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John Metcalf ⚛️

@jymetcalf.bsky.social

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Mid-Michigan progressive 💙, secularist ⚛️, exhibit designer👨‍💻, ally 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸, good without gods—ask me how.

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · Nov 17

“Travel is fatal to prejuidce, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
— Mark Twain

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 21m

No lies found 🤦‍♂️

Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 25m

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 1h

But, but, what about the $17 trillion? 😭

John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 1h

This is what the resistance looks like. ✊

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 4h

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson protects pedophiles. 🤦‍♂️

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 4h

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 4h

You've got the "right wing" people against you. 😆

John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 4h

Recently heard about the adorable Leaf Sheep sea slug on The Daily Beans podcast, so now you get to learn about them, too. 😊

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Nature's cutest maniac: Why this (very adorable) sea slug eats sunlight for breakfast | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Get to know all about the Costasiella kuroshimae - the leaf sheep sea slug.

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 7h

Release the Epstein files.

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 7h

Such an inspiring group of young Republicans. 🤮

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 22h

I promised some random person on a classic car forum on Reddit that I’d buy him the future classic car of his choice if I win.

For his sake I hope I do. 😆

John Metcalf ⚛️ @jymetcalf.bsky.social · 1d

Does he have the Epstein files in there? 🤔

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Steve The Enraged Apostate 🌊🇺🇸 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @enragedapostate.bsky.social · 1d

Puppy Killer Noem violating federal law (the Hatch Act) by playing political messages as part of their federal duties

There will be a reckoning when the American Nuremberg tribunal is held

Life without parole (or worse) for the lot of them