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Steve Cook

@pearsall.bsky.social
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Jesus-follower, liberal cleric. No longer active fencer, no longer active cabinetmaker, but remember how to do them. Work and family are my life and to protect them, I support democracy at all times and in all places.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"it would be nice if those leaders could at least have, as one goal, a country and a world where we could occasionally ignore them, where we didn’t have to live under constant tension. A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time."
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Donald J. Trump—master of the "sleeping bitch face".
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump and DOGE fired 3,000 people at CDC, 3,500 at FDA and 11,000 food safety inspectors and now we have over 160 food recalls with 24,000 sick, 740 hospitalized and several dead. Trump and Republicans #CostOfCorruption is killing us. Vote these fools out in November. LFG‼️🗳️🗳️
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump solving all sorts of tourism problems in Slumberland
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Linzo @linz-o.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Funny how they toss what they don’t want to “believe” even when it’s in their book.
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Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BTW excellent photo of POTUS. Let's all remember him this way.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
your nephew is hooked on opioids because cops took the drug prevention money and spent it on flock cameras to stalk their ex wives
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome to Trump’s distraction of the day: a ceremonial lake rename staged for headlines while the real crises deepen as essential goods surge beyond reach, a war of choice founded on false pretenses inflates the deficit daily, and powerful predators keep protecting one another from accountability.
Meme: Image of Donald Trump speaking. Text says, "Promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/08/2026
for a very long time the republican party has been moving towards people who actually believe the slop they consume instead of people who view it as a tool, but the slop has been moving as well the fox news grandpas are now being outflanked by the groypers in the fever swamps
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Compare and contrast. #G7
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The skin of a human man pulled awkwardly over the face of a murderous alien freak
The skin of a human man pulled awkwardly over the face of a murderous alien freak
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Trump can’t remember when he was president.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My sister & dad are in the NYT! Sarah has a great substack that they reference, sandwichseason.substack.com, on being a Gen-Xer sandwiched between aging parents and a young-adult son with special needs (Max is the best!) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/b...
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5 Money Lessons From Readers in the Trenches of Elder-Parent Care
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/04/2026
Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy, starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families, by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate. (Published Jan. 2025 w/ @newyorker.com)
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The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers availab...
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Steve Cook @pearsall.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My state, Massachusetts, is quite wealthy, yet Greater Boston Food Bank reported today that 40% of Mass households experienced food insecurity in 2025. Meanwhile, the Strategic Genius in the White House, who has obviously never missed a meal in his life, claims we cannot afford social programs.
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Steve Cook @pearsall.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I have always cherished and still occasionally use, the Parker 51 pen and pencil set, in the original box, that my grandfather was given on his retirement in 1955. Moss green and gold, it still lays down a excellent line. I only wish my handwriting was worthy of it.
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Steve Cook @pearsall.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Gettin' started
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