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LilyWight

@lilywight.bsky.social
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Gardening in Memphis. Born in the first Eisenhower administration. IT pro since punch cards. Dudeist priest. Pragmatic progressive. Not always a fan of homo sapiens. "Keep your heart as open as a shrine You'll sail the perfect line" -Bob Seger

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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 6h
Excellent.
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 9h
We are blessed to have 100s of volunteers supporting our campaign for U.S. Congress! It's going to take all of us! Sign up act.votejustinj.com
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Jesse Huseth for TN97 @jessefortn97.bsky.social · 12h
I’m Jesse Huseth. As a small business owner, former public school teacher, and volunteer track coach, I’m running for State Representative to invest in our schools, cut costs, raise wages, and make our communities safer.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 14h
@dbcurren.bsky.social Can't wait until you ask what everyone is reading this weekend. I was browsing at @novelmemphis.bsky.social and happened upon a nice edition of Walton's retelling of The Mabinogion. Read it when it came out in the 70s, loved it then, have wanted to reread it for decades.
A beautiful edition of The Mabinogion. It's hard bound in dark green and ornamented in gold with Celtic patterns and stylized images of animals that feature in the stories - stag, hound, bird, boar.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 17h
@kbb2025.bsky.social Water is falling from the sky!!! 💃🌧️🌈
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Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump argued in court that his name should be added to the JFK Center and if it weren’t, it would be an existential threat to the center because he wouldn’t refurbish IT. Trump admin. said he was the only person with the expertise and the fundraising ability to do it. How about Caroline Kennedy!
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I find this comforting and maybe even encouraging. (I visited in 1995; the devastation was unimaginable.) Tennyson wrote, "The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfills himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world." Life is change. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30162
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Devastation and Recovery of Mt. St. Helens
In the nearly four decades since the eruption (1980), Mt. St. Helens has given scientists an unprecedented opportunity to witness the steps through which life reclaims a devastated landscape. The scal...
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last night, our friends at CWA hosted me and the broader labor movement in Memphis at Tom and Tanya's beautiful home. Together, we will create a more pro-worker America. We, the people, are the ones who can make that a reality.
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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought I smelled something earlier! I just assumed it was xAI again, but no, musta been this stank ass welfare queen
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U.S. Transportation Secretary visits FedEx hub, touts modernizations
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, visited Memphis on Wednesday to inspect the FedEx Memphis World Hub at the newly christened Fred Smith Airport.
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Jesse Huseth for TN97 @jessefortn97.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We should be fighting for every single person who wants something better for their household & for their children. That’s who I’m fighting for.
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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
alluding the grammar police

Southaven bank robbery suspect in custody after alluding [sic] police Wednesday
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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
STOP THE FUCKING TORTURE YOU MONSTERS
BREAKING NEWS: Christa Pike still alive after X administered lethal injection drugs, attorneys say
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Christa Pike still alive after administered drugs, attorneys say:
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Class is in session! Our midterm is on November 3rd, so let's prepare for success. Do you have questions about the voting process in Tennessee? Check this out! Register to vote: votejustinj.com/vote
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some points to men who are offended by women who are posting, "This is why we choose the bear." 1. The lived experience of women on how to survive in a world filled with male sex-based violence is incomprehensible to most men.
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bedford County was fired up at our Road to Victory rally on Sunday! 🔥 We talked about the issues important to working families right now: lowering the cost of groceries, reducing the cost power and water bills, and decreasing taxes by making billionaires pay their fair share.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't understand the gold laminate reference. I've never been in a brothel in Vegas. Are they commonly adorned with gold laminate? Why? Does it make the visit more enjoyable? Enquiring minds want to know!
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August the Dodecalope @ Ringoid Labs @ringoidlabs.com · 30/09/2026
Needing extra sleeves or pants legs is an obvious need for the Ringtailor machines in Elseways to fill, but what's less obvious is how many people use them to get unneeded parts removed. Even snakes can be briefcase-toting professionals with suits to match.
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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A bus full of kidnapped immigrants sits in the parking lot of Wilson Air, the Memphis FBO that supports ICE flights. Later, the bus would drive onto the ramp and its human cargo would be loaded onto Air Wisconsin’s N465AW for a transfer flight to Louisiana. Cruelty, sponsored by #WilsonAir
A prisoner transport bus with high-security windows is visible in the parking lot of Wilson Air in Memphis. The bus came from a nearby ICE CoreCivic facility in Mason, Tennessee. It’s full of kidnapped immigrants about to be sent to a concentration camp in Louisiana. The sign outside Wilson Air Center, the Memphis FBO collaborating with ICE flights
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One year since the arrival of Trump’s Memphis unSafe Task Force in our city & families are grieving the loss of their loved ones who died at their hands. We did not need or want federal agents or the National Guard swarming our communities, snatching people off the street. ⬇️
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Shelbyville, a resident told me he hadn't voted in the 26 years he's lived in TN. This year, he is voting for me. That is an absolute honor. These votes are not simply votes for me; they are votes for OUR mission to take Tennessee to the top! votejustinj.com
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#memphis
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@rastasack.bsky.social What's the song in the baby goat video?
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've been looking for a video someone posted of baby goats bouncing around, with a music track. Instead of that post, I keep finding videos of baby goats bouncing around with a sound track of a human kid chanting "da da da" in a voice that makes me want to rip my ears off.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If we want to clean up Trump's mess — and prevent it from happening again — here are 10 reforms every midterm candidate should support. Call them the “10 Commandments for a Better Government.”
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll die on this hill.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EUROPE EATS | It’s been more than a decade since the U.S. military left Mannheim, but barbed-wire fencing and overgrowth still mark the neighborhood where Americans once lived. At its edge, a diner continues to serve up a taste of America.
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Diner serves up American comfort food in Mannheim’s former US military community
It’s been more than a decade since the U.S. military left Mannheim, but a diner continues to serve up American food in its old stomping grounds.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reddit commenter is right. "Downtown_Name_3124 Not trying to offend anyone but as a non-American it seems to me like a bunch of stupid shit is somehow legal in the US 🫤" www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...
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From the mildlyinfuriating community on Reddit: I hate these long rims. Apparently these are legal
Explore this post and more from the mildlyinfuriating community
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Jesse Huseth for TN97 @jessefortn97.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#DadJokes
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dr. Pearson and Rev. Pearson are on the move with our spectacular volunteers, knocking doors and getting voters ready for early voting Oct 14-29th! Check your registration before Oct. 5th! Tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mario Adrion is funny. Something to laugh at 😀
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
$5 each is $30 total. I can swing that.
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James Haley @jhaley.com · 25/09/2026
#Memphis mobilize.us/s/VbkuEu
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Lunch & Learn: What’s on Your Ballot?- Understanding Tennessee’s 2026 Constitutional Amendments · Votes For All
This November, Tennessee voters will be asked to make decisions on three proposed amendments to our state Constitution. These questions could make lasting changes to Tennessee law, so before we head t...
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Action News 5 @actionnews5.com · 26/09/2026
"It's time to hand the building off to someone who can care for it..." After nearly two centuries in Downtown Memphis, one church congregation is saying goodbye to its historic sanctuary. tinyurl.com/2827kyfm 
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are on the road to victory to deliver for Tennessee! Here's our roadmap 🚗 One important pit stop along the way! Update your voter registration by Oct. 5th. Find a rally near you! act.votejustinj.com/road-to-victory Register to vote: vote.org
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Road To Victory Rallies - Justin J. Pearson for Congress
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I like to watch court videos about sovereign citizens because those half-witted self-important resource-wasting nincompoops aren't in government and usually get their comeuppance. It's a bridging comfort until we get rid of Republicans in government.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tennessee Voter Protection Program. Volunteer opportunity. (I got a text from tn-dp.org with a specific sign-up link. tn-dp.org redirects to tndp.org. Typed the specific link in on my PC. Looks legit to me. Let me know if you see otherwise.) #Memphis #Tennessee docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Tennessee Voter Protection Program
It is time to ensure all our voices are heard at the ballot box. Join us today!
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Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Dolly Day or 9-2-5 Day! Dolly made her mark on Tennessee, and we will not forget her talent, spirit, kindness, creativity, or generosity.
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Mitch Goldstone (ScanMyPhotos.com) @scanmyphotos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m ENRAGED by this. Trump points out the display mocking former U.S. President Joe Biden, tells Xi “It’s Biden” and Xi laughs. Think about that. An American president mocking another American president IN FRONT OF A COMMUNIST DICTATOR. #Trump #Xi
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Tennessee law preventing adults from giving information to minors about legal out-of-state abortions will remain blocked, 6th Circuit ruled. Barring adults from giving out information about abortions violates the First Amendment, it ruled tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/25/f... @tennesseelookout.com
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Federal court upholds block on TN law making it a crime to aid minors seeking out-of-state abortions • Tennessee Lookout
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a block on a Tennessee law banning adults from giving abortion information to minors.
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Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In 2017, I introduced 5 articles of impeachment against President Trump, and today, I am compelled to introduce 26 more. See my press release here: cohen.house.gov/media-center...
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
High time!
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John S @johns3785.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Donald Trump Our first coin operated president! The more money you put in. The more you will get! Profits down due to environmental regulations? Put money in. Ca ching! Presto! The regulations are suspended!
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Donald Trump Applauds and Salutes
ALT: Donald Trump Applauds and Salutes
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh dear oh dear oh dear, what shall we do??? m.youtube.com/shorts/yIMuK...
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This actually happened on the Senate floor
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Only 13 percent strongly approve, another career low, while just 24 percent believe Trump has the right priorities." Cool.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Damn I would like to arrest certain members of the Supreme Court for election interference.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Playing Guild Wars II, wandering through the desert asking people about a lost city. I meet Nyala. Nyala: Greetings, wayfarer. Have you come to join us in the search for Ascension? Me: Maybe later. Sounds about right.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yikes. Actually, it's good advice in general. But the reason for the advice is definitely yikes.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How adorable is he😍 Way to go little dude👏👍
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Memphis
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