Madhatter
@pdxgrowler.bsky.social
create, miscreate, co-create, recreate, procreate (if you are fully committed to that)... but do not Xcreate.
Retired. Loving father, grandpa, husband. USN veteran (Vietnam era). Hobbyist writer and musician. Half-assed gardener, bicyclist and fisherman.
Retired. Loving father, grandpa, husband. USN veteran (Vietnam era). Hobbyist writer and musician. Half-assed gardener, bicyclist and fisherman.
Pinned
Madhatter
@pdxgrowler.bsky.social
· Nov 24
The Cathedrals - Harmony & Resonance - Mysteries of the Cathedrals
Labyrinth of Light: Chartres Cathedral Unveiled Dive into the heart of sacred mystery with an exclusive journey that transcends time.
mysteriesofthecathedrals.com
On Bluesky the choir congregates and makes the most amazing music, i.e., voices create harmonics that often resound with awe-inspiring synchronization as gothic cathedrals shape period music--
"...create spaces that resonate with harmonious frequencies."
mysteriesofthecathedrals.com/extra-info-c...
"...create spaces that resonate with harmonious frequencies."
mysteriesofthecathedrals.com/extra-info-c...
Don't tell him that St. Louis has a much, much bigger one.
February 1, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Don't tell him that St. Louis has a much, much bigger one.
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Are we Putin’s Russia yet? Or maybe Xi’s China?
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles on January 29, 2026, linked to his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18.
abc7.com/post/don-lem...
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles on January 29, 2026, linked to his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18.
abc7.com/post/don-lem...
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Are we Putin’s Russia yet? Or maybe Xi’s China?
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles on January 29, 2026, linked to his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18.
abc7.com/post/don-lem...
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles on January 29, 2026, linked to his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18.
abc7.com/post/don-lem...
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Abolish Ice should be a centrist position
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Abolish Ice should be a centrist position
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He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
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OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database Thursday, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy.
Federal court shuts down Trump DOJ bid for California voter rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database Thursday, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy.
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I think it's safe to say he's well beyond being "nutty" at this point.
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I think it's safe to say he's well beyond being "nutty" at this point.
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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The Gestapo is holding 3 Native Americans hostage right now!
Reminder that unless you are Native, YOU are also an immigrant.
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Reminder that unless you are Native, YOU are also an immigrant.
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
Tribal leaders say Indigenous people have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or names.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The Gestapo is holding 3 Native Americans hostage right now!
Reminder that unless you are Native, YOU are also an immigrant.
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Reminder that unless you are Native, YOU are also an immigrant.
Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The latest casualty of a free press: “It would remove editorial independence and credibility from Stars and Stripes and is contrary to the news organization’s mission" wapo.st/49oSc4R
@ScottNover @LiamJScott @washingtonpost
@ScottNover @LiamJScott @washingtonpost
Pentagon to overhaul independent military newspaper, calling it ‘woke’
Plans for more Defense Department control of Stars and Stripes surface after job seekers were asked about their commitment to President Donald Trump’s policies.
wapo.st
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The latest casualty of a free press: “It would remove editorial independence and credibility from Stars and Stripes and is contrary to the news organization’s mission" wapo.st/49oSc4R
@ScottNover @LiamJScott @washingtonpost
@ScottNover @LiamJScott @washingtonpost
Join me at Rally SE Woodstock Blvd and Cesar E Chavez Blvd Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/rally...
Rally SE Woodstock Blvd and Cesar E Chavez Blvd Free America Walkout
We will be on the corner of SE Woodstock Blvd and Cesar E Chavez Blvd in Portland, OR - Bring a sign or carry one of ours!
One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ...
action.womensmarch.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Join me at Rally SE Woodstock Blvd and Cesar E Chavez Blvd Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/rally...
A decade or two ago
I got caught in Putin's sights
& soon Melania migrant
was seated by my side
the ho was lean and skank
my fortune it seemed they brought
we promised all to oligarchs
& wee, we took a lot
Jangle chains jangle chains
jangle eternity
oh what groans will not subside
in endless misery
I got caught in Putin's sights
& soon Melania migrant
was seated by my side
the ho was lean and skank
my fortune it seemed they brought
we promised all to oligarchs
& wee, we took a lot
Jangle chains jangle chains
jangle eternity
oh what groans will not subside
in endless misery
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A decade or two ago
I got caught in Putin's sights
& soon Melania migrant
was seated by my side
the ho was lean and skank
my fortune it seemed they brought
we promised all to oligarchs
& wee, we took a lot
Jangle chains jangle chains
jangle eternity
oh what groans will not subside
in endless misery
I got caught in Putin's sights
& soon Melania migrant
was seated by my side
the ho was lean and skank
my fortune it seemed they brought
we promised all to oligarchs
& wee, we took a lot
Jangle chains jangle chains
jangle eternity
oh what groans will not subside
in endless misery
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In Washington DC tonight
As judge orders Trump to pay SNAP BENEFITS
He doesn't care
Mothers are skipping meals to feed their children
Seniors and Veterans are in need
Families are suffering
Help your local foodbank please !!
Cruel and Callous Trump
Release SNAP BENEFITS NOW
As judge orders Trump to pay SNAP BENEFITS
He doesn't care
Mothers are skipping meals to feed their children
Seniors and Veterans are in need
Families are suffering
Help your local foodbank please !!
Cruel and Callous Trump
Release SNAP BENEFITS NOW
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
In Washington DC tonight
As judge orders Trump to pay SNAP BENEFITS
He doesn't care
Mothers are skipping meals to feed their children
Seniors and Veterans are in need
Families are suffering
Help your local foodbank please !!
Cruel and Callous Trump
Release SNAP BENEFITS NOW
As judge orders Trump to pay SNAP BENEFITS
He doesn't care
Mothers are skipping meals to feed their children
Seniors and Veterans are in need
Families are suffering
Help your local foodbank please !!
Cruel and Callous Trump
Release SNAP BENEFITS NOW
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So the DOJ decided to charge first, think later? 👀.
A federal judge just ripped into prosecutors over their “indict first, investigate second” approach to the Comey case calling it “highly unusual.” That’s not justice, that’s politics. #Comey #DOJ
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A6eFhnLwJRYe...
A federal judge just ripped into prosecutors over their “indict first, investigate second” approach to the Comey case calling it “highly unusual.” That’s not justice, that’s politics. #Comey #DOJ
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A6eFhnLwJRYe...
Judge scolds Comey prosecutors for ‘indict first and investigate second’ approach — The Washington Post
U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the Justice Department’s approach to James B. Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual.”
apple.news
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
So the DOJ decided to charge first, think later? 👀.
A federal judge just ripped into prosecutors over their “indict first, investigate second” approach to the Comey case calling it “highly unusual.” That’s not justice, that’s politics. #Comey #DOJ
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A6eFhnLwJRYe...
A federal judge just ripped into prosecutors over their “indict first, investigate second” approach to the Comey case calling it “highly unusual.” That’s not justice, that’s politics. #Comey #DOJ
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A6eFhnLwJRYe...
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Learn more about Canada’s full response to Hurricane Melissa here:
www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/...
www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/...
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Learn more about Canada’s full response to Hurricane Melissa here:
www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/...
www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/...
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We are now living in a timeline where a Muslim is protecting New York City against America's #1 enemy: The American president.
🤯
🤯
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are now living in a timeline where a Muslim is protecting New York City against America's #1 enemy: The American president.
🤯
🤯
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Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar on Trump’s failure to bring Congress to the table on the shutdown: “You wrote the art of the deal. Show us your stuff.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar on Trump’s failure to bring Congress to the table on the shutdown: “You wrote the art of the deal. Show us your stuff.”
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Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.