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Janet @bookwormjan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Why do so many of us wait until retirement to find this out? The world of work convinces us that we must rush, rush, rush and it carries on to all aspects of life. We are less stressed and thibgs get done better when we don't hurry.

E. H. Shepard image of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet on a brodge, possibly playing Pooh Sticks, with the words:

"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

Winnie the Pooh

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 04/09/2025

The key difference between Donald Trump sending troops to LA and DC and Scott Wiener overriding local zoning to legalize housing near transit is that the supposed crime wave that Trump is claiming to address is fake and LA’s housing shortage is real.

Wiener's bill violates the most basic principles of social organization and American federalism.

It substitutes far-away authority for local expertise. It treats neighborhoods not as places where people live and work but as dots on a map. It's an expression of ego rather than planning.

As Ruth Galanter, a revered former L.A. City Council member, told me last week, "There's a difference between making policy and solving problems."

SB 79 runs afoul of the principle of subsidiarity, which argues that problems should be solved at the most local level achievable. Families understand their problems better than neighbors, communities are better at directing their futures than cities, and so on.

The same is true for government. Indeed, a prime violator of that idea is President Donald Trump, who has decided that he — and he alone - understands the best ways to bring safety to Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago and elsewhere. The result is chaos and stupidity, hallmarks of the Trump regime, with National Guard troops and Marines camped out in Los Angeles for weeks doing nothing and now spreading mulch in Washington, all in service of a dim, tyrannical ego.

Wiener is well-intentioned and his bill more intelligent, but it fails for the same reasons as Trump's actions: It substitutes far-away authority for local insight. It assumes that Sacramento knows better than Los Angeles what is best for the city and its neighborhoods.

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fuscoe1.bsky.social @fuscoe1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Three cheers for Warnock great voice

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2025

Sen. Raphael Warnock: "For the first time, we're seeing deaths of children from measles. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people. I think you ought to resign and if you don't resign the president...should fire you."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The game is afoot. Or atrain. Or abus. Post along the way with #ZcavengerHunt

A hand is holding a card that says “Zohran’s Scavenger Hunt”

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Bob Schulhof @bob-schulhof.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

My therapist suggested that I write letters to all the people who have wronged me and then throw them into a big fire. I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.

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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

"Autumn Night" - my oil painting

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RiseUp!! (Formerly Maskup) @maskup.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Except that they don't briefly detain. They attack, kidnap, and send to foreign prisons with no due process, while this dumbass makes it sound like a silly little wellness check.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2025

a confused Nancy Mace on Fox accuses Biden of turning a "blind eye" to Ukraine, then in the next breath attacks Biden for "giving many assets to Ukraine," then pivots back to attacking Biden for "slow rolling" aid 🥴

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"Why would we turn the US military against American cities when we have police officers and law enforcement officials whose job it is? I understand that crime is a major issue, but it's not the military's job to be able to do that. We have law enforcement whose job it is to counteract crime."

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@lifeisgreyt.bsky.social @lifeisgreyt.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The view at the top of the stairs

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Susan and Molly @susanchamplin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Beautiful Molly 🐈‍⬛🦋

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Our lovely cat, adopted from a rescue a year ago, is being operated on this morning to remove an old airgun pellet from his skull. We had no idea it was there until it caused an infection last week. Very grateful for any fingers you could cross for him.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "We're here in IL, the land of Lincoln... When he was a state senator in 1840, broke quorum by jumping out of a window in the statehouse. I believe my colleagues and I are participating in a long tradition of standing up to bullies, civil disobedience, of good trouble."

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Missy AF 💙 @missyfreednm.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Have fun in Scotland! I think they’ve got the welcoming committee out! 😂

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Susan 🐝🐓🪴🌻🇪🇺🇺🇦 @susanf.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Trump is too stupid to realise that pardoning convicted sex trafficker Maxwell doesn’t exonerate him. It confirms his guilt as a sexual predator, rapist and molester of little girls.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.

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Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I often see this fox on my walk, not usually so close as this afternoon, but always with that same worried-but-hopeful expression 🧡 #Edinburgh #FoxOfTheDay

A close-up of the face of a wide-eyed fox

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AJfromBrooklyn @ajfrombrooklyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

In my case, the practice is not limited to the octopus 😞

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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LoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Science matters!

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Happy Wednesday! Here’s your midweek moment of zen. 😴 #wolfconservation #ambassadorwolf

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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A bright orange Oriole enjoying some orange on a dreary day. #birds

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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This Treasonous grifter belongs in prison period

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

First time I have ever seen an Eastern Kingbird's red crown in real life. Also look likes there is something wrong with this bird's left eye as it was fully closed in all the shots I took. Jarvis Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 6/3/2025. #birds

An Eastern Kingbird positioned on a branch facing the right but with its head turned to the left showing just a touch of its red crown on the top of its black head. It appears to be missing it left eye or has its eye fully closed (not just the nictitating membrane),

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/06/2025

Proud dad moment. Congratulations, Gus!

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💙💛Fred💛💙 @fcretired.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

If you were 1 of the 33% of our country that didn’t vote because You thought your vote didn’t count Or You just couldn’t be bothered Look around at what tRumps admin is ACTUALLY doing OUR country Not what he SAYS HE’S DOING or will do All His lies can be proven NONE of his accusations have proof

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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

“Vote GOP, we’re all going to DIE anyway”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Nothing hurts more than putting down a dog. Good bye Spartacus

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

On this day I offer you a cute boy covered in kittens. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

Black and white photo of a young white man sitting on a lawn in bright sunlight, smiling broadly at the camera. He has a tortie kitten in his left hand white a tabby climbs up his shirt next to his neck, and two more kittens are wobbling around on his outstretched legs.

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Dutchess Prim @dutchessprim.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Hahaha Fuck this bitch

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

WHAT! If Sen. Ernst truly said essentially.., Embrace God so as not to worry about health insurance… I double down on my suggestion for her to not only give up her health Insurance but also her Car, homeowners and life insurance. I guess that would show what a true believer she is. Crazy time.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2025

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 02/06/2025

No cat has ever been more spoiled or beloved, yet I always feel as if I am somehow not doing enough. To be fair, right after I took this photo I did leave the house, which was rude.

A photo of a large fluffy gray and white cat sitting on a folded towel on the floor in front of a bookcase

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