m-big10.bsky.social
Anti-GQP, Pro-Ukraine, Former Tech Writer, ESL, Linguistics, Cycling enthusiast 🚴♂️, Classical guitar player, Music lover. Volunteer at Holocaust Center. Israel Supporter. 🇮🇱 ✡️
Vote Blue! 🗳️✌️ Go Blue! 🏈 Go Dolphins! 🐬
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If that's true, then I'm older than Methusaleh! 😂 Girl, you're still a young lass who makes my heart skip a beat!
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Hey, beautiful! 🥰 Love your new profile pic! 💖
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No, I haven't. I'll have to review it carefully. But I worry that, even if it's legitimate evidence, it's probably too late for Democrats to do anything about it. I'll let you know when I've read it. Thanks! 🙏
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Blue eyes may be sparkling, but brown eyes are anything but boring. They express emotion, intelligence, and a deep, empathetic soul.
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Indeed! With gemstones to enhance the color of her eyes! 😍 💎 👑
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True, no doubt about that. But all you can do with diamonds & emeralds is look at them or wear them. Though I know of at least one useful function of a diamond: as a stylus on a turntable's cartridge to extract music from the grooves of a vinyl LP! 🎼 🎶 🥰
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I've been feeling suspicious since November 2024. No way he could've won all the swing states. And no way he could've won states that voted for Blue down-ballot senators & congressmen.
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Good question! I've never understood the obsession women have for diamonds. If you offered me a diamond, I'd probably say "No thanks. Keep it for yourself." Can you possibly shed any light on that mystery for me? Still clueless after all these years! (With apologies to Paul Simon.) 🤷♂️
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Like this, right? 👇 😂
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Mine, too. Road riding? 🚴♂️😎 Some fun cycling apparel, apropos of our hobby! 😂 👇
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Hey, that's cool! 🚴♂️ 😎 Hope you had a good ride. I rode today, too. I typically ride late in the afternoon to early evening to avoid the heat, but there's not much I can do to avoid the humidity! 🥵
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I'm still waiting for some intrepid investigative journalists to uncover evidence of a staged assassination attempt that supposedly grazed his ear but miraculously looked untouched days later and was not supported with any publicly released medical reports.
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For longer trips, we often went to AAA to get a TripTik, a booklet with a page for each segment of the trip, showing exits, intersections, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, mileage, expected travel time for each segment, and road construction sections to avoid or expect delays. Great system! 🚗
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I was a junior in college. To the best of my memory, the shootings at Kent State had a profound impact on the student body on campus.
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You're not serious about your 300 sq ft studio apartment, are you? I'll assume it's an exaggeration for humor's sake! 🙄 🤭 😂
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I love the pensive, perhaps worried or a bit fearful, expression on her face. Very nice creation. 👏
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ICE = Gestapo 2.0. Probably mostly pardoned J6 violent insurrectionists feeling they've got a green light to carry out Trump's retribution campaign with no restraints. 🤬 Damn MAGA. 😖
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Thanks, luv! 🤗 Gotta try to get some sleep now, or I'll be dozing off all day! So I'll say good night 😴 while wishing you a good day. 🙏🌞 💞
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Thanks! 💞 I was lucky to be there at just the right time! I think I was picking up a cappuccino ☕ at the Starbucks just to the right of where I shot this, or a take-out meal a few doors down at Chipotle. 😋
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Oh yes, me too! I love to watch and listen to thunderstorms or simply gentle rain, as long as I'm safe & dry inside! Getting caught in a rainstorm out on the bike is NOT a nice experience!
Speaking of lilac glow, you might appreciate this sunset after a rain shower. ☔
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For me, the entire summer in S. Florida is inclement, in the sense that it's persistently too hot & too humid to enjoy outdoor activities! 🥵 It's also the rainy season, with frequent & often unexpected thunderstorms ⛈️ so I have to check all my weather apps before I venture out to ride! 🚴♂️ ☔ 😂
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I've been following your experiments every day, though I don't always comment, I just hit the like button. Yes, I'm well, thanks. I've missed a few riding days lately due to rain showers ☔. I also miss our chats, but I know you're busy with your art & other activities & I don't want to interrupt.
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Cute! 🍏 😋 🍎 Seems you're doing well and trying out lots of new creative ideas.💡 Happy for you. 🤗 💙
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Better and much more effective than sending troops into battle. Knock out the weapons of war and keep your soldiers safe.
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Very scary in an Orwellian mind-control way.
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A gentle reminder, it's another weekend opportunity to try to solve the mystery of the woman from Finland. 🇫🇮
As for Joni Ernst, she abandoned her principles when she changed her intended vote & confirmed Soldier Boy Hegseth. 😖
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Molly, I don't know what negative messages you're receiving, but I'm pretty sure most of us want you to hang in there as best you can, and we hope you'll seek help from organizations or agencies equipped to assist people with your particular needs. You're special to all of us who follow you. 🙏 💙
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You've created so many wonderful images, but I can't tell if they're actual photos, or totally AI-created images, or some combination of both. Sorry, as a boomer, this is all too new for me to fully understand. I told you about the one image in particular that appealed to me the most.
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The polka dots are flying away! (For good reason!) 🥰
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And yet, still not a red line for GQP MAGAts. Instead, they rant about the inconsequential frailties of Biden's last year in office that had no impact on his successful accomplishments.
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I agree. I spent 18 years in Johnson City, Tennessee. Appalachian "hillbillies" just basically want to be left alone to live their lives in peace but will help others in need, while the GQP "Taliban" MAGAts want to control other people's lives but won't abide by the same rules themselves.
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I tend to agree with your analogy. Appalachian "hillbillies" just basically want to be left alone to live their lives in peace but will help others in need, while the GQP Taliban wants to control other people's lives while not abiding by the same rules themselves.
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The book paints a brilliantly colorful picture of life in those bygone days. It was perhaps in some ways like Beirut once was, known as the Paris of the Middle East, before it was torn apart by wars & terrorists.
(BTW, I sent you a message on DM.)
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No doubt you're right about the current chaotic atmosphere of Cairo. I was referring to the much different, more cosmopolitan Cairo before World War II as described by Lucette Lagnado of her Sephardic Jewish family's life in Cairo until General Abdel Nasser came to power in Egypt.
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Indeed, corruption in our government is rampant. The mind-boggling irony is that the US demanded Ukraine purge its corrupt officials before we'd agree to supporting them with military weaponry & intelligence prior to the Russian invasion.
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All of that sounds marvelous! Some years ago I read a fascinating book by a journalist of The Wall Street Journal that describes her parents living in pre-war Cairo. Colorful descriptions of the bustling international culture of a vibrant city.
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
g.co/kgs/ThmE9uM
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How much for membership & delivery? Are all their products online?
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Even with no SCOTUS involvement, if Mitch McConnell had voted the way he said he should, 45 would've been impeached and never become 47. He knew it, he spoke it out loud in the Senate Chambers, then chickened out, and the other dumbass senators followed him like lemmings. 🤬
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They're both desperate to stay IN office to stay OUT of jail.
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Did you go to Egypt as a tourist, or in some other capacity? How long did you stay there?
Interestingly, The Night Manager starts out in Cairo during the Arab Spring protests. It's based on the novel by John LeCarré and stars Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, & Elizabeth Debicki. Excellent series.
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Beautiful! 😊 A couple more contributions to your Garden of Dreams. 🌺
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Can I interest you in a charming, character-study short story written by Carson McCullers in 1941? It may not be summer reading since it'll only take about 20 minutes to read, but you might spend a little extra time mulling over the unusual ending. 🤔
copperkettle78.livejournal.com/1097.html
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That's amazing that you were able to visit Cairo! I'd love to hear your impressions of the historic city. I think one of my grandparents was born in Cairo but moved to Aleppo, Syria before emigrating to the Americas. All four grandparents spoke Arabic before learning Spanish as a second language.
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I'll assume there was no coaching involved, n'est ce pas? 😉 🙄 😅
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I hadn't noticed that. I was too transfixed on your beauty and the extravagant golden bling! 😍 👑
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I'm up, too, waiting for the Xanax to kick in to help me get to sleep. 🥱 But it's my own fault. A self-inflicted schedule of staying up late after MSNBC news & NBA playoffs to watch pro cycling videos, classical guitar & political videos, and weird stuff on Netflix or elsewhere. 🙄 🤷♂️ 😂 😴 🌛
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Blue Angel transformed into Queen Cleopatra! 😍
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I'm truly humbled by your vote of confidence. 🙏 I'm merely a drop💧in the ocean, but I try to share my voice to save our democracy & the Constitution that we treasure so dearly. I'm sickened by the unstoppable march towards Nazi Germany 2.0 with Trump, Musk, & Project 2025 tearing it all down.
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Thanks for that! 🙏 Like many other states, the contrast of urban vs rural culture in Florida is starkly obvious. When I moved here, I stopped overnight in Daytona Beach. It felt like the Deep South. Arriving in Fort Lauderdale was like crossing into the 6th Borough of New York, as some call it.