The grumbling Valkano
@valklimate.bsky.social
Steve Valk, retired journalist; hunger and poverty advocate; retired #ClimateChange communicator. Straighten the crooked pictures on humanity's walls. Elderly white hippie.
AJC, RESULTS, Citizens' Climate Lobby, Climate Civics
AJC, RESULTS, Citizens' Climate Lobby, Climate Civics
Don't you just hate it when you're on deadline and your supervisor is breathing down your neck?
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Don't you just hate it when you're on deadline and your supervisor is breathing down your neck?
An architectural wonder.
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
An architectural wonder.
.@nytopinion.nytimes.com, I sincerely hope you'll write an editorial asking our generals if they will be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump. If it is the latter, we will soon be under a dictatorship.
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
.@nytopinion.nytimes.com, I sincerely hope you'll write an editorial asking our generals if they will be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump. If it is the latter, we will soon be under a dictatorship.
.@sulliview.bsky.social, please use your influence to push every paper in the country to write editorials asking the generals if they are going to be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump.
This is the question every newspaper in the country needs to be asking.
This is the question every newspaper in the country needs to be asking.
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
.@sulliview.bsky.social, please use your influence to push every paper in the country to write editorials asking the generals if they are going to be loyal to the Constitution or loyal to Trump.
This is the question every newspaper in the country needs to be asking.
This is the question every newspaper in the country needs to be asking.
THIS is a gourmet hot dog. Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta. Cited by the Wall Street Journal as among the best in the country.
September 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
THIS is a gourmet hot dog. Red's Beer Garden in Atlanta. Cited by the Wall Street Journal as among the best in the country.
It's Caturday. Frankie says, "Relax."
August 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's Caturday. Frankie says, "Relax."
Three members of our @cclusa.org Atlanta chapter spent Thursday evening at a town hall meeting with @repnikema.bsky.social. Didn't get a chance to ask our question about permitting reform, but we'll be back for the next one.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
August 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Three members of our @cclusa.org Atlanta chapter spent Thursday evening at a town hall meeting with @repnikema.bsky.social. Didn't get a chance to ask our question about permitting reform, but we'll be back for the next one.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
Forget about the kraken. Release the Epstein files!
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Forget about the kraken. Release the Epstein files!
Probably the best museum in America. I fear the first 2 floors, which focus on the history of American slavery, will be shut down or unrecognizable. The Baldwin quote below is part of that exhibit.
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Probably the best museum in America. I fear the first 2 floors, which focus on the history of American slavery, will be shut down or unrecognizable. The Baldwin quote below is part of that exhibit.
Ready to watch.
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ready to watch.
Started feeding my cat wet food a few months ago, and now she gets me up at 3 am for it. At my age, though, I'm up at 3 am anyway to go to the bathroom.
July 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Started feeding my cat wet food a few months ago, and now she gets me up at 3 am for it. At my age, though, I'm up at 3 am anyway to go to the bathroom.
.@maddow.msnbc.com, please shine some light on the plight of this woman, a pillar of her community who has lived in the US 50 years, who was picked up by ICE and is scheduled for deportation.
trevorstoneirvin.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
trevorstoneirvin.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
July 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
.@maddow.msnbc.com, please shine some light on the plight of this woman, a pillar of her community who has lived in the US 50 years, who was picked up by ICE and is scheduled for deportation.
trevorstoneirvin.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
trevorstoneirvin.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
Packed park for No Kings at the Georgia Capitol.
June 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Packed park for No Kings at the Georgia Capitol.
If anyone is looking for a good illustration to put on their protest sign, my friend Trevor has an excellent one. You can subscribe to his Substack here: trevorstoneirvin.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If anyone is looking for a good illustration to put on their protest sign, my friend Trevor has an excellent one. You can subscribe to his Substack here: trevorstoneirvin.substack.com
