Krootie
@krootie.bsky.social
Trying to turn green, WOW, GW2, and Sims 4 player. Passionate about genealogy and gardening. Prefer to self-roast coffee beans for the best flavor. Married, grandmother of three, two brothers. Pets - aquarium, and elderly birds.
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Real photo.
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
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Yikes!
🧟♂️
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Real photo.
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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A timeless groove that lifts the spirit and moves the soul.
Turn it up and feel the rhythm take you higher!
-Sheila E.
#PlayingForChange
ENJOY!!! 😍
Turn it up and feel the rhythm take you higher!
-Sheila E.
#PlayingForChange
ENJOY!!! 😍
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A timeless groove that lifts the spirit and moves the soul.
Turn it up and feel the rhythm take you higher!
-Sheila E.
#PlayingForChange
ENJOY!!! 😍
Turn it up and feel the rhythm take you higher!
-Sheila E.
#PlayingForChange
ENJOY!!! 😍
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Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas - Smooth 1999 Live Video
YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH
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November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Hegseth’s foolish threat to investigate Sen. Mark Kelly for urging military to refuse illegal orders is more sickening in light of his illegal order to “kill everyone” after two wounded men survived his first military strike. Hegseth must be held accountable.
www.americaamerica.news/p/must-pete-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/must-pete-...
Must Pete Hegseth Be Investigated Now?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hegseth’s foolish threat to investigate Sen. Mark Kelly for urging military to refuse illegal orders is more sickening in light of his illegal order to “kill everyone” after two wounded men survived his first military strike. Hegseth must be held accountable.
www.americaamerica.news/p/must-pete-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/must-pete-...
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Of course, it will happen with Donnie's 2nd term. www.alternet.org/krugman-trum...
Nobel economist reveals how Trump is setting up a 'rerun' of the 2008 financial crisis
The Wall Street meltdown of September 2008 gave the United States its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Both then-President George W. Bush and his successor, Barack Obama...
www.alternet.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Of course, it will happen with Donnie's 2nd term. www.alternet.org/krugman-trum...
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Couldn’t have said it any better.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Couldn’t have said it any better.
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More cracks in the dam
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
More cracks in the dam
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"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Slain National Guard Member Reportedly Thought D.C. Deployment Was ‘Pointless’. www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
Slain National Guard Member Reportedly Thought D.C. Deployment Was ‘Pointless’
The former boyfriend of slain National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom told CNN on Friday that Beckstrom was frustrated because she felt her hands were tied during her deployment to Washington, D.C. Twenty-...
www.mediaite.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Slain National Guard Member Reportedly Thought D.C. Deployment Was ‘Pointless’. www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
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Nearly a dozen warships and 12,000 troops are deployed in Caribbean at this very moment.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Nearly a dozen warships and 12,000 troops are deployed in Caribbean at this very moment.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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If you can't feed the men and women it's your job to -
you shouldn't have that job - or any other.
you shouldn't have that job - or any other.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you can't feed the men and women it's your job to -
you shouldn't have that job - or any other.
you shouldn't have that job - or any other.