Rick Ward
@rascalrico.bsky.social
Retired vocational instructor enjoying the good life here on the Oregon coast and when it’s raining there I’m in San Carlos Son Guymas enjoying the sun and sand on the sea of Cortez.
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Today is “Global Big Bird Day”. I went to three different habits: my house, the beach and a park with mixed conifers and two small lakes. I submitted three separate lists for a total of 41 different species!
May 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Today is “Global Big Bird Day”. I went to three different habits: my house, the beach and a park with mixed conifers and two small lakes. I submitted three separate lists for a total of 41 different species!
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If all the scientists are wrong about global warming, we will get cleaner air to breathe and renewable sustainable energy. If climate change deniers are wrong we risk killing off humanity.
May 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If all the scientists are wrong about global warming, we will get cleaner air to breathe and renewable sustainable energy. If climate change deniers are wrong we risk killing off humanity.
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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
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The Senate votes tomorrow on Trump's pick to lead Social Security. Trump and Musk are putting us on a glidepath to privatization, and Frank Bisignano is the yes-man that will help them do it. Republicans will be to blame when seniors and folks with disabilities start missing checks.
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Senate votes tomorrow on Trump's pick to lead Social Security. Trump and Musk are putting us on a glidepath to privatization, and Frank Bisignano is the yes-man that will help them do it. Republicans will be to blame when seniors and folks with disabilities start missing checks.
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May 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
@as-king.bsky.social
I’m not your demographic audience but I appreciate your work writing to help teenagers understand their feelings. I was an auto shop instructor at a high school for a short period.
Banning books is a Nazi thing and definitely shouldn’t be ours.
I’m not your demographic audience but I appreciate your work writing to help teenagers understand their feelings. I was an auto shop instructor at a high school for a short period.
Banning books is a Nazi thing and definitely shouldn’t be ours.
March 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@as-king.bsky.social
I’m not your demographic audience but I appreciate your work writing to help teenagers understand their feelings. I was an auto shop instructor at a high school for a short period.
Banning books is a Nazi thing and definitely shouldn’t be ours.
I’m not your demographic audience but I appreciate your work writing to help teenagers understand their feelings. I was an auto shop instructor at a high school for a short period.
Banning books is a Nazi thing and definitely shouldn’t be ours.
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They're not even trying to hide it anymore. They're coming for Social Security.
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
They're not even trying to hide it anymore. They're coming for Social Security.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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This is the way…
March 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the way…
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If history teaches us anything, it’s that it’s never a good idea to appease a wannabe dictator.
House Democrats stood strong, Senate leadership needs to do the same.
House Democrats stood strong, Senate leadership needs to do the same.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If history teaches us anything, it’s that it’s never a good idea to appease a wannabe dictator.
House Democrats stood strong, Senate leadership needs to do the same.
House Democrats stood strong, Senate leadership needs to do the same.
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JUST A REMINDER ...
... of how close we are today ...
... of how close we are today ...
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
JUST A REMINDER ...
... of how close we are today ...
... of how close we are today ...
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This is what it's all about. Republicans are making it easier for their rich friends and donors to cheat on their taxes while the rest of us pay.
IRS staff cuts mean less scrutiny for ultra-wealthy, officials warn
IRS staff cuts mean less scrutiny for ultra-wealthy, officials warn.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is what it's all about. Republicans are making it easier for their rich friends and donors to cheat on their taxes while the rest of us pay.
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My Democratic colleagues and I have made it clear: we are united in support of a four-week spending bill that restores Congress’s power of the purse, keeps government open, and allows for an actual bipartisan solution. I will stay in DC as long as it takes.
March 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My Democratic colleagues and I have made it clear: we are united in support of a four-week spending bill that restores Congress’s power of the purse, keeps government open, and allows for an actual bipartisan solution. I will stay in DC as long as it takes.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Ok the democrats have given over to Musk the power and funding to hack away at our government. 217 voted including one Democrat to pass the house continuing resolution and now the fear of voters not liking a shutdown has senate democrats like Fedderman caving in to give the republicans the win.
shutdown.to
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ok the democrats have given over to Musk the power and funding to hack away at our government. 217 voted including one Democrat to pass the house continuing resolution and now the fear of voters not liking a shutdown has senate democrats like Fedderman caving in to give the republicans the win.
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AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.
March 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.
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If President Trump and House Republicans want to find fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, they shouldn’t start with working people or seniors, they should start with providers who rip off the government for their gain. You know, the kind FL Senator Rick Scott’s company was fined $1.6 BILLION for.
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If President Trump and House Republicans want to find fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, they shouldn’t start with working people or seniors, they should start with providers who rip off the government for their gain. You know, the kind FL Senator Rick Scott’s company was fined $1.6 BILLION for.
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Trump didn't say a word about health care last night. What is he hiding? I spent two hours hearing from Oregonians terrified about what Republican cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will mean for them. When you come for people's health care, you have hell to pay, and this time will be no different.
March 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Trump didn't say a word about health care last night. What is he hiding? I spent two hours hearing from Oregonians terrified about what Republican cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will mean for them. When you come for people's health care, you have hell to pay, and this time will be no different.
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Republicans would rather let DOGE mess with your hard-earned Social Security checks than grow a spine and stand up to Elon.
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Republicans would rather let DOGE mess with your hard-earned Social Security checks than grow a spine and stand up to Elon.
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”