Sign in

Mary

@blue-chooser116.bsky.social
101 followers 28 following 38 posts

An old retired lady with too many sheepskins on the wall, no cats, and not enough books in the house. This is the first computer I ever ran. The stars shine the brightest when the night is the darkest.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Mary
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.
544177895682 4
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h
The White House was caught limiting Ukraine’s Starshield access. Trump’s newest press secretary came and went. And the DOJ raided a sitting congresswoman’s home in what could be an attempt to strip her of her citizenship. This is the week we are living in. Make sure you’re paying attention.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
White House cripples Ukraine's military systems. Trump's new press secretary fired. DOJ raids Ilhan Omar's home.
26844228 1
Reposted by Mary
Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 7h
The largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet is heavily engaged in the wildfire fighting in Southern California. Here’s a @calfire.bsky.social tanker fighting the Norte Fire right now.
618340 0
Reposted by Mary
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Real average hourly earnings down for the sixth straight month… rich people are making a lot of money — God, I sound like Marx. I really don’t want to sound like Marx, but I’m looking at the data.” The Trump/Republican agenda, folks. (H/T @atrupar.com )
582020743 0
Reposted by Mary
Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A Republican senator warned that degrading Ukraine’s defenses might be “aiding and abetting a mass murderer.” Musk blames Trump, the White House blames Musk, and Ukraine counts the cost. My write-up in the link in the comments.
19561107 2
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
So we are clear, "Russia Russia Russia" was *never* a hoax.
32678542829 1
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just sickening.
comicsands.com
Trump Slammed After Mocking Protester's Weight And Brutal Assault At His MAGA Rally
3144361 0
Reposted by Mary
Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 15/10/2026
Governor @schwarzenegger.bsky.social: “California is shining worldwide… the perfect example of what can be done when people work together” Not Democrats versus Republicans. Californians working together.
1824640 0
Reposted by Mary
Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
1349 0
Reposted by Mary
The Lone Raider @theloneraider.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What about High Treason?
145 0
Reposted by Mary
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Donald Trump made a deal with Putin for 36 million barrels of Russian diesel, but that amount won’t move US fuel prices lower. It’ll only fund Putin’s bloody war machine in Ukraine. Putin continues to play Trump like a fiddle.
27832571231 0
Reposted by Mary
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration ignored the court’s instructions again. Over 400 trees were chopped down at D.C.’s public East Potomac Golf Links over the holiday weekend without proper advance notice even after government lawyers promised the judge ample warning before any irreversible work.
1111536584 0
Reposted by Mary
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump announces that two countries who have been in a major war have agreed to a ceasefire. Ukraine said they had no idea what he was talking about. Russia said they agreed to nothing. Trump has taken a blowtorch to any credibility the US has built over two centuries.
1463405867 0
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Rules for thee but not for me.
comicsands.com
Trump Just Urged MAGA To 'Vote By Mail' To Help Out Republicans In New Video—And The Hypocrisy Is Off The Charts
43802133 0
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wow. Just wow.
comicsands.com
Trump Ripped After Openly Lusting Over MAGA Sisters With Tone-Deaf Joke Following Cornell Sexual Assault Allegations
32480103 0
Reposted by Mary
billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
226100423116 0
Reposted by Mary
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.
17905417 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Art of the Deal, folks. Donald is such an idiot.
406104923504 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
633285419220 0
Mary @blue-chooser116.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Russian shill all along, after all. Traitor. x.com/Osinttechnic...
x.com
OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) on X
President Trump today called for Ukraine to replace President Zelensky and find a leader who would accept Russia’s peace demands. Trump also requested that Ukraine cease its strikes on Russian oil in...
000 0
Reposted by Mary
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
212102123449 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The people who screamed that children would be emotionally scarred by hearing a drag queen read “Jack and the Beanstalk” are OK with those same children watching Pete Hegseth’s livestream of a man getting his brains blown out by a bunch of guns.
23154271703 0
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Trump family is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business, and the names, the deals, and the money trail are all worth knowing. So is the roadmap for dismantling it.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
741421337 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
48695383615 0
Reposted by Mary
SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If someone else were president, FEMA would be staging supplies and support right now, and getting ready to help in the aftermath. I imagine nobody in this administration has even thought about such a thing, and I'm still not sure FEMA even really exists anymore. All these areas hit are deeply red.
2138 0
Reposted by Mary
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Attn: The Trump administration has declined to invite independent international observers to monitor the November midterms, breaking a practice dating back to 2002.
772629888 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
881103202795 0
Reposted by Mary
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUN FACT: The Bible doesn't say *anything* about abortion. Ever. Well, except for the time God provides a handy recipe for a magic potion to induce an involuntary one. Numbers 5:11-31
24872471827 0
Reposted by Mary
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This past Monday, it appears that an ICE surge has kicked off in the region. L.A. TACO tracked more than 80 people detained across Southern California since Monday, with a heavy emphasis on Santa Maria and San Diego. Read more on what we know about the ICE surge: lataco.com/ice-surges-l...
314399 0
Reposted by Mary
Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every word of this.
18852157 0
Reposted by Mary
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Resistors report arrests and injuries, including being pushed into barbed wire. CBP confirmed that all four cottonwoods marked for removal there are now gone. Centuries of life destroyed for two parallel walls cutting through the borderlands. We’re heartbroken and we’re angry!
541351409 0
Reposted by Mary
SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Twenty-seven years ago this week, a 21-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming. He died six days later simply because he was gay. More of his story in the Alt-Text:
On October 6, 1998, Matt left a bar with two men who lured him out under false pretenses. They drove him to a remote area, brutally attacked him, robbed him, tied him to a fence, and left him alone in the freezing night.

Eighteen hours later, a cyclist found him - at first thinking he was a scarecrow.

Matt’s parents, Judy and Dennis Shepard, were overseas when they got the call. By the time they reached the hospital in Colorado, Matt was in a coma. He never regained consciousness. They never got to say goodbye.

Dennis once said Matt was almost too tender-hearted - the kind of person who couldn’t even step on a bug. Friends described him as a “light of joy,” someone who never met a stranger. The night he left that bar, he’d been planning an LGBTQ awareness event at his university.

Years later, Judy Shepard shared that she truly believed by now, things would be different - that people would be safe, equal, and accepted. “I am frustrated that we’re not done,” she said. “I am ecstatic that we have come this far. But there’s just so much left to do.”

And she’s right.

Hate crimes still happen. Basic rights are still being denied.

Let’s honor Matthew’s memory not only by remembering his story, but by continuing the work. By refusing to look away. By choosing compassion over hate, and courage over silence.
38051 0
Mary @blue-chooser116.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally
Trump made the remarks during a rambling speech in which he said gas prices would be lower soon, touted his ouster of Venezuela's dictator, and made attacks on news outlets.
000 0
Reposted by Mary
Jeff Terflinger @jeff-terflinger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
14919 0
Reposted by Mary
PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#ArrestTrump #TrumpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials
842555986 0
Reposted by Mary
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
700236878570 0
Reposted by Mary
Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
412200716175 0
Reposted by Mary
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
commondreams.org
'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
26845101992 0
Reposted by Mary
ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lunatics 😤
71780281 0
Reposted by Mary
Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8455201308 0
Reposted by Mary
SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What they SAY vs. what they MEAN:
CODED MESSAGE: "They want to invade your suburbs."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They want to desegregate your
neighborhood."

CODED MESSAGE: "The Left wants to bring communism to
America."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "The Left wants Americans to enjoy fair
wages and guaranteed healthcare like every other developed
nation."

CODED MESSAGE: "They hate the Bible."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They respect other religions and believe in
separation of church and state."

CODED MESSAGE: "They hate police."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They want to end deadly state violence
against unarmed Black people."

CODED MESSAGE: "They want to kill babies."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They trust women to make ethical
decisions about their own reproductive lives."

CODED MESSAGE: "They want to rewrite history."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They want to include voices from history
that white historians have ignored."

CODED MESSAGE: "They hate America."
UNCODED MESSAGE: "They want America to live up to its
principles of liberty and justice for ALL."
11813 0
Reposted by Mary
Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
36126 0
Mary @blue-chooser116.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
yahoo.com
Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge
The Las Playas intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least two thousand years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to researchers’ recent estimations.
000 0
Reposted by Mary
Page @nursepageywagey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Justice must be done. Name, shame, arrest & convict! #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Trump #Kushner #Oz #RFK #Lutnick #Musk #Gates #Hoffman #Tisch #Chomsky #Barr #JoschaBach #Brin #Ito #Zuckerberg #Nowak #Krauss #Summers #Nikolic #Ratner #Wexner #Chopra #Black #BelieveSurvivors #FreeAmerica #Vote #VoteEarly
8360174 0
Reposted by Mary
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for standing up for what's right, Luanne.
comicsands.com
Heroic Tennessee Librarian Sues After Being Fired For Refusing To Hide LGBTQ+ Books From Kids
131552226 0
Reposted by Mary
ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
426109594192 0
Reposted by Mary
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
692279719555 0
Reposted by Mary
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
184129424187 0
Reposted by Mary
it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/cand... 👇 🗳️ #Vote
0218 0