widowsNorphans
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Words, Art, and Literally Letters | Ponies, Hunter Fat or Racing Fit | "I've lived in London...Kentucky, that is." | Possibly the first person to live skeet a Kentucky Derby draw | Whatever you may've heard, it was an Akzidenz.
Pinned
"Cosign!"
With arrows or printers' fingers pointing in different directions... at all the awesome signs I expect to be surrounded by. I'm so excited!
😂
With arrows or printers' fingers pointing in different directions... at all the awesome signs I expect to be surrounded by. I'm so excited!
😂
PA! Yinz’all.
It's been 23 years since the Claiming Crown was run in Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Park, later to be renamed Parx Racing. Still, the outcome of the headline event on Claiming Crown Day at Churchill Downs had a Keystone State feel to it.
Double Your Money Collects Claiming Crown Payday
It's been 23 years since the Claiming Crown was run in Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Park, later to be renamed Parx Racing. Still, the outcome of the headline event on Claiming Crown Day at Churchill Downs had a Keystone State feel to it.
www.bloodhorse.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
PA! Yinz’all.
As I tossed a wool quarter sheet back in the car, that had spent the warm weather months in a corner where I “temporarily”tossed it in the spring …
All those winter coats, hats and mitts I didn't put away in the Spring don't look so ridiculous now.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As I tossed a wool quarter sheet back in the car, that had spent the warm weather months in a corner where I “temporarily”tossed it in the spring …
Crikey!
It's Steve Irwin Day!
"Steve Irwin Day is celebrated internationally to honor the life of the infamous “Crocodile Hunter” who inspired thousands of people around the world to prioritize wildlife conservation and take more interest in and care of animals."
"Steve Irwin Day is celebrated internationally to honor the life of the infamous “Crocodile Hunter” who inspired thousands of people around the world to prioritize wildlife conservation and take more interest in and care of animals."
Steve Irwin Day
Put on your khakis and honor the infamous Crocodile Hunter and his love of wildlife
nationaltoday.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Crikey!
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
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Epstein Document Search
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November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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🚨 LAW NERD ALERT🚨
It’s AMA time!
@hegemommy.bsky.social and I are answering your questions on our next episode of Boom! Lawyered.
Drop your questions about the courts, abortion, or anything else that's bothering you related to the ongoing dumpster fire. We will select a few to answer next week!
It’s AMA time!
@hegemommy.bsky.social and I are answering your questions on our next episode of Boom! Lawyered.
Drop your questions about the courts, abortion, or anything else that's bothering you related to the ongoing dumpster fire. We will select a few to answer next week!
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🚨 LAW NERD ALERT🚨
It’s AMA time!
@hegemommy.bsky.social and I are answering your questions on our next episode of Boom! Lawyered.
Drop your questions about the courts, abortion, or anything else that's bothering you related to the ongoing dumpster fire. We will select a few to answer next week!
It’s AMA time!
@hegemommy.bsky.social and I are answering your questions on our next episode of Boom! Lawyered.
Drop your questions about the courts, abortion, or anything else that's bothering you related to the ongoing dumpster fire. We will select a few to answer next week!
Every so often I miss smoking. Like really miss it. Like the friends you made in the glassed-in smokers' cage at the Atlanta airport. Or the sweet, sweet relief in a high stress moment.
And then I don't.
And then I don't.
CIGARETTES ARE FIFTEEN DOLLARS A PACK? jesus christ someone who smokes a pack a day needs a second job
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Every so often I miss smoking. Like really miss it. Like the friends you made in the glassed-in smokers' cage at the Atlanta airport. Or the sweet, sweet relief in a high stress moment.
And then I don't.
And then I don't.
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guys i figured out where the male loneliness problem is coming from
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
guys i figured out where the male loneliness problem is coming from
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🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS
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From the thread ... this is the thread. The whole thread:
"but the church isn't helping the community, it's just redirecting people to the food bank!"
Who do you think is doing the work at the food bank, hon? Because I'm pretty sure you'll recognize some faces there if you go to the Methodist church on Sunday.
Who do you think is doing the work at the food bank, hon? Because I'm pretty sure you'll recognize some faces there if you go to the Methodist church on Sunday.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From the thread ... this is the thread. The whole thread:
😭 please.
I just want to wake up one morning and not go "what the fuck now, you assholes"
Can we get back to that life please
Can we get back to that life please
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
😭 please.
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It's a highlight that equestrians and sporting art enthusiasts look forward to every year: Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery continue their collaboration by offering the 13th annual Sporting Art Auction Nov. 13 at Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
Keeneland to Welcome Sporting Art Auction Nov. 13
It's a highlight that equestrians and sporting art enthusiasts look forward to every year: Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery continue their collaboration by offering the 13th annual Sporting Art Auction Nov. 13 at Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
www.bloodhorse.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It's a highlight that equestrians and sporting art enthusiasts look forward to every year: Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery continue their collaboration by offering the 13th annual Sporting Art Auction Nov. 13 at Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
This part caught my attention in Winters's essay because my chronic, low-grade question is "who's raising these boys?" Probably, in part, a dude setting an example in 'tuning mom out.'
scott galloway sounds like an awful father and really bad hang. would not grab beers with him
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This part caught my attention in Winters's essay because my chronic, low-grade question is "who's raising these boys?" Probably, in part, a dude setting an example in 'tuning mom out.'
Friends, remember that time you thought Hillbilly Elegy was the manual for understanding 'those people out there' even though it was packed with hoary old Reagan-era welfare queen tropes? Same kind of deal here -- only the retrograde cream filling is buried deeper and in fancier pastry.
"Being a good dad means being good to their mother." -- huh? how does that even work?
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Friends, remember that time you thought Hillbilly Elegy was the manual for understanding 'those people out there' even though it was packed with hoary old Reagan-era welfare queen tropes? Same kind of deal here -- only the retrograde cream filling is buried deeper and in fancier pastry.
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If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
For those following the Nikalie TikToks, I don’t mean to harsh your righteous high but, this isn’t a fully good faith “experiment.” I say this as someone who works for a church with a food pantry and that supports local, secular nonprofits on food insecurity etc.
www.threads.com/@raiofsunshi...
www.threads.com/@raiofsunshi...
Rachel A (@raiofsunshine31) on Threads
Some of you need a clue so here it is…
www.threads.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For those following the Nikalie TikToks, I don’t mean to harsh your righteous high but, this isn’t a fully good faith “experiment.” I say this as someone who works for a church with a food pantry and that supports local, secular nonprofits on food insecurity etc.
www.threads.com/@raiofsunshi...
www.threads.com/@raiofsunshi...
On the to-listen:
New Note from a Hired Pen: I listened to The Wedding Scammer from The Ringer. I wasn't surprised the conman started by stiffing freelancers, nor that he used the same excuse I've heard a dozen times before jenamiller.com/notes-from-a...
Notes from a Hired Pen: Listen to the words of a man who scams freelancers - Jen A. Miller
Readers! Last week, I took a few days off to frolic in the woods of western Pennsylvania. On my drive back, I started listening to The Wedding Scammer, a 2023 podcast from the Ringer. The title is a...
jenamiller.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On the to-listen:
Can I please clarify “never feared for the loss of their TAX-PAYER FUNDED healthcare”
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Can I please clarify “never feared for the loss of their TAX-PAYER FUNDED healthcare”
Noting this for later.
I tend to give books as presents when I don’t know what else to get. I try to buy them from indie bookshops, not Amazon, because that way there’s someone else I like who benefits, instead of an actively harmful company. My favourite bookshop is @newhambookshop.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Noting this for later.
This. 😭
I feel like a town that hired the Three Amigos to protect it from the bullies. Depending on congressional Democrats just never works out. They’ll be “shocked!” When the Rs go back on their word. No one else will be.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This. 😭
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All of this
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
All of this
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Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Marty!
Is it frowned upon to put sunglasses and a hat on the supermarket robot
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Marty!
PSA, horsey friends and fam... the Ogilvy Seconds Sale is ON: ogilvyequestrian.com/collections/...
Seconds
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
PSA, horsey friends and fam... the Ogilvy Seconds Sale is ON: ogilvyequestrian.com/collections/...
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Breeders' Cup week handicapping report featuring recaps of all 14 Breeders' Cup World Championship races at Del Mar #horseracing
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Del Mar Breeders' Cup Week 2025 Recap - therunawayhorse.com
Del Mar Breeders' Cup Week 2025 Recap. This post includes stakes recaps of all 14 Breeders' Cup World Championship races.
therunawayhorse.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Breeders' Cup week handicapping report featuring recaps of all 14 Breeders' Cup World Championship races at Del Mar #horseracing
therunawayhorse.com/2025/11/07/d...
therunawayhorse.com/2025/11/07/d...