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Spike Rhino
@hikewithspike.bsky.social
· Mar 30
Spike's Mom's 2024 Appalachian Trail Journal : September 08, 2024 : Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
In 2019 Spike and I completed Damascus, VA to PA 501 and then flipped up to Katahdin and made it to Mad Tom's Notch in VT before getting off because I had destroyed my feet. The plan was to return in...
www.trailjournals.com
Mom finally completed the trail journal entries for our 2024 section hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can read the whole thing starting here: www.trailjournals.com/journal/entr...
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Lots-o-woodcocks during my early morning tour. Here's two funky dancers #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #timberdoodle
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lots-o-woodcocks during my early morning tour. Here's two funky dancers #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #timberdoodle
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Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
Mom and I actually got to Springer Mountain just after Legend got there and got to hear a little about his last couple of days on trial! thetrek.co/appalachian-...
Jeff Garmire Sets Self-Supported Speed Record on Appalachian Trail - The Trek
eff Garmire has set a new self-supported speed record on the Appalachian Trail, completing the roughly 2,200-mile trail southbound in 45 days, 8 hours, and 37 minutes. The record is still pending offi...
thetrek.co
September 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Mom and I actually got to Springer Mountain just after Legend got there and got to hear a little about his last couple of days on trial! thetrek.co/appalachian-...
Happy #WorldRhinoDay everyone! 🌎🦏🌞 Here’s a couple of pictures from the last few days on the Appalachian Trail
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy #WorldRhinoDay everyone! 🌎🦏🌞 Here’s a couple of pictures from the last few days on the Appalachian Trail
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Eternally grateful to @drjengunter.bsky.social for pursuing these women's health rabbit holes so we don't have to. Voila, here you have the origins of the "natural medicine" term "bio-identical" when it comes to menopausal hormone therapy. TLDR more marketing bs. vajenda.substack.com/p/the-birth-...
The Birth of Bioidentical: Tracing the Menopause Marketing Juggernaut
How a catchy word jumped from alternative medicine to Oprah, reshaped menopause care, and left decades of confusion in its wake
vajenda.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Eternally grateful to @drjengunter.bsky.social for pursuing these women's health rabbit holes so we don't have to. Voila, here you have the origins of the "natural medicine" term "bio-identical" when it comes to menopausal hormone therapy. TLDR more marketing bs. vajenda.substack.com/p/the-birth-...
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A plot isn’t “something happens and then something else happens”
A plot is “what do you want”
“What are you willing to do to get it”
“What unspeakable, shameful part of your soul are you willing to walk up to in the darkness and name”
“This is me, this is me, this is me”
That is a plot
A plot is “what do you want”
“What are you willing to do to get it”
“What unspeakable, shameful part of your soul are you willing to walk up to in the darkness and name”
“This is me, this is me, this is me”
That is a plot
August 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A plot isn’t “something happens and then something else happens”
A plot is “what do you want”
“What are you willing to do to get it”
“What unspeakable, shameful part of your soul are you willing to walk up to in the darkness and name”
“This is me, this is me, this is me”
That is a plot
A plot is “what do you want”
“What are you willing to do to get it”
“What unspeakable, shameful part of your soul are you willing to walk up to in the darkness and name”
“This is me, this is me, this is me”
That is a plot
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"The Bible that Dobson weaponized against millions of us tells us in dozens of ways that it is OK to feel good about evil people running out of chances to inflict evil. It also tells us there is no better revenge than refusing to pay hatred forward," writes @jasonkirk.fyi. sojo.net/articles/opi...
James Dobson Tried To Destroy Us
As a former strong-willed child, I’ve had the notion of James Dobson’s mortality in the back of my mind for the last half-decade or so.
sojo.net
August 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The Bible that Dobson weaponized against millions of us tells us in dozens of ways that it is OK to feel good about evil people running out of chances to inflict evil. It also tells us there is no better revenge than refusing to pay hatred forward," writes @jasonkirk.fyi. sojo.net/articles/opi...
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"Dobson’s constant demonization of homosexuality was not simply rhetorical. It had lasting and deeply damaging effects on the children reared by parents swayed by Focus on the Family’s hateful teachings."
Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson Is Survived by Many Queers and Queerness Itself
Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson died yesterday, and there was much rejoicing—particularly among queer people from families who subscribed to Dobson’s punitively patriarchal and rigidly het...
religiondispatches.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Dobson’s constant demonization of homosexuality was not simply rhetorical. It had lasting and deeply damaging effects on the children reared by parents swayed by Focus on the Family’s hateful teachings."
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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It's getting to be academic letter of reference season, so I'll tell you people what I tell my students 🧵
I cannot promise that your other letter writers will agree with this, but many of them will.
1) I would (almost always) be very happy to write you a letter of reference.
I cannot promise that your other letter writers will agree with this, but many of them will.
1) I would (almost always) be very happy to write you a letter of reference.
August 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's getting to be academic letter of reference season, so I'll tell you people what I tell my students 🧵
I cannot promise that your other letter writers will agree with this, but many of them will.
1) I would (almost always) be very happy to write you a letter of reference.
I cannot promise that your other letter writers will agree with this, but many of them will.
1) I would (almost always) be very happy to write you a letter of reference.
Did some hiking for my birthday today! 🥳🎂🦏 1.5 miles on the NCT/White Pine Trail (3 miles round trip)
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Did some hiking for my birthday today! 🥳🎂🦏 1.5 miles on the NCT/White Pine Trail (3 miles round trip)
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You're not a Nazi because you couldn't get laid: you couldn't get laid because you're a Nazi.
August 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
You're not a Nazi because you couldn't get laid: you couldn't get laid because you're a Nazi.
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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In popular culture, menopause is typically associated with hot flushes. In our Menopause: What's Changed? exhibition, we invite visitors to drop a pebble if they experience any of these symptoms. And it turns out, hot flushes are much less common than brain fog or mood symptoms!
June 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In popular culture, menopause is typically associated with hot flushes. In our Menopause: What's Changed? exhibition, we invite visitors to drop a pebble if they experience any of these symptoms. And it turns out, hot flushes are much less common than brain fog or mood symptoms!
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(I haven't checked these all personally, BUT!! I do know a bunch are legit soo00o)
List of 25 sites to read books for free:
1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad
(cot'd)
List of 25 sites to read books for free:
1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad
(cot'd)
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
(I haven't checked these all personally, BUT!! I do know a bunch are legit soo00o)
List of 25 sites to read books for free:
1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad
(cot'd)
List of 25 sites to read books for free:
1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad
(cot'd)
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
Mom finally completed the trail journal entries for our 2024 section hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can read the whole thing starting here: www.trailjournals.com/journal/entr...
Spike's Mom's 2024 Appalachian Trail Journal : September 08, 2024 : Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
In 2019 Spike and I completed Damascus, VA to PA 501 and then flipped up to Katahdin and made it to Mad Tom's Notch in VT before getting off because I had destroyed my feet. The plan was to return in...
www.trailjournals.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Mom finally completed the trail journal entries for our 2024 section hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can read the whole thing starting here: www.trailjournals.com/journal/entr...
Reposted by Spike Rhino
Today I had a rough day. I began to see how my kids lives are going to be forever changed in real time.
Not in my anticipatory imagination
I’m having a agitated resistance to grief which is always the day before I can feel grief rising up.
A “too much” day.
But its a cycle:
Not in my anticipatory imagination
I’m having a agitated resistance to grief which is always the day before I can feel grief rising up.
A “too much” day.
But its a cycle:
March 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Today I had a rough day. I began to see how my kids lives are going to be forever changed in real time.
Not in my anticipatory imagination
I’m having a agitated resistance to grief which is always the day before I can feel grief rising up.
A “too much” day.
But its a cycle:
Not in my anticipatory imagination
I’m having a agitated resistance to grief which is always the day before I can feel grief rising up.
A “too much” day.
But its a cycle:
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Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for listening to your constituents and voting NO to Cloture on the CR to fund the government. We have your back. Thank you for having ours.
#DCMI
#DCMI
March 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thank you @slotkin.senate.gov for listening to your constituents and voting NO to Cloture on the CR to fund the government. We have your back. Thank you for having ours.
#DCMI
#DCMI
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This is what I wrote to my senators (after also calling them). Feel free to copy from the alt text and send to yours, too
March 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is what I wrote to my senators (after also calling them). Feel free to copy from the alt text and send to yours, too
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If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way.
Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s.
Have you learned NOTHING?
Not. One. Vote.
Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s.
Have you learned NOTHING?
Not. One. Vote.
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way.
Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s.
Have you learned NOTHING?
Not. One. Vote.
Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s.
Have you learned NOTHING?
Not. One. Vote.
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Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
February 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions
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A message to Democrats: why are you voting for a single one of these monsters you useless shits www.discourseblog.com/p/why-are-yo...
Why Are You Voting for a Single One of These Monsters You Useless Shits
Democrats who complain about having no leverage are overlooking a chance to at least play-act like they're opposing Trump.
www.discourseblog.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A message to Democrats: why are you voting for a single one of these monsters you useless shits www.discourseblog.com/p/why-are-yo...
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Amidst the chaos and the law-breaking the most important thing to remember/focus on is that they are doing these things illegally because they know they don't have the votes to do it by passing laws, even in a GOP controlled Congress.
February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Amidst the chaos and the law-breaking the most important thing to remember/focus on is that they are doing these things illegally because they know they don't have the votes to do it by passing laws, even in a GOP controlled Congress.