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@sethp-grumpygoat.bsky.social
Progressive. Grumpy. Confused that so many of us (still) embrace trump's lies & corruption. Retired, loving family & friends, dogs, wilderness, solitude, reading, singing.
Putney school grad, UCSD, UNI, worked: SJSU, Applied Materials.
Putney school grad, UCSD, UNI, worked: SJSU, Applied Materials.
A woman who is passionate, intelligent, fair to ordinary Americans, and who would use experts in every way to improve our government.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A woman who is passionate, intelligent, fair to ordinary Americans, and who would use experts in every way to improve our government.
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The USPS website has a page with a button to order your test kits and starting that 4 per family are allowed.
It goes to an unrelated government website.
Incompetence and Obfuscation.
store.usps.com/store/result...
The USPS website has a page with a button to order your test kits and starting that 4 per family are allowed.
It goes to an unrelated government website.
Incompetence and Obfuscation.
store.usps.com/store/result...
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
More:
The USPS website has a page with a button to order your test kits and starting that 4 per family are allowed.
It goes to an unrelated government website.
Incompetence and Obfuscation.
store.usps.com/store/result...
The USPS website has a page with a button to order your test kits and starting that 4 per family are allowed.
It goes to an unrelated government website.
Incompetence and Obfuscation.
store.usps.com/store/result...
Will trump be impeached?
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Will trump be impeached?
$2 billion. A clear vanity move, as well.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
$2 billion. A clear vanity move, as well.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Maybe he could rename the ACA, then fund it fully?
na-ah.
Atrocities - driven by the amoral & immoral psychopath monster living in OUR White House.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Atrocities - driven by the amoral & immoral psychopath monster living in OUR White House.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From Marc Elias, Democracy Docket,
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
From Marc Elias, Democracy Docket,
Fox "news" is a propaganda machine. The most recent and intense step in decades of hate and disinformation.
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fox "news" is a propaganda machine. The most recent and intense step in decades of hate and disinformation.
A critique from Huxley. Now we are searching for the answer...
October 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A critique from Huxley. Now we are searching for the answer...
Looks like canceling our Disney Plus might have had an effect. Here is Disney trying to save face.
September 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Looks like canceling our Disney Plus might have had an effect. Here is Disney trying to save face.
Yeah... About this...
See also:
See also:
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yeah... About this...
See also:
See also:
August 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I prefer the original logo, as well. But the fact that our president wasted our time talking about this is
STUPEFYING
STUPEFYING
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I prefer the original logo, as well. But the fact that our president wasted our time talking about this is
STUPEFYING
STUPEFYING
So why does the article's title graphic show an up-turning curve???
(Note post is from June. It's gotten much worse since then)
(Note post is from June. It's gotten much worse since then)
August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So why does the article's title graphic show an up-turning curve???
(Note post is from June. It's gotten much worse since then)
(Note post is from June. It's gotten much worse since then)
So why does the title graphic show an up-turning curve???
August 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So why does the title graphic show an up-turning curve???
My mother, a graduate of Barnard, who served on our State Board of Education, on the board of Barnard, and on the Council for Basic Education once told me that she learned household budgeting in college.
Image/quote from 'The Millionaire Next Door' by Lazlo Zalezac
Image/quote from 'The Millionaire Next Door' by Lazlo Zalezac
August 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My mother, a graduate of Barnard, who served on our State Board of Education, on the board of Barnard, and on the Council for Basic Education once told me that she learned household budgeting in college.
Image/quote from 'The Millionaire Next Door' by Lazlo Zalezac
Image/quote from 'The Millionaire Next Door' by Lazlo Zalezac
TACO Trump thinking about giving away someone else's property.
Disgust - outrage - revulsion...
(source: The Guardian)
Disgust - outrage - revulsion...
(source: The Guardian)
August 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
TACO Trump thinking about giving away someone else's property.
Disgust - outrage - revulsion...
(source: The Guardian)
Disgust - outrage - revulsion...
(source: The Guardian)
While I was in my first year in high school, Jack Kennedy gave this speech. It was a speech to inspire us, and to urge us to reach out to what is possible.
Can you imagine speech like this emerging from the lips of Trump? He is incoherent, and only interested in encouraging your worst impulses.
Can you imagine speech like this emerging from the lips of Trump? He is incoherent, and only interested in encouraging your worst impulses.
June 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
While I was in my first year in high school, Jack Kennedy gave this speech. It was a speech to inspire us, and to urge us to reach out to what is possible.
Can you imagine speech like this emerging from the lips of Trump? He is incoherent, and only interested in encouraging your worst impulses.
Can you imagine speech like this emerging from the lips of Trump? He is incoherent, and only interested in encouraging your worst impulses.
I thought these three post comments were golden:
June 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I thought these three post comments were golden:
The deadly reality we now face is that, with incompetent and dishonest leaders, we no longer have any idea of what they are saying is the truth or just some trump-driven propaganda.
Hegseth in BBC, today, 5/31/25
Hegseth in BBC, today, 5/31/25
June 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The deadly reality we now face is that, with incompetent and dishonest leaders, we no longer have any idea of what they are saying is the truth or just some trump-driven propaganda.
Hegseth in BBC, today, 5/31/25
Hegseth in BBC, today, 5/31/25