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fromthevalley.bsky.social
Politically Liberal octogenarian Buddhist psychologist with cats, bicycle, and camera. Some people say his poetry is good.
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The trumpers are already ignoring the law, and the Constitution, and they are creating immeasurable damage to people, and to democracy. They will not be discouraged by words.

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I see a growing swell of anti-trump memes and groups on the Internet. They are all brave, and hopeful. But it's mostly fist-shaking, and ankle-biting, and trying to be positive or sound strong in the face of political adversaries that are not touched by any of these things.

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So Musk has invaded and taken over a branch of the federal government and no one has stopped him. Democrats apparently knocked on the door and were turned away, demonstrating they were powerless. Which is just what we need now.

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Well, it's hopeful. Some of my good friends have moved over from fb or elsewhere, and since we're following each other I trust posts will be visible, each to the other. Just having a few good friends here is a real boost and I'm more confident now this mysterious thing called networking will happen

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I see an increasing number of fb escapees here on Bsky but no way to create a group or forum to connect them. There is a link to a page with information on how to create a feed but it requires some knowledge of code and that's beyond me. What a wonderful thing if someone could help fix this.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

New to Bsky, not fully invested yet, not sure how to create the strongest base of friends. I do know more of my fb friends are escaping the ZuckMuck and moving here. It would be a good thing if they had a meeting place, what you call a feed here, I guess. I

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I am probably missing something. I can find a very diverse and interesting array of news topics on Bsky but I have not yet found a way to converse with people and get a response. I need to connect with the other fb friends that have come over and stay in touch; don't know how to do that.

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@wovlerine.bsky.social Hello from the upper side of tjhe globe! I joined Bsky recently and was so happy to find a total absence of snark and meanness. Also very few friends yet; making the connections is a different deal over here. Also the 300-character limit to texts takes getting used to.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Trump in Notre Dame. It is a metaphor for his life and an honest image of who he is when the news outlets are not slathering him with hype

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Bob The Cat, at his leisure.

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I was never on twitter or X, so I never faced a 300 character limit. I do not think I am a 300 character person, even though I can see benefits to being super-succinct. But otherwise Bluesky is a good thing, and interesting. I would not leave it; will practice saying less, and less, and less, and le

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

This month and December I feel like a guy who got an awful disease and the doctor well we might find some treatments that will make it go away, or maybe not. We'll know the first week in January.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

There's no lack of evidence Trump is on his way to a dictatorship. It's unlikely Congress can stop him. I'm wondering if the military can. Will. Wants to.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

There's no way of knowing how successful trump's dictatorship will be. Under trump, there will be nowhere to avert our eyes and not see what we have lost, and what we have become. There will be no point in saying, well, hopefully things will get better. We can not hope our way out of this one.

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Just a few days on Bluesky now, trying to learn the ropes and make myself a home here. I was never on twitter, certainly not X, and the 300 max character rule is an adjustment. The only serious concern I have is engagement.. I'm not getting much feedback and don't know why yet.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

I was never on twitter, so bsky is my first time to deal with a 300 character limit. In principle I see the benefit of a short post. Being concise is good. But I do not have a 300 character mind. I'm finding that on bsky I start to type something I think is important and I simply run out of characte

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Yes…yes I will. You’re worth it :)

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Bob The Cat.

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Also having to get use the 300 character limit. Was never on twitter/X so this is new to me. It's a small thing. Just look at it as a challenge, right?

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

I've been on bsky for less than a day and already I've seen more cats than I would see on fb in a week. Fine with me. But Buddhism is important to me and I'm finding nothing. Maybe I just haven't found it yet

submitted 98 days ago • 4 comments

On fb I have a small group of friends but I love them . My friends are every religion, gender, and color. I am friends with a trumper. One. On fb I write stuff and post my poetry and enough people enjoy it that I've never stopped. But--oh-oh, looks like bsky has a text limit

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Just discovered bluesky, first post. I never had a twitter/X account. Lots of time/energy invested in Facebook but the snark and meanness wear me down. This is supposed to be a snark-free forum. I hope it is, I need a vacation from fb.

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment