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Julie Butcher 🌴
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"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
~ Hunter S. Thompson


My local reporting: https://muckrack.com/julie-butcher
My writings & such: https://butchershop-nobonesaboutit.com
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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · Nov 24
Welcome to the California GARDENERS feed! Please click on this post for more info ☀️ 🥑 🍊 🌺 🌵 🌴 🩴 🌹
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"Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog."
~ Sidney Jeanne Seward

Cynthia always looks like she's been rolling in the grass. She loves #TerrierTuesday and wishes all the #DogsofBlueSky every enjoyment of the season 🎄
White and cream-colored terrier dog (Cynthia) face, looking a bit scruffy (as usual)
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Bari Weiss is innovating entire new dimensions of failure. She's failing in ways hitherto unconceived of. A pioneer of failology. A faileontologist. Whole career is a Fail Mary. She's beyond the fail. The Daily Fail. She's on the quest for the Holy Fail. Making tomato and Fail Salad.
December 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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“I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It’s the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities.”
~ Ian Astbury
Small Christmas tree, medium-sized gray cat looking away, blue books on shelf, baseball mementos
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.

It must be read:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss

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December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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CBS News(max) is officially cooked. Bari Weiss killed a whole-ass network.
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"This story is of Paramount importance."
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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"The force that through the green fuse drives the flower, drives my green age," Dylan Thomas.
December 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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“May the light illuminate your hearts and shine in your life every day of the year. May everlasting peace be yours and upon our Earth.”
~ Eileen Anglin

🕎 Happy Hanukkah, Day 8!
🌞 Happy Winter Solstice!
Hanukkah menorah, lit for Day 8
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Happy Solstice, Bluesky lovelies! As the light returns, may people round the world, allow it to enlighten our hearts & minds & actions with kindness & empathy. Each new day,is a new opportunity for each one of us to share light, in our own way. ☀️🕊️♥️
December 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."
~ Theodore Roethke

🌱 A joyous #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow to all the wondrous gardeners of BlueSky ☀️

#Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a
Yellow and orange Snapdragon bloom, green leaves and stems in the background
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“If you think that it is only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat.”
~ T. S. Eliot

🐈‍⬛ On this Christmas #Caturday, Willie wants to teach you how to fold a fitted sheet. He's a giver.
Gray cat (Willie) sitting in the middle of an unmade bed, lying on a sage colored fitted sheet
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.

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Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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“And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.”
~ Rumi

Soon. The days will get shorter.

🌱 #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a ☀️
Light purple stock blooms growing among rose leaves
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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“I know what it means for a community to be shattered by gun violence. I know what it’s like to return from winter break with empty desks and unanswered questions. I know what it feels like to be discussed in press conferences instead of classrooms." - @miatretta.bsky.social
I Lived Through Two School Shootings: Brown and Saugus High School
America’s failure to protect students must end.
time.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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“Time is purple / Just before night.”
~ Mary O’Neill

🌱 Wishing joy and love and a sweet moment of purple in your gardens today, kind gardeners of BlueSky!

#PrettyPurpleThursday 💜 #Bloomscrolling🩷 #FlowerReport
Magenta rose bloom, very blue/purplish plant next to it, green and garden in the background
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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"A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us; we survived. Let's eat!"
~ Alan King

Happy Hanukkah, Day 4 🕎
Hanukkah menorah with candles lit, day 4
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck."
~ Emma Goldman

🌱 #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a 🌹
Coral and cream-colored rose bloom
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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No blood for oil
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Ach, my heart. It breaks.

(Gift article)

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Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
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December 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow."
~ David Hobson

Me too.

🌱 #TinyFlowerTuesday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Zone10a ☀️
Miniature rose, coral in color, in the garden, backed by green leaves
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder
This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM