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Exploramental

@exploramental.bsky.social
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I am a first generation American, Icelandic/Irish/Canadian born and Sonoran Desert raised. I have lived around the world and sailed much of it. I work in IT, consume & make music, and am always up for an adventure. Most of all, I Love my family endlessly.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
If the Dems win the senate, expect this retirement and then the Senate GOP will jam the next person down our throats. Probably someone like Judge Eileen Cannon. Good lord www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vote like you are going to need not just a democratic majority, but a tie-breaking Vance proof majority & a Fetterman-proof majority. Vote like the other side will have nothing to lose by doing their worst for the next two years. If Congress is lost, it will be because of the people who stayed home.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thinking you don’t need to bother because the #bluewave is inevitable? Trump’s base has eluded pollsters for over a dozen years at this point. They are the red iceberg beneath the polls that will snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Like Hungary, we need to vote overwhelmingly to save democracy.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How important is it to vote? Remember that the GOP has consistently outperformed their polls by 6-9% in elections for the last 12 years, including Trumps last mid-term. Vote against the GOP if you don’t want to see Vance deliver Trump’s agenda for the next two years as the tiebreaker. #election
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't give a damn if the media is calling a landslide. Get your ass to the polls anyway! Complacency is how we lose. Drop the comfort, lock in, and vote like democracy depends on it—because it does!
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The WSJ has Democrats winning by 51% in 5 weeks. This doesn’t reflect polling errors that over project their chances, & it doesn’t account for election disruptions or interference. Vote like Hungry did to overthrow Orban. Every vote is needed in such overwhelming numbers that they can’t be ignored.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What can I, as one individual do? You can at least do the very least. Register to vote. Ensure your registration sticks. Share your thoughts on your media. Talk to those open to your words. Offer a ride to the polls. These are not heroic, but necessary acts. Don’t suffer with regret in the future.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Undercover MAGA.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Voters: "We want lower prices and the war to end!" GOP: "How about we take away your health coverage instead?"
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How many purple state MAGA candidates will declare on November 6th that they were always Trump loyalists and declare their distancing from him in the fall was fake news? Will you fall for it?
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nobody knows how to pull up the social safety ladder behind themselves like the GOP. Every hard early life relies on the kindness of others and social services that are forgotten once power and privilege has been obtained.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All of them should be wondering. They are likely to be the next CBS.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That is awesome!
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every member of the GOP that is “breaking with the Trump” needs to do so w/ more than words. ACTIONS. The GOP is in charge of all branches of government. Recall Congress. Use Constitutional powers to stop the War with Iran. Force the release of all the files. Show us change by doing your job.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump Playbook: 1)violate obvious law 2)wait for the inevitable temporary injunction 3) ignore the injunction 4)run the clock down w/ as many legal processes as possible 5)ask for emergency SCOTUS hearing & get Thomas and Alito to muster the others in your defense.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump Playbook: 1)violate obvious law 2)wait for the inevitable temporary injunction 3) ignore the injunction 4)run the clock down w/ as many legal processes as possible 5)ask for emergency SCOTUS hearing & get Thomas and Alito to muster the others in your defense. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is no way that at least four of them were not from Reactor Department.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unfortunately, he is not wrong, historically speaking….
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hello operator? I would like to report a murder:
A tweet from James Talarico where he absolutely murders Ken Paxton for confusing Cypress with Cyprus.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They should have called this app “Pravda”.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why hasn’t anyone in the media asked for proof that Don Jr. paid the Russian oligarch back for the wedding? Why would anyone believe just their word on this?
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Everyone telling us to ignore gas prices are part of the MAGA “Let them eat cake brigade”. Don’t buy it.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
America has made every other country feel better about their shortcomings in comparison.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sounds like a good start.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hopefully you won’t need petroleum anytime soon, given the price increases we are about to see: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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China independent refiners scramble for oil, underpinning spot premiums
Chinese independent refiners have been rushing to secure crude from West Africa, Canada and South ‌America in recent weeks, supporting spot premiums at multi-month highs as they replace thinning Irani...
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
China, starting in August, has returned to their prior levels of oil purchasing. They are no longer relying on their oil reserves, which was cushioning oil prices worldwide. Could it be that they are creating conditions for an economic disaster at the pumps in time for a GOP reckoning in November?
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zeptepe @zeptepe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tested against every country of more than half a million people from 1955 to 2003, the model was right more than eighty percent of the time, two years in advance, about which states would break down and which would stabilize. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/scored-on-...
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Scored on the CIA's Instability Model, the United States Is in the Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse
The federal center is entering the kind of decay that has ended other unions. The more autocratic the country becomes, the weaker Lincoln's case for staying, and the stronger the case for going.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Elderly golfer unclear on how war works: apnews.com/article/russ...
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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
They are not Christian Nationalists. They are antithetical to the teachings of Christ. They are Religious Nationalists, having laid the foundation of a violent, vengeful, & vein new worship on the wreckage of their father’s faith, creating a new American religion on the iconography of Christianity.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Mitch Mcconnell is the only vegetable that the fda has not recalled . 🤣
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I think Canada should both increase costs of goods and use the money to fundamentally change trading with Europe and other, more reliable trading partners.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I would not upgrade unless there is something in the current version that is preventing you from doing what you want to do. There is always some interesting thing you don’t have in newer software; pay to upgrade when what you have has stopped working for you.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
When you invite a family over and their child writes their name in sharpie over all your belongings, you stop inviting them over. Let’s start fixing a similar problem in November. #LakeOntario #Idiocracy
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is what anticipation looks like.
A black poodle with a purple collar looks up with anticipation in her eyes.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When you buy a #Tesla, this is what you support with your dollars.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Waiting for the world to cool down for an evening walk. Evening #poodle
A black poodle lying on her back on a black sofa in the most relaxed position possible.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You can understand so much about someone by the company they choose to keep.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Though totally responsible once the vest is on, when she is off duty, she is basically a joyful four legged toddler. Because the girls make a production for her birthday, she becomes overjoyed at the site of birthday bags and Happy Birthday songs.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Best service dog ever. Happy birthday Stormy. #poodle
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We placed treats and some toys in each bag. No crown, and the #poodle is beyond excited. She get so excited to hear “Happy Birthday” sung to her.
A black poodle in a pink tutu in front of a sign that says “Happy Birthday” with bags of presents.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In a house of girls, inevitably the #poodle gets dressed up to celebrate her birthday. I secured a release from unwanted crowns and ribbons once pictures were taken. 7 years old.
A seven year old black poodle in a pink tutu and wearing a birthday crown. The poodle appears to be patiently waiting for the crown to be removed.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yes. Starting in July the average high temperatures are usually in the range of 38-43C. I stop riding in May and eagerly start again in September.
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Exploramental @exploramental.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I got one last year and look forward to riding every riding season. It is a level 1, pedal assist only that I ride on the lowest eco setting, and it makes a wonderful difference!
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's more important now that ever before!!! VOTE!!!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/07/2026
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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