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Mark in LA

@markinla.bsky.social

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Farmer, forager, forester, author, mycophile. 20 yrs as the 1st employee of The Longleaf Alliance & Res. Assoc. w/ Auburn University. Science over religion. Retired educator who speaks regularly on several subjects 🇺🇲🇺🇦

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Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 16h

If I had the dough, I would commission a sculptor to render this in marble.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 20h

Multiple wars on multiple fronts.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 20h

I enjoyed this book enough that I reread it again decades later.

The Story of Writing @sownow.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1960, Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The novel, by D. H. Lawrence was titillating for its time, leading to the British government prosecuting the publisher.
#BookSky #History #OTD

A b/w photo of a man, possibly on public transit, reading D. H. Lawrence's book "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The man's copy of The Times newspaper obscures the back cover of the book. Another person in the background is looking at the book, too.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Image source: BBC

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 1d

How many strikes that close until the building collapses? That's hell.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 6d

Reduce "committing killings of civilians" to "killing civilians."

Sorry, but I'm an author and unnecessary wording distracts from the message.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 10d

Vonnegut is a favorite of mine.

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Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 13d

This woman did everything she could to elect Donald Trump.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 13d

She did not survive, but her message may live on.

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Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 14d

This country can not survive these degrees of divisiveness, prejudice, and cultist devotion to a rabid ruling class.
Murdoch and the talking heads inflamed this situation for ratings and personal enrichment. They should be exterminated.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 14d

One after another, many of the most intelligent white men I know have demonstrated that Democracy and equality mean nothing to them.
They want white privilege.

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Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 14d

Everyone is revealing their true selves.

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Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 14d

Wearing a cross =s sign of the beast.
Begone, foul creature.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 15d

Portugal is awesome. I walked a good distance through Portugal on El Camino de Santiago this January and February.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 15d

We need more like you and Newsome.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 15d

Let's dump the Orange Schmuck.

CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15d

🚨Huntsville, Alabama 🚨
We The People are done when Alabama shows up! ✊🏼 No Kings

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 15d

I was signed up to sell and speak at the Gulf Coast Fungi Festival near Fairhope, Alabama, so I can't do the No Kings events. Raise your voices for me!

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 19d

But it's still imperative to vote. When the Orange One tries to perform a coup after losing an election, there's still a chance our military will save America.
There will be fraud, but the greater our turnout, the more difficult it will be for them to hide their vote tampering.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 19d

They have stepped back into reality. I wonder how long that will last?

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 19d

I have nothing against Episcopalians, Pagans, or Wiccans.
The rest of religion is a force for evil, and it will likely lead to the death of this nation (USA).

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 20d

Life can be so beautiful.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 20d

Too many MAGATS out there. He'll get his attention elsewhere.

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 20d

So, one of my classmates took it upon herself to call me "Underwear" because my last name is "Hainds" where the "d" is almost silent, and you have the other major brand of the era.
Another childhood trauma I eventually overcame.

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 20d

So I've worn Fruit of the Loom briefs for, well, forever. TMI? Bear with me. In the '90s and into the aughts, they had FTL on the elastic waistband, not the full company name. I always thought that was awesome. I mean, who wouldn't want underpants that can go faster than light?

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 21d

We're very dry in my portion of Alabama. Congratulations on the precipitation!

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 21d

After more than a year without back issues, mine slipped out yesterday, and I hope to schedule my chiropractor early this week.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 22d

As I have often said. "Ow, my back."

Mark in LA @markinla.bsky.social · 25d

I know so many mediocre white men for which this is true.