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mrtoads.bsky.social

@mrtoads.bsky.social
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Grouchy old fart, enjoys books, birds, baroque music, alliteration and, of course, spiders (but then, who doesn’t?). Semi-skilled at a number of unimportant things like game-playing, computer surgery and natural history story-telling. Lazy.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
texans, you are going to see this clip once a week and twice on sundays until the election
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just encountered another apparent AI account. It followed the usual bot rules, but the posts were more sophisticated than the standard bot‘s. The replies, especially, are a real indicator, though. They’re still not human, but they’re a lot closer..
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After a strenuous morning hawkwatching, there’s nothing like a nice bit of dim sum to replenish the batteries!
Not pictured: Lu boc gao (were yummy..) and various dumplings (in prep).
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’ve been talking about Dr Who again; it’s such a relief to pass that unpleasant 6th Doctor. The 7th Doctor is quite silly, but tolerable. Mel’s a screamer, but at least she’s moderately competent, unlike that useless Peri or old „Scream and Screw up“ Teagan. She miss original Romana and Leela.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ve been thinking: I’ve played many, many rpgs of varying sorts. Some I’ve played to the end. A very few I’ve done that more than once. I hate to lose a companion, but only because I’ve invested so much in their training and equipment. Only one game ever in all this time got me so emotionally
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seems a bit low, if anything.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Russian Troll Brigades have rolled out the same old „Purity Pony“, divide-and-conquer routine that worked so well against Clinton and Harris. Let’s not fall for it again, right? It’s the general election now, not the primaries; any Democrat is better than the best GOPer, for control of Congress
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most people walk past that portrait of Vivien Thomas without a glance. He could have been a famous Hopkins surgeon if the South hadn’t won the Civil War in most respects.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The rain eased up, and Chuck strolled down to fill up on tasty apples some more..
White-faced Urban Groundhog noticing the paparazzi.Chuck the Groundhog thinking about heading home.„Are you still here?  I’m trying to have a nice lunch!“
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People continue to disappear across America. Not everyone gets deported; some just disappear. Alamo, Texas
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nazis have no shame. But they might have neighbors who can tell them what eventually happens to Nazis.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely!
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our tomatoes are about done, but we still have buttloads of scallions, and with farmers market eggs and farmers market tomatoes, we have VERY DELICIOUS* stir-fried egg and tomato on reheated leftover rice. Fit for an Archduke. * cf God of Cookery
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No wonder I had no serious aftereffects!
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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If the LAPD is allowed to defy court orders, they are above the law. If you or I defied a court order, we'd be in deep shit, because we are subject to the law. I do not understand why people constantly say "In America, no one is above the law." Bullshit. Lot's of people are above the law.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve been expecting this for some time. The Epstein Party has been playing semantic games to allow themselves to ignore judicial rulings, but now they feel confident enough to simply spit on those rulings. The next step, of course, is simply to disband courts and remove judges they don’t like.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is any of us now. We can work with local groups, and we can vote, make phone calls, do Get Out The Vote efforts and anything else to try to break their increasing hold. Stop buying from Amazon. Stop paying the funders of this.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Attention Philly Families! It is critical that we show Drexel and city government that our enthusiasm for the Academy of Natural Sciences is going strong! Bring your kids, friends, & neighbors down to the parkway on Saturday from 2-6pm. It's a kid-friendly rally to support the academy!
dinosaurs and bugs happily party together at the Save the Academy family rally. Saturday September 26, 2-6pm 1900 ben Franklin parkway, come dressed as your favorite dinosaur, insect, animal, or just yourself! There's a duck billed dino, a triceratops, a brachiosaurus, a pterodactyl, a millipede, dragonfly, and beetle!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everybody read this right now
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Evangelicals demonstrating quite openly that they are not Christians. An unholy mixture of Mammonites and Molochites, sure, but not by any stretch of the imagination Christians.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE is the military wing of the GOP, which is openly at war with America.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When there are no consequences for their actions, spoiled children invariably get worse.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I pity the fool who doesn’t buy this! - Clubber Lang
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m a former in-house lawyer for Harvard. During my recent role as DEI Director at UCLA, I fixated my AuDHD brain on digesting, analyzing and memorizing Project 2025. Since then, unfortunately every one of my political predictions has come to pass. P2025 is 55% complete. The last 1/2 is terrifying.
project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Insane! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s worth wondering whether our reported shortage of munitions is due to supplying the Russian army.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I know I've been connected with some of y'all since I was doing scicomm about my project #PrairieBabies (my master's research) on the other site If you miss grassland baby bird content, you can sign up for this free webinar next Wednesday (that's 4PM Central time): bsky.app/profile/mopr...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today’s hawkwatch was very, very slow. Basically a single Sharp-shinned among the residents. It was much warmer than yesterday, and the wind was SEerly, so probably that was it. Still, a big dropoff from yesterday‘s busy time.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Welcome to the big leagues, Ed!
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now that hawkwatch season is underway, my lunchtime naps are definitely more effective. It’s a bit unfortunate that it can take several hours to fully wake up from them, but I’m sure my wife understands..
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Due to some rather undesirable health issues, my wife has let me know that she feels #God is mismanaging things. Accordingly, I will be traveling to Vatican City next week, where I intend to see the Pope and demand to speak with his manager.
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is an excellent guide on what you can and should do to help if someone you know is taken by ICE. The most important thing - 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. There's PLENTY we can do help ensure a fair outcome.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As a general rule, these things should be viewed skeptically. However, even if these prices turn out to be not exactly correct, they are both relatively and approximately correct. The message is correct.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Forty years of use, and still working great! We’ve had to replace the motor and the water basin, but we’ve gone through half a dozen “better” vacuum cleaners in that time, so the Rainbow is still way cheaper..
Rainbow vacuum preparing to be used; top assembly not yet put onto water basinTop view of Rainbow vacuum cleaner.  1983 model..Rainbow vacuum assembled with rug brush, ready to go!
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Open bribery by a man who’s refused to pay people money he owed them his whole life. Trusting a life-long cheater to play fair with you is not even smart enough to be stupid.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chuck, our resident urban Groundhog, is living his best life enjoying our windfall apples!
Woodchuck standing up while eating an apple.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don’t think they care any more.
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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 🎬 @wor-will.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jaws (1975) #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just reported a fairly obvious AI account. I suspect there are a bunch of them among us.
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Waking from a very refreshing post-prandial nap, I left a really enjoyable dream. It featured, among other people, a famous bank robber, Cole Unger, and his friends and relatives. I’m assuming that he was a fastidious man, and liked the hideout kept just so..
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WynautWarrior @wynautwarrior.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The only day you can repost this.
Doc Brown from Back to the Future saying, "September 7th? That's this Monday!"
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m working my way up through the #HIGNFY archives on YouTube (what a simpler, happier time it was 20 years ago!), and I happened to think that of all the post Deaton hosts, the only one yet that I cannot watch is Boris Johnson. Even Ms Widdicombe was more enjoyable. I remember my first encounter
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Boy, the Sixth Doctor just gets worse, and Perry doesn’t get any better. The hell either them; I’m skipping ahead to the Seventh Doctor. He can only be better..
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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