Carol Loves the Desert
@carollight.bsky.social
Writer. See Tucson images at https://isawitintucson.com. Politically slightly left-center. Like speculative fiction and architecture. Hot dry climate gardening at https://hotgardens.net No DM
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Tucson celebrates its 250th Anniversary this week. Founded in 1775, it is older than the U.S.! Here is a tasty view for you and to see more go to isawitintucson.com .
#Tucson #sunset #desert
#Tucson #sunset #desert
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If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
what fun!
A heart warming gift for the #horselover on your #Christmas gift list: hand painted ceramic #horses & hearts #earrings w/ rainbow fluorite gemstones! bit.ly/HorseLoveSDD via @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasGift #HorseEarrings
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasGift #HorseEarrings
Horse Lover Earrings, Hand Painted Horses Hearts Handmade Art Jewelry
The one of a kind HORSE LOVE handmade art earrings are a perfect jewelry gift for the woman who adores horses!
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
what fun!
A library is every reader's BFF. Free books and authors earn money. Perfect combination.
I am not going to dive into the back and forth on piracy. I have a side, you can guess what it is.
But I will say one thing: if you get the books from your library, you're still not paying for it and the author does get compensated.
But I will say one thing: if you get the books from your library, you're still not paying for it and the author does get compensated.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A library is every reader's BFF. Free books and authors earn money. Perfect combination.
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Coincidence? Living in a Sim? A bicyclist in El Tour de Tucson was struck by a javelina on Saturday. AND my new children's book for young readers, 'Javelina Cousins and the Magic Compass' begins with a similar situation seen through javelina's eyes. www.amazon.com/Javelina-Cou... #bicycles
Javelina Cousins and the Magic Compass
Amazon.com: Javelina Cousins and the Magic Compass: 9798998968822: Lightwood, Carol: Books
www.amazon.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Coincidence? Living in a Sim? A bicyclist in El Tour de Tucson was struck by a javelina on Saturday. AND my new children's book for young readers, 'Javelina Cousins and the Magic Compass' begins with a similar situation seen through javelina's eyes. www.amazon.com/Javelina-Cou... #bicycles
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Rustic Ceramic #Tribal Shield #Earrings w/ Orange Czech Glass Accents! via @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Link: bit.ly/TribalTreasure
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #GoodLuck #ShieldEarrings
Link: bit.ly/TribalTreasure
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #GoodLuck #ShieldEarrings
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Rustic Ceramic #Tribal Shield #Earrings w/ Orange Czech Glass Accents! via @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Link: bit.ly/TribalTreasure
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #GoodLuck #ShieldEarrings
Link: bit.ly/TribalTreasure
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #GoodLuck #ShieldEarrings
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WE FOUND THE FRAUD!
Turning Point USA leader, the former GOP state Rep Austin Smith has pled guilty to attempted election fraud in Arizona, after he was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
Turning Point USA leader, the former GOP state Rep Austin Smith has pled guilty to attempted election fraud in Arizona, after he was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
WE FOUND THE FRAUD!
Turning Point USA leader, the former GOP state Rep Austin Smith has pled guilty to attempted election fraud in Arizona, after he was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
Turning Point USA leader, the former GOP state Rep Austin Smith has pled guilty to attempted election fraud in Arizona, after he was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
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Movie The Windtalkers is about Navajo fighting in WWII n how they helped win the war sending war messages in Navajo. Despite what the Navajos did to help win the war, they n along with other Native American tribes were treated poorly, land taken from them n still today live in 3rd world conditions
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Movie The Windtalkers is about Navajo fighting in WWII n how they helped win the war sending war messages in Navajo. Despite what the Navajos did to help win the war, they n along with other Native American tribes were treated poorly, land taken from them n still today live in 3rd world conditions
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Sparkling Red & Clear Swarovski Crystal #Christmas #Santa #Earrings! via @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Link: bit.ly/LargeSanta
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasEarrings #SantaEarrings
Link: bit.ly/LargeSanta
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasEarrings #SantaEarrings
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sparkling Red & Clear Swarovski Crystal #Christmas #Santa #Earrings! via @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Link: bit.ly/LargeSanta
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasEarrings #SantaEarrings
Link: bit.ly/LargeSanta
#ShopSmall #SmallBiz #ChristmasEarrings #SantaEarrings
Thinking about working in a National Park next year? Maybe you should consider some of the alternatives that even pay you to do that since the upheaval in the Parks this year.
retiredandstillworking.com/how-retirees...
retiredandstillworking.com/how-retirees...
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thinking about working in a National Park next year? Maybe you should consider some of the alternatives that even pay you to do that since the upheaval in the Parks this year.
retiredandstillworking.com/how-retirees...
retiredandstillworking.com/how-retirees...
In Louisiana the 'past isn't even past' as you can see at the Evangeline Longfellow historic center. wanderinglady.net/2019/07/time...
#Louisiana #history #historic
#Louisiana #history #historic
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In Louisiana the 'past isn't even past' as you can see at the Evangeline Longfellow historic center. wanderinglady.net/2019/07/time...
#Louisiana #history #historic
#Louisiana #history #historic
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
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Fragrant and showy African plants for your hot, dry garden hotgardens.net/fragrant-and... @carollight.bsky.social #Gardening #DesertGardening #Blog
Fragrant and showy African plants for your hot, dry garden -
Africa is the home to showy but tough flowering plants that thrive in desert gardens. Among them are Freesias, iris and gladiolus. Read how to plant and care for them.
hotgardens.net
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fragrant and showy African plants for your hot, dry garden hotgardens.net/fragrant-and... @carollight.bsky.social #Gardening #DesertGardening #Blog
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#ProTip
Let the battery die on your phone. Starlink intrudes when it is off.
My device microphone gets hot.
Use cash.
Autos are a liability.
They hack security systems cameras nearby
They call you a criminal on social media to have the public look for you
Let the battery die on your phone. Starlink intrudes when it is off.
My device microphone gets hot.
Use cash.
Autos are a liability.
They hack security systems cameras nearby
They call you a criminal on social media to have the public look for you
Freelance trackers will ID immigrants for freelance bounty hunters who will abduct and incarcerate them in freelance detention, transporting them via freelancers to internment camps. App style, like Uber & Air BnB. Human detention business will drive the 2026 economy
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#ProTip
Let the battery die on your phone. Starlink intrudes when it is off.
My device microphone gets hot.
Use cash.
Autos are a liability.
They hack security systems cameras nearby
They call you a criminal on social media to have the public look for you
Let the battery die on your phone. Starlink intrudes when it is off.
My device microphone gets hot.
Use cash.
Autos are a liability.
They hack security systems cameras nearby
They call you a criminal on social media to have the public look for you
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Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
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🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS🔥
CHECK YOUR PLAN!
1) MA Providers are LEAVING marketplaces.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped you have until 12/31 to SWITCH OR else in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ = estimated 3% on MA who'll LOSE their plans.
🔥PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
CHECK YOUR PLAN!
1) MA Providers are LEAVING marketplaces.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped you have until 12/31 to SWITCH OR else in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ = estimated 3% on MA who'll LOSE their plans.
🔥PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS🔥
CHECK YOUR PLAN!
1) MA Providers are LEAVING marketplaces.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped you have until 12/31 to SWITCH OR else in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ = estimated 3% on MA who'll LOSE their plans.
🔥PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
CHECK YOUR PLAN!
1) MA Providers are LEAVING marketplaces.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped you have until 12/31 to SWITCH OR else in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ = estimated 3% on MA who'll LOSE their plans.
🔥PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
Happy birthday to Cher, Danny DeVito and Martin Sheen. Cher is 78, DeVito is 80 and Sheen is 84. And all are still going strong. Bravo for them!
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Happy birthday to Cher, Danny DeVito and Martin Sheen. Cher is 78, DeVito is 80 and Sheen is 84. And all are still going strong. Bravo for them!
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Navajo Wash doesn’t look like a park to me
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in the Navajo Wash Park has come to an end of appeals. The Arizona Supreme court refused to hear…
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in the Navajo Wash Park has come to an end of appeals. The Arizona Supreme court refused to hear…
Navajo Wash doesn’t look like a park to me
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in the Navajo Wash Park has come to an end of appeals. The Arizona Supreme court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling against the City declaring Tucson has neglected to enforce laws against people living in parks.
isawitintucson.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Navajo Wash doesn’t look like a park to me
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in the Navajo Wash Park has come to an end of appeals. The Arizona Supreme court refused to hear…
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in the Navajo Wash Park has come to an end of appeals. The Arizona Supreme court refused to hear…
The weather person on local TV (Channel 13) often announces when the space station is flying over Tucson. I've gone outside and watched it fly over several times, but finally tried to photograph it with my little Samsung Galaxy 10+.
#SpaceStation #skyphoto #Channel13
#SpaceStation #skyphoto #Channel13
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The weather person on local TV (Channel 13) often announces when the space station is flying over Tucson. I've gone outside and watched it fly over several times, but finally tried to photograph it with my little Samsung Galaxy 10+.
#SpaceStation #skyphoto #Channel13
#SpaceStation #skyphoto #Channel13