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December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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This ain't about saving the family farm, folks. Unless the family name is LLC.
Because the only people (well, really, corporations, mostly) who (that) deserve to survive his disastrous mismanagement of the U.S. economy are farmers (ie: agricultural businesses)?
Because the only people (well, really, corporations, mostly) who (that) deserve to survive his disastrous mismanagement of the U.S. economy are farmers (ie: agricultural businesses)?
Trump to announce $12 billion in aid to farmers
The announcement comes after China recently started buying U.S. soybeans again after a tense trade war halted the purchases in a blow to American farmers.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This ain't about saving the family farm, folks. Unless the family name is LLC.
Because the only people (well, really, corporations, mostly) who (that) deserve to survive his disastrous mismanagement of the U.S. economy are farmers (ie: agricultural businesses)?
Because the only people (well, really, corporations, mostly) who (that) deserve to survive his disastrous mismanagement of the U.S. economy are farmers (ie: agricultural businesses)?
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I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
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Photo - Via Noémia Prada
via robert_hadley
via robert_hadley
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Photo - Via Noémia Prada
via robert_hadley
via robert_hadley
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"I saw the video and what if a bird flew by and one of the shipwrecked used a paper clip and squid ink to write a message to attach to the bird's leg to get a message to Suriname so they could continue their mission?"
- Tom Cotton probably
- Tom Cotton probably
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"I saw the video and what if a bird flew by and one of the shipwrecked used a paper clip and squid ink to write a message to attach to the bird's leg to get a message to Suriname so they could continue their mission?"
- Tom Cotton probably
- Tom Cotton probably
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Turns out that everyone clapping was the only thing keeping Tinkerbell alive, and when a sufficiently large number just decided to stop…🤷🏼♀️
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Turns out that everyone clapping was the only thing keeping Tinkerbell alive, and when a sufficiently large number just decided to stop…🤷🏼♀️
So Trump gets his FIFA Peace Prize 1100-ish EST 5 December 2025. I assume there's an "office pool" somewhere for when his "Department of War" drops its first bombs on mainland Venezuela. What's the buy-in for the 1030 EST December slot? Please advise.
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So Trump gets his FIFA Peace Prize 1100-ish EST 5 December 2025. I assume there's an "office pool" somewhere for when his "Department of War" drops its first bombs on mainland Venezuela. What's the buy-in for the 1030 EST December slot? Please advise.
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So Trump gets his FIFA Peace Prize 1100-ish EST 5 December 2025. I assume there's an "office pool" somewhere for when his "Department of War" drops its first bombs on mainland Venezuela. What's the buy-in for the 1030 EST December slot? Please advise.
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#FIFA pressured European #football clubs to pay outstanding transfer fees to russian clubs despite sanctions, risking legal violations.
An investigation found FIFA ruled in favour of payments in 13 cases, threatening bans if unpaid.
An investigation found FIFA ruled in favour of payments in 13 cases, threatening bans if unpaid.
FIFA ordered European football clubs to ignore Russia sanctions, investigation finds
Football clubs are forced to pay outstanding transfer fees even if doing so runs the risk of violating banking restrictions and sanctions against Russia.
kyivindependent.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
TBF to #SCOTUS, given that "partisan" gerrymandering is permitted, even though "racial" gerrymandering is not, now that the MAGA/GOP ideology has been boiled down to a 14-word salad, the two are are pretty much indistinguishable.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
TBF to #SCOTUS, given that "partisan" gerrymandering is permitted, even though "racial" gerrymandering is not, now that the MAGA/GOP ideology has been boiled down to a 14-word salad, the two are are pretty much indistinguishable.
@zoeoeoz.bsky.social
Sorry in advance if I'm wrong about this, but you might enjoy seeing some posts featuring the barque #SeaCloud.
Sorry in advance if I'm wrong about this, but you might enjoy seeing some posts featuring the barque #SeaCloud.
#Underneath the Jib
and the foremast and forward rigging of the four-masted barque
#SeaCloud
The #Mediterranean
April 2023
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NationalGeographic #Lindblad #sailing #tallship
and the foremast and forward rigging of the four-masted barque
#SeaCloud
The #Mediterranean
April 2023
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NationalGeographic #Lindblad #sailing #tallship
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@zoeoeoz.bsky.social
Sorry in advance if I'm wrong about this, but you might enjoy seeing some posts featuring the barque #SeaCloud.
Sorry in advance if I'm wrong about this, but you might enjoy seeing some posts featuring the barque #SeaCloud.
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My weekly email to my congressman.
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My weekly email to my congressman.
To paraphrase: It's murders all the way down.
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
To paraphrase: It's murders all the way down.
View to a #Lectern
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
#NightPhotography #CellphonePhotography #ClassicMono
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
#KansasCity, #MO
June 2018
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
#NightPhotography #CellphonePhotography #ClassicMono
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
#KansasCity, #MO
June 2018
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
View to a #Lectern
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
#NightPhotography #CellphonePhotography #ClassicMono
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
#KansasCity, #MO
June 2018
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
#NightPhotography #CellphonePhotography #ClassicMono
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
#KansasCity, #MO
June 2018
My Sweet Embrasure-able You
(assuming an archer's #embrasure qualifies for the …)
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
also: #Medieval #Castle
#Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, #France
September 2025
(assuming an archer's #embrasure qualifies for the …)
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
also: #Medieval #Castle
#Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, #France
September 2025
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My Sweet Embrasure-able You
(assuming an archer's #embrasure qualifies for the …)
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
also: #Medieval #Castle
#Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, #France
September 2025
(assuming an archer's #embrasure qualifies for the …)
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
also: #Medieval #Castle
#Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, #France
September 2025
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Copenhagen, Denmark. Sept. 2025. #WeekWForWindows #EastCoastKin #Photography #Copenhagen #Denmark #AlphabetChallenge #iPhone
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark. Sept. 2025. #WeekWForWindows #EastCoastKin #Photography #Copenhagen #Denmark #AlphabetChallenge #iPhone
If it's not *a* war crime, it is *80-plus* (and counting) murders.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If it's not *a* war crime, it is *80-plus* (and counting) murders.
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The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@surlyamy.bsky.social
It arrived yesterday. So fast. So beautiful. My wife loves it.
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One question: is it microwave safe?
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Thanks!
It arrived yesterday. So fast. So beautiful. My wife loves it.
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One question: is it microwave safe?
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Thanks!
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@surlyamy.bsky.social
It arrived yesterday. So fast. So beautiful. My wife loves it.
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One question: is it microwave safe?
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Thanks!
It arrived yesterday. So fast. So beautiful. My wife loves it.
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One question: is it microwave safe?
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Thanks!
Two-Dog Invictus
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
They are the masters of their fates.
They are the captains of their souls.
They are … the doggies in their windows.
Annie (left) & Lucy (right).
… with #apologies to #WilliamErnestHenley
#DogsOfBluesky #UglyDogs
Octobers 2017 & 2023
#KansasCity
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
They are the masters of their fates.
They are the captains of their souls.
They are … the doggies in their windows.
Annie (left) & Lucy (right).
… with #apologies to #WilliamErnestHenley
#DogsOfBluesky #UglyDogs
Octobers 2017 & 2023
#KansasCity
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Two-Dog Invictus
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
They are the masters of their fates.
They are the captains of their souls.
They are … the doggies in their windows.
Annie (left) & Lucy (right).
… with #apologies to #WilliamErnestHenley
#DogsOfBluesky #UglyDogs
Octobers 2017 & 2023
#KansasCity
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
They are the masters of their fates.
They are the captains of their souls.
They are … the doggies in their windows.
Annie (left) & Lucy (right).
… with #apologies to #WilliamErnestHenley
#DogsOfBluesky #UglyDogs
Octobers 2017 & 2023
#KansasCity
And this is why converting health insurance companies from "non-profit" to "for profit" was a really, really bad idea.
It made healthcare in the U.S. more expensive, less efficient, and less effective ... but "profitable" by roughly (at this point) $25 billion a year.
It made healthcare in the U.S. more expensive, less efficient, and less effective ... but "profitable" by roughly (at this point) $25 billion a year.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And this is why converting health insurance companies from "non-profit" to "for profit" was a really, really bad idea.
It made healthcare in the U.S. more expensive, less efficient, and less effective ... but "profitable" by roughly (at this point) $25 billion a year.
It made healthcare in the U.S. more expensive, less efficient, and less effective ... but "profitable" by roughly (at this point) $25 billion a year.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM