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rhammersley.bsky.social
rhammer
@rhammersley.bsky.social
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energy/land-use/enviro attorney, ecologist, activist & political junkie, angler/hunter, cyclist/triathlete, music lover, futbol (Arsenal) & Michigan sports fan; live in Traverse City. (he/him)
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Happy Halloween from Traverse City!!
a statue lit from below with a pumpkin head and branch arms in the Halloween morning light
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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northern Michigan showed up today despite the weather!! :) photos from the Traverse City, Michigan #NoKings rally in the rain 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡
No Kings Rally, Traverse City, Michigan (10/18/25) - most prominent sign reads “No Kings, Only Drag Queens” No Kings Rally, Traverse City, Michigan (10/18/25) - sign reads “Defend the Constitution” while State Rep. Betsy Coffia speaks to the crowd No Kings Rally, Traverse City, Michigan (10/18/25) - my wife and I along Munson Ave. No Kings Rally, Traverse City, Michigan (10/18/25) - orange donny in a ghostbusters logo
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
here's a little one from our backyard...
springer doodle puppy stares down chicken in grassy/garden area
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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plz share your favorite Football you were at Live
Charles Woodson runs a punt back for a touchdown against Ohio State in Ann Arbor in 1997
August 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
Challenge: post your last photo taken in D.C. to show what a hell hole it is
the photo shows the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on a sunny day
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
rhammersley.bsky.social
so.....
President Orange Diaper-Wearing Old Man stands on the roof of the White House press room for no reason.
August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
despite the corporate marketing angle of this, I think it is low key kind of powerful to see the whole stadium and players holding the names of their loved ones battling or lost to cancer…
baseball players and fans alike all holding up signs with the names of people they love dealing with cancer as part of a moment of silence during the baseball all star game
July 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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apropos of nothing, really…
a bully pushes a kid out of the way, and then the kid fantasizes about the situation, saying: “and suddenly the earth opened up! Wailing helplessly Moe tumbled head over heels down the smoking chasm until he splashed into the molten magma at the planets core where he slowly melted before igniting in a spitting fireball of grease!”
July 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
rhammersley.bsky.social
trump couldn’t grill this many steaks perfectly if his life depended on it…. he’s not a real American.🇺🇸
10 steaks and one veggie steak grilling
July 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
grateful for all of you who recognize what we’re losing, and that we’re gonna have to really fight to get it back. happy to celebrate our independence today
guy in a tigers hat giving a peace sign sitting on a beach
July 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
this dog… just, how is this comfortable?
A springer doodle lays on his back twisting onto his side in an otherwise inexplicable kind of position on his doggy bed
June 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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inside Alcatraz as preserved by the National Park Service outside view of Alcatraz as preserved by the National Park Service inside Alcatraz as preserved by the National Park Service inside Alcatraz main prison corridor as preserved by the National Park Service
May 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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glad to be able to hear about some of the history of student activism in the US and around the world, and very appreciative that Dr. @daniellekbrown.bsky.social came up to TC from East Lansing, thanks!
Two women seated on a stage discussing the history of student activism Two women seated on a stage discussing the history of student activism
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
if you see this, post a beach photo from your phone
photo shows a beach outside of San Francisco where a bunch of homes are on grassy & forested hillsides above the beach
April 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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thank you @booker.senate.gov - watching your historic act with our kids and our favorite pup #SenatorBookerFilibuster #FiliPupster
a springerdoodle names Leeroy Jenkins watches Senator Booker’s filibuster
April 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
what even is Duolingo doing rn?!?!
a green owl sits with its mouth open while its brain has burst through the top of its head leaving a dark hole and the brain too has eyes and a mouth agape in astonishment at the finished lesson whose data is included below their depiction; the rest of the text reads: “Perfect! You made no mistakes in this story”
March 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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oof - fax failed for me too:
Fax zero webpage showing fax to Senator Peters’ office failed.
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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we need to protect trans kids!! they are enduring constant and ubiquitous abuse and trauma that are completely unnecessary —no one deserves this bigotry!! www.axios.com/local/detroi...
By the numbers: Of Michigan's LGBTQ+ youth, 68% reported anxiety and 52% depression in the last year. More than 20% reported being physically harmed or threatened based on their identity. Nearly all of them said politics hurt their well-being a lot or sometimes. Nearly half of those who wanted mental health care didn't receive it, due to issues like fear and lack of affordability. Context: These mental health outcomes are "not innate to who LGBTQ+ people are," Ronita Nath, The Trevor Project's vice president of research, tells Axios. "Rather, they are ... because of the stigma and discrimination they experience in society, and research bears that out again and again."
March 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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books to pick up again in todays day and age as a bit of a refresher…
cover photo of the book entitled “The Monkeywrench Gang” by Edward Abbey.
February 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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screen shot of a post by Jersey Noah that says “this tip from my (cis) kinesiology grad school advisor goes hard I’m ngl: “anytime someone wants to talk to me about trans women in sport, I ask them to list 10 female athletes first. They usually can’t because they don’t actually care about women’s sport””
February 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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feeling grateful to have a stack of new books to explore in the new year…

#SeditionHunters #MadAngler #DirttoSoil #PeopleoftheDune
four books placed on a couch: “Dirt to Soil” by Gabe Brown; “Sedition Hunters” by Ryan Reilly; “The Mad Angler Poems” by Michael Delp; and “People of the Dune” by Jim Olson.
December 31, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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sticker on a light post reads: “America is not a theocracy… yet”
December 30, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
December 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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December 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
rhammersley.bsky.social
here’s my wrapped for 2024… seems about right

#wutangclan #fugazi #beastieboys #violentfemmes
List of Spotify Top Songs of mine for 2024; includes, from 1 to 5: 1. Rumble (by Skrillex); 2. Takes 10 Minutes (by Magic in Threes); 3. Triumph (by the Wu Tang Clan); 4. Out the Window (by Violent Femmes); and 5. Mumbo Sugar (by Arc de Soleil). List of my top 5 artists listened to on Spotify for 2024, which includes: 1. Beastie Boys; 2. Fugazi; 3. Arc De Soleil; 4. Wu Tang Clan; and 5. Charlie Hunter.
December 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM