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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Laddie, keeping us safe?

Laddie is a wavy white haired Wheaton Terrier. He's lying on the ground, face and forepaws in frame, and he's got a tiny garter snake in his mouth.

Laddie is standing on the lawn; he has a brown rat in his mouth.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Men Explain Rape to Me.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma, I was de-tangling my freshly preserved eucalyptus the other day and the chance arrangement I made brought you to mind:

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anybody in the Portland area need RV solar help? Todd at RV Solar is in St. Johns. He's a good teacher. And he fixed the problem, performance is like night and day. He's part of Green Anchors PDX, an "acre eco-industrial park with green and creative tendencies".

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Green Anchors PDX

Eco Industrial Creative Space for Artists & Local Business

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found my Speckled Sussex hen dead yesterday morning, and I'm still heartbroken.

I'm kneeling in the coop, my denim clad knees at the top right, my hand holding dandelion greens, and six hens circling me, eager for the treat.

From left to right: Bielefelder, Ameraucana, Whiting's True Green, Rhode Island Red, Speckled Sussex.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "Fuck that shit - they're gonna see my wheelchair tracks on their backs" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxm5...

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Sen. Duckworth (D-IL): "F*ck that sh*t"

YouTube video by C-SPAN

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm leaving this tab open and excitedly hitting CMD+R every few minutes.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The small NorCal town of Pacifica has named its new mayor: Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck, pronounced “tiger-jazz twirls big-stick.” Never change, California. Never change.

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Taryn @thayden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SNAP kids are just as deserving of a birthday cake, a soda, & a little childhood joy as any other kid. Kids shouldn’t have to understand their family’s financial situation before being allowed to be excited about cake. Somehow we’ve reached where that apparently requires a congressional hearing.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Skeet just went by showing a MAGA sign: "THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP". I actually admire someone who knows their Bible so well. Not too many live by Romans 5:3 - "we rejoice in our sufferings".

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Not to wax overly profound, but some 30 mins ago, a huge hawk - HUGE - swept down on the back deck and grabbed a wee bird for lunch. Minutes later - out front - I saw not two but three heads in the mourning dove nest. At last: a baby. Death out back, and life in front. Guess it is profound, huh.

Three bird heads barely visible inside an orchid-pink painted basket affixed to a porch light.

Baby bird's head centered in the basket's handle.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Something @techconnectify.bsky.social said* prompted me to open my large stash of bookmarks. Every computer I've had since the late 90s has been able to pass them along to each successive replacement computer, so as I sit here on the latest MacBook Air I see bookmarks all the way back to Windows 95.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The perfect way to end my online day. 💕💕💕

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My new botanical & bird illustration & mental health workshops are now live-29 Aug & 4 Sep.Learn to draw plants or birds & how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to alleviate anxiety & lift mood. Incl 10% off beautiful materials & infinite access to zoom recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Rep. Max Miller’s repeated abuse of my daughter and granddaughter makes him unfit for public office. Thank you for your patience as I awaited results from the focus group before releasing this statement. by Sen. Bernie Moreno

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Water so pure, it can be taken directly from the tap and put into a car battery!" The Bull Run Story, 1959 Portland Water Bureau www.youtube.com/watch?v=10wr...

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“The Bull Run Story” (1959)

YouTube video by Portland Water Bureau

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I went to an actual shoe store yesterday. The salesperson helped me find the perfect pair; I didn't have to order multiples from Amazon, return and exchange etc. I came away with the exact pair I needed.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This quote made my day: "Nine figure campaign contributions are the avocado toast of trillionaires." Alan Chamberlain, <axon>

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I love this imagery much better than the 'big tent' metaphor. It showcases action. And popping balloons is so satisfying.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fauci has “saved more lives, created more amazing infrastructures for developing research opportunities, cured more people, provided health care to more people both in the United States and abroad, probably, than any single scientist in his lifetime".

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

YAY! "Big Bear bald eagles habitat saved after $10 million raised to stop Moon Camp development" OH. "$5.5million given seven days before the purchase agreement deadline by benefactors Anna and Greg Brockman. Greg Brockman is the co-founder and president of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI."

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Big Bear bald eagles’ habitat saved after $10 million raised to stop Moon Camp development

There’s some good news for fans of beloved bald eagles Jackie and Shadow. Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates the wildly popular nest live cam, announced Friday that the $10 million ne…

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thanks to the always excellent @lauraolin.bsky.social's always excellent newsletter I can now introduce to you the probably always excellent @elisejoshi.bsky.social and I want her absolutely excellent NO BENCH / BENCH! on a t-shirt or something.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of our robins sitting in the birdbath, blocking the panels on the solar-powered fountain. Still beautiful. Calm and restful. Easy to get my prescribed 5-minutes daily "touch grass" time.

Backyard with a copper birdbath. There's a robin sitting in the birdbath. It overlooks some newly planted annuals, including a black-eyed Susan.

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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Although the funding seems to have gone away, @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social still has some floats to deploy that need adopters - www.go-bgc.org/outreach/ado... Work with real data in the classroom, lesson plans available...

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Adopt-a-Float | GO-BGC

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"Today we celebrate 250 years of the United State of America, a Celebration of Life at the funeral. Family & friends gather to honor and remember, to share the funny/sad stories, to create a meaningful tribute to the lost. There will be food, drink, and fireworks."

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04 July 02026 – WATERMARK

Today we celebrate 250 years of the United State of America, a Celebration of Life at the funeral. Family & friends gather to honor and remember, to share the funny/sad stories, to create a meaningful...

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Halloween Mike @schatzipage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job

The four time World Cup winners the USWNT

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This tiny world is actually the top of a fence post.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"In the Baltimore-D.C. region and southeastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, highs on Thursday were expected to be in the low to mid 100s" I love you @npr.org, but you might be exaggerating a wee bit.

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The days are hot, but so are the nights. That's a problem, experts say

As much of the Eastern U.S. experiences potentially record-breaking daytime temperatures, the nights are also staying unusually warm, leaving the human body no time to recover.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Miller, doing Democratic messaging better than the Democrats.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/06/2026

"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

"Dawkins can drown in caterpillars for all I care." I just had to see this again. Desperately want a meme of this if anyone's up for it.

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Like Ultimate Fighting, porn is extremely popular, but I somehow doubt Thiessen would defend a Democratic president who invited a bunch of OnlyFans creators to the Oval Office while he was losing a war." Please, don't give him ideas. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

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Opinion | A Garish Spectacle of American Decline

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Also demonstrates once again that one of the few things keeping the internet at large from fully becoming an AI-generated hellscape are Reddit's unpaid moderators / Wikipedia's volunteer editors working tirelessly to fight against AI slop and highly motivated, well-funded manipulation campaigns

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great American State Fair officially downgraded to Fair American State Poor

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Susan @ohbejoyful.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live: The Who Peter Gabriel (with surprise guest Sinéad O'Connor!) Sonia Dada The Bobs Peter Mullins (his opener kept breaking guitar strings - he came out and replaced them both times) Al Jarreau Elvis Costello Trombone Shorty Storm Large & The Balls

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