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Trans rights are human rights. None of us are safe until all of us are safe. Dyslexia, autism, vaccines work. She/her.
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October 26.
Picture of a ballot going into an official California ballot drop box. I did so on Sunday October 27. Got an acknowledgment that my vote was received by Tuesday. I’ve been a vote by mail voter since ? Probably 1998.
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Over at the bad place back in the day, there used to be threads on #broochwarfare from @juliethecranky.bsky.social

This thread brought that to mind.
A sample tweet from @juliethecranky, dissing Camilla in 2021.
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Last Sunday: I used a drop box. I still trust USPS, but I trust the drop box system more, and it was very convenient
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I forgot to post my picture of voting #YesOn50. I dr e even though I could have walked (it was raining enough I didn’t feel like breaking out the rain gear).
Image of a ballot sticking out of an California official ballot drop box
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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I’ve had a resolution to engage in “something lovely” every day. I haven’t been posting about it though.

Today I hiked through the redwoods.

It’s starting to smell like fall— spicy fallen leaves, the ineffable sweetness of mature grass.
Two hikers, seen from the back, on a trail bordered by ferns. The trail is in shade, moving into full sun.
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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I had no idea who this fellow, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (stage name: Bad Bunny) was a month ago.

Cut me some slack, I'm over 70.

But the more I see of him, Xitter handle @/sanbenito,
the more charming I find him.

Anybody who can so effortlessly rustle the jimmies of MAGA is admirable.
Bad Bunny in the October 4, 2025, Saturday night live sketch, a homage to El Chavo del Ocho ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") -- a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) and produced by Televisa. It premiered on February 26, 1973, and ended on January 7, 1980, after 8 seasons and 312 episodes, and aired across Latin America and Spain. 
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Hey @joho.bsky.social look what arrived today! One copy for me, and one for my local community college library. They graduate nurses and other HCWs.
Two copies of Jonathan Howed MD’s new book, “Everyone Else Is Lying To You”. The subtitle is “How the medical establishment weaponized doubt to spread COVID, normalize quackery, and undermine public health “.
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I don’t have a mental picture of Brendan Carr. (Scampers off to look). Well, he’s 46, and I’m over 70. I don’t have a beard, but things are getting wrinkly.

I think I look more alive than Temu Goebbels, though.
A recent photo of FCC commissioner Brenda. Carr, showing a grizzled beard. Dead-eyed picture of Trump henchman Steven Miller, who is often referred to as Temu Goebbels.
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Here’s a photo taken this morning from about a mile and a half north of the Pozo saloon, of the backfire set from I believe the riverbed.
A sunny oak studded hillside with towering clouds of gray-white smoke in the middle distance.
August 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Gifford Fire from Pozo (well, ranch on Parkhill Road about a mile north of the Pozo saloon). Saturday, August 9, at almost 9 pm.
A farm homestead with a fire burning some miles distant, as the August full moon shines on.
August 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Helpful visual.
Annotated map of Los Angeles County with labels on neighborhoods.
June 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Here’s a visual. The red circle is the approximate location of the protest and police action.
Annotated map of Los Angeles County with neighborhood labels and freeways shown.
June 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Reminder to those of you unfamiliar with the size of Los Angeles: the red circle is the approximate location of the protest, and the vigil.
June 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Hi @tom.medsky.social I had to find the article.

"An Off-patent, Off-label Measles Disease Treatment" URL disabled because that's how I roll for ghouls like Malone.

www.malone DOT news/p/drug-repurposing-for-measles-disease
Screenshot of Malone's Substack article, text reads: Drug Repurposing for Measles Disease Treatment Once again, Frontline Physicians discover and test what appears to be an inexpensive, off-patent treatment for a virus that causes lung disease ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS APR 08, 2025 [picture of Richard Bartlett MD] An Off-patent, Off-label Measles Disease Treatment Dr. Richard Bartlett and his close colleagues have been very actively involved in treating patients who have developed measles infection and disease during the current West Texas outbreak. They have discovered that an off-patent drug, Budesonide, when administered by inhaler, can provide remarkable clinical responses in patients suffering from Measles disease. This is another example of an “off-label” use of an existing drug to treat symptoms caused by an infectious viral agent. •
April 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Greetings @glitter-demon666.bsky.social
I enjoyed our dinner together.

Yesterday I decided on a whim to go to the Point Reyes lighthouse.
The lighthouse from about step 100 of the 315 steps down, showing the cliff and the restless ocean below.
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I went to query PubMed. I got, 403, Forbidden.
Screenshot of my query string showing the 403 forbidden response.
January 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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20. Be as courageous as you can.

If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
20. Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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19. Be a patriot. Set a good example of what America means for the generations to come.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
19. Be a patriot. Set a good example of what America means for the generations to come. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes: authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power.

Do not fall for it.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. Do not fall for it. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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17. Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
17. Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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16. Learn from peers in other countries.

Keep up your friendships abroad .

The US is an element of a larger trend.

Make sure you and your family have passports.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
16. Learn from peers in other countries. Keep up your friendships abroad, or make new friends abroad. The present difficulties in the United States are an element of a larger trend. And no country is going to find a solution by itself. Make sure you and your family have passports. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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15. Contribute to good causes. Be active in organizations, political or not, that express your own view of life. Pick a charity or two and set up autopay.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
15. Contribute to good causes. Be active in organizations, political or not, that express your own view of life. Pick a charity or two and set up autopay. Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
January 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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14. Establish a private life.

Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around.

Remember that email is skywriting.

Have personal exchanges in person.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
14. Establish a private life. Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your computer of malware. Remember that email is skywriting. Consider using alternative forms of the Internet, or simply using it less. Have personal exchanges in person. For the same reason, resolve any legal trouble. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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13. Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
13. Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite.

If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.

Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny
12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life. Timothy Snyder: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny Superimposed on a red-gold sunset over a sea of clouds.
January 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM