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tvail4.bsky.social
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"...only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.” MLK.
Hope our democracy will survive. Living/working on 4 continents, showed me how the world views the USA. Keep resisting and protecting loved ones (have a diverse LGBT family)!
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I love Portland, OR!
ICE agents stand in two rows, carrying riot gear (helmets with face masks, black vests) and in green uniform. Clowns, standing 4 ft away next to officers, also carrying items (whistles, a whirling toy, etc) and in full, very colorful costumes, some wearing red, round clown noses.
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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My 1 year old dog, napping with the ball in his mouth because he doesn't want the other dogs to get it. Absolutely toy-obsessed!
Small dog sleeping on his back, sound asleep but still holding the ball in his mouth.
June 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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#dogsofblusky
Microchip, looking innocent, after stealing a small plastic package of twine.
Small white dog holding a plastic package of twine on one side of its mouth, looking at the camera, innocently.
May 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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This is how I feel most mornings while listening to the news.
A small white dog with black and brown facial markings tilts her head quizzically at the camera.
May 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Just realized that my young puppy looks just like the dragon, Falcor, in The Neverending Story.
Picture of a small, white dog (part chuhuahua) that looks like the dragon character in Falcor in the movie "The Neverending Story".
April 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Today was a mental health day. Spent at a friend's farm with lambs and goat kids.
Lots of scratching around the horns and on the cheeks, checking the wool for the stray piece blackberry bramble. The lamb in the picture was born Saturday April 19th.
Picture of a white ewe and her white, 5 day old lamb running to greet people.
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Puppies!
Photo of 5 cute puppies looking up at the camera.
April 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Photo of JD Vance shaking hands with the Pope with an 18th Century drawing underneath the photo showing a skeleton, representing Death, shaking hands with a Pope.
April 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Sometimes we need a reminder pn what the Constitution actually says.
The full text of the 5th Amendment The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (Emphasis added--it says "person"...not "citizen".) "No PERSON shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, NOR BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, or property, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Picture of white tulips and pale purple pansies.
April 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Happy to oblige. D.C. was amazing.
Picture of Hands Off protesters with the National Monument in the Background Washington D.C. April 5th, 2025
April 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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#HandsOff
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Washington D.C. Hands Off protest
April 5th 2025
Protest sign with a picture of a real Fox saying "In no way affiliated with Fox News. Don't blame us. We're as horrified as you are." Picture of protestors at the National monument in Washington D.C. April 5th 2025 Pictire of Protestors at the National Monument in Washington D.C. April 5th 2025 Picture of a protest sign saying "Fuck Musk" but with the letters arranged so that there is one "U" in the poster but it is used for both words. Hands Off protest Washington D.C. April 5th 2025
April 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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#HandsOff
Washington D.C. April 5th 2025
Protest sign saying "Some Cuts don't heal" Protest sign saying "We the people have had enough"
April 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Even Paris says "Hands Off"!
#HandsOff #maddow.msnbc.com
Paris protest on April 5th 2025. "Hands Off" protesting the Trump administration's tariffs and the dismantling of Federal agencies that provided essential services to all Americans.
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Great time in Washington D.C. Rep Jamie Raskin and Rep Maxwell Frost gave stirring speeches (Frost is one to watch!).
#HandsOff #maddow.msnbc.com
Images of a "Hands Off" protest April 5th 2025 in Washington D.C. at the National Monument. Hundreds of thousands of protests gathered to protest the elimination by the Trump Administration of essential Federal agencies tjat provided services to all Americans. Images of a "Hands Off" protest April 5th 2025 in Washington D.C. at the National Monument. Hundreds of thousands of protests gathered to protest the elimination by the Trump Administration of essential Federal agencies tjat provided services to all Americans.
April 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Parents are being forced to make a difficult choice: believe doctors or a brain-damaged former drug addict.

Give their kids
-the MMR vaccine, that has been proven safe and effective
Or
-trust a massive dose of vitamin A, that has been proven to cause liver damage.

And the Darwin Award goes to...
Article from Texas Public Radio. Doctors at Covenant Children's Hospital report that that are treating children with severe cases of measles and vitamin A toxicity after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the CDC to update its measles guidance to promote the use of vitamin A.
March 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We should all start calling him "Shady" Vance!
The Closed captioning of a short video by VP J.D. Vance wrote his name as "Shady" Vance.
March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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It is as if DOGE used Orwell's book "1984" as the employee manual and Gilliam's film "Brazil" as the training video.

Excerpt from AP article by Joshua Goodman and Gisela Salomon, 3/18/24.
"Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights.
“The lack of a criminal record does not indicate they pose a limited threat,” said a sworn declaration in the filing, adding that along with their suspected gang membership “the lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose.”
March 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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China. Interesting to watch what China will do in the next month...
China is the world's 2nd largest economy. China processes nearly 90% of the world's rare earth minerals/metals. China uses their economic dominance and access to rare resources to leverage international trade deals. China has a special relationship with Russia through BRICS and does NOT want the U.S. to get Ukraine's minerals. Currently, the US has a vulnerable rare earth supply chain. Which partially explains the emotional meltdown/tantrum by Trump and Vance when President Zelensky began to question the U.S. regarding the response if Putin doesn't respect the negotiated ceasefire agreement that gives the U.S. access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals. So China is the wild card here. Will Xi Jinping help Putin in order to further tarnish the reputation of the U.S. and keep the U.S. from gaining a new supply of rare earth minerals? If the U.S. is isolated from NATO and our traditional allies, AND our economy is weakened by the tariffs and massive, indiscriminate government layoffs, will Putin brush aside his "good friend" Trump, make a deal with China, and continue his march into Europe?
March 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Worth a try. Hitting them in the only way it might matter to them...
Screenshot of Nancy Goldstein's recommendations fof the February 28th, one day Economic Boycott. Make NO purchases unless absolutely becessary (food, prescriptions, etc). Avoid using credit/ddbit cards. If you must spend, go to small businesses.
February 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Let's all help Google with their inaccurate information!
Search for the "Gulf of Mexico". Tap on on the 3 dots on the right.
Give Feedback
"Inaccurate" information.
Text box screenshot from providing Google with a correction for "inaccurate" informarion. Corrects "Gulf of America" to "Gulf of Mexico".
February 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Well, we may not have eggs, beef, milk, or cheese (H5N1 virus + RFK heading HHS and Brooke Rollin heading USDA ) but the domestic price of lentils wheat, rice, and peas will be at a newfound low as farmers have to dump crops that had gone been purchased by USAID.
Invest in vegan/vegetarian alt food
USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion a ywar of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers. Read that again.
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I wish there were more like Adam Schiff
Very long letter replying to a constiruent who asked Senator Adam Schiff of California about how he planned to counter Elon Musk.
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Dangerously, mentally ill...
#Gaza #Trump
Only Trump would look at Gaza and propose relocating all of the sick, malnourished, emotionally devasted people to foreign countries, bulldozing over  hundreds of the bodies of their family members buried under the rubble, and then taking "ownership" of the land that has been theirs for centuries and building a "beautiful" and "valuable" resort. The man is dangerously mentally ill.
February 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Four years of people "leading" our nation who don't have a fucking clue.
Repost of a text-based picture.
January 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM