Mark McGee
@smackmegthermo.bsky.social
USAF vet. SR-71/U2 computer/planning/intel (not pilot). CoCoRaHS observer, Skywarn spotter near Berthoud CO. Happily married. If u r here to apply your purity test, assume I failed. Move along. #BLM
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Mark McGee
@smackmegthermo.bsky.social
· Apr 15
I am an old retired fart. I really have better ways to spend my waning and few days left. Protest, organization and pushback is now a necessity. My friends, I ask you to step up from your comfort and be seen and heard. The time for you to be involved is now.
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Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year the riders came home.
Reno’s Gay Rodeo is back - High Country News
Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year the riders came home.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year the riders came home.
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Always good to get out West!
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Always good to get out West!
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Renck in a cynical mood these days.
Gift link:
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Renck & File: Rockies’ Paul DePodesta keeping Warren Schaeffer looks bad. But here’s why it makes sense
Until the Rockies become adept at draft and development, it does not matter who is filling out the lineup card.
www.denverpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Renck in a cynical mood these days.
Gift link:
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Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in?
Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult - High Country News
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in?
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in?
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🦃 🥃 Colorado media odds & ends - Holiday hangover edition: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-m...
🦃 🥃 Colorado media odds & ends - Holiday hangover edition
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
🦃 🥃 Colorado media odds & ends - Holiday hangover edition: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-m...
I have had two large owls in my trees the past week. Yet the rabbits survive. Get to work!
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I have had two large owls in my trees the past week. Yet the rabbits survive. Get to work!
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Friends, I ask you for a small favor that will cost you 5 seconds, but will change everything for me and help my Ukrainian handicraft survive!💙💛
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November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Friends, I ask you for a small favor that will cost you 5 seconds, but will change everything for me and help my Ukrainian handicraft survive!💙💛
Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
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Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
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Here’s this week’s Rockies Pitch!
Please subscribe!
Please subscribe!
A few takeaways from the DePodesta-Schaeffer presser
The new Colorado Rockies are beginning to take shape.
www.rockiespitch.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here’s this week’s Rockies Pitch!
Please subscribe!
Please subscribe!
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
SquidFacts.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Apple cranberry pie.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Apple cranberry pie.
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Polish image
White House briefing: Ushakov and Whitkoff will take part in US-russia talks
Question from the floor: who will represent the US side?
🤣🤣🤣
White House briefing: Ushakov and Whitkoff will take part in US-russia talks
Question from the floor: who will represent the US side?
🤣🤣🤣
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Polish image
White House briefing: Ushakov and Whitkoff will take part in US-russia talks
Question from the floor: who will represent the US side?
🤣🤣🤣
White House briefing: Ushakov and Whitkoff will take part in US-russia talks
Question from the floor: who will represent the US side?
🤣🤣🤣
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Surely what you were looking for on this holiday morning is an assessment of Blaine Crim’s 2025 season.
Ranking the Rockies: No. 14, Blaine Crim
What role will Crim play in the Rockies search for a first baseman?
www.purplerow.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Surely what you were looking for on this holiday morning is an assessment of Blaine Crim’s 2025 season.
Our friends have the crud and can't join us. So just two of us today. Do you think 5 quarts of stuffing will be enough? Sausage apple dressing with homegrown sage, parsley and sourdough croutons. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our friends have the crud and can't join us. So just two of us today. Do you think 5 quarts of stuffing will be enough? Sausage apple dressing with homegrown sage, parsley and sourdough croutons. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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"Diving Monterey" is my atlas of scuba diving around the Monterey Peninsula in California. Includes full color maps, descriptions, bearings to points of interest and a field guide with tons of local critters you can find. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/divi...
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Diving Monterey" is my atlas of scuba diving around the Monterey Peninsula in California. Includes full color maps, descriptions, bearings to points of interest and a field guide with tons of local critters you can find. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/divi...
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The latest from Coors Field:
Rockies' new leadership balancing change and continuity
DENVER -- The Rockies are in an interesting position as the calendar year nears an end and 2026 beckons.
It’s a time of change following a franchise-record 119 losses in 2025, with the hiring of new p...
www.mlb.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The latest from Coors Field:
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I'm SO HAPPY to have won the 'Small but mighty' category at the Visit Outer Hebrides, Our Community Awards ✨️ All the unseen hard work and long days are worth it for recognition like this 😊 Thank you all for being part of it 🥰 Off to have a prosecco 🥂 #OuterHebrides
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm SO HAPPY to have won the 'Small but mighty' category at the Visit Outer Hebrides, Our Community Awards ✨️ All the unseen hard work and long days are worth it for recognition like this 😊 Thank you all for being part of it 🥰 Off to have a prosecco 🥂 #OuterHebrides
Apple cranberry pie. My first attempt at a lattice top.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Apple cranberry pie. My first attempt at a lattice top.
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This is so so good
If Carl von Clausewitz were to advise Secretary Rubio on peace in Ukraine, he might say something like this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is so so good
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The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
Trump administration policy makes a dent in number of international students on Colorado campuses
The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
www.cpr.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The new rules on visas turns off the tap of students from other countries coming to Colorado for college.
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Tina Peters' attorney is backing the idea of President Trump using a military raid to free her from a prison in Colorado.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Tina Peters' attorney is backing the idea of President Trump using a military raid to free her from a prison in Colorado.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.
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For within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits...
Richard II 3,2 #ShakespeareSunday
The Iron Crown, portions of which have been dated to c. 500 CE. At the Duomo of Monza.
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits...
Richard II 3,2 #ShakespeareSunday
The Iron Crown, portions of which have been dated to c. 500 CE. At the Duomo of Monza.
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits...
Richard II 3,2 #ShakespeareSunday
The Iron Crown, portions of which have been dated to c. 500 CE. At the Duomo of Monza.
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits...
Richard II 3,2 #ShakespeareSunday
The Iron Crown, portions of which have been dated to c. 500 CE. At the Duomo of Monza.
Tuesday cooking prep. Turkey is thawing in the fridge since Sunday. Apple pie filling prepped. Always amazes me that it takes 3lbs of apples for a pie. Cranberry sauce w/maple syrup done. Busy tomorrow: apple/cranberry pie, sweet potato casserole and dinner rolls. Chop and prep veggie tray. 1/n
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tuesday cooking prep. Turkey is thawing in the fridge since Sunday. Apple pie filling prepped. Always amazes me that it takes 3lbs of apples for a pie. Cranberry sauce w/maple syrup done. Busy tomorrow: apple/cranberry pie, sweet potato casserole and dinner rolls. Chop and prep veggie tray. 1/n
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I wrote about why making Warren Schaeffer the permanent manager was the right move.
Tuesday Rockpile: The Rockies were right to make Warren Schaeffer the permanent manager
Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 25, 2025
www.purplerow.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I wrote about why making Warren Schaeffer the permanent manager was the right move.
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NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
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KFF’s @larrylevitt.bsky.social advises signing up now, because once enrollment open ends you won’t have another chance.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
KFF’s @larrylevitt.bsky.social advises signing up now, because once enrollment open ends you won’t have another chance.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.