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mthornberry.bsky.social
Mostly retired after 50+ years in pretty much all forms of media. Still an active photographer. Scuba diver. Avid gardener. Occasional musician. Progressive humanist.
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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.

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Our Red-headed Irishman cacti are blooming and I’ve just learned that their scientific name, mammilaria spinosissma, translates to “most spiny boobs.” Sigh.

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“We are not amused.”

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The first five-lined skink of the season. This little one is barely 3 inches (7.5cm) long and, yes, its tail really is that blue.

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This!

submitted 27 days ago • 694 comments

“It’s a flower and a tree.” - Michael Douglas, “The American President”

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At 75 Rick Wakeman is moving a little slower, but his fingers still fly…for now. Everything has its price. March 28, 2026

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Here’s a dogwood flower, just ‘cuz.

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

submitted 39 days ago • 3120 comments

Here’s an amaryllis, just ‘cuz.

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Just a random tulip magnolia blossom.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Just a little Spring eye candy from the Garden.

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It’s probably just how my mind works, but I can’t help wondering if Adolph Musk carries his(?) brat around on his shoulders on so many occasions as a deterrent to any would-be assailants. It’s just the sort of thing a sociopath would do.

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“No ‘Stairway to Heaven’!” Stained-glass in Key West.

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Might save a life.

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They removed images of the Enola Gay because it had the word "gay" in it. That's utterly insane these insecure fascists are.

submitted 57 days ago • 57 comments

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

submitted 58 days ago • 2047 comments

It’s good to be “rebel scum”

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 63 days ago • 5982 comments

“I was gonna make espresso.” RIP, Gene Hackman.

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Just ‘cuz: Catalina Island at sunset.

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Adolf Musk and his crack team of DOUCHE bags are spending millions of our tax dollars “looking for fraud” when all They’ve ever really needed to reveal actual fraud is a cheap mirror.

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I’ve been listening to a fair amount of Joe Bonamassa and Beethoven recently. Not sure what the correlation is just yet. Passion, perhaps?

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