters. I'm not the Dem party establishment who never takes any responsibility for sucking and blames their own voters instead of Repugniscum. 1 1 【 ••• Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bsky... • 1h No. Why are you being defensive? Henry Kissinger's gh... @kissin... • 24m Neither did I. U on drugs? 1 Q •• • Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bsk... • 6m Depends on what you mean by "drugs" Why are you so defensive?
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
I sold six bouquets today. First time trying flower sales. I’m pretty happy with that.

End of season tomato give-away too. 🌱
#Dalias #seeddalias #gardening #Zone6 #SWPA #urbangardening
Bouquet of red Dalia’s and yellow & orange sunflowers beside a basket of tomatoes on a black table on the sidewalk. Bouquets of mixed Dalias, sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias on a black table on the sidewalk. Bouquets of mixed Dalias, sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias on a black table on the sidewalk.
October 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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For women: How do I know if I'm having a stroke? Signs of stroke in women can be subtle enough to be missed or brushed off. That can lead to delays in getting time-sensitive, lifesaving treatments. Here are some common stroke symptoms: • Numbness or weakness in face, arm or leg • Trouble speaking or understanding speech • Vision problems • Trouble walking or a lack of coordination or balance • Severe headache without a known cause Additional stroke symptoms that might be seen in women: • Disorientation and confusion or memory problems • Fatigue • Nausea or vomiting
September 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Here’s an update from
bignewsnetwork {DOT} com/news/278607056/trump-cant-rely-on-cia-ex-national-security-adviser#google_vignette

WTF?
Screenshot of article: Trump can't rely on CIA - ex-national security adviser Mike Flynn's idea of a White House intel unit has been backed by a Putin aide, who said the "deep state" is targeting the US leader The White House needs its own operations center to provide President Donald Trump with reliable The White House needs its own operations center to provide President Donald Trump with reliable intelligence, operating in parallel to the Pentagon and CIA, according to former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Speaking in an interview with Alex Jones on Saturday, the retired general argued that the president cannot fully trust the US intelligence community to avoid manipulating its reports. "The CIA has a very robust operations center. You can see and do anything you want from there - certainly globally," he said. "And you [could] understand what's happening, if you had a CIA that was actually working on your behalf." "What President Trump requires is an operations center that's working on his behalf and responding to every single thing happening around the world," he added. Flynn's proposal was endorsed by Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin involved in normalization talks with Washington. Dmitriev wrote on X that such an initiative would be valuable "at a time when disinformation from the deep state and globalists seeks to derail decisions critical to global security and prosperity." Flynn, who resigned early in Trump's first term after being accused of lying about contacts with the Russian ambassador to Washington, has long said he was targeted by "the deep Flynn, who resigned early in Trump's first term after being accused of lying about contacts with the Russian ambassador to Washington, has long said he was targeted by "the deep state" in an effort to undermine Trump's election victory and portray him as compromised by Moscow. READ MORE: Ex-FBI chief could be investigated over January 6 riots - Trump Dmitriev echoed the belief that elements of the US government are working against Trump's attempts to improve relations with Russia. He cited renewed suspicions that then-FBI Director Christopher Wray had nearly 300 plainclothes agents present during the January 6 Capitol riots as an example of possible "deep
September 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Here she is! Showing off the patio and gardens she and I just finished building. 🌱
Boxer mix dog standing on a flagstone, river rock, gravel patio surrounded by flower and vegetable gardens.
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
How did we get to mainstream vs. independent journalism all of the sudden?

See how suddenly you started talking about your high school journalism experience and mainstream vs. independent media out of nowhere?
Screen shot of previous posts: Trump/GOP corruption... @we-ar... • 1d Pretty sure "able propagandists" don't have a place in our politics. Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bs... • 23h Swap it out for "skilled marketers" Marketing/advertising is the same thing as propagandist. The salesmen/ marketers/propagandists just gave it a more polite name. darktildawn.bsky.social @darktil... • 22h But, at least some advertised products won't hurt anyone. Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bsk... • 19h I'm not totally against it. It's important to recognize these things for what they are. It's media literacy. darktildawn.bsky.social @darktil... • 17h I "lettered" in Journalism in high school
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Why make that a guessing game?

Politico. “Cass Sunstein on What Lefty College Kids Get Wrong, the Dangers of Trump and His Own Regrets
In a new book, the longtime legal scholar offers a defense of liberalism from its critics on both the right and the left.”

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Screen grab from article Q POLITICO Do you have any regrets about any of the decisions that you made while working in the Obama and Biden administrations? When I was in the Obama administration, I was full-time for four years. I regret that I didn't get aggressive enough about paperwork burdens on people. That's not a high enough level of regret to speak to the moment, but I do regret that I was overseeing the Paperwork Reduction Act, and there are people seeking medical… Screen grab from interview article: When I was in the Obama administration, I was full-time for four years. I regret that I didn't get aggressive enough about paperwork burdens on people. That's not a high enough level of regret to speak to the moment, but I do regret that I was overseeing the Paperwork Reduction Act, and there are people seeking medical services, there are doctors, there are truck drivers, there are would-be entrepreneurs who are besieged by paperwork. While I did try to reduce it, I wish I'd tried harder. My biggest regret - and it's not something I blame myself entirely for, but I do blame myself a bit for it - one of our programs for climate resilience, it's called the BRIC program. It's actually a Trump creation, and it was designed to give communities a competitive process by which they could get federal resources to be protected more against flooding, extreme heat, wildfire, etc. The Trump administration created it, and… Screen grab from article: The Trump administration created it, and then we made it bigger [under Biden], and then it was abolished by this Trump administration. I think this Trump administration, on reflection, should like it, because it's in the national interest, it's connected with some of the president's concerns. And you don't need to use the word "climate." I regret that we didn't put it on sufficiently firm ground, such that it would have bipartisan support if they wanted to reduce the funding. That's completely fine, but it's a program that helps people in Texas, it helps people all over the country, and I regret that it wasn't stabilized as an enduring part of American government.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
That makes it sound like he had a traumatic brain injury or a stroke. He wasn’t sent to a re-education camp either.

Whatever the reason for them, he is an adult capable of his own decisions. “Lost & gone” are passive. He knows exactly where he is. He’s no victim. He’s very much present & aware.
Screen shot of buddy Carter’s campaign web site with a big from image of a YouTube video of him grinning (showing their teeth) with Donald Trump. He’s cozying up like a teen groupie. It says, “Buddy Carter - MAGA Warrior for…” and “TRUMP & BUDDY” in bold and “PUT AMERICA FIRST” beneath.
August 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
F*** this shit. I’m going out to work on building my patio & garden.

Delilah here needs to get to work in her front porch office.
#Dogs #gardening
Photo of a boxer/hound dog mix standing on patio stones surrounded by various plants and flowers.
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
He is fundamentally anti-American. Every one of his cronies, including those insurrectionists are too.

They attacked the very heart of the democratic republic. That’s not putting America first. That’s putting Americans last and slapping a klan label on it.
Photo 1920s “America First” parade. Binghamton, NY It shows people in Ku Klux Klan robes carrying a banner that says, “America First, one god, one Country, one flag” as they wave to a watching crowd.
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Do you redo that whole thing to add “touch grass”?
🤣
You really don’t know anything.
Screen shot of a comment that was deleted and response written. 1:47 Reply We're sorry! The post you are replying to has been deleted. Lil Emotional Peanut I know nothing about your race and gender. Also, it's Black women. There's a reason the word is capitalized. If you don't know why then go educate you... 1 2 So what? It might help when you pretend to know what I secretly think & do. I'm not as obsessed with accent marks, spelling & capitalization..., as Screen shot of a comment that was deleted and response written. 1:47 Reply We're sorry! The post you are replying to has been deleted. So what? It might help when you pretend to know what I secretly think & do. I'm not as obsessed with accent marks, spelling & capitalization..., as you. I'm not interested in sitting at the feet of your guru who's melting down for days because someone on social media said, "stay pressed".
August 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I’m making lots of new friends!
#Gardening #Butterflies #PA #Urban #SWPA
August 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
We’re going to be put through the Dr. Oz “are you worthy?” evaluator.

patents.justia.com/inventor/meh...
Screen shot: System and method for determining an objective measure of human beauty Patent number: 8005270 Abstract: An objective measure of human beauty is determined by a beauty quantification system. The beauty quantification system comprises a beauty quantification processor, a beauty measure datastore, a beauty score datastore, a user computing device, and a network. The beauty measure datastore comprises quantifiable measures of beauty of a body region. The beauty quantification processor comprises instructions for receiving user data indicative of physical attributes of a selected body region of the user, obtaining measures of beauty from the beauty measures datastore associated with the selected body region, evaluating the user data against the beauty measures of the selected body region, determining a user score indicative of the beauty of the selected body region of the user, storing the user score in the beauty score datastore, and comparing the user score to a score stored in the beauty score datastore. Type: Grant Filed: April 11, 2008 Date of Patent: August 23, 2011 Assignee: Youdocs LLC Inventors: Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Screen shot: System and Method for Determining an Objective Measure of Human Quality of Life Publication number: 20120215790 Abstract: An objective measure of human QOL is determined by a QOL quantification system. The QOL quantification system comprises a QOL rules engine, a QOL measure datastore, a score data archive, a user computing device, and a network. The QOL measure datastore comprises quantifiable measures of QOL of a QOL factor. The QOL rules engine comprises instructions for receiving user data indicative of a plurality of attributes of a selected QOL factor of the user, obtaining measures of QOL from the QOL measures datastore associated with the selected QOL factor, evaluating the user data against the QOL measures of the selected QOL factor, determining a user score indicative of the QOL of the selected QOL factor of the user, storing the user score in the score data archive, and comparing the user score to a score stored in the score data archive. The QOL rules engine may also suggest change options to one or more QOL factors to improve the user score. Type: Application Filed: August 22, 2011 Publication date: August 23, 2012 Applicant: YouDocs Beauty, Inc. Inventors: Michael F. Roizen. Mehmet C. Oz. Screen shot: AUTOMATED COACHING Publication number: 20100179833 Abstract: System and methods are disclosed that provide a coaching system that is programmed to process data entered automatically or manually for a given client and determine an indication of progress for the given client according to a coaching plan designed for the client. A response generator automatically generates a personalized response for the given client depending on the indication of progress for the given client, which response can be sent to the given client with or without first being reviewed by the client's coach. Type: Application Filed: December 30, 2009 Publication date: July 15, 2010 Inventors: MICHAEL F. ROIZEN, Mehmet C. Oz, Jeffrey D. Roizen
August 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Remember when Donald swore that he was terrified of flying fruit?

www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/p...
Screen shot of article that includes portions of a deposition. Here's the full - and fully epic - back-and-forth between Trump and Benjamin Dictor, an attorney representing the protestors. Dictor: Okay. And you said that, 'If you see someone getting ready to throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them would you.' That was your statement? Trump: Oh, yeah. It was very dangerous. Dictor: What was very dangerous? Trump: We were threatened. Dictor: With what? Trump: They were going to throw fruit. We were threatened. We had a threat. Dictor: How did you become aware that there was a threat that people were going to throw fruit? Trump: We were told. I thought Secret Service was involved in that, actually. And you get hit with fruit, it's - no - it's very violent stuff. We were on alert for that. Trump attorney Jeffrey Goldman: A tomato is a fruit after all, I guess. ... It has seeds. Continued: Trump: It's worse than a tomato, it's other things also. But tomato, when they start doing that stuff, it's very dangerous. There was an alert out that day. Dictor: Who were you speaking to when you said ... Trump: The audience. Dictor: So you were speaking to the audience when you said if they saw someone getting ready to throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them, would you? Trump: That was to the audience. It was said sort of in jest. Buy maybe, you know, a little truth to it. It's very dangerous stuff. You can get killed with those things. ... / wanted to have people be ready because we were put on alert that they were going to do fruit. And some fruit is a lot worse than - tomatoes are bad by the way. But it's very dangerous... they were going to hit - they were going to hit very hard. Amazing, no? There is a long history of American politicians being barraged by fruit. amp.cnn.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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What was your point in replying to my post with, “any ideology that claims access to absolute divine truth will collapse in the face of the contradictions of reality.”?
Screen shot of a portion of the existing thread: 1:16 al ج 39 Post r @recombobulating.bsky.social • 2h any ideology that claims access to absolute divine truth will collapse in the face of the contradictions of reality 1 ..• Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bsk... • 2h Oh. I see. So we just have to tell people about the contradictions and people will instantly lose their faith in whatever nonsense. Tell me when that starts working. 1 山 r @recombobulating.bsky.social • 2h I didn't suggest any of that. That's all coming from your assumptions. 1 ..• Grumble Kitty @grumblekitty.bsk... • 2h Then what was your point? My response what the next logical step considering context and premise, not assumptions. 1 Write your reply
August 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I’m back and still way behind on #bloomsharing
Insects & animals are getting less attention too. I’m suddenly shy about sharing.

#SeedDahlia 11
I Name it: Purple Nurple 🤭

Each seed has unique characteristics. You can save the tubers.

#dahlias #bloomscrolling #zone6 #PA #SWPA #Urban #gardening
Dahlia flowers in a garden. Pom-Pom shaped white blooms with a touch of purple that makes them look like a white breast with a purple nipple. Dahlia flowers in a garden. Pom-Pom shaped white blooms with a touch of purple that makes them look like a white breast with a purple nipple.
August 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
Not because of this crime of fashion?
Kristie Noem in old photo with big asymmetrical hair. One side is short, to the ear. the other chin length, poofy with swooping bangs.
August 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
I think this might be a bloom from #SeedDahlia 9.
Sometimes the first blooms aren’t what they seem.
#Bloomscrolling #gardening
Pink and yellow dahlia flower with an open face and double layers of petals among other flowering plants. It stands above.
August 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
grumblekitty.bsky.social
One month later…

Things are coming along.
#gardening #bloomscrolling #SWPA #zone6 #PA #NoLawn #Urban
Small urban front garden full of flowering plants and herbs. It’s in front of a yellow brick house with a large porch. Small urban front garden full of flowering plants and herbs. It’s in front of a yellow brick house with a large porch.
August 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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@gtconway.bsky.social posted this without alt text, so I’m reposting with it. I didn’t see the same comments on BlueSky to share.
Sarah Longwell o @SarahLongwell25 “The American public should be enraged by the preferential treatment being given to a pedophile and a criminally charged child sex offender. The Trump administration should not credit a word Maxwell says, as the government itself sought charges against Maxwell for being a serial liar. This move smacks of a cover up. The victims deserve better."
August 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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@gtconway.bsky.social posted these without alt text.
Kaitlan Collins ® @kaitlancollins A new statement from the family of Virginia Giuffre and several of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's accusers: "It is with horror and outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has received. Ghislaine Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children on multiple occasions, and she should never be shown any leniency. Yet, without any notification to the Maxwell victims, the government overnight has moved Maxwell to a minimum security luxury prison in Texas. This is the justice system failing victims right before our eyes. The American public should be enraged by the preferential treatment being given to a pedophile and a criminally charged child sex offender. The Trump administration should not credit a word Maxwell says, as the government itself sought charges against Maxwell for being a serial liar. This move smacks of a cover up. The victims deserve better." Annie Farmer Maria Farmer Sky and Amanda Roberts (family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre) Lanette and Danny Wilson (family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre) 11:54 AM • 01 Aug 25 • 293K Views
August 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM