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MaryMolitierno

@marymolitierbo.bsky.social

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Retired History teacher, Gardener, Avid reader (formerly @corneliagracchi at X) No Chats henceforth🥲. Ohio asking for SS to prove over 21, nope, not gonna! #GardenGrewPeas #BalconyGardening #ResistanceGardening 🌱

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · Nov 29

Keep a light in the window, dear friends. (Home of abolitionist John Rankin which overlooked the Ohio River on a bluff easy to spot by refugee slaves making the crossing) #WeCanSurviveMaga

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 20m

My favorite source of smoked fish….😢

Corby Kummer @ckummer.bsky.social · 2d

''The entire West Side is having a nervous breakdown over this,'' Nora Ephron said when a fight between the Zabar brothers and their then-partner Murray Klein threatened a sale out of the family. Luckily Zabars and Zabar's triumphed. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 12h

This is lovely!

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Sebastian Tomasz Drozdowski @stdrozdowski72.bsky.social · 2d

#photography #nature #color #canon #butterfly #noAL (c)stdrozdowski72

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Activate Maine💪🗓️ @activatemaine.bsky.social · 2d

The NO Kings DAY
ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
October 18th
No shopping
No spending
Shut the Country Down
Stand in Solidarity

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

Fallen leaves do NOT break into your house and steal stuff! They are food for wildlife of all kinds and turn into rich soil.
Leave the leaves!

John Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social · 1d

“The number one thing you can do from an entomologist’s perspective is plant an oak tree and leave the leaves that fall off the oak tree.”
#gardening #trees #biodiversity #LeaveTheLeaves
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

www.nytimes.com

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 3d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
August 26,1946

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1-NANCY AND SLUGGO PANEL SEE A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK
NANCY: OH, BOY !...A PAIR OF SUN GLASSES
SLUGGO :I SAW 'EM FOIST

P2-NANCY: LET GO
THEY'RE MINE
SLUGGO: SOME NOIVE-GIMME ‘EM

P3-NANCY: LISTEN --- WHAT'S THE USE OF US FIGHTING LIKE THIS?

P4-NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THEIR HEADS TOGETHER SO THAT BOTH CAN WEAR THE SUNGLASSES TOGETHER

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Agriculture Farm - কৃষি খামার @agriculture-farm.bsky.social · 18h

Lemon

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Lexington Alarm! @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social · 1d

We're excited to announce that
@billmckibben.bsky.social will be joining us at Oct. 18 in #Lexington, MA. Hope you do, too!
#nokings #notyranny #resistance #democracy

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 16h

New #OceanDevotion: underwater! 5 minutes in a tide pool.

youtu.be/fYH8PJz6Z-k?...

Who will you see?

Filmed with my DJI Osmo Pro 5

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sky-cloud-lover.bsky.social @sky-cloud-lover.bsky.social · 18h

#sunset✨💫

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Emerson W. Baker @emersonwbaker.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD Oct 8 1692 Thomas Brattle writes his letter to "Reverend Sir" severely criticizing the #Salem #witch trials. tinyurl.com/4kwryhkp

"Letter of Thomas Brattle, F. R. S., 1692" :: :: University of Virginia Library

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d

The *Commodus Passage reopens*

(Oo-er)

Secret tunnel used by Roman emperors inside Colosseum reopens

It is believed Emperor Commodus survived an assassination attempt while walking through the tunnel

www.independent.co.uk

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Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely worth a read having read Paolo's book in manuscript form!

Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 6d

Another (quite exciting looking!) book from Tübingen!!

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · 2d

Country #78 of my Cooking Round the World challenge is INDONESIA 🇮🇩

Nasi Goreng is chicken fried rice made with sautéed onions & garlic flavored with kecap manis (thick sweet soy sauce), red chilis, & shrimp paste. Served with cucumbers, tomatoes, & fried egg, & garnished with scallions.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 23h

In case you're struggling to find the words for why you're feeling the way you do.

A tweet that reads: My therapist, who was trained by the famed psychiatrist Victor Frankl, said to me today that the majority of his clients right now are dealing the same basic issue:

We have all lost any concept of the future.

We're all just getting through the day or the week.

Our horizons have shrunk.

We feel overwhelmed and overstimulated.

I never understood how much the concept of a better future made my current life more liveable, made hard times easier to cope with, and supported my creativity.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 1d

Mondays the big day, my first procedure. If successful ;-) I'm home free, sorta, except for the bill. Some of my medications aren't covered. Talk about sticker shock.
Working on the paper helps.
If you ever thought of donating, now would be a good time.
Please donate tonight gofund.me/babd9034

Donate to Please Support our Research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous Ann

Having found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find fundin… Ominous Ann needs your support for Please Support our Research at ALTYNP

gofund.me

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 19h

Should add nearly all veggies at the commissary were tinned!!!!!

MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 20h

We’ve never sufficiently recompensed our military(to our discredit).Father worked at WPAFB as a civilian but several in his laboratory were career military.He used to take in produce from our huge garden because many esp beginning rank officers couldn’t find the necessary even at the commissary.

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 22h

But hoping you had a super time!!!!

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So true!

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 22h

A touching story from Prince George, BC I also hope she had a good life. www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/f...

Firefighter saved a little girl on his first day in 1980

Now retired, Lee Painchaud wonders what became of her all these years later

www.princegeorgecitizen.com

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MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 22h

No, people are just tired and discouraged but we pick up our walking sticks and move on soon, I hope!

MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 22h

Also blessings upon Mustard Seed Cafe!

MaryMolitierno @marymolitierbo.bsky.social · 22h

This is an outrage…

Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in El Paso, home to Ft. Bliss and Biggs Field, and need food assistance, the Mustard Seed Cafe (where I volunteered) provides hot fresh food Wed-Friday. No questions asked. It’s main purpose was providing meals in a restaurant and dignified setting for unhoused, but is now for all… free.

SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1d

It’s heartbreaking that the richest country in the world needs food banks to feed its people but it’s unbelievable that our billionaire politicians have forced our military to feed themselves and their families from food banks.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Military
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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jen-l-espinoza.bsky.social @jen-l-espinoza.bsky.social · 23h

Rudbeckia and praying mantis. #fallgarden

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