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An advocate for environmentally-safe prose of all shapes and sizes, I write Folk Poetry, Fantasy/Romance/Spiritual Fiction, and Film Scripts. Time finds me scribbling down sundry midlife misdemeanors - my petty crime of choice: whistling out of tune.
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Chicken of the woods. Just about the only mushroom I can reliably identify from 100 m away 😸 (Laetiporus sp.) #fungifriends

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I heard it was #HotStickSaturday

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Fresh lawn fawn

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Frog was once a prince Now he evades all kisses– Happier in this #shape (My 📸) #vss365 #haiku

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Beneath the cosmic gaze, a star shines bright, embraced by interstellar dust, as a planetary nebula takes shape — a fleeting marvel etched into the vastness of space.

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This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

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The end of science?

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#ICE took me from mom, my #family. Put me in #prison stripes. Threw me in a #crowded box. No pot to pee in. Only water. No food. Wonder if #pups, instead of #children, more people'd #revolt. It's #fiction - #realityaskew. #writer #poet #author #blueskycommunity #animals #photo #lessons #care

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“So how does this end? Three interlinked forces represent the most likely path toward preserving constitutional governance, though none functions within “regular order” as traditionally understood.” www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/how-does-t...

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There’s a kind of tired that sleep doesn’t fix. The world keeps punching and we keep trying to care. Turns out, we’re not invincible. You’re not broken. You're not alone. You’re paying attention. Read our latest: bit.ly/WTBOnBurnout

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Hiding declassified files and presidential records is yet another way for the administration to dodge accountability. The authoritarian always seeks to limit your access to information.

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Elon Musk said he was going to cut waste and save money yet he sets fire to millions of our dollars every time one of his SpaceX cockrockets to nowhere explodes. We’re never going to live on Mars because it’s a desolate wasteland. Our home is Earth. We should start acting like it.

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🤣👍🏻

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He was wise. I miss him.

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🦟🦗🐛🐜🪲

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Some heroes are K9's.🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

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Annemarie Petri, contemporary award-winning Dutch printmaker, painter and sculptor whose etchings suggest futuristic steam punk cityscapes #WomensArt

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Campaigners say the UK’s Met Office should name storms after fossil-fuel companies. Damn right it should.

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3.5% of Americans protested in June. According to history, when 3.5% of a nation/country protest, the chances of a regime change go up exponentially.

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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

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It hits harder than anyone could imagine.

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This is where Americans need to be.

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Beautiful…

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The Guardian reveals renewed threat to Boundary Waters: Big Ugly Bill could pollute Minnesota’s Boundary Waters forever Bill would open thousands of acres at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company...“in perpetuity”

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“You know what would help a lot? Some elite disapproval—publicly and boldly expressed. While a successful democracy depends on some degree of reasonableness from voters, a successful liberal democracy also depends on responsibility and even courage from elites.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...

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Another Canadian airline is cancelling routes to the US, opting to add several routes overflying the U.S. to Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Nassau in the Bahamas; Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands; and Liberia, Costa Rica. airlinegeeks.com/2025/06/27/p...

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