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Deborah Wolfson

@howlinwolfson.bsky.social
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Water towers. Dog pictures. Withering remarks. I talk about New York history here: leavesofglass.substack.com (she/her)

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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ya done messed up, A-A-Ron.
A sheet outside an Irish bar painted to read; “A Ed SHEERAN
BUINNEACH PHEARG ORT.
NY FENIAN BHOYS”
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I hope Bucky’s joy at having some Gouda is contagious.
A cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mix very enthusiastically leaning in to receive a piece of cheese. She has gone ever so slightly cross-eyed trying to keep the cheese centered in her line of sight.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bucky is so influential, I haven’t eaten cheese alone since she moved in.
A cream colored boxer/bull dog/pittie laying on a yellow striped blanket with her paws in front of her. Her head is up and she is looking just above the camera. She is licking her nose.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m starting to understand Dr. Manhattan.
A Media Matters story dated 9.1.26. The headline reads: “James O'Keefe and right-wing content creators are using disguises and fake identities to trick poll workers and undermine confidence in elections”Scruffy Robin Williams in Jumanji asking what year is it.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My dog had a bath. (She’s forgiven me.)
Bucky, a cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mix in a groomer’s tub. There’s a hose at work. She is soaking wet and looks deeply disappointed and a little disgusted.A closer picture of Bucky’s face, studying the person holding the camera for answers. Why is this happening? What even is this? Can she boop that camera out of their hand?An even closer shot of Bucky’s face, wonder why god has forsaken her.Bucky after bath. She is in a groomer’s table looking very fresh in a blue bandanna and yet forlorn.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is more of rollercoaster than I was expecting.
The words from 1982. The list is:
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acesulfame-K
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome
AIDS
alt-rock
baby fever
backstory
barista
bias crime
biochip 
biturbo 
boy toy
breakdancer
breakdancing
bright-line
co-brand
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I also have one if you want bonus features, Darth, though what always stayed with me was the soundtrack.
A cream colored boxer-bull dog-pittie on a bed front of a book shelf sniffspectinf a Dark City DVD.That same pup sniffing the DVD more earnestly.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A small but tall ship with South Street Seaport Museum on one of the sails, which feels like really nailing knowing and finding their core demographic because I was standing for hours chatting about museums with people excited about boats and history.A tall ship passing Little Island.A large sculpture of a soccer ball.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Fighter planes with red, white and blue smoke fly in a v formation over a FDNY boat spraying water. One spray is blue and another is pink.Planes  with red and white smoke fly over an ornate tall ship with multiple sails like its origami.Three tall ships sailing up the Hudson. There is an American flag on the pier towards the foreground and the Statue of Liberty behind.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A tall ship with four masts with alternating red and white sails and a huge Peruvian flag flying behind.A slightly closer picture of two masts, with sailors balanced at every level.More sailors on the mast. Also the bottom from red sail says Peru in attractive lettering, presumably because Peru did not trust the viewers to recognize any flag not the Stars and Stripes and wanted full credit for its cool ship.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Not restart Discourse (I would never) but if you see this apartment building in Salvador and want to start shouting “HOW AM I DOING?” I feel like you’re a real New Yorker.
An apartment building facade, that said says “Ed. Koch 1956” over a lamp.  The “Ed.” is abbreviated because it’s short for edificio.A little more of the front of the “Ed. Koch” building.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg dropping at the Rocky Horror Show.
A pair of painted eyes in half-moon glasses suspended from the ceiling by two wires against a heavy curtain, lit in green-tinted light.The same glasses with more curtain and an almost purple tint to some of the lighting.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My mayor Muslim My bagel Jewish My museum’s an archive Knicks in five
A statue of Abraham Lincoln outside the NYHS with a 32 Knicks jersey on.A closer picture of Lincoln in his jersey.A statue of Frederick Douglass outside the 77th street entrance of the NYHS in a number 11 Knicks jersey.A closer picture of Douglass in his jersey.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Bucky is enjoying the rare Triple Pets from my sisters and I
A cream colored boxer-bulldog-pittie mix getting pets from thread sets of hands.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A Next Generation title image but it says, “You ever think how disdainful Enterprise crewmen would be explaining this era of history?”
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A sign on a lamppost. There are two pictures of a tortie cat. In all caps, it says, SEEKING INFORMATION — MOCHI, PLEASE READ.

Some years back, I was forced to give up my sweet girl. The adopter gave her away again via Craigslist in 2021, and didn't say so right away despite regular checkin's. Unable to do anything at the time, I swallowed it, but never stopper loving or missing her.
I would like peace and to finally be able to put this grief to rest before 2026. whoever has her now, I do not want to take her from you, l just want into on her cument wellbeing, or if she passed the
bridge peacefulty. The ory into ab
Ngfrom that year was that it, was with 3 college studens ian. Any help is appreciated tysm
Pis take pic and put on socmed”

The contact email listed looks like Masure’s@gmail.com
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A light gray pigeon sitting on top of a dark gray pigeon.The dark gray pigeon lifting its flank and wings to evict the light gray pigeon.The dark gray pigeon on the back of the light gray pigeon, looking down with a distinctly smug “how do you like it now?” expression.The two pigeons beak to beak.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is what the internet has done to my brain.
A post from Christopher Hale sharing  video of an interview that reads: NEW: Peter Thiel calls Pope Leo XIV the “woke American pope.”
He’s worried about Pope Leo working with a “woke American president like AOC” to create a Marxist “Caesar-Papist fusion.”“Marxist ‘Caesar-Papist’ Fusion” written as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet:
A cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie is draped along a denim clad leg. Her front paw is bent over my hip as she snuggled in. She is napping with just a hint of smile on her face.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I don’t know why this is so funny to me but I do think Bucky manges the condition of being a dog extremely well.
A text conversation from CVS :

CVS Pharmacy: Bucky, your Rx has unclear or missing info. We requested clarification from your prescriber. Please note this process may take some time

My reply: Bucky is a dog.

Managing a challenging health condition for oneself or others can be overwhelming. A person can stop by or call any local CVS Pharmacy store to let them know their loved one needs to pause or stop their messages or cancel their prescription fills.Bucky the dog curled up in a blue plaid comforter.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Watching Orban concede.
Congrats/Happy for you/Nice grumpy kid meme.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I saw a picture of a new Lord of the Flies and realized it looks enough like Harry Potter in passing that I’ll be reminding myself for months that one is a startling vision of what happens when we lose touch with all human compassion and the other is about school boys after a plane crash.
A screenshot from Tom and Lorenzo. There is a young boy in round black glasses and a preppy school uniform. He looks injured and his hands are near his face as if he’s about to make sure his glasses are in place. The post is titled Lord of the Flies First Look, Poster and Official Trailer.A young brown haired boy in a similar school uniform is being slammed against a wall by two other boys. He is also wearing round black glasses like the boy in the other photo.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A cream colored pittie/boxer/bulldog on a bed piled with blankets. She is sitting up and resting her chin in my hand so her cheeks are just slightly smushed. I don’t want to brag but she is perfect.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Oh cool. It’s even worse.
““In a Democratic primary, that’s going to be a potent issue,” says Josh Vlasto, a former chief of staff to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who is the co-head of Leading the Future’s day-to-day operations. At the time of the ad’s release, ICE raids across the country and a shooting death by ICE agents in Minnesota were leading the news. “When we decide to engage in a race, we’re going to run the campaign that’s most effective.””

“Josh Vlasto, a former chief of staff to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo” is highlighted in yellow because ew.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Bucky, a cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mix, curled up on a yellow blanket looking angelic.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
A black wall like what’s around construction sites, with POST NO BILLS stenciled in white paint. Through the diamond cut out, a yellow flower blooms surrounded by tall leaves against a back wall of the most vibrant green.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Post a picture you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
A man in heels and a corset hangs from a crescent moon shaped arial rig. One leg is bent in front of him and the other behind. There is a trapeze hanging in the foreground. He shines blue in the light as a spotlight beams from the upper right corner.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I know we’re going into this one already over the snow, but look at the trees outside my window!
A street as the snow comes down. The night sky is a bright, electric gray from the snow and city lights. The sidewalks are full of snow and empty of people. The nearest tree is crowned with snow but the tree further down the block seems to be made of snow and ice: bright white and shining. A close up of thick, clean snow on dark brown branches. A empty school building is behind the tree, with the stairwell light shining brightly in the quiet night.A close up of the very white tree, with a branch of the snow capped tree in the foreground.The white branches of the snowiest tree. It looks like a close up of a snowflake. It’s quite magical.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Two pictures of Martin Scorsese speaking. The captions read: “Now, this is a film that you show to someone you care about/as a way of possibly trying to say something that you can't put into words.”The poster for The Pirate Movie.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Post a tree you photographed.
A tree in what was once Seneca Village in Central Park. There are still some leaves in it, especially the lower right quadrant, the branches stretch out like fingers and you can see their map in the shadow on the ground. The sun is shining from right behind it, sharpening the shadows. The paved path is just to the  right, with a person starting to walk into view. The fields behind are lined with green trees and there is a rock cutting the ground in the left side.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
If they have no gingerbread, let them eat cake.
A gingerbread cookie decorated to look like Marie Antoinette on a white paper plate. The cookie was turkey shaped so I turned it upside down: the “tail” is iced in white with some gold and yellow sugar and some silver and metallic blue pearl bits like an ornate wig. There are white and blue star shaped sprinkles for a tiara. There are blue pearl bits on blue frosting for the top of her dress and a of white pearls at her neck. There’s a dot of pink frosting on her cheek, a blue pearl sprinkle for her eye, and red pearl sprinkles for her lips.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
😬😬😬
You told the Times that Brett “made some mistakes.” Has he told you that he made mistakes?

No. No. No. Isaac, no. All I’m saying is that I worked with him twelve hours, fifteen hours, a day, and then everybody went their own way. Our age difference is wide. I could be his father.

I read that Roman Polanski is a father figure to him. So that role might already be filled. There are a lot of people who feel affection for Brett.

Yeah, yeah. Because he’s a good kid. [In
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I never watched Highway to Heaven growing up but caught the last five minutes when I flipped over for an episode of Columbo, and respectfully: wait…what? (This is not a scene about bigots seeing the error of their ways. It’s a father having a a change of headband coming to his son’s wedding.)
An older white man in a navy suit stands in front a mantle facing out. In front of him are a very early career Helen Hunt in a red vest and denim shirt and a young blond man in a gray tuxedo. They are both turned to see the groom’s father arriving to their wedding after he’d planning not to go for reasons that occurred before I saw tuned in and I don’t feel the need to the look it up. Over the mantle is framed Confederate flag.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Grant Gustin in The Flash giving a smiling peace sign at a grave that is labeled “AI BOOM.”
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This might be my favorite way to honor someone.
A pillar at the Astor Place 6 station through the train door. In black letters over ASTOR someone has added “PATTI” in matching lettering.The Franklin Street stop from inside a 1 train. FRANKLIN STREET has been covered over with the word RESPECT in white MTA style font.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
2026 Mood Board, courtesy of the Woolworth Building and its many Odd Little Guys.
A composite of nine sculptures from around the lobby of the Woolworth Building. Some are gargoyles, some are statues along the ceiling. All are confusing.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I don’t really know what happened to this pigeon, but I sympathize.
A pigeon on a snowy sidewalk. It looks pretty rough. The feathers on its head are all spiky like it just ended a three day bender.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I can’t explain it because it wouldn’t rhyme, but I really want this to be called Stroop Cloob instead.
A stroopwafel package. There is a drawing of a blond woman in a blue square neck top and a white Dutch bonnet holding a stroopwafel. In large green lettering is the brand name STROOP CLUB.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A sign at the rally. On a piece of cardboard in black sharpie it says WE ALL SAW THE VIDEO. Above that in red, it says FUCK ICE.A sign that says DISARM ICE, written below a deconstructed swastika above. Behind it is a huge American flag, with NO KINGS written in yellow.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
No Wars/No Kings/No ICE in New York.
The No Kings/No War/No Ice march. Looking down 5th Avenue from 59th at a crowd filling the whole of the street as far as can been seen. There is a NO SECRET POLICE sign, an American flag further south, and a partially visible STOP ICE sign shaped like a stop sign. The rays of sun shining from south and above look like lines of force in a Charles Demuth painting.Before the No Kings/No War/No Ice rally. A DEPORT WHITE SUPREMACY sign in front of Victory Leading General Sherman.The No Kings/No War/No Ice rally. A rainbow flag that says LOVE is waving in front of the rear of Victory Leading General Sherman. In front of that is a blue poster board that says ICE VIOLENCE IS DOMESTIC TERRORISM.A sign resting on the ground and the legs of its maker. It is a photo of Renee Good, and says ICE OUT FOR GOOD in black, with GOOD outlined in red.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
See a fox 🦊 Post a fox 🧡 (or two!)
A slightly blurred photo of a fox rushing along Mohrenstrasse in Berlin.A slightly blurred photo of a fox pausing by a pilar on the Mohrenstrasse in Berlin.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Bucky is ready.
Bucky, a cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie, is curled up in her bed with bonus blankets circled around her, her paws in a bouquet. Her booty is foregrounded and appears very soft and scritchable. She is is looking at the camera with her head raised, as I just disturbed her snoozing.A close up of Bucky napping, having now put her chin down over her paws. She is very cozy and content.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Look, it’s an honor to work to keep Bucky in the soft life to which she has become accustomed, but on the eve of going back to the office after the holidays, it feels like she’s rubbing it in.
Bucky the cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mix curled up on her bed amid three blankets scrunched up to her liking. Her paws are curled up in a pretzel pile in front of her. Her chin in propped on one blanket pile, her eyes half closed. Her tail is draped along her bed.A close up of Bucky, with her chin now propped up on her front paw which is tucked under her chin. Her booty is foregrounded.Bucky still curled up on her yellow bed. Her paw is now on the piled up fleece blanket and her chin is on her paw. She is very cozy.A close up on Bucky, half dozing her paw under her chin, like The Thinker but more horizontal and nap-centric.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
So I guess the team that’s been working on the Torment Nexus saw Gattaca?
A subway ad for “pickyourbaby.com”. Two cherubic, smiling babies are pictured on either side of the text, “IQ is 50% genetic.”
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.
Bucky the dog is napping like a potato pretzel, with her head smushed against a balled up blue-gray and white blanket, her booty supported by a gray plaid blanket, her bed is covered in a yellow striped blanket. Her paws are in front of but buried somewhere in the fleece nest she has built.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Bucky and I hope tomorrow is better.
A close up of Bucky the dog sleeping on her bed. There is a soft yellow blanket covering the bed and a corner of a gray plaid fleece blanket under her elbow. Behind her head is a bookshelf with a pile of puzzles next to some travel books. Bucky a cream colored boxer/bulldof/pittie mix. Her ears are at Partial Bat. Her right front paw is tucked under her cheek. Her left front paw is bent in front of her salty snoot. She is perfect. I’m not biased - she’s just the best pup.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
That’s wise. My dog uses all her smarts to hustle treats and 90% of the couch.
A cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mix with a salty snoot. She is curled up next to my leg with her chin on my knee. She is looking up contentedly, knowing whatever she wants will be hers.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
That’s not how you spell “Clara Driscoll.”
A plastic package holding an enamel pin of the Tiffany dragonfly lamp. It says “Today is ART DAY” and in the top right corner lists the artist as Louis Comfort Tiffany. But that isn’t right! This is a confirmed design of Clara Driscoll, who worked for Tiffany Studios as the head of the lamp design workshop.
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This was last week. Does just the glare of her attention put the fear of god in these guys? Nothing but respect for my president.
Elizabeth Warren on the Tonight Show talking about the need to look into the banks that worked with Epstein. She is turned out with her hands at her mouth as if stage whispering and saying, “Yes, Jamie Dimon, I’m looking at you.”
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Deborah Wolfson @howlinwolfson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Bucky, a cream colored boxer/bulldog/pittie mystery combo, smiling serenely curled up next to my leg with her chin on my knee.Bucky wearing a white cable knit sweater jacket standing on a gray couch looking up with a great deal of dignity.
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