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Patou

@windwardgal.bsky.social

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Animal lover who enjoys drinking good wine with good food in good company. Learning Japanese is my passion along with reading and cooking. Disappointed Democrat with no desire to discuss politics.

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · Nov 21

This was my pinned post in the other place. It really sums me up nicely.

Drawing of a woman sitting in a beanbag chair while reading a book and drinking tea. It portrays the idea of Joy of Missing Out or feeling content with staying in and disconnecting.

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 1d

I want to learn more about Palestine and I think reading this book is a good start. 🍉🕊️🇵🇸

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi: photo of the paperback’s cover

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 2d

I just finished the last book in the series and I’m going to miss barrister Matthew Shardlake so much. I know I could reread them all later but today I just feel kind of sad. #historicalfiction

The paperback cover of Tombland by C.J. Sansom

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder if Merrick Garland follows the news….

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 3d

That’s how Republicans roll. It only counts when it affects them. Remember when Just Say No Nancy started supporting federally funded embryonic stem cell research when Ronnie got sick…. they are so effing predictable.

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 3d

Let me fix that headline: ….when he does not win Nobel peace prize…. No charge, it was my pleasure.

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 4d

I think those percentages will be higher…😊

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats have never been equipped for this fight. The Republicans’ utter shamelessness and gaslighting really caught them flatfooted. You would think that after all these years they would have caught on…

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Les Répliques @lesrepliques.com · 4d

L’ancien avocat, garde des Sceaux artisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort en France, entre au Panthéon aujourd'hui. Une cérémonie solennelle présidée par le président Emmanuel Macron

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 4d

There are over 50 books on my TBR pile on my shelves. That is probably one of the most comforting feelings in the world.

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 5d

“May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, as it has come for me now, when the woods are black, when night is fast falling, you will be able to console yourself, as I do, by looking up at the sky.” - Marcel Proust

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 7d

That is the first thing I check every day. You can’t live without hope.

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 10d

I wonder what she thinks that cross means around her neck.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 11d

Not really the opportune time to say this, but i'm fine with undocumented people getting Obamacare subsidies.

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 12d

If Congress starts up again how will we know? It’s never in session anyway….

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 12d

Can you cover Trump’s health with the same enthusiasm you had for every Biden misstep? Maybe you could even write another book using today’s meeting with the generals as its centerpiece.

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Giuseppe Rapisarda @gius65.bsky.social · 13d

Portami a mangiare una pizza...
è una delle più belle frasi d’amore.

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 13d

Make War Crimes Great Again…. what an effing idiot.

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 14d

As an American, I thought I couldn’t be any more ashamed after watching the buffoon at the United Nations. But then there was the Ryder Cup…. I am SO glad Team Europe won. America is such a disgrace….

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burnt undertones @burntundertones.bsky.social · 19d

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 19d

I know we’ve all said it many times but it’s mind blowing that his approval rating could be that high…are we all living on the same planet?

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Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 19d

Biden did a lot of good things but he screwed us in the end. He should have done one term as he promised and we should have held a primary to pick our candidate. I voted for Harris but would she have won the primary? I just hope the Dems get their shit together this time.

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 19d

Human beings should never be called illegals. How do you not know that?

Patou @windwardgal.bsky.social · 22d

Either one will do…