Sunset Bird
@rbstewart.bsky.social
Retired architect, writing, feeding birds, messing about with plants.
If you’re only selling something, are right-winger and looking for argument, or look like some Russian mail-order bride type, don’t bother following me. Will block.
If you’re only selling something, are right-winger and looking for argument, or look like some Russian mail-order bride type, don’t bother following me. Will block.
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
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Charlottesville “was the only municipality that called for RFPs that mandated a ‘transformation, not further veneration,’ of the Lost Cause icons, he points out.
“The statues were toxic after Unite the Right,” says Walker. “The link between Confederate statues and white supremacy was explicit.”
“The statues were toxic after Unite the Right,” says Walker. “The link between Confederate statues and white supremacy was explicit.”
Confederate statues from Charlottesville get a contemporary twist in L.A. - C-VILLE Weekly
Confederate statues have roiled Charlottesville since at least 2016, when Charlottesville High School student Zyahna Bryant petitioned City Council to remove them, a request that culminated in 2017’s ...
c-ville.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Charlottesville “was the only municipality that called for RFPs that mandated a ‘transformation, not further veneration,’ of the Lost Cause icons, he points out.
“The statues were toxic after Unite the Right,” says Walker. “The link between Confederate statues and white supremacy was explicit.”
“The statues were toxic after Unite the Right,” says Walker. “The link between Confederate statues and white supremacy was explicit.”
I wonder if the guys they fly to Georgia only to find they failed drug tests, end up retained, or do they make them find their own way home, at their own expense. Not that I care that much.
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I wonder if the guys they fly to Georgia only to find they failed drug tests, end up retained, or do they make them find their own way home, at their own expense. Not that I care that much.
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Take the big swings, cram all the cookies, look to the raptors as your lifestyle influencer. It works for me.
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Take the big swings, cram all the cookies, look to the raptors as your lifestyle influencer. It works for me.
He was framed… except for the drinking part.
It happens
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
He was framed… except for the drinking part.
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I’m sure this will be fine once it’s in 3D and on the launch pad.
AI can come for me. I’m retired and have a pitchfork.
AI can come for me. I’m retired and have a pitchfork.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m sure this will be fine once it’s in 3D and on the launch pad.
AI can come for me. I’m retired and have a pitchfork.
AI can come for me. I’m retired and have a pitchfork.
Fog in the valley last night was glowing with the light of blanketed buildings.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fog in the valley last night was glowing with the light of blanketed buildings.
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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If you're interested in fiction, particularly short stories, and very particularly comical ones in the first person.. here's an interview thing with me in it. Make of it what you will.
theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-st...
theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-st...
The Short Story Interview: Susie Maguire - TSS Publishing
Interview by Rupert Dastur Hi Susie, it’s great to speak to you about your short story collection The Short Hello and short stories in general. First off, perhaps you could tell us why you started wri...
theshortstory.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you're interested in fiction, particularly short stories, and very particularly comical ones in the first person.. here's an interview thing with me in it. Make of it what you will.
theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-st...
theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-st...
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A craftsperson loves craft. Writing is craft. The people who practice it are into the process. People using AI don't have the SOUL of a craftsperson. They want an end result to stick their name on, that's it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A craftsperson loves craft. Writing is craft. The people who practice it are into the process. People using AI don't have the SOUL of a craftsperson. They want an end result to stick their name on, that's it.
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Now we see what the gig is: Will DOJ release the files or will they claim their lopsided investigation into only Democrats (despite Bondi’s July statement that the evidence didn’t support any additional prosecutions) means they won’t release anything.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now we see what the gig is: Will DOJ release the files or will they claim their lopsided investigation into only Democrats (despite Bondi’s July statement that the evidence didn’t support any additional prosecutions) means they won’t release anything.
Sounds like Saudi Arabia is leaving almost everything to the US in their Will… and plans to outlive the US.
If I told you the entire Saudi GDP this year would be ~$1.25 trillion it may surprise you to learn they're dumping $1.1 trillion into the US
in other news I am so fucking tired of this made up bullshit
in other news I am so fucking tired of this made up bullshit
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Sounds like Saudi Arabia is leaving almost everything to the US in their Will… and plans to outlive the US.
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Goodnight.
Bert Hardy
Pandographer, 1939
Bert Hardy
Pandographer, 1939
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Goodnight.
Bert Hardy
Pandographer, 1939
Bert Hardy
Pandographer, 1939
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Not that I feel tough, but the list largely reflects my childhood.
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Not that I feel tough, but the list largely reflects my childhood.
This will mutate into Godzilla.
This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation. The fungi contain melanin, which “absorbs radiation, which is then converted into usable energy, allowing it to grow in areas with intense radioactive exposure.” [forbes.com]
This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains
Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of fields.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This will mutate into Godzilla.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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"This was the bedroom. If we had been sleeping here, we would have been crushed."
Russian drone strike hit the top floor of the building in one of Kyiv's residential complexes, destroying an apartment.
📹: Radio Liberty
Russian drone strike hit the top floor of the building in one of Kyiv's residential complexes, destroying an apartment.
📹: Radio Liberty
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"This was the bedroom. If we had been sleeping here, we would have been crushed."
Russian drone strike hit the top floor of the building in one of Kyiv's residential complexes, destroying an apartment.
📹: Radio Liberty
Russian drone strike hit the top floor of the building in one of Kyiv's residential complexes, destroying an apartment.
📹: Radio Liberty
Life is better when we have good humans as leaders. We could have had that this time but some people don’t want life to be better, if it means better for all.
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Life is better when we have good humans as leaders. We could have had that this time but some people don’t want life to be better, if it means better for all.
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Sim left Alabama to protect his family. He has since written a book “And the Dragons Do Come: Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America.” Give it a read.
thenewpress.org/books/and-th...
thenewpress.org/books/and-th...
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sim left Alabama to protect his family. He has since written a book “And the Dragons Do Come: Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America.” Give it a read.
thenewpress.org/books/and-th...
thenewpress.org/books/and-th...
When you don’t do proper research before a big commitment, this is what you get.
The two Texas families that relocated to Russia to escape LGBTQ indoctrination are finding it hard to adjust to life there. Shocking! www.chron.com/culture/arti...
They left Texas for Russia to escape 'LGBT indoctrination.' Turns out, it sucks.
Their Texas towns had too much "DEI" and "LGBT indoctrination." So they moved to Russia and became influencers.
www.chron.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When you don’t do proper research before a big commitment, this is what you get.
Our “Founding Fathers” should have included as the opening and closing of the Constitution, that this is a work in progress and not something to treat like a Ming vase. Not holy. We are NOT honorable gents who are safe around loopholes and sloppy language, so spare the lofty words and get specific!
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our “Founding Fathers” should have included as the opening and closing of the Constitution, that this is a work in progress and not something to treat like a Ming vase. Not holy. We are NOT honorable gents who are safe around loopholes and sloppy language, so spare the lofty words and get specific!
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An important lesson in under 3 minutes.
Silence legitimizes injustice.
And one day, no one will be left to speak out for you.
Silence legitimizes injustice.
And one day, no one will be left to speak out for you.
They stayed silent because it wasn’t their problem. That’s how injustice wins, not by force, but by the quiet approval of those who look away.
The system doesn’t need to break you. It just needs you to do nothing while it breaks others. And when it’s your turn, no one will be left to fight for you.
The system doesn’t need to break you. It just needs you to do nothing while it breaks others. And when it’s your turn, no one will be left to fight for you.
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
An important lesson in under 3 minutes.
Silence legitimizes injustice.
And one day, no one will be left to speak out for you.
Silence legitimizes injustice.
And one day, no one will be left to speak out for you.