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Deb the Hermit

@debthehermit.bsky.social

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You’re “friendly” neighborhood hermit. Dog lover, mom, and political junkie. I love photos of nature. I just never get out in it to take them anymore. 😢 I am prone to typos as I have a disorder called Essential Tremor. I’m a big mess!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · Nov 25

Some more shots of my beloved Spanish moss. I wish we had it here in VA!
#naturephotography #spanishmoss #liveoaktrees #floridaphotography

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 38m

As if it wasn’t bad enough…

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

Color me shocked.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 40m

I’m so terribly sorry! How awful.

Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 51m

Another one bites the dust

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

Yes, color me shocked.

Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 55m

Good morning! Always a pleasure. You have a great day too!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks for the boost!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 1h

A great list!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 16h

I miss being happy but I do not miss despair and it can still steal up on me. Luckily George is able to comfort me or make me laugh at him and that lets a little sunlight in.

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 17h

I went to school up north but raised my kids in the south. I was taught home economics, public speaking, and civics (non elective) and another class about how government works. My kids had none of those classes. I had to do enrichment at home for them. Crazy.

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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 18h

🚨🚨 WEST CALDWELL, NJ 🚨🚨

h/t @wcaldwellprotests.bsky.social

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

No, I have to get one but the fact that I’m overdue for sending all my paperwork in doesn’t matter since I will be getting out. I could go the first day and pee myself to get out but I’d rather have the docs note.
😂

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

An excellent read.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 23h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

I’d more go for: Shut up, you disgusting pervert!

Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

A government shutdown should NOT be an excuse to let these people die without much chance of rescue! Get FEMA in gear!

Blue Horizon @phds2.bsky.social · 19h

Tragedy for the indigenous people of Alaska. Remnants of a typhoon hit the off shore islands wiping away whole communities. Rescue efforts are very slim. People are stuck in their homes floating down rivers toward the Bering Sea!

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#fyp #viral #alaska Windigenoustiktok Hblacktiktok

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

Important and interesting 🧵 on the govt shutdown

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 18h

My whole thing is if Trump wants to only be President for Republicans then Democrats should have their own President…… let’s see which states do better shall we ? 💅

Want to change the country ? Alright…. Let’s vote on a new Dem President and ignore Trump.

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

What research money? They need to just fix the budget and open the government! Why has Congress released all of its power?

David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it during the ongoing shutdown. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/r...

Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown • Ohio Capital Journal

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it during the ongoing shutdown.

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

This is a recipe for disaster

Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 18h

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the rhetoric hashira @tumblesweed.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, new followers. Welcome. A reminder that Native and Indigenous peoples are not monoliths. We have different spiritual beliefs, cosmologies, traditions, and languages. Some of us are also Black, white, Asian, and/or from beyond Western borders. We don't speak for our nations or tribes which is

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 20h

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

Great news!

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

Looking good!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues ..”

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Deb the Hermit @debthehermit.bsky.social · 18h

Disturbing but not at all surprising.

👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 20h

It's so weird when Nazis talk like Nazis.

It's like they're Nazis or something.

(Browswer Ballett nailed it in 2019: "Playing the Nazi Card in the Third Reich" w/ English subtitles.)