maineborn.bsky.social
@maineborn.bsky.social
Retired CPA, dad, grandad, worked hard so I can play hard, loving life despite the politics. Cheers!
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I was a front line nurse during Covid.

Wearing trash bags, wet masks, NO adequate PPE to protect me.

I worked a 60 day stretch over the holidays because staff were sick or had died.

I pronounced more people dead than I can count.

Donald Trump didn't give a damn if we lived or died.

Now THIS?
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Miss Piggy Is Not Having It!
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nice to see 60 minutes back exposing Trump and family corruption tonight. World Liberty self dealing. WTF! Waiting for all to be jailed. The day will come!
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

Public Enemy:
🎵 Fight the Power

#PublicEnemy

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
PUBLIC ENEMY - FIGHT THE POWER (CAN'T BREATHE REMIX), by Bell E Savalas
track by Bell E Savalas
bellesavalas.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early

Midnight Oil:
🎵 Beds Are Burning

#MidnightOil

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning, by Pearse
track by Pearse
pearsecovers.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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in case you wanted to read something not from this administration about what antifa is and isn't

buttondown.com/theswordandt...
We Keep Us Safe: On Antifa
This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...
buttondown.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Because Republicans and the Supremely CORRUPT Court of Donald Trump.

They work for HIM, not the American people or the Constitution.

A disgrace.
September 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Every single one.

#WeHaveHadEnough
August 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thanks for bringing down those prices, Trumpy...
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Fuck this state.
August 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Please enjoy a gift link to this tremendous article: defector.com/james-dobson...
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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This is a fun read for a Saturday night. When you're done with that, go crank some Tom Waits.
How “Downtown Train” Ruined Rod Stewart’s Friendship With Bob Seger
Pondering how Tom Waits seemingly created the perfect tune for other people to sing. Major rock stars were fighting with one another to cover “Downtown Train.”
tedium.co
August 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Media’s asleep. Trump’s $75B ICE plan isn’t “immigration enforcement”, it’s a loyalist army for martial law. Bigger than FBI, DEA & ATF combined. 10k agents, National Guard, military prisons. Not border security. Federal takeover. Wake TF up America.
August 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.

“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
August 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I just returned to Maine from 5 wonderful days in Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦. What a tranquil time it was - beautiful beaches, bountiful farm land, excellent seafood, and friendly, welcoming people. Thank you 🇨🇦!! Then I turned on PBS News Hour tonight, and BAM. Welcome back to the USA. UGH.
August 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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As somebody who grew up conservative homeschooled, (and who had Michael Farris' Con Law primer as a HS kid) I can say from experience that if anything Talia is underselling the creepiness and fervor of the HSLDA.
why destroy the department of education?

would you believe there's a creepy evangelical organization operating in broad daylight but under the radar whose meteoric rise goes a long way towards explaining it?

today's column:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Who Benefits from Destroying the Department of Education
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration can go ahead with its ambitious, ruinous plan of gutting the Department of Education, firing...
buttondown.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM