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Wiry

@wiryarky.bsky.social

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Ret med tech, grammy and unrepentant elderly white hippie. Disappointed in my country. Fan of books, blues, science, dogs & the Hogs.🐗 Support PBS & NPR! Oh, and adopt, don’t shop.🐾 🔵 in AR

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · Jul 5

Feeling Sam Cooke-y today.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBl...

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by SamCookeVEVO

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 5h

Companies are dumping BILLIONS of dollars to develop AI data centers.

But they don't come without harm.

ONE center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, & billions of gallons of water.

Real people are about to face the environmental & financial impacts.

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Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 5h

#arkansas .. really?!

🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 8h

Among states, Minnesota had the highest voter turnout: 75.9%. Washington, DC, had a higher rate than any state: 79.5%.

#Arkansas had the lowest, with a rate of 52.8%.

@usafacts.org

How many Americans voted in 2024? | USAFacts

Voter turnout was the third highest since 1980 but declined by 1.5 percentage points since 2020.

usafacts.org

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🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 8h

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born this day in 1890

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 9h

This regime is chock full of people who, as children, delighted in pulling the wings off of flies.
And they’re still doing it.
Just with human beings.

Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 11h

Good work if you can keep it.

From Dan Rather and the Steady team:
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Good Work If You Can Keep It

Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job

open.substack.com

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 1d

Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

This was a big honking red flag when it happened. But it also wasn't a terribly surprising move after the Senate confirmed a guy who defended war criminals to be Secretary of Defense.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 7d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Several Airports Refuse to Broadcast Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats For The Government Shutdown

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Several Airports Refuse to Broadcast Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats For The Government Shutdown

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 1d

You know it!

Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 1d

Gotcha. We absolutely know who he represents and it’s not us.

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to be wrong, but haven’t heard that he has held an in-person town hall recently.

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you!
🚫👑
NoKings.org#map

Indivisible Little Rock & Central AR🚫👑 @indivisiblelrca.bsky.social · 18d

PROTESTS & MARCHES AR
ARKANSAS PRIDE!
ARKANSAS I
INDIVISIBLE
NO 2.0
KINGS
LiTTLe ROCKI
OCTOBER
18
Federal building corner of Broadway and Capitol St.
SATURDAY
TIME 10:00 AM
In solidarity with Central Arkansas PRIDE, we will begin marching at
11:00 AM down Capitol St.

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Indivisible Little Rock & Central AR🚫👑 @indivisiblelrca.bsky.social · 2d

IT’S ABOUT TIME THE FOURTH ESTATE STEPPED UP! More of this, please!!!

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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50501 Arkansas & The People’s Protests AR @50501arkansas.bsky.social · 2d

🚫👑NO KINGS 2.0

The people of Arkansas are rising. This Saturday, we rally across the state to tell the oligarchs and their government puppets—WE ARE THE CHECK AND BALANCE. Find your city's action below.

#NoKings #Arkansas #50501Arkansas #ThePeoplesProtestsAndMarchesAR #50501Movement

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 2d

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 2d

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

French Hill was sent home by Speaker Johnson on Oct 3rd to avoid a vote on the Epstein files, but couldn’t find the time to hold an in-person town hall with his constituents.
He found the time to meet with the bankers, though.
#arpx

District update from Rep French Hill describing meeting with community bankers about digital assets

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

Hubs rustled up some red beans and rice with tasso ham and linguiça sausage. Pretty damned tasty!

Bowl of red beans and rice with tasso ham and linguiça sausage topped with scallions.

Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

Gurl, ain’t no moisturizer on earth gonna help me now. 😂

Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

You misspelled “decades”! 😂

Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

Living life on the edge:

Me in my 50s vs Me now

Middle-aged woman (me) rappelling in the Ozark National Forest

Lizard sunning itself on the edge of the deck

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

And, despite the wishful thinking of a certain party, we’re not going back.

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Debra Lynn @delphicdeb.bsky.social · 2d

I never stop being startled by what women's lives were like in the 19th century. Thank God time marches on & women stopped putting up with that shit.

Coming Up On TCM @comingupontcm.bsky.social · 2d

#ComingUpOnTCM

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1934) Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill
Dir.: Philip Moeller 9:00 AM PT

A young attorney risks his career for the love of a glamorous divorcee.

1h 21m | Romantic Drama | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty

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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 2d

You telling me that Sleepy Joe wrested control of the FBI from the actual sitting president on Jan 6, 2021?
Badass move!

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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