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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them)

@forageur.bsky.social
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Girl-Dad. Husband. Emeritus Unitarian converting to Judaism. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ally. Forager and Gardner. Programmer. Veteran USN. KJ7ATK. Beginning Potter. Illuminator & Calligrapher. SCA(O.L. An Tir). Blacksmith. Gardener.

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time2speaktruth @time2speaktruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#TRUTH. A third party vote or a protest vote is NOT a thing the way our system is structured. It's just throwing your vote away. And it's a coward's choice. PICK A SIDE. Not voting is a vote for Trump.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Head-space and Timing.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Drax on Trump.
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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They’re just morons The whole thing is a way to exploit morons www.psypost.org/lower-cognit...
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Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education
A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying ...
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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dmp2you.bsky.social @dmp2you.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They can’t’ repeal the 19th Amendment without nullifying the Constitution. 1. They would need Super Majorities (2/3) in both House and Senate. 147 Congressmen sink it in the House, 35 in the Senate. There are 129 women in the House. 214 Democrats. 27 women in the Senate and 47+ Dem Senators.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The finished #ratattoulie
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Never go to Campus Safety until AFTER you have gone to the real police. CS job is to protect the University first THEN Students. #CornellSeven #Apallingly #Stupid and fucking immoral #ChiPhi fraternity! In this case she was let down by the local DA too. Be ashamed Tompkins County. Recall your DA.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the deer hadn’t gotten my eggplant and blight my Yukon golds, this meal would be #ultra #local #grown all by me, but I got them at a local farm stand about 10 mi away. @artondalefarm.bsky.social everything else grown by me right here in #Olalla over👀 #pugetsound Colvos psg! #homemade ratatouille
A ratatouille in a glass baking dish containing Eggplant, potatoes, homegrown roma tomatoes, green pepper, 2 different kinds of zucchini and patty pan squash, all stacked in edge ala Pixar.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A grapefruit, Mr. Scott, IS a life form. Still waiting for that dog to show up.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
She is judging us. #judgy #tuxedo #feline
A tuxedo cat is on the counter judging the mess left over from the previous night.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#adultery #corruption
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Satya Nadella @xbox says “streamlining” in the Xbox org is great to see after all of the layoffs. Fuck off Satya. I am ashamed of you.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#breaking-the-fast #yomkippur Everything except the orange and the capers grown here. The bagels are from bsbagelsgigharbor.com and are amazing!
Background : Bagels, lox, cream cheese and all of the extras- homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers
 , grapes from our own arbors. 

Foreground: A bagel with lox on cream cheese with red onion, capers and a home grown tomato, served on a yellow plate.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#wierd #questions why is a station wagon called that? I get the wagon part - but why Station? Is it putting families in their place? Designed for military families? People that don’t go very far or write a lot of letters on custom grounds?
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#yomkippur #ecoli Soo the whole family is suffering from lab confirmed ecoli poisoning from a restaurant in Bremerton and the debating whether we are fasting or not. Do t dare to eat, don’t dare not to drink.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@bsky.app why am I seeing A TON of posts that appear to be a few minutes old but are talking about things from MID APRIL as if they are current? Ps: need a sr. SDE specializing in hard-to-automate test-automation and infrastructure?
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 19/09/2026
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#kennedy #center board needs to immediately be placed under a court appointed receivership and trustee. If it is that close to bankruptcy then that is the legal next step. I suggest @barackobama.bsky.social
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My job used to be fun and creative. Coding was a creative process for me that was deeply engaging and satisfying. Now I just sit around and doom-scroll waiting for copilot to finish burning enough datacenter carbon to do the last thing I asked it to. Is it faster? Maybe. More efficient? Unlikely
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
By abandoning your kids and letting them grow up desperate you forfeit the right to be a grandfather. The damage you allowed cannot be undone & you can’t atone or repair. They don’t need or trust you. Only a fool would let you anywhere near their kids. So don’t try. Go. Forget or ignore, Just go.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@rbreich.bsky.social Shanah Tova Professor!
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#scotus The notion that “postal regulations” trump* the plain text of the Constitution granting the States the sole power to administer elections is a perfect example of Alito and Thomas willingness to decide cases in ways which further their world view. They can’t be trusted. Expand the Court.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Blue says “you ate before feeding me and I was hungry and the Talmud says that’s bad and I’m telling Rabbi and if it happens again I’m telling cantor and she’s a dog person and you will regret it…”
The face of a very large brown dog. He is not amused. The look in his eyes is pure distilled judgement and disappointment. He’s read the Torah and the Talmud including the most important parts like feeding your pets first. And he’s had enough and is resolved to make a some changes around here.

Also he has to go potty. And that bunny is still hanging around the lilac and.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I had to give up facebook but then had to go back to do something just this once and the algorithm gave me this. If it gave me stuff like this instead of little Marco Rubio and his lying butch ass mouth all the time I might be on Fb more often. Yeah. fuck ice. www.facebook.com/share/v/19st...
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ozone layer is repairing, Sockeye are returning to the Elwah, My daughter sees Bald Eagles all the time, and this morning I saw a huge shoal of Herring in Colvos Passage. None of this was happening 50 years ago. Let’s hope.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
With Rabbi Scherlinder learning about an eco-mussar and a jewish approach to environmental consciousness and processing the flood with @theradr.bsky.social ‘s book On Repentance and Repair. Hitting so many chords. Feeling it all.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are off to Jewish Family Camp at Camp Kesher!
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@theradr.bsky.social Rabbi- I ran across this article today while I happened to be reading your book and I thought that this case perfectly illustrates how mere repentance is insufficient without meaningful effort to atone and repair: apnews.com/article/conv...
The cover of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s excellent book “On Repentance and Repair”
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ratatouille from my garden! I will post recipe if there is interest
Ratatouille in a red casserole- egg plants, peppers, squash, tomatoes and potatoes in a creamy tomato and bechamel sauceRatatouille in a pie dish - tomatoes, zucchini egg plant and some sliced potatoes in a tamato sauce
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
10) Congress may pass laws that limit the trade or possession of arms most commonly considered weapons of war and or any arm by persons adjudicated to be unfit by age, mental fitness or commission of certain felonies, or location irrespective of rights under the 2’nd amendment.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Neither Congress nor the States shall pass any law mandating the instruction, observation or participation with or of any religious text, practice or observance, nor shall any text or image be prominently displayed in any publicly owned building or property.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
8) No person appointed to the Judicial branch, including members of the SCOTUS, nor their spouse, shall accept any gift, donation or remuneration except for non-judicial services that may be rendered, not to exceed 1% of their yearly salary. Bribery conviction gets life sentence.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
7) Executive privilege only applies to the President in their person and officers whose appointment has been approved by the Senate. This privilege exists only for Congressional testimony or civil trial and may not be invoked in response to any criminal subpoena or trial.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
7) All persons reaching age of majority have a right to personal privacy and bodily autonomy. No law or regulation shall interfere with a person’s reproductive freedom. No medical procedure shall be mandatory except in times of national emergency or for members of the armed forces appr. by Congress
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
6) Citizens have a right to Information Privacy. Personal information of individuals may not be traded, sold or disclosed without explicit notarized permission of the owner, except by valid judicial warrant or subpoena. Failure to maintain the security of such information is a crime.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
5) An officer or employee of the Executive branch who refuses to testify in response to a subpoena, or truthfully answer lawful questions commits a crime unless personally invoking the 5th Amendment. Prosecution for same by independent council.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
4) Political donations are not considered to be speech under the first amendment. Congress has the power to regulate donations and spending by individuals, corporations or any other entity.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
3) No congressional or state gerrymander shall be lawful if it likely to result in a partisan difference of the delegation that exceeds the partisan split of the last statewide federal election by more than 20% or racial disparity exceeding 20% of the states population in the last census.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
2) No presidential pardon shall be considered valid if it is granted by any corrupt means or as a result of a corrupt act. No presidential pardon shall be considered valid if the recipient, their family or business partners have given the granter money in the prev year or such. Year.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My agenda for 2028 includes the following amendments: 1) Presidential immunity only applies for official acts committed during the term of office. No immunity or protection from prosecution after leaving office. No person convicted of a felony can serve in any federal elected office.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s that time.
A colander full of red and yellow tomatoes with some patty pan squash in back
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Well this is a relief:
An AI prompt instructing Claud to design a thermonuclear weapon, and the response “your request has been filtered”.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Katz and Ben G’vir are committing, encouraging and protecting settlers committing war crimes and terrorism. They should be extradited to The Hague to face justice there. This should be a key plank in the Foreign Policy of the Democratic Party Platform.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Uhhh … she is definitely plotting revenge for something. And someone. #tuxedocat #p0ppyseed #igotheratstarbucks #n0really.
A tuxedo cat glaring at the camera.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I can relate.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A man who gleefully changed his title to “Secretary of War” has no business calling himself a Christian.
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Olalla Gardener (He/Him/Them) @forageur.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Buried in squash
A garden table with different kinds of summer squash on it.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Absolutely 💯 Agree… “BOOING THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS NOT APPROPRIATE.….WE SHOULD ALSO BE BOOING HIM DURING PRESS CONFERENCES AND WHEN HE'S GOLFING. DO BETTER.”
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