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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 6h

Anyway, here’s wonderwall (Jk, it’s Ida

A silly goofy tortoiseshell girl with one crazy eye and teefs

Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 6h

Bebopping around Sharpsburg and stopped off at one of my favorite monuments - for the 20th NY “United Turner Rifles, an all German unit recruited from Turnverein groups around NYC and filled with 1848 Revolution vets. Love the owl with “Gut Heil” - buncha lefty gym bros and gals

20th New York “United Turner Rifles” monument at the Antietam National Cemetery

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The overwhelming urge to quit work to stay home and tell my cats how perfect they are

A snuggle bug, snuggling. So orange and fuzzy. Being orange and fuzzy. And occupying my arm

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am stuck. The purrs emanating from Rosie make it impossible for me to move. Disturbing this level of happiness probably puts you in some ring of hell Dante never got around to designing

A purring orange and white cat occupies half my lap and arm

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

From a 1976 GAO report on unionization in the US armed forces:

DEFENSE MANPOWER COMMISSION
In a report issued in April 1976 to the President and the Congress, the Defense Manpower Commission discussed the possibility of unionization of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Commission noter,
"that many members of the active forces feel dismayed and disillusioned because of what they perceive to be either neglect, disinterest or a breach of faith on the part of their Government * * * [ and that | the attitudes of the members of the Armed Forces in this regard are shaped primarily by their perceptions of the attitude toward them of the President, the Congress and the Secretary of Defense."
Primarily because of this and its conviction that unionization would involve unacceptable conseguences, the Commission expressed extreme concern about the possibility of military unionization; a possibility which the Commission believed
"must be faced squarely and appropriate actions to deal with the possibility must be undertaken now." In this respect, the Commission recommended that the Secretary of Defense publish a regulation that would prohibit all officers, warrant officers, or noncommissioned officers from joining a union and publish a directive that prohibits commanders from recognizing or bargaining with a union.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Morning run to visit Samuel Gompers “What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures…”

Memorial to Samuel Gompers and organized labor in DC

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Labor Day weekend. Nothing we have was not earned by the blood and sweat of those who have gone before. Enjoy a 40 hour work week? Thank a union. Enjoy PTO? Thank a union. Enjoy safety standards? Thank a union. Enjoy weekends off? Thank a union. Organizing wins. Period.

Picture of a cocktail and a book, “the Battle of Blair Mountain”

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What we have here, is an indecent tomato

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Anyways good morning from me and the boys of the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia

The “guys only want one thing and it’s disgusting” meme with the lyrics to marching thru Georgia

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The night sky is ridiculous. Like, have you seen what the moon is up to?

Cloud swirling across the night sky as a tree photobombs the photo, smugly

The moon out here acting like it’s the sun and blasting all that reflected light over this tree almost indecently

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

For 150 years, my home county in Ohio has been scraped bare by coal, oil, and natural gas barons who promise wealth but deliver only poor soil, polluted water, and broken health Now they want to add data centers in addition to the fracking infrastructure like this

$Blue sky overlooking a green pasture stretching out to wooded hills and the clear signs of a large fracking plant$

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Holy shit, Mother Jones could absolutely eviscerate men. Referring to Republican Gov William Glasscock as “Crystal Peter” for “modesty’s sake” Shogan, Battle of Blair Mountain, 39

For the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike, she drew on her full range of demagogic talents. In August of I912, addressing hundreds of miners at a Sunday afternoon rally in front of the State Capitol, she demanded that the governor, Republican William Glasscock (whom she referred to for "modesty's sake" as "Crystal Peter"), drive the mine guards from the state.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Reader, this picture came with a cost. I bled for it. Rosie ensured I would pay about 1.5 seconds later

The author sacrificing a digit to capture the moment before full vengeance is wreaked for daring to touch the beans of the gold and white cat, who carries a look of “how very dare you”

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Currently reading this, and it is an absolute delight. Sir Terry really was the best of us. I love that he got hooked by “Wind in the Willows” and LOTR - two of the works that got their delightful hooks into me when I was young

TERRY
PRATCHETT
A Life With Footnotes
By
Rob Wilkins

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You’re right, Rosie, I guess I *didn’t* need that space for my shoes

Orange and white cat smelling my shoes like some sorta perv

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I should be writing but instead I can’t stop admiring these perfect creatures

Two perfect cats being perfect. The tortoishell is giving a lewk of defiance while the orange tabby is flooped

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Political cartoon from 1983. Our wilderness preserves have always been coveted by the greedy, rich, and thoughtless

Cartoon of rugged wilderness with a “sold” sign on it and a figure saying “…Because it is there.” A reference to Sir Edmund Hilary’s response to someone asking him why he climbed Mt Everest

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Night sky for the Bluesky A good reminder to go out and look at stars to feel very small

Stars spackling the heavens amidst intermittent clouds, with the Big Dipper just dippin’ away

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sigh That’s a howitzer, not a tank. And you’d think 1AD would know this, but…

1st Armored Division *
#TankTuesday
The M109A7 Paladin on the move - showcasing the Division's lethal fires capability and unmatched readiness.
Precision. Power. Dominance.
IronSoldiers | PaladinPower | FiresReady |
1stArmoredDivision

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The world is a pretty fucked up place today. But here’s Ida, probably pondering the Battle of Blair Mountain and thinking about how dope organized labor is, and the cost people paid to fight for basic rights we take for granted today

A ferocious cat ponders a 1980s movie about 1920s labor and resistance, as she wonders when she will eat next

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Extra points for when you see the rubber bayonets go all wiggly Also this is just one of the best shots of the movie

Philly brigade laying WASTE to some secesh

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

To the right of the angle, where no rebels broke through, MG Alex Hays of Pittsburgh kisses his aide, mounts his horse, grabs a captured rebel flag, and rides his line, dragging “treason’s flaunting rag” behind him, his staff doing the same 6,000 Rebels are killed, wounded, missing, or captured

Alex Hays and his staff dragging confederate flags through the dirt behind them as their men cheer the victory at Gettysburg

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Pity we don’t get an explanation of GK Warren on Little Round Top, that it was his independent action that brought US troops there in the nick of time

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“Now we’ll see how professors fight” So much for the tolerant left

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

163 years ago right about now, you’d be watching 12,000 troops advance out across this valley to occupy positions a mile in front of the US line

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Just think, instead of this whole scene at Longstreet’s HQ trying to get us to empathize with Pickett and his commanders, we could have been watching Baden’s Hubert “Leather Britches” Dilger firing his guns down the streets of Gettysburg and shredding Confederate pursuers

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Plus I just want footage of the German socialist leaders of the 1848 revolution putting it to the secesh Friedrich Hecker was an internationally renowned figure of the Springtime of Nations (who caused a fashion craze) & led an Illinois regiment at Gettysburg.

Absolute drip from Hecker. Big hat, thigh high boots, gloves, feathers - men, what is keeping you from dressing like this

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Cpl Melvin Kaminsky aka Mel Brooks - the Mensch of Mensches When speaking of his service with the 78th Infantry Division in WWII, he reportedly said, “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”

Mel Brooks in ODs sitting in the cab of a vehicle during WWII, looking like he’s really over this and ready to start some satire

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

She was so little back then. Now she’s big and likes to fall asleep in inconvenient places

Orange and white cat falling asleep on a sound bar, making sure to do so with her paws on the volume button

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

kids, if you ever have imposter syndrome, never forget that Kissinger didn’t make basic connections about the interaction of domestic and foreign policy until he was a cabinet member, so you’re doing just fine

As a young academic, Henry Kissinger belleved that us foreign policy was a separate domain from domestic affairs. During his service as national security advisor and secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford administrations, however, he came to understand the significant influence that domestic politics exerted on the formulation of US national security policy, and that enforcing a sharp distinction between the two was impos-sible.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This goes hard. Can’t recommend it enough. Looking forward to visiting the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum in the near future. They do great public education work.

Graphic novel cover:

BLACK COAL RED BANDANAS
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA MINE WARS

STORY
RAYMOND
TYLER
ART
SUMMER
McCLINTON
EDITED BY
PAUL BUHLE
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
GORDON SIMMONS &
SHAUN SLIFER

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

An Ida to cheer your timeline (Not shown: dagger claws happily clawing my leg with affection)

A silly tortie being a silly goblin monster

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Sharpsburg Phil. If you see him, it means another two and a half years of war Either that or he’s wondering what the hell Longstreet is doing manning guns in the Piper Orchard

Groundhog popping up for a view at Antietam

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Sharpsbirb (130th PA monument by the sunken road)

Bird on the statute of the 130th PA monument at Antietam

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I need to sleep but instead am looking at photos of my cats because I’ve been away for a bit, and Have you ever seen such perfection

A tortie and an orangie sleep in a pure pile of fuzz and happiness, showing all that is good in the world

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Currently reading this book for school and I’m struck by how many of the footnotes are people I got to know over on the Old Twitter. I am left with a wave of nostalgia for what a fantastic forum that was for intermingling ideas. I feel lucky to have been a part of it and met so many amazing people

THE
INHERITANCE
America's Military After Two Decades of War
Mara E. Karlin

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Today in “the Civil War never really ended”education, we have segregationist Alabama Gov George Wallace and presidential candidate campaigning at the Gettysburg Centennial among Confederate reenactors who joke about finally taking Washington in ‘64

Starting off activities Tuesday.
Wallace spoke briefly at the dedication of the South Carolina monument. He got an ovation when introduced and again when he said the people of the nation are looking to Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern states to provide leadership for a return to what Wallace called constitutional government.
And again on Tuesday, atuo-graph hunters and well-wishers besieged Wallace every time he stepped out, just as they had on Monday. The Wallace supporters have ranged in age from 7 months to 70 years.
SURPRISE VISIT
A Wallace for President movement in the Confederate forces bivouac even seemed in the making Tuesday. The governor paid a surprise visit to the troops just as they were finishing supper
Tuesday.
They immediately surrounded him to get autographs on hats, drums, flags, social security cards and anything else upon which he could write. He posed for dozens of pictures at the request of individual troops.
"We are ready to come when you call."
"See you in '64."
"On to Washington," were slogans called to the governor as he moved about the tents of the camp.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Someone was VERY brave at the vet this morning Rosie hath endured yet another bout of being kidnapped for her health (which is excellent), the poor dear

Orange and white cat gazing stoically at the camera, her eyes filled with ennui

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Meanwhile, Rosie’s sister Ida is stealthily trying to eat my feet But then got sleepy and fell asleep mid-crime

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Well this is just what is best in life (Not pictured: the massive purr coming outta this cat)

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Apparently this is a group activity now, according to Rosie

An orange cat examine a TV that has a dog in a cage on it

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