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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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Get this book. #tyranny #MAGA

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The world sees America for what it is. It certainly isn’t GREAT! www.rollingstone.com/p/trump-dest...

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Vermont Hills, November https://www.wikiart.org/en/willard-metcalf/vermont-hills-november

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medium.com/@tsecretdeve...

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Thanks, Sly. We did an arrangement of this in junior high in 1970. youtu.be/3-1s2gqDs_U?...

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Will the services be private, or will it be a family affair?

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Anybody who thinks that Bluesky is a bubble where people just reinforce each others’ opinions should try sharing an opinion on Bluesky.

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the slide to fascism. www.allsides.com/story/politi...

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Nobody told me that #Andor was a current events documentary.

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We love to take a bath

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My feelings on the Musk-Trump breakup.

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And this court would do so. #Obergefell www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

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It's not too late --yet. youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8?...

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Today's weather graphic looks like a drunken I-Ching hexagram.

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New flowers on the porch. It's a way to keep the dogs from tumbling off.

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Breathe.

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

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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

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@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 ?

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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

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

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

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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?...

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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.

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Good morning from Moncton ridge in #Vermont.

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

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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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