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Poet, artist, working on novel. Blue💙. Live on farm in Blue Ridge Mountains with 3 dogs, a horse, and a donkey. Author of three chapbooks. Writer, 🌱gardener. Founder, long retired, of museum on coast of Gulf of Mexico. No dm's. 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine! 🇨🇦

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ScribeMarjie ✍️🎨🐶🗽🇺🇦🇨🇦 @scribemarjie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Most honored to have my poem, “Snows of Biloxi,” and my reading of the poem, published here for Certain Age magazine:
www.certainagemag.com/post/snows-o... #poetry. #writing

Snows of Biloxi | Poem | Certain Age Magazine

In this poem by Marjorie Gowdy, the sea holds its mysteries and takes what it wants before releasing you back to yourself.

www.certainagemag.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 6h

The GOP knows from unhinged rallies. As an aside, is Scott Bessent the thirstiest person in DC?

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3h

Then travelled to DC to get in with the Trump gang, which mocks him btw, stayed in the rich enclave like Georgetown (which is always nice) & declared it saved by the National Guard. Codswallop all. Being charitable doesn’t give you a pass to mangle the facts, esp in such a staggeringly inept way.

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` codswallop , in my opinion . ''

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` codswallop , in my opinion . ''

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ScribeMarjie ✍️🎨🐶🗽🇺🇦🇨🇦 @scribemarjie.bsky.social · 2h

Isn’t Benioff one of the arrogant dudes who ruined season 8 of GOT?

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3h

My guess is @mbenioff.bsky.social was in SF for 5 mins & landed in a still dicey part of SF (my guess Mission & 6th area or near, which has been problematic for decades) & declared it hopelessly lost.

Suzanne Needles 📸 @hope30.bsky.social · 5h

Benioff and Musk want Trump to send troops to S.F. to fight crime. The law is not on their side

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Bob Egelko is one our best reporters in San Francisco for decades.

Benioff and Musk want Trump to send troops to S.F. to fight crime. The law is not on their side

Gov. Gavin Newsom once sent the California National Guard to the city. But any attempt by the president to dispatch troops for law-enforcement purposes would collide with a 147-year-old federal law.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts

The Trump administration’s push for more deportations is upending immigration courts. Recently terminated judges fear the changes imperil due process.

www.motherjones.com

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5h

“Banter”

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David Magnusson @magnusson32.bsky.social · 5h

From George Marshall to Colin Powell to this guy....
...Holy s--t...

To quote the Beatles, "I got to admit it's getting better all the time (can't get no worse)."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Hegseth changes Pentagon press policy: 5 takeaways

Starting on Wednesday, all but one media outlet that regularly covers the Department of Defense is set to lose access to the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that reporters agree by 5...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6h

Los Angeles County officials vote to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.

Los Angeles County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

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Bill Lamb @zachvat.bsky.social · 5h

He actually served time. He could end up in the Cabinet.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

DNJ: “Convicted ex Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold running for Congress as a Republican…”

Locked up for wire fraud & extortion, he says his “record as a conservative Republican stands for itself”

(🏆 juxtaposition of the day to DNJ’s Scott Broden)

www.dnj.com/story/news/2...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

I hate to think what boys and young men are learning from watching such behavior and how it makes girls and young women. Parents need to teach that this is not acceptable.

Tweet by Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) saying: “This is gross,” quote-tweeting Aaron Rupar. The embedded Rupar tweet reads: “Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, ‘I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling.’” Below is a photo of Donald Trump seated, speaking at a table with flags behind him, and captioned “Thank you, darling. I don’t know.”

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 5h

I'm amazed he didn't use the word "commoners."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 6h

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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ScribeMarjie ✍️🎨🐶🗽🇺🇦🇨🇦 @scribemarjie.bsky.social · 3h

I am drinking more.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah wonder what Eugene Goodman thinks of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4h

Pritzker warned that no one around Trump is getting him help “because they benefit from him having those diminished capacities.”

Dem Gov. Warns Trump May Have Genuine ‘Mental Health Issues’

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said no one around him is getting him help “because they benefit from him having those diminished capacities.”

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 4h

www.persuasion.community/p/armageddon...

Armageddon in the Civil Service

Under cover of the government shutdown, Trump is stretching presidential powers even further by firing thousands of workers.

www.persuasion.community

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

NEW via NYT:

A U.S. attorney and his deputy were removed after telling top DOJ officials they don't believe criminal charges are warranted from a new Kash Patel-backed investigation seeking to discredit the FBI's earlier Russia investigation that looked into Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

On Oct. 16, 1987, southern Britain’s landscape was unrecognizable. Overnight, the country had been hit by its fiercest storm in more than 300 years where at least 18 people were killed. No one — not even Britain’s trusted weather forecasters — had seen it coming.

How the UK’s Hurricane-Strength Storm of 1987 Became a Famous Weather Forecasting Failure

The Great Storm of 1987 was a forecasting blunder that left at least 18 people dead, felled 15 million trees and caused a billion pounds’ worth of damage.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 4h

Britney Spears’s rep says that her ex-husband Kevin Federline’s upcoming memoir — in which he alleges that she watched their sons sleep while holding a knife — is his way of ‘profiting off her’ after her child support payments ended.

Britney Spears’s Ex Kevin Federline Is Still ‘Profiting Off Her’

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 3h

It will be set in 1991. Can’t wait. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...

‘Bosch’ Prequel Starring Cameron Monaghan, Omari Hardwick a Go at MGM+

The series, titled ‘Start of Watch,’ will follow younger versions of Michael Connelly’s characters.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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