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I’m a poet, naturalist, and freelance journalist. At 73, I still work a day job 4 days a week, just to survive. The rest of my time is spent creating art and writing. Follow me here and on Subtack.

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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 1h
National parks and other public lands are threatened by data centers and the border wall.,
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Funny.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Amnicola Marsh, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Poems of Love and Longng mockingbird88.substack.com/p/poems-of-l...
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Poems of Love and Longng
This is a brief collection of some poems I have published over the years.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Inner Light
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New book in the works.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Many of these facilities are cases of environmental racism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please remember this when Trump or anyone else from his regime talks about "waste, fraud, and abuse."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coal companies are fighting miners’ federal black lung benefits claims, while the black lung rate surges to a 50-year high. Remember: Trump indefinitely stalled a rule that would limit miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust, which causes black lung. The “pro-worker” president.
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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"FLURONA" co-infection increases the risk of severe illness and death. Published: March 2022 "A study published in The Lancet found that those with COVID-19 and FLU were 4 times more likely to require breathing support and 2.4 times more likely to die"
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"Flurona" co-infection increases the risk of severe illness and death
Worse outcomes for patients infected with COVID-19 and influenza highlight the importance of vaccination against both diseases.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mitch McConnell was on paid leave for three months, and showed up at the Senate just in time to vote against paid sick leave and maternity leave.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fake opinion polls are at work here in the US. www.research-live.com/article/news...
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Insights Association calls for vigilance after fake US polls | News | Research live
The Insights Association has called for “vigilance and transparency” after a mysterious company that described itself as a polling firm distributed fake election data.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The NFL kicks off tonight with the Seahawks taking on the Patriots. The Seahawks just became the latest team to take on private equity investment. But private equity isn't just sinking its teeth into the NFL — it's investing in other sports leagues and countless other industries. Be warned.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He spoke of the rural life and the natural world. Now gone at 92, he never owned a computer, but published more than 40 books.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An homage to Wendell Berry.
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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Please join me at a live event! I'm looking forward to meeting readers and to sharing floral tales🌻 This is an updated and corrected schedule. I'll post times and registration links as I receive them on my website dghaskell.com.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Golden Goose is already dead. The current administration killed it. Data Centers are far more likely to enrich the people at the top at the expense of the rest of us.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Donald Trump's greatest success is the way he has unified the normally scattered political left.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
youtube.com/shorts/OcPb2... Too funny.
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The USA invades Canada #Canada #Canadian #funny #usa #satire
YouTube video by kopke613
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Loyal to the bitter end.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
AIPAC out of North America.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
youtube.com/shorts/p-2MY... Report from the not-so-great American State Fair.
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We Went to Trump’s Great American State Fair. It Was Bleaker Than Expected.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7M... Truth.
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Chaos On Capitol Hill: Air Force Major Demands Trump's Impeachment In Stunning Fiery Speech, US News
YouTube video by Hook Global
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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How America's Foundation was Built on Propaganda
YouTube video by PBS Origins
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The "Rot at the Top" portion of your video is really important, in view of Trump’s pardons of numerous people who have committed fraud. apnews.com/article/niko...
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Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon
The founder of an electric car start-up sentenced to prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, potentially wiping out hundreds of millions of...
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Lsdni... Too funny.
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Nobody's Coming to Trump's Fourth of July Speech | Paula Poundstone #shorts
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The fraudster in chief pardoned fellow fraudsters. www.congress.gov/119/meeting/...
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Release the file. Publish the files. Take ‘em all down.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This president is like a child in a store. He wants every shiny thing he sees.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The good news is that neither Obama nor Biden would have wasted resources on crapola like this.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Where destiny with men for pieces plays and each one moves and mates and slays and one by one, back in the closet lays.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
That's the truth.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The unfortunate thing is that the people backing this president are sold on the agenda presented by various far-right influencers. They absolutely believe that supply-side economics and other parts of this agenda work, despite their failure under Reagan, Bush 41 and 43, and DJT’s first term.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court has refused to hear Crooked Donald’s appeal. He must pay E Jean Carroll $5 million. In another suit, the courts awarded her $83 million. With accrued interest, that judgment now amounts to over $100 million. www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/p...
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Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million after Supreme Court denies his appeal of sexual abuse verdict | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an appeal from President Donald Trump over a $5 million verdict and finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a decision that means the ...
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Impeach the justices.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
They are the men behind the man. They fund the misinformation and disinformation. They fund the business and professional association. They fund the PACs and super PACs, as political hacks promote fake grassroots organizations. Let’s call them astroturf.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trump had multiple failures in one day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTt...
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Rachel Maddow JUST ATTACKED TRUMP LIVE in TV STUDIO
YouTube video by Power Exposed
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A Guide to Enjoying Wildflowers by Donald W. Stokes Currently reading this gem.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If big business had more integrity they wouldn't need regulation.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Thanks to the Maryland District Court for protecting the Tenth Amendment.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic." -- George Carlin, who died #OTD 2008
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Imagine the humiliation for our "Fearless Leader" if they won the World Cup.
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Law and order from the Amber Alert Presidency
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 22/06/2026
The MOU is pure delay & obfuscation by the IRGC who doesn’t want/need a deal. They have the cards, they know it. Trump was correct, this war did end with unconditional surrender—ours.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ain't it the truth.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Decadence and grift on the part of this administration.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Golden Calf.
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https://rayzimmerman.Substack.com @mockingbird530.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our Fearless Leader (chuckle) now has the National Guard on patrol so that no one can see the No Bid Contractor’s employees destroying the evidence.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Nobody is vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and Trump knows it. This is a visible example of his corruption--a no-bid contract to some crony followed by sky-high cost overruns, and shoddy construction to boot. Classic Trump: I didn't fuck up, it was my enemies.
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