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Animal & Nature Lover. Observer, Philanthropist, Student of Knowledge, Humanitarian, Philosopher, Hermit, Stoic...

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
One of these men used violence (including chemical weapons) against his own people, arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, enforced disappearance, and various forms of repression to control the population and built lavish palaces and monuments for himself. The other is a picture of Saddam Hussein.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Received a note from the publisher of my book “If I Don’t Return” that they will soon have a recommended cover design, and that the book will be ready for pre-order before Christmas. Stoked!
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
On Wednesday, my friend MG (retired) John Raaen - the last living Ranger who was in the first wave on D-Day - was presented the Congressional Gold Medal. It was an honor to be at this humble soldier’s ceremony.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
“There is a connection between…contemporary tragedies and the fire-eaters of the pre-Civil War period: similar rhetoric.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/beware-tod...
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Beware Today’s ‘Fire-Eaters’
There are echoes in our political rhetoric of the men who helped talk the United States into civil war.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Joining @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social in the early hour.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The Moldovan elections were extremely important. In fact, many of us (me included) who follow Russia believe that had they been successful in Ukraine, they would have rolled into Chisinau.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...
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What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals
This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Looking forward to participating in this @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference at a place so enshrined as the place that saved our union.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What the generals, admirals and their senior enlisted face when they return from Quantico. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...
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Questions After Quantico
U.S. military commanders around the world will be working to provide steady leadership after Hegseth’s bravado and Trump’s bluster.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This article by @radiofreetom.bsky.social is a must read for all those wearing the uniform, but as importantly for all those wanting to maintain our Constitutional republic. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money
If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
If Donald Trump wins the peace prize, Jeffrey Dahmer should win a culinary one.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
And the federal provocation continues
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I am old enough to remember them saying they were going after the worst of the worst.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
If we are too busy focusing on our own struggles, we won't be focusing on the government fuckery. It's purposeful chaos and decline.
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Angry Buni @angrybuni.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil
ALT: a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.” From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"The strength of a people lies in its purity, not in its diversity." —Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and Klansman "Real strength comes from homogeneity, from people who share the same blood and values." —William Pierce, neo-Nazi, author of the Turner Diaries
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The funniest and most unbelievable aspect of this show is how they are always able to find a parking spot on the street in Miami. 🙄
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Let's not mince words - this is fascist shit.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I would love nothing more than to see these fucks stand before an international crime tribunal.
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Dolorosa Santos @dolorosasantos.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
PEDOcrat Pedo Protectors.
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 22/09/2025
ICYMI: We sued the DOJand the FBI for failing to release records about the Trump administration’s politicized review of the Epstein files. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
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American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Politicized Review of Epstein Files - American Oversight
We filed a new lawsuit demanding answers: Did top Trump administration officials interfere with the federal review of the Epstein files?
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petestphil.bsky.social @petestphil.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database. Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away. The cruelty is the point.
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Humble.Bum @humblebum1963.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
T-Rump in a nutshell...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We are watching, in real time, the destruction of the CDC. Our kids' and families' health is going to be put at risk because Trump and RFK Jr. are running a money-making conspiracy racket instead of a public health agency. Another result of Trump's corruption machine.
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ThePrincessPea @theprincesspea.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
There is a recurring message in the Bible. 🙏🏻It’s simple🙏🏻 If you think the book 📖 allows you to starve children 👶🏻keep medicine💉💊 from the sick😷and look away 👀 while people are slaughtered praying 🙏🏻 in churches🕍 or synagogues ⛪️, your ideology is flawed. #pinks #thebiblesays #loveoneanother
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Stephen Trumbull @smtrumbull.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
How soon everyone forgets!
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Armchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller) @armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#Mythology
Left side of picture is a giant book with the words "The entire Greek mythology"
Right side is a much smaller book with the words "Greek mythology if Zeus wasn't horny."
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As a physician, I know conversion therapy is dangerous and goes against everything we stand for in healthcare. It's abusive and not grounded in science.
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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳🇪🇭🇺🇦 @lisazed.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy. - don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources - naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping 1/...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 02/09/2025
COVID-19 spread remains high across the U.S. as our summer surge continues into early fall. As a new school year gets underway, young children remain vulnerable: emergency department visits for COVID-19 were higher for children under 12 than any other age group in late August. bit.ly/41y1HdG
ID 1 and 2: An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: COVID-19 spread remains high across the U.S. as our summer surge continues into early fall. All major metrics went up through late August, though some infectious disease experts predict this wave may peak soon.

Wastewater data from the CDC and WastewaterSCAN show significant — but slowing — increases in national SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks. After a big jump in early August (over 50%), the CDC’s estimated national wastewater viral activity level went up by 15% between August 9 and 16, then decreased by 1% between August 16 and 23. These are preliminary data, however, and may change in the next update.

As a new school year gets underway across the U.S., young children remain vulnerable to COVID-19 and Long COVID: emergency department visits for COVID-19 were higher for children under 12 than any other age group in late August. But children will face new barriers to getting vaccinated following last week’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision, as will adults under age 65.

It’s currently unclear exactly how the new FDA labels will be implemented (as different insurance companies and pharmacy chains may decide on different policies), but a New York Times report suggests access challenges may vary by state. Some states may push back on the FDA restrictions: New Mexico’s health department recently ruled to make COVID-19 vaccines broadly accessible in that state. Other state agencies may take similar approaches; we will share more updates as they become available."ID 1 and 2: An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: COVID-19 spread remains high across the U.S. as our summer surge continues into early fall. All major metrics went up through late August, though some infectious disease experts predict this wave may peak soon.

Wastewater data from the CDC and WastewaterSCAN show significant — but slowing — increases in national SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks. After a big jump in early August (over 50%), the CDC’s estimated national wastewater viral activity level went up by 15% between August 9 and 16, then decreased by 1% between August 16 and 23. These are preliminary data, however, and may change in the next update.

As a new school year gets underway across the U.S., young children remain vulnerable to COVID-19 and Long COVID: emergency department visits for COVID-19 were higher for children under 12 than any other age group in late August. But children will face new barriers to getting vaccinated following last week’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision, as will adults under age 65.

It’s currently unclear exactly how the new FDA labels will be implemented (as different insurance companies and pharmacy chains may decide on different policies), but a New York Times report suggests access challenges may vary by state. Some states may push back on the FDA restrictions: New Mexico’s health department recently ruled to make COVID-19 vaccines broadly accessible in that state. Other state agencies may take similar approaches; we will share more updates as they become available."ID 3: Screenshot of a CDC bar chart showing estimated SARS-CoV-2 variant prevalence in the U.S. The chart is titled, "Empiric Proportions and Nowcast Estimates in United States for 4-Week Periods in 9/1/2024 - 8/30/2025." Each bar in the chart represents variant prevalence for a given month using sections in different colors, going from September 2024 to August 2025. In fall 2024, the most prevalent variant was KP3.1.1 in teal, followed by LP.8.1 in orange in early 2025, and most recently XFG in periwinkle for summer 2025. In its most recent update, for August 2025, the CDC estimates that XFG caused 73% to 85% of U.S. COVID-19 cases.
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Make The Planet Great Again... @turquoisemarble.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Politico @politico.com · 02/09/2025
The House just released the first tranche of documents in its Epstein investigation. But the materials likely won't satisfy those clamoring for more info about the case. Most of what was released in the first batch of files is already publicly available.
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House releases first trove of Epstein files
The materials, most of which are already publicly available, were produced as a result of a congressional subpoena.
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/09/2025
“Rather than defending civil liberties and civil protections, you’re turned inward to potentially hinder [them].” In June, we sat down with a veteran and military law expert to discuss “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier.
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The Marines did not sign up to police LA
A veteran and military law expert on "being used against your neighbor" as a soldier.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Words are magic
My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.
(Credit: Ann Morg)
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Ditto.
A little collie with a black-and-brown face and white-and-black body sits in her human’s arms with a sign reading, “I BITE FASCISTS”
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Sophie Nash, contemporary UK artist who studied Zoology and is known for specialising in wildlife, based in Cornwall, UK #WomensArt #Tuesday
Painting of a hedgehog curled up on its back viewed from above against a white background
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/09/2025
New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2025
Sea Level xkcd.com/3135/
Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The state of America: Cyndi Lauper changes the lyrics to Girls Just Want to Have Fun to Girls Just Want Fundamental Rights.....
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