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@dougray7.bsky.social

Author of Timberline (https://timberlinethenovel.com) "I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point -- race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.' ~ Molly Ivins

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“The world has raised its whip; where will it descend?" ― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge (June) #MovieSky #Filmsky #nightflight 🎥🍿🎬 Jun-22 Movie character played by Mery! Streep that is NOT Miranda Priestly Susan Orlean in Adaptation (2002)

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Earthrise: Humanity’s Defining MomentDecember 24, 1968 — Christmas Eve.As Apollo 8 emerged from behind the Moon’s barren horizon, astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans in history to witness Earthrise.There, floating silently in the black void of space, was our

While studying the history of my new home in Longmont, Colorado, I discovered that Jack Kerouac passed through once while bumming a ride into Denver. He stopped for a nap under a tree at a main crossroad here. What's on that spot now? A Jars dispensary. I think that would have pleased him.

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YukonCorneliusJack@yukoncorneliusjack.bsky.social

Knicks fans are livid that this ignorant cunt is attending tonight’s game in NYC. This should be an angry crowd, so how will he ever get his ballroom into MSG to keep him safe? The broadcast better not hide the booing & the middle fingers directed at this POS. Go Knicks! #IgnorantAsshole

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Just watching the National Theatre production of this…a very pertinent book for current times sadly.

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Lee Mays@leemays.bsky.social

Donald Trump wants to keep the UFC arena on the White House lawn, mostly because it’s the only place where “ground and pound” isn’t a description of what he did to teenage girls in the Epstein files.

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Clifford petted the serious aspect of Felix, a golden eyed iteration napping in his lap. “They're not cats. They just look like them.” “What are they, then?” “They are what cats dream themselves to be. Rapacious, beautiful, terrifying.” “What do you do with the fenders?” “Scrapyard, of course.”

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This is out of control in New Jersey. OUT OF CONTROL! Gov. Mikie Sherrill has work to do. I don't envy her. This is crazy stuff in New Jersey.

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Sounds to me like Iran is winning

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Jacobs to Rubio: "You're saying we're winning because the Iranian economy has inflation and it's costing them millions a day in lost revenue. Well, we are having inflation. It's already cost us an estimated $100 billion, gas prices are up ... "

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Richard Gere on Trump: “We’re living in the darkest moment that I’ve experienced on this planet. Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought that a maniac like this would become president and dismantle all the good things?”

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Child rape couldn't do it, countless war crimes couldn't do it, endless self aggrandizement couldn't do it, perhaps support for data centers will fracture MAGA?

rprobbins.bsky.social@rprobbins.bsky.social

The data center issue is really starting to pull everyone in the same direction 💯💯💯💯🎯

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Larry Tenney@larrytenney.bsky.social

Remember when MAGA lost it's shit because Obama returned $1.2 billion in previously frozen Iran funds? In order to get outta the war Trump started, he's reportedly gotta give Iran $300 Billion $300 BILLION TO IRAN because Trump started an unneccesary war WTAF?!?!?!?!

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'I bet you are not afraid of anything,' I said. 'Of course I am,' she said, and pulled at a loose thread in her apron. 'I am afraid of lies.' The Familiars ~ Stacey Halls (2019) This quote really resonated with me, I think I am too.