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@grittygal.bsky.social
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Sociologist and avid reader. Traveler, news and puzzle junkie, strong feminist, friend, pumpkin pie baker…

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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Back cover text, “I began this book while in dentention…”
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE detainee memoir now available for pre-order. My neighborhood Little Free Library will get its own copy.
No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention by Mahmoud Khalil (book cover)
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE detainee memoir available now for pre-order:
No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention by Mahmoud Khalil (book cover)
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran’s ugly tour. Ben Jennings/The Guardian
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Check out our leaders. Zzzzz.
Donald and Melania Trump at the September 11, 2026 ceremony. Finn Gomez/Getty Images
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cult of Personality
Dallas, Texas GOP Convention pledge of allegiance to Trump: “I pledge to the greatest president in history of the country, that loves us so much that he can’t even breathe…”
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BlueSky is a great place to enjoy snarky Canadian cartoons.
Theo Moudakis cartoon, “Time to Play Dirty Canadian-Style.” Canadian PM pouring maple syrup into an airplane fuel line with, “F-35 DEAL” written on it.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Images capture a lot, don’t they? I’ll share with the class.
Trump sleeping at his desk. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
August 31, 2026
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ricky Schroder gets my vote for stupidest tribute ever.
Dolly Parton and Ricky Dumbass
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When people ask me why I still haven’t been back to Target and gave up my Target card…! Yeah, scrapping DEI has real consequences *such as* when there isn’t anyone willing to say, “WTF??”
$25 Kids’ Flows under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It really doesn’t age well.
Donald Trump at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
You know I love a good cartoon.
Ruben Bolling’s “Tom the Dancing Bug comic strip”
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Awkward!
Official NATO 2026 photo: Prime Minister of Czechia Andrej Babiš , Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Iceland Kristrún Frostadóttir.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump’s cheating is starting…not to work.
Belgium’s X response to team win over U.S. despite the red card reversal when Trump intervened.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ben Jennings’ Fourth of July cartoon featuring Trump & his cronies crossing the Delaware River in a gilded tub with ICE and bags of money.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Supreme Court, Congress: He’s built the infrastructure.
Captioned, “TWO KINGS.” With a crown emoji. The official White House account posted on X shows a photo of King Charles and Trump outside the Oval Office.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Yikes! Thanks, Ben.
Illustration by Ben Jennings for The Guardian. Trump as parade balloon-style with two distraught people & their bills being squeezed in the room.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Is Political Cartoon Week here @grittygal.bsky.social
Pat Bagley credit, “Strait Man” with Trump threatening to ‘walk on water’ over the Strait of Hormuz.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Political cartoonists are doing the hard work of Democracy. Bravo & keep it coming—any talented with the pen out there, Bluesky?
 Illustration: Nicola Jennings/The Guardian
Trump straddling an oil barrel in the Strait of Hormuz. Caption: Regardless of what happens, we win.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I think the top portion of the original image is trolling him…
A post on U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account depicts an AI-generated image of himself apparently as Jesus posted on April 12, 2026.  @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My apologies! Everyone is cutting off the top of the original image (no surprise when you see it). Here it is.
A post on U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account depicts an AI-generated image of himself apparently as Jesus posted on April 12, 2026.  @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
You can’t UNSEE IT…even if Trump wishes you would.
A post on U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account depicts an AI-generated image of himself apparently as Jesus posted on April 12, 2026.  @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Hannah Arendt quote.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
In Epstein’s art collection. Bought at auction.
Bill Clinton wearing an iconic blue dress and red high heels. Oil painting by Petrina Ryan-Klein entitled, “Parsing Bill” in 2012.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I have a reminder for @schumer.senate.gov from the pages of history. Churchill to Chamberlain re Munich Agreement: “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.” Prescient, no?
Neville Chamberlain pulling a “Schumer” aka a deal with the devil in 1938, one year before World War II began.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Lots of purple out there: let’s do yellow. Hello, Spring! Glad to see you.
Five bright yellow crocus flowers bloom among oak leaves on my lawn.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Having such success with my wee violas, I am now branching out to basil, bergamot and *gasp* wild strawberry. Those seeds are so small, they are dust. Not very optimistic, but willing to try. That applies to a lot of situations, come to think of it…
Top first two rows of viola seeds starting to sprout. Other rows have planted, but too early to sprout, seeds. Send positive thoughts!
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’m rooting for the underdog.
Canandian goose facing off against a bald eagle in Ontario. (Spoiler: the goose wins.)
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Image of an American bald eagle attacking a Canadian goose. The goose actually ended up fending off the eagle.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A wee bit of optimism today from my seed starting project.
A lone viola seed among many peat pods.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Imagine becoming a target of Trump’s bullying and The NY Times started in on you: *You did something to make Trump mad. Must be something wrong with you. You need to change.* I’m genuinely interested in how many articles they will now write criticizing Zelensky. Someone should start a count.
News Analysis article from February 24, 2025 published in the Times criticizing Zelensky for…”falling flat” with Trump and potentially, “hurting Ukraine.”
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Watch out for media laying the groundwork to criticize and blame Zelensky for…whatever it is they can pin on him…to appease Trump. The NY Times is getting good at making Trump’s ideas seem sane.
NY Times “news analysis” headline from February 24, 2025.  Zelensky is angering Trump, so maybe he’s actually the one hurting Ukraine.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I ❤️ Penzeys. This box was $5.
Gift box of spices with a smiley-faced blue and red mug drawing and the words, “I got woke. Now I’m hungry!”Four spice containers: Florida Seasoned Pepper, Justice, Transgender Remember Vanilla Sugar, and Outrage.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
NY Times: Some very fine people on both sides, actually. Blerghh. “Many” Dems are rallying for DEI, *”but others”*…thanks NY Times for muddying the issue and softening the blame!
Screenshot of NY Times headline this morning, D.E.I Skeptics Include Some on the Left.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Mother Nature comes through again.
The first baby green stalks of spring bulbs poking through dry, brown leaves and fallen branches.
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grittygal.bsky.social @grittygal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Moss & ferns: textbook ‘gritty.’
Old fort wall in Puerto Rico with moss and ferns eking out an existence on it.
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