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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Iranians are much better at this game

Photo of an anti-Trump mural in Tehran depicting Trump as the baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album, swimming after a dollar.

Photo of an anti-Trump mural in Tehran depicting Trump clutching a hamburger and a can of Coca-Cola to his chest

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's harvest - I got another bowl like this just 2 weeks ago!

A large stainless steel bowl filled to the brim with a mixture of jalapeño, poblano, banana, sweet and bell peppers, with a few heirloom cherry tomatoes thrown in

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was raised in New Mexico, but my dad was from CA and my mom had spent 20 years in California after her childhood in Chicago, so this makes sense I guess?

My dialect map, which is a map of America with red and blue as gradient colors to indicate which parts of the country I sound most like versus least like. California and the West Coast are red, and most of the rest of the country is blue. I guess I'm a West Coast speaker despite being a child of the Southwest!

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My usually bustling bird-feeding tree is conspicuously quiet, hmm

A hawk - either a sharp-shinned or Cooper's - is hanging out on the edge of our green birdbath.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sixteen! Oh my gosh! This was our house back in 2011. I don't know what we were thinking.

A white tile floor in front of a small dining table with five very happy dogs milling around.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This book has been very inspiring.

The cover of my latest book purchase, "please unsubscribe, thanks!" By Julio Vincent Gambuto.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I do love happy endings. In other news, Bear discovered a bag of toys in a closet, selected one while I was upstairs, and I came downstairs to this. Huskies!

Bear, our perpetually entertaining husky, disembowels yet another fluffy toy

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New Mexican Spadefoot Toads' annual mating chorus! They dig themselves out of the mud after a heavy rain, sing and... er, you know. We can hear them all over the neighborhood, puts everyone in a good mood.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I mean... this is kind of what I'd expect when a brilliant classicist encounters a Hollywood blockbuster starring Matt Damon.

Without a tub of wax for my ears – which Himesh Patel’s ever anxious Eurylochus, Odysseus’s doomed right-hand man, uses to sail safely past the Sirens – I was exposed to the full din of thumping sticks, staffs, swords and clashing armour, thunderbolts, crashing waves, grunts, screams, toppling palaces and burning temples. But unlike Matt Damon, the wax-free Odysseus who is tied to the mast as he is conveyed past the Sirens (naked ladies reclining on some uncomfortable-looking rocks), I gazed at the shipwrecks and bloodbaths without any agony of emotion. My eyes stayed dry, even for Argos the dog – whose adorableness as a puppy is predictably amped up to suit our animal-loving times. If only the human characters had been treated with such serious attention.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Grandpa's been reading grocery sales flyers again

Taken from Reddit, screenshot of a post in which Trump takes credit for a routine grocery store sale.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Trump's jackass sociopathic ambassador to Italy, folks. It's mind-boggling (gift link). Pitchforks! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This morning breakfasting at La Châtaigne in Lafayette, which gives @nedpyle.com's Helsinki pastry a run for the money

A perfect kouign amman, a half of a perfect croissant, mandarin orange juice and a cappuccino on a small outdoor table in front of a tiny French bakery in Lafayette, CA.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Enjoying a post-workout gruyere cheese roll at the fabulous Arizmendi bakery in Oakland

Photo of the counter area, including, lioe, 7 large cases packed with amazing baked goods, at Arizmendi bakery in Oakland, CA.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

FREN!! Paul saw this handsome Sonoran gopher snake. I love watching these snakes climb. We love the gopher snakes because they eat mice!

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

FFS of course it's Scott Yenor, Mr. Gilead. Look at this loser. I bet the girls kicked his ass in PE class.

Scott Yenor, right wing conservative creep.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wild mustangs roaming around neighborhood

Theee wild mustangs, two dark brown and one gray, grazing in high desert juniper grasslands near our NM home. It's very brown now; we await the monsoon.

Two wild mustangs, one a slightly dappled gray-brown and one gray, seen through my passenger window. It's quite dry here but they seem to be finding forage, as they're not too too skinny.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ryan Grim defending Platner is sounding very MAGA.

Ryan Grim, a progressive journalist and co-founder of Drop Site News, tried to undermine the allegations because one of the women from the story, Lyndsey Fifield, is a Republican. He then went on the progressive podcast Breaking Points and said the Platner situation was good because it was forcing Democrats to confront bigotry against white men. “The current cultural divorce between progressives and white men is so, like, stark that it is—it's just culturally, morally, ethically wrong,” Grim said. “But also just pragmatically, from a political perspective, you can't build a national party if you assume every white guy or every white guy with a deep voice who is a combat vet or whatever is, like, out to get you.”

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Pro-Project 2025/MAGA orgs are already flooding the comments. This is one of the form letters. Please please please take a few minutes to push back!

I support the Office of Management and Budget's proposed reforms to strengthen oversight of federal grant and assistance programs and improve protections against waste, fraud, and abuse.

American taxpayers deserve confidence that federal funds are being spent responsibly and for their intended purposes. Recent reports of improper payments, fraudulent claims, and inadequate oversight have highlighted weaknesses in the current system that must be addressed. Strengthening verification requirements, improving recipient vetting, and providing agencies with greater authority to suspend or terminate funding when fraud or misuse is identified are reasonable and necessary steps.

I particularly support efforts to improve identity verification for grant applicants, increase accountability for recipients of federal funds, and ensure that agencies can regularly review ongoing awards to determine whether taxpayer dollars are being used effectively. Federal agencies should have the tools necessary to prevent fraud before it occurs rather than attempting to recover funds after they have already been lost.

The federal government has a responsibility to safeguard taxpayer resources and ensure that assistance programs operate with transparency, integrity, and accountability. These proposed reforms will help restore public trust in the grant-making process and improve stewardship of public funds.

I encourage OMB to finalize these reforms and continue pursuing measures that strengthen oversight, reduce fraud, and ensure that federal funding serves the interests of the American people.

Thank you for considering my comments.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Ooooh she's in such a good home, she's going to thrive! We have a bigger model. This is Bear, refusing to walk around to the dog door.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I definitely get more water when I carry my huge pink bottle with me.

A bright pink, 32 ounce insulated water bottle with a purple octopus sticker on it.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Not necessarily! I took it again and went against my values and look who I got (yikes)

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I used to be more center-left. Guess I'm just really pissed off.

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AgnesOfTheDogs @agnesofthedogs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Fun quiz. I'm a bit surprised at the results; I'd have expected to be more of a center-left type. Then again, I am really really really pissed off right now. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...