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Progressive Southern #Veteran, #Deadhead, #Dudeist minister, retired #Infosec, amateur #herpetologist in no particular order. Host #BackyardWildlife, #Seestar and other feeds. Come for the critters - stay for political rants. Alleged Bluesky Elder
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2/24/22 - Ukrainian territory of Snake Island came under attack by Russian cruiser "Moskva". Defenders replied: "Russian Warship - go fuck yourself!" #OTD in 2022, Russian warship is well and truly fucked. Celebrated by Ukrainian Post commemoratives. #FuckYouRussianWarship #SlavaUkrainii #stamps

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of NC Alliance for Retired Americans and VoteVets AF, my firm has filed an appeal to the Fourth Circuit to block the Republicans' efforts to steal a North Carolina state Supreme Court election. Follow Democracy Docket for full details. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

Happy #TaxDay, y'all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-w...

Interesting in this #WRAL story, no one asks the question - "Why are there so many people in this mostly rural NC county jail?" The demographics would be interesting. Is this a "targeted enforcement"? Abuse of the cash-bail system? Both? #ncpol www.wral.com/news/state/v...

Tomorrow is Tax Day. And while we’re paying too much in taxes, Republicans are planning yet another massive tax cut for their billionaire sugar daddy donors like Elon Musk. #MAGABlowingYourTaxes

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

What does me in is the race to the bottom this kind of shit will enable. Nations are going to pad their STEM credentials by calling space tourists their first "astronaut". No hard work. No investment in STEM. Just pay to send someone up on a flight and take the photo opp when they get back.

Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions: A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans. I would like to amend my prior statement. Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

Song from Dylan's 1976 (recorded in 1975) album - "Desire". If there's a more perfect and prophetic metaphor for the impending implosion of America 50 years later, I don't know what it could be. #Dylan #Desire #Emmylou #RollingThunder www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z3v...

The (nearly) Full Moon could also come down from the sky tonight, and give you a sweet good-night kiss on the forehead. But it's not fucking likely.

News is awful Post a Godzilla

As another Canadian said: "You don't know what you've got til it's gone."

I'm an Old. And I support this message.

Find them in contempt - and send them to the same El Salvador facility.

Wonder what I really want to know? The 2% who currently work in a factory..... How did they vote in the first question?

I am heading back out soon for the next stretch of the book tour. AUSTIN (4/15) and TULSA (4/16), you are next! I am shadowbanned most everywhere so if you have a friend who likes my work and lives in these areas, tell them!

Feels like it should’ve been a bigger deal that the Arkansas voucher application program literally asked voucher users if they wanted “a different racial mix of students” Especially since it was @SarahHuckabee that came to push @GovBillLee’s scam

North Carolina's metamorphic quartzite monadnock from the ancient Sauratown Chain: Pilot Mountain from 23 miles northwest (Photo by Bill Leslie)

Reskeet with an image of your favorite James Bond.(wrong answers only)

It's been 50 years since the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail - here are ten articles you can read about the famous film www.medievalists.net/2025/04/ten-... #MontyPythonandtheHolyGrail #MedievalMovies

Thou shalt suck up or thou will be removed

#OTD , 2009. Never miss a Sunday show .... ESPECIALLY if it's an EASTER Sunday show! AND the first show of Spring Tour! "If I had my way, I would tear this whole building down." #GratefulDead #Deadheads #LiveMusic

I think we need several thousand reports of Rubio exhibiting anti-Christian bias. Because every single day (hour?), there's a new State dept policy or action that violates the very premise of what Christianity is supposed to be.

The kids are alright. If we see this in ruby-red Alaska, why aren't NC kids marching to demand court mandated Leandro #education funding? #akpol #ncpol www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/04/12/s...

Breaking Down Trump’s Weird Fixation with “Groceries” open.substack.com/pub/celiariv...

If you want to win a trade war, you gotta have something to trade that other side wants. And we're in a trade war with the very people who make all the things WE want. You're not going to win that.

How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News

Afraid you may be right, Paul.

Book ‘em www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl...

Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project