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Technical writer and editor since 1984. Boxer dog lover--we have two! Liberal, Humanist, and cancer survivor. Quite gay. I am a Vermonter. I am myself. he/him/sé/é 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦
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New flowers on the porch. It's a way to keep the dogs from tumbling off.

Breathe.

I follow many different people from all over, with lots of different interests. As Patsy Stone said, "Don't question me!"

81 years ago, very early, my father jumped out of a plane and landed in France. He was among the first Americans in Normandy to liberate Europe from fascism (including Germany). He rarely talked about it, and he never joined the VFW or American Legion. He served and came home and concentrated on

@rockymntnmike.bsky.social How about you do a version of Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" for Trump and Musk? What do you think, @stephaniemiller.bsky.social ?

The problem with these new Democratic "Centrists" is that they believe in a world where both sides are honest brokers, where no one is selfish, where everyone is honest. They're like the mirror image of Libertarians. Stuck in their cloud-cuckoo land of the adolescent boy who knows better than anyone

A truly wonderful film on @tcmtv.bsky.social .

It's milkweed season. I've had to sweep the deck once today.

I've heard @billybragg.bsky.social do other versions over the years. It's the kind of song that's always relevant. Like he said, there are plenty of things we DO have agency over that will bring the Great Leap Forwards. Get to work, folks, and don't wait. youtu.be/JkGjVRU8cI0?...

We both quit drinking over 25 years ago. Jose Cuervo and Ron Bacardi were just too, too close as friends. Someone gave us these airline bottles as a joke before we moved to #Vermont. No, we didn't taste them. They've been evaporating all these years.

Good morning from Moncton ridge in #Vermont.

If you see this, quote post a show with an awesome theme song. youtu.be/-F1V49vHg0Q?...

I've decided to turn any hate towards this into a positive. Every time I get flipped off or thumbs down for this flag I'm gonna make a 3$ donation to www.thetrevorproject.org at the end of the month. #Pride #QueerTrucker #TheTrevorProject #LGBTQ

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Niceness from 1972. open.spotify.com/track/1DfKtt...

Jesus H Christ..... Surprise, Trump Pick Who Shut Down Anti-Russian Disinformation Unit Has Kremlin Ties! open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Good morning. It looks like it will be a hot one here in #Vermont, near 90F.

Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

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I thought Android 16 was being released today.

What a miserable trail of cat sick. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Hey @tcmtv.bsky.social, what's going on with the feed on YouTube TV? All programming since this morning is blocked for the next few days!

Now you know the rest of the story on the world's tallest file cabinet. www.mynbc5.com/article/tioh...

And how is your Monday morning, folks?

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This sounds like every report card I got in grammar school.