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Hell, yes, it’s cold down there. Field research in Antarctica — retired.

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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Feel better soon! This, too, shall pass.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
As one should.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
There’s nothing more guilt provoking than the hairy eyeball stare of a cat.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The chair shrank, or someone has been hitting the kitty kibble a bit too hard.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Je t'accuse!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
And, yet, no one is doing anything about this.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Stickley
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ozzy is just keeping your chair warm for you. Such a thoughtful cat!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
He is very clearly becoming the alpha animal in the house, but how can one say no to such a handsome boy?
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
What a handsome lad!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Ennuie.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Meaning what, please? Legacy media: If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, you obviously don’t understand the problem. (With apologies to Kipling)
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Yes, they are not the brightest bulb in the string, but I love them anyway.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
No cure for stupid.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Cat therapy. Good for what ails you.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The ancient Egyptians worshipped Ra, a god with a falcon head. He was associated with the Sun and thus a giver of life.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? You knows about them, don’t you?
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What a handsome lad!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What about second breakfast?
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
But, he seemed quite happy just sitting outside.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I don’t answer the front door in the first place. Problem solved.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Why would anyone, except maybe a drug dealer, carry $3,000 in cash? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Come dinner time, I’m certain that the welcome from Popcorn will be warmer.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
No cure for stupid.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ ‘So do I,’…, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Agree!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
There’s no cure for stupid. 🤷‍♀️
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sadly, I think it says more people couldn’t bother vote than anything else.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
God bless you, Senator Booker.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Courage!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Make like the South Koreans. And the Israelis. Show the world that we can stand up for ourselves. April 5, everywhere: handsoff2025.com
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Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Don’t let perfect become the enemy of the good. Whether or not Synder leaves for a faculty position in Canada is irrelevant. The advice is sound.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Cat revenge: “Check your shoes before wearing them.”
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Vaccine conspiracists: My mind’s made up. Don’t confuse me with facts. Sigh…!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hire clowns; get a circus.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We missed you! Feel better soon!
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Nothing more annoying than an obvious truth.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’m so sorry. Even years later, it hurts to lose our fur people.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
When that happens to me, it means I’ve forgotten something.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
As most cats are. Cats rule; dogs drool.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Wise lass.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Doesn’t changing the language to Canadian English still block ads, or has that hack been disabled?
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I think I’ve used the phrase “fucking asshole” more times in the last two months than in the previous years of life.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Such winning.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this….cat. I’m sure you sleep better knowing Popcorn is on patrol.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Might be of interest John Garth Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth Published: 2013
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Glorious Wren! One can forgive a lot in such a place.
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Penguin Ranch @penguinranch.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Making someone happy is an important day’s work.
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