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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This guy is looking so great after 3 weeks of growth and TLC. The boys call him Sushi, but my wife and I call him Soosh. His color is coming in beautifully. Obviously I'm really enjoying my first kitten.

White kitten upright with his paws all forward.

Back of white kitten sitting upright. light brown patterns are starting to develop.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Am I allowed to decide that my friend reincarnated into my kitten?

Picture of a white kitten sitting in a 3 year old child's lap.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

@gregpak.net I want to send you a copy of the book I just self published. Do you have a PO box or somewhere else I can send it?

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm so proud of this. After the last election I told myself I needed to do something productive and this is what I came out with on the other side. a.co/d/03ft0x5y

Stacked copies of my book Fuck This: Poetry for Late Stage Capitalism.

Cover of my book Fuck This: Poetry for Late Stage Capitalism

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I'm still angry and lacking for words over this. They are just going to spill more and more blood. There are no consequences. Are we ready for a national strike yet?!

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Every year I'm amused by the fact that the students think they are looking forward to the break more than teachers.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

My in laws have a giant cat. Dudes like 20 pounds when he's of healthy weight.

Cat so large it doesn't fit entirely in the cubby of a cat tree. All 4 paws are hanging out.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I feel like music and to a lesser extent poetry are the most powerful magic we have as people. The ability to change minds and perspectives with just a few words is incredible.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I really wish life was like the last 15 - 20 minutes of Newsies. I think we're in our second Santa Fe so we're almost there. Glad Mamdani got us through King of New York. The order and themes of the songs really do match up well with the past year.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I keep trying to nudge my wife that we should be more involved politically. Her counter was to start posting areligious "sermons" on the internet. We'd really like to spare our kids from the world of politics, but I'd also like to spare them from life in a dictatorship.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Captain America should have unmasked Stephen Miller as the Red Skull by now.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Everytime I see clips of the New York Mayoral debate I think of the talk less smile more song from Hamilton. I haven't read or heard a single substantive position or policy of Cuomo, even from mainstream media. Mamdani's policies and positions are super clear. He even explains any takes he's changed

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Going to the bathroom at the union office always makes me smile.

Bathroom sign that welcomes all genders, including intersex, handicapped, and aliens. Emphasizing that the only thing that really matters is "just please wash your hands."

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

There's only consequences for people that offend dear leader

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Your line Is there a line You won't cross For your guy Is there a crime He could commit You wouldn't deny Someone he'd hurt You couldn't accept If you'd lost Something he'd take You couldn't give up No matter the cost

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I think every comedian Trump goes after should run for office. Especially if they have a shot at the house or Senate.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This chart is insane, this isn't going stop without a national strike. Politicians have had almost 25 years to do something.

Shart showing school shooting statistics starting in 2015. The rate jumps at Trump's first election, and begins to soar post pandemic, almost trippling.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I wouldn't let me son take his kitty to school, but the car was too hot to leave her there all day. She spent the whole day in my pocket taking pictures with my colleagues.

Me in red scrubs with a tiny stuffed kitty in my breast pocket and my ridiculous car behind me (a blue M2 competition)

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

What if we were free From manufactured tragedy From shortages and mortgages From debt required opportunity. I want to help others Shouldn't that be free? Or at least, not cost me everything. What if we worked together To build Something that lasted Something for everyone Like a country Of the free

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Getting old means I now watch Empire Records from Joe's perspective.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

My oldest starts TK tomorrow and I'm totally fine, totally fine and not at all stressed at all, totally fine, fine, fine, fine. Everythings fine.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Wow they figured out how to blame a woman for Colbert's cancelation! I should be less surprised.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I bought 3 different citrus a month ago. The Clementine and Yuzu are still finding their groove, but this Finger Lime isn't afraid of our heat at all. Its first flowers are sprouting all over.

Young finger lime branch with its first flowers

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I wonder why trump has a thing for pardoning D-list celebrities that definitely committed their crimes?

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Do people really think this is how we make America great again? Torturing kids? Fucking monsters.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I'm pretty sure what broke me out of the Christian echo chamber as a teen was all the gay hate of the 90s. It seemed so antithetical to both Christian and American values I really struggled with the cognitive dissonance. It seems like it's only accelerated since.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I wish I could send postcards with pictures of each deported cuban to Marco Rubio.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If the administration were actually children I'd be concerned about how broken they all are and how we can fix them. Unfortunately, the reality is that they are the adults, America is the child, and they are firing or threatening to fire all the mandatory reporters.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Do you think white America would be more sympathetic to Palestinians if they realized some of them are Christian?

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On Palm Sunday in Gaza, Israeli military bombs a Christian-affiliated hospital

YouTube video by NPR

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

When I first started teaching highschool 16 or so years ago I realized the kids didn't know what selling out meant. I knew it was a bad omen, but if I'd realized what it really meant then I probably would have refocused my whole life.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Call your people! Hell call them all! Explain to them how our constitutional rights are being shredded and it's just going to get worse and worse until they stand up for us and themselves. They are fools if they don't think they are Trump targets too.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I don't post pictures of my human children but this is Francisco, my oldest. He's really thrived since I transplanted him from a pot.

Small San Pedro cactus near a fence with 3 pods starting at its base

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My 4 year old test snuggles stuffed animals. Like brings it to his shoulder, hugs it tightly and even closes his eyes. It's the cutest thing I've ever seen.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Figured we could use a taste of something bright today. My kid wanted cupcakes for his birthday with blue frosting...

Chocolate cupcakes with blue scribbly frosting

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Cards are here! Another teacher traded me some pocket constitutions so I'm upping my game too! I wonder how long till someone complains I'm informing kids of their rights...

Picture of pocket constitution books and know your rights red cards

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm super cautious about putting my boys' faces on the internet. I expected it to be a constant battle with my mother that never respected my own privacy, but as far as I know she's never posted a picture of their faces. Does this mean boomers can change for the better? I hope!

Kids writing on a giant whiteboard in a hallway

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Ordering these to distribute at work is the first thing I've done since November that feels more useful than screaming into the void.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I just wanted to test out alt text and figured cat pictures never get old.

Phoebe the cat in her izakaya cat house.

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dadofalltrades.bsky.social @dadofalltrades.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My heart says fight to my last breath. My brain says move my family to a first world country.

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