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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Calling a commemoration of the Stonewall uprising an “act of violence” & “indoctrination” is like calling Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott an act of transit terrorism. It deliberately strips away the context: who was being targeted, who held the power, and why people finally said “enough.”

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Watertown students walkout after school board removes band concert song tied to LGBTQ+ history

Students walked out of class fourth hour on Wednesday at Watertown High School to protest the school board’s decision to remove a song tied to LGBTQ+ history from the band’s spring concert.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Summer’s still swinging here in Northern California, so we harvested the bounty of the farmers market and made toasted heirloom tomato sammiches for dinner: Bernal Bakery sourdough + kewpie mayo mixed with laksa paste (another Chef @jonkung.bsky.social idea). Sweet, spicy, perfect. Transcendent. 🌞🍅

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Chef @jonkung.bsky.social dropped a bowl of miso-corn noodle heaven that wrecked my taste buds… and then wrecked the kitchen. 🌽🍜 Holy shit Chef, spectacular broth AND spectacular dishwashing chaos. Worth every slurp, and worth every scrub. 👏🔥

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Miso Corn Noodles made with Corn Bone Soup

TikTok video by Jonathan Kung

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Enjoying this read on Earth Day.

Cover of the paperback book, “The Solace of Open Spaces” by Gretel Ehrlich.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Perhaps it’s time to walk away from the sushi bake now.

Oven tray of tobiko & green onion-topped sushi bake partially eaten.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We’ve made the executive decision to leave our holiday lights up indefinitely as a home remedy to add some degree of joy to these very dark days.

Windows with pink/purple holiday lights at night.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

With this addition to my Heath Ceramics dinnerware, this brings my Heath collection to a whopping 2 pieces. I’m not made of Silicon Valley dollars, so I cherish every piece. A Dessert Bowl in Moonstone from the Heath Coupe Line.

Blue moonstone ceramic dessert bowl with a wiped, natural clay rim, made by Heath Ceramics in Sausalito, California.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Abandoned thoughts of doom for a few hours today and focused my energy and hope into a new batch of Chef @jonkung.bsky.social’s fragrant chili oil. Loads of Sichuan peppercorns but also used Aleppo chili flakes. So much mala goodness just in time for Lunar New Year!

Hand holding a jar of freshly made Sichuan chili oil.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

恭喜发财 Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍 Early morning stroll through Chinatown. Stepping on the red firecracker paper represents symbolically stepping on the remnants of the evil spirits that firecrackers were meant to scare away and "stepping into good fortune.”

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Rick MacPherson @rickmac.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

The 2024 local pumpkin patch is pumpkining

A sunny, suburban pumpkin patch filled with pumpkins of all sizes, colors, and shapes. Some on the ground and some on haystacks.

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