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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

She's staying for the cats. They were/are both worth the sacrifice 🐈

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Stopping reenlistments should do it.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Death of Government Expertise

Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Two observations. First, the money we spent in post WW II reconstruction of Europe and the Pacific rim was not wasted and may now save our collective asses while we deal with this global isolation. Second, they haven't done away with DEI, they have just added OPUS in front of it.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

For 72 years I have changed 'sex' on forms to 'gender' because I believe 'sex' is a "yes or no" question (consent / non-consent), not a "M or F" question. In my personal vocabulary, 'sex' is an activity, 'gender' a description. In my head, it will never not be so. The Muskables are fuckin' with me.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Missed opportunity: There are no Union stares bordering the Gulf of Mexico. Wouldn't Gulf of Dixie or Rebel Sea or something similar have been a better choice? 😎🙃

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Total Contempt for Public Servants

Trump and Musk do not understand the value of an apolitical service that must obey the Constitution and the law.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Coping with a cold and snowy night in the Berkshires.

Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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To make your day better: Bigs and Bakey. Big Eyes and The Baked Potato. A love for the ages.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My mom always warned me not to confuse Catholic with Christian.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Having a milestone Birthday today

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Even in New England, it's hard to convince some folks that four-wheel drive does not equate to four-wheel STOP.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

It's perfect. Who is the outlier on top of the umbrella?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/12/2024

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Me, Granny, Christmas 1951. The coffee table and rocking chair are in my daughter's house now. The TV? It introduced me to Howdy Doody, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Annette Funicello, and Dick Clark.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Enjoy the peace and joy. And the antics of your fur kids. Lord knows you've earned it.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

PBS News has activated their account on Bluesky.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We did rabbit ears. They brought me Howdy Doody, then later on Mickey Mouse Club, and finally Dick Clark. I was married and gone a few years before they put a rooftop antenna up. But, on point, UHF was a treat back in the day.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Yeah, me too. But the 📺 was in an ugly cabinet.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

You didn't get WPRI Channel 12 out of Providence? And WJAR Channel 10? We got those in Attleboro along with the ones you mentioned.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Gosh I am old? The Temptations on the Today show this morning. I saw them live in Copley Square in 1986 compliments of Culinet Corporation during a convention. They sound just as good today.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Navy! ⚓️ ✈️ 💀 Fear the Bones! Really good game despite commentators preference for Army.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Holy Moly! All purr cylinders firing

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The only way Yale could beat Harvard back in the day?

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

@warren.senate.gov Liz, I am only your constituent for one more year after decades of supporting you. Please take note of Mark's argument.

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We always know who the mother is; the father is whoever she says he is. So by default we must go by the mother.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The replies. Still laughing 😃

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I am trying to believe you were sane when you began this adventure 🐱

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thanks. On this platform, I'm blocking right out of the gate. Not wanting to spread troll dust all over.

Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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Of course a president can pardon people who have never been charged, much less convicted, of anything at all. Remember reading about the wholesale Civil War pardons?

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Because he's an Irish Catholic and the first Sunday of Advent was a good day to show mercy and love.

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Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As a very senior woman (eight decades), a couple of years with Netflix, Kindle Unlimited, and loving on my cat sounds great. The President showed Mercy to his child. I would have been sorely disappointed had he not.

Granny Patt @grannypatt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Granny and Willa are done 🌲