unixwhisperer
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Retired IT. Veteran. Music. Books. Coffee. Birds. Beach. Nature. Futurist. DMV/FL 💙 #opposition #resist #democracy #SCOTUSreform #nevertrump #neverMAGA #nocults #followthemoney #dueprocess #equalrights
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/r...
His Weekend Cabin Turned Into a Permanent Downsize
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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/r...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"A glass eye in a duck's ass can see they don't know what they're doing." - Elmore Leonard, Killshot (1989)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"A glass eye in a duck's ass can see they don't know what they're doing." - Elmore Leonard, Killshot (1989)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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'Way home' by contemporary German artist Katja Lang #WomensArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
'Way home' by contemporary German artist Katja Lang #WomensArt
"A tincture of self-interest mixed into his determination to be kind." - Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"A tincture of self-interest mixed into his determination to be kind." - Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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Remember to thank the incomprehensible number of bog spiders who kept your cranberries safe from fruitworms and weevils this year
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Remember to thank the incomprehensible number of bog spiders who kept your cranberries safe from fruitworms and weevils this year
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Penstemon virens, our Front Range Beardtongue, blooming in Boulder Canyon #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Penstemon virens, our Front Range Beardtongue, blooming in Boulder Canyon #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 21 🌿
This cover of Paul Desmond's otherwise unlistenable "Take Five" by #jazz #pianist is brilliant.
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"Take Five" - Kenny Banks Jr. - 2019 American Pianists Awards
YouTube video by American Piano Awards
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This cover of Paul Desmond's otherwise unlistenable "Take Five" by #jazz #pianist is brilliant.
youtu.be/WmGFM0j-fus?...
youtu.be/WmGFM0j-fus?...
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An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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Today, on Dick Cheney’s funeral, I am reminded of a valuable life lesson he taught me.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today, on Dick Cheney’s funeral, I am reminded of a valuable life lesson he taught me.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
That no matter how bad things might seem in the moment, they can always get worse.
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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National Chocolate Day is actually tomorrow, but in these crazy times, let's start celebrating a day early.
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
National Chocolate Day is actually tomorrow, but in these crazy times, let's start celebrating a day early.
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
Here's a poem by Barbara Crooker extolling the wonders of such a divine confection.
"Chocolate stays up late and gambles, / likes roulette. Always bets / on the noir."
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
I heard it, then quietly slid open the door to the back. A Barred Owl sounded in the silhouetted tree. I stood listening, too dark to see, astonished at close proximity. Two screeching Red-shouldered Hawks pivoted against the gray-pink sky. The owl disappeared.
"Passion attracts mentors, even where least expected." - Deborah Hammett, Young Salt at Sixty: Becoming Better Than Retired (2025)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Passion attracts mentors, even where least expected." - Deborah Hammett, Young Salt at Sixty: Becoming Better Than Retired (2025)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Memorable quote from a Vermont gardener:
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Memorable quote from a Vermont gardener:
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.
"Joy is the fruit of well-lived grief."
Big mood.