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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 53m

Californian wins the World Championship title for biggest pumpkin with a gourd tipping the scale at 2,346 pounds.
(Did you know they can grow over 50 pounds a day??)
apnews.com/article/cali...

#Halloween #pumpkins

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1h

Asha Rangappa's excellent explainer on the slippery slope we're riding here. Must watch:
youtu.be/kQPPdZz9kEY?...

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1h

On a "good" day he still looks like hammered shit.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 2h

Can't they ever sass him back, just once? Everyone is sick of these insults and lies, just spewed with abandon like a malicious fifth grader.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 4h

I went to an October wedding in NJ once and got to tour most of New England from the back seat of a tiny car, craning to see the foliage. Mostly I remember the engaged couple in the front seat arguing over what was "peak" or not.
The bride to be would point at a patch of red and yell "That's PEAK!"😬

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 7h

More than 40% of the country was considered to be in a drought in early October, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Leaf-peeping season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color

More than 40% of the country was considered to be in a drought in early October, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

nbcnews.to

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 6h

❤️ 🦫

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 7h

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 7h

A third of Americans believe Trump’s rise to power is part of God’s plan as he leans further into MAGA evangelicalism

A third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s plan

www.independent.co.uk

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 7h

Just a pooch and his pal. It's nice :)

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 7h

One of the worst things about this whole business is a nationwide celebration of cruelty, led by the cruelest wretch of all, one who is likened to a saint sent by god. People of faith, have you forgotten the teachings of Jesus?

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 16h

Remember all that trump junk they used to hawk on late night TV? Like the talking Trumpy Bear and the even dumber Trumpy Fish?
I wanted to alter and resell stuff like this, recording new phrases. I could think of lots of rude things for them to say. 😆

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 17h

Where'd that weird link come from? Probably some commie stuff caused by immigrants.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 17h

Lee sure gets peevish about patriotic matters. The song has an undercurrent of grievance, too.
And he didn't just try to claim ownership of the words "God bless the USA" he acts like America itself is his intellectual property. (Sort of like how trump thinks the U.S. is real estate he owns now.)

U.S.is

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 21h

"But at least I know I'm free"
(top three stupidest lyrics ever)

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks :)
(I think) 😆

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 21h

Oh no, really?😬

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 22h

OAN I think, if that even counts as news.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 22h

2/2
youtu.be/kQPPdZz9kEY?...

Trump GAMBLES with WAR POWERS as He TESTS International LAW

YouTube video by Legal AF

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 22h

There's no "yes, but" here, all of these are true.
Asha Rangappa explains it really well in this video and her substack - the slippery slope of trump bending "war on terror" laws to designate ordinary criminals (anyone he feels like) as terrorists, therefore legitimate military targets. 1/2

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 22h

There is something uncanny and inexplicable about our relationships with animals. I think it's part of what William Least Heat-Moon calls "the great mysterious," that we don't have words for but recognize as true.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to the wall-of-jowls display, his baldness is clearly on view - plus we're treated to a good peek up inside his repulsive nose.

Remember, nothing you see on a Time cover is ever there by accident. ✔️

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

Spammer.

LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

Since carrying or transporting drugs have been conflated with terrorism by trump, people are worried military action can be used on civilians with no oversight. Ordinary street crime, or fishing boats, can be met with lethal force instead of arrest by appropriate authorities, with due process.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

I feel animals are our cousins, but they do seem like messengers of God too. It's a feeling of blessing in any case.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 1d

More Orwellian doublespeak.
Vance is a nimble liar but even he finds it challenging to craft a logical narrative.

#fascism #trump #Portland

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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