A Stoic Gardener
@varied-thrush.bsky.social
Empathetic old anti-fascist, anti-racist American dame, adorer of living things, retired coder. I hate injustice even when it's happening to someone else.
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The oak seedlings I planted three years ago should start bearing acorns in about 37 years. You're welcome, future squirrels.
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Gee I wonder why they went so apeshit over talk of military officers refusing to follow illegal orders 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Gee I wonder why they went so apeshit over talk of military officers refusing to follow illegal orders 🤔
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This is the way.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is the way.
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Trump’s special envoy Witkoff put his hand over his heart when Putin walked in the room. Like he’s reunited with a loved one. That really tells you all you need to know.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s special envoy Witkoff put his hand over his heart when Putin walked in the room. Like he’s reunited with a loved one. That really tells you all you need to know.
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ehind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
ehind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Pink-throated Twinspot.
The pink-throated twinspot is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini.
📸: @brendon_white_birds
The pink-throated twinspot is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini.
📸: @brendon_white_birds
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Pink-throated Twinspot.
The pink-throated twinspot is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini.
📸: @brendon_white_birds
The pink-throated twinspot is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini.
📸: @brendon_white_birds
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Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
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The star of today's hike was this critter. It's a mink! It came scampering(?)--they don't really scamper-- maybe ambling? Moseying? Anyways, it was coming down the trail towards me as I was just leaving the kingfisher.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The star of today's hike was this critter. It's a mink! It came scampering(?)--they don't really scamper-- maybe ambling? Moseying? Anyways, it was coming down the trail towards me as I was just leaving the kingfisher.
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This. The journalists who spend every day soaking themselves on Twitter are marinating in the muck.
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This. The journalists who spend every day soaking themselves on Twitter are marinating in the muck.
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‘turtlenecks for sale near me’
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
‘turtlenecks for sale near me’
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Republican Health Care Lingo Every Voter Should Know.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Republican Health Care Lingo Every Voter Should Know.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
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And science is still grappling with whether animals are conscious. Even insects are. Methinks.
A touching act of animal solidarity as an elephant saves a young deer ☺️
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And science is still grappling with whether animals are conscious. Even insects are. Methinks.
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John F. Kennedy
May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963
“More than a man has died… What is to be mourned now is an ideal. What has been murdered is a belief in our own decency…"
~Rod Serling
May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963
“More than a man has died… What is to be mourned now is an ideal. What has been murdered is a belief in our own decency…"
~Rod Serling
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
John F. Kennedy
May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963
“More than a man has died… What is to be mourned now is an ideal. What has been murdered is a belief in our own decency…"
~Rod Serling
May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963
“More than a man has died… What is to be mourned now is an ideal. What has been murdered is a belief in our own decency…"
~Rod Serling
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: "The last time we received a briefing on Venezuela with the full committee was never. That is something that should alarm everybody. Congress is supposed to be aware of what intelligence validates and justifies these attacks."
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: "The last time we received a briefing on Venezuela with the full committee was never. That is something that should alarm everybody. Congress is supposed to be aware of what intelligence validates and justifies these attacks."
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This is such bullshit.
Dem voters: please fight the real dangers.
Dem leaders: *capitulate and allow the real dangers to get worse.*
Dem voters: what the hell?
Dem leaders: please, we must stay united to fight the real dangers.
Dem voters: please fight the real dangers.
Dem leaders: *capitulate and allow the real dangers to get worse.*
Dem voters: what the hell?
Dem leaders: please, we must stay united to fight the real dangers.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is such bullshit.
Dem voters: please fight the real dangers.
Dem leaders: *capitulate and allow the real dangers to get worse.*
Dem voters: what the hell?
Dem leaders: please, we must stay united to fight the real dangers.
Dem voters: please fight the real dangers.
Dem leaders: *capitulate and allow the real dangers to get worse.*
Dem voters: what the hell?
Dem leaders: please, we must stay united to fight the real dangers.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
A majority of Americans who prefer to watch the news (62%) say they prefer to get it from TV, rather than another platform.
www.pewresearch.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
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Big funnel shaped mushrooms.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Big funnel shaped mushrooms.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
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Let's be clear: The members of Congress saying the military has a duty not to obey illegal orders are merely emphasizing what the Uniform Code of Military Justice says. It's like them making a PSA about speeding: they're merely stating a legal fact.
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Let's be clear: The members of Congress saying the military has a duty not to obey illegal orders are merely emphasizing what the Uniform Code of Military Justice says. It's like them making a PSA about speeding: they're merely stating a legal fact.
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it's thursday and the president is calling for the execution of elected members of congress and boy, you just never know where the week is going to go, do you
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
it's thursday and the president is calling for the execution of elected members of congress and boy, you just never know where the week is going to go, do you
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Imagine that this young woman is your daughter, sister, wife, or friend!
Now imagine it's a country crying out for help!
What will you do?
Am freaking furious!
Keep Putting Pressure On Your Elected Representatives, Politicians, Journalists, TV stations, Media Groups/Companies/Institutions!
1/7🧵
Now imagine it's a country crying out for help!
What will you do?
Am freaking furious!
Keep Putting Pressure On Your Elected Representatives, Politicians, Journalists, TV stations, Media Groups/Companies/Institutions!
1/7🧵
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Imagine that this young woman is your daughter, sister, wife, or friend!
Now imagine it's a country crying out for help!
What will you do?
Am freaking furious!
Keep Putting Pressure On Your Elected Representatives, Politicians, Journalists, TV stations, Media Groups/Companies/Institutions!
1/7🧵
Now imagine it's a country crying out for help!
What will you do?
Am freaking furious!
Keep Putting Pressure On Your Elected Representatives, Politicians, Journalists, TV stations, Media Groups/Companies/Institutions!
1/7🧵
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He is calling for the execution of congressional veterans. That’s the context. Military veterans in Congress put out a statement to the troops reminding them not to follow unlawful orders, and that’s what Trump is responding to here. It’s all over social media.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
He is calling for the execution of congressional veterans. That’s the context. Military veterans in Congress put out a statement to the troops reminding them not to follow unlawful orders, and that’s what Trump is responding to here. It’s all over social media.