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Swalsh
@swalsh.bsky.social
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Cynophilist (obsessed with dogs). Ex (retired) cybersecurity for THE data cloud platform. Nomad.
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fans in Asbury Park last September on our way to see a show.... You may recognize @booker.senate.gov and @joanwalsh.bsky.social !
A color photo of Cory Booker with two women, on a beautiful summer day in Asbury Park, all on their way to see Bruce Springsteen. Taken at the Sea.Hear.Now concert September 2025.
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
A black and white photo of Bruce Springsteen (middle, wearing jeans and a white t-shirt, holding guitar upright at a slight angle), Clarence Clemons (Bruce's right, wearing an all-white suit, playing his sax, also held at the same slight angle to be parallel to Springsteen's guitar), and Steve VanZandt (Bruce's left, wearing an all white suit and white beret, holding his guitar upright at the same angle as Bruce's guitar).
December 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Finally! Xoxo
December 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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You love to see it - Cecile Richards being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. What a warrior.
November 20, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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Rosie!
Close up of fluffy white dog showing just eyes and nose. The look in here eyes says "Are you kidding me right now? Why aren't you feeding me?!"
November 20, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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TFW the book club run by the local library of your childhood town picks a great book! (Begging the question of whether where you grew up molded you, or whether you unknowingly molded the place you grew up!) The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack! @astrokatie.com
Screen shot from a newsletter announcing the next book club meeting and the book that will be discussed. The book is "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack.
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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If you see this, post a concert photo you took.

San Francisco, March 2024
Shot from below of Bruce Springsteen walking right by me at Chase Center in San Francisco, March 31, 2024 (I dragged my son with me at 5:30am to wait in line for this spot - worth it!)
November 12, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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She was so darn smart and connected to us. I will love her forever.
Sadie, the bundle of boundless energy in the form of the cutest Labradoodle puppy ever, appears to be flying, floppy ears aloft, over her older cousin, Asbury, a very large and tolerant white Goldendoodle, who is lying down in the summer dirt of a redwood forest.
October 2, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Joan's hand has the green ring, my new friend from the pit in SF (who turned out to be one of Nora's closest friends and the whole reason I was even in DC - a cosmic Bruce story for the ages) has the dark fingernails and my hand is about to cup around Bruce's (and cup it did). He squeezed all of us!
September 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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#trumpisweak #trumpisscared #trumpisababy
A post from KamalaHQ with Corgis and text. Corgi on left is huge and muscular. The text that overalys this Corgi's body says "I will debate any time, any place!" with all uppercase bold text under this dog identifying it as "Trump then" The Corgi on the right is much smaller, is sitting down in a meek position, and has overlay text in all lowercase font that says "i will debate only if i can bring my blankie" and the text underneath says "trump now"
August 3, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Nightscape in winter with the northern lights in the background, snow on the ground, two wolves in a full speed gallop in the foreground and some bare bushes and trees framing the sides of the photo..
June 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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In the yard of my childhood home, nostalgically turning the pages of the latest issue of a local magazine, I spotted a cartoon that has stayed ascerbically funny through the decades adding a continuous thread of humor to the timeline of my little life. @tomtomorrow.bsky.social Shepherd Express ❤️
June 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Husband has covid, son has mono so I fled the household on Christmas Eve to be with my sister who is now also sick as of Christmas Day and this morning I have a sore throat. This mug by @effinbirds.com has new meaning.
A mug with a detailed and accurate drawing of a bird of prey accompanied by the caption "oh my god what the fuck." Mug is filled with tea with honey and the background is a very grey NYC.
December 26, 2023 at 3:22 PM
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Also not to spam you, darth, but saw this on Mastodon and had to bring it over here
A sweet looking red panda hanging out with all four legs and paws straddling a branch.
November 13, 2023 at 9:07 AM
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Everyone on my holiday gift list is getting a mug from @effinbirds.com but this one is for me.
October 21, 2023 at 5:42 PM
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Went on a walk and got lucky!
View of a lake with golden grass and the silhouette of a tall bush framing the right in the foreground, the lake, and then continualtion of tall, golden grass topped with a sky blue sky mottled with a variety of white clouds.
October 14, 2023 at 8:04 PM
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On the other hand, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, I saw that song performed live by Steve Lukather with Ring Starr's All Starr Band (amazing show - highly recommend) and I loved it even more because I pictured that happy lil Shiba dancing her/his little heart out.
October 11, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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Why yes. Yes I did pre-order this book from Bookshop.org. And indeed, I did already receive my copy ❤️
Early praise from Lizz Winstead, Elie Mystal, and Ann Leonard for the book BULLSH*T by Joan Walsh, Nick Hanauer and Donald Cohen. Everyone loves it. You should get it when it's released on Audible (it's not technically released at all yet).
October 11, 2023 at 3:59 PM
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Photographer is Robert Cavallo. I have another one I will try to remember to send when I get to it again!
Scruffy and possibly drunk (rare!) Bruce Springsteen from 1975 show in Milwaukee. Photographer Robert Cavallo.
October 4, 2023 at 11:03 PM
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I had a chance to meet my all time favorite celebrity (Bruce Springsteen) and when the time came I was speechless. I could only reach out to give him a hug and he even hugged me back! I still can't believe it!
Bruce Springsteen laughing at but simultaneously hugging back some crazy fan who speechlessly accosted him.
September 29, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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Eric Topol from Mastodon:
latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Screen shot of a Mastodon post by Eric Topol in which he quotes an LA Times article (linked): "The U.S. must also recognize how anti-science rhetoric has emerged as a new lethal force and find mechanisms to halt its advance." "The unvaccinated were targeted by a well-financed and newly politicized anti-vaccine movement."
September 22, 2023 at 8:46 PM
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I pet this wolf in Italy! He was fairly aloof. Only time I have ever pet a wolf. 12/10 would do again!
A leashed wolf, appearing to be smiling while standing in a street in Florence, Italy, as the person at the other end of the leash patiently answers questions from the wolf's fans.
September 22, 2023 at 8:30 PM
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This was a dog I pet in Wisconsin! A beautiful long haired dachshund. #dogskies
September 22, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social Rosie is very curious about this hibernation.
White dog yawning with a verrry long tongue sticking out.
August 29, 2023 at 10:18 PM
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Here's my pup giving you all a high-five for posting all those pup pics! ❤️
White dog giving you a high five for International Dog Day. Photo taken from below the dog, blue sky mottled with white clouds in the background along with the top of a bare small tree.
August 26, 2023 at 9:46 PM