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Dog-lover, puzzler, and an adequate cook. I rescue / return old family photos. Genealogy is my passion. I love a good family mystery. Doing the tech support thing these days -- and loving it.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 07/09/2026
Community college leaders said the amendments are too last-minute, too unclear and too complicated, even if they appreciate the effort by the Legislature to wrangle the thorny issues. cal.news/4yupRUC 📸 Adriana Heldiz
Students walk through the MiraCosta College campus in Oceanside on Sept. 26, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It’s weird how stays that benefit Trump are always kept in place and stays that stop him are always lifted. It’s almost as if there’s some of pattern behind legal procedure at work….
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Thomas Beck @tomfodw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pretty interesting from an Aussie take on the Carney-Trump failed deal. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Spotted in NASHVILLE…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/06/2026
Trump’s lies are designed to wear you down. But here's what they don't understand — weariness is not surrender. We can be tired and still show up. “We’re not going to let him win by losing faith in our ability to fight back,” @marcelias.bsky.social says.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
And the law-breaking propaganda machine continues to destroy any vestige of decency and decorum in the US. www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A brilliant response to trump's rant about NATO not "being there for the US". thinc.blog/2026/05/24/o...
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One Aussie Response to Trump’s Greenland Greed
This week another despicable Trump post threatening Greenland, and by extension, Denmark and NATO Robert Fella on X: This Australian’s reply to #Trump’s rant about “NATO not being there…
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
All the centrist/conservative Democrats who wanted to allow Abrego Garcia and everyone else Trump sent to CECOT to rot in a slave camp should be embarrassed with themselves and think deeply before saying anything about anything.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 23/05/2026
Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I am obsessed with this video and can't imagine what it took to choreograph this piece. #gener8ion #StormII www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_m...
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GENER8ION - STORM starring Yung Lean
YouTube video by GENER8ION
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This government is putting us in so much danger… youtube.com/shorts/WRihh...
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Ebola Outbreak
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Energy & Commerce Democrats @energycommerce.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
ACA premiums up to 26% Deductibles hitting record highs Millions can't afford health care And 1.2 million dropping coverage entirely because of the rising costs This is what happens when Republicans are in charge of your health care
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Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates - KFF Health News
An uptick in people skipping Obamacare premium payments in many states suggests the Affordable Care Act’s rising costs — driven partly by lower subsidies to help people buy plans — are hitting home fo...
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“Trump gets to redraw maps in his states, but the Democrats cannot do the same? What is happening to our democracy?" @jimacosta.bsky.social 💯🎯
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
To be honest, I think even without bringing religion into it, you can question the idea of building a gold statue of someone. I greatly admire many, many people; I cannot think of one I think it would be un-weird to honor with a gold statue.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 09/05/2026
Can someone please explain to me why Kristi Noem is still living on the taxpayers’ dime in a Coast Guard house on a D.C. military base? She was fired TWO MONTHS ago. She better start packing her bags.
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Kristi Noem’s successor grilled over why she lives in waterfront Coast Guard home
Representative Robert Garcia wrote that ‘Noem must pack her bags and go,’ in a fiery statement
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/05/2026
Trump’s reckless policies are driving up prices for every American. But here’s the thing: this Republican Congress could stop him at any moment. They’ve decided not to, and we’re all paying for it—literally.
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High oil prices due to the Iran war weigh on everything from the gas pump to consumer goods
As the Iran war enters its third month, consumers are paying for its disruption of worldwide energy production.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Evangelical influencer Meg Basham, an admirer of Christian Nationalist big mouth pastor Doug Wilson, doesn’t want the Pope to weigh in on US government policy. The religious wars are heating up. 1/
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Witness the elegance of the swimming Feather Star, a crinoid that dates back to the Ordovician era, over 480 million years ago. A true marvel of evolution in our oceans.
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hey @schumer.senate.gov - it truly is well past time to retire. Do something good for the Democratic party and the country and step aside.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Reason #12759347274592 why I no longer watch @60minutes.bsky.social . #PropagandaTV
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Sandy Wolf @sandywolf.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
MAGA holds a protest with a few thousand people in DC and they attack the capital and brutally assault police officers. Millions upon millions of Democrats hold 3100+ protests nationwide without incident. That tells you all you need to know.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ahhh American Airlines... gotta love that deception. If you're so transparent about part of the "flight" being a bus ride, why are so many people surprised? Can we not tell the truth vs. forcing people to read 5pt tiny print? www.msn.com/en-ie/travel...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/03/2026
The government doesn’t disclose how many Americans are detained, even briefly, during immigration enforcement. But last fall, when ProPublica found that at least 170 U.S. citizens had been detained, at least 20 of them were children. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Democrats in the House and Senate are digging into the treatment, detention and sometimes even deportation of American children at the hands of immigration agents. Families featured in ProPublica’s re...
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
One thing I didn’t expect is that BlueSky would become a adense network of mycology. Scratch a user, find a a Basidiomycete. Decades ago I wandered on my fungal foray, lost & alone. Now many walk the path & see the beauty of our planet*
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/03/2026
last fall Ezra Klein and the "abundance" folks used the delays in this program to insist Democrats can no longer build anything and just love bureaucracy, but since the Trump admin hijacked the program, caused massive delays, and tried to steal half the funds, they haven't made a peep about it since
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Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle
We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual s…
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Astonishing. The goal of our war is now to undo the effect of the war we started. Gosh, if only we could rewind to, say, four weeks ago when the Strait of Hormuz was open and normal!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Has anyone asked Utah Senate Mike Lee about this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The impasse on the appropriation for DHS is over ICE funding. And yet, you don’t hear Republicans trying to sell the importance of funding ICE. They talk about TSA, the Coast Guard, and every other agency, but never mention the one that is the source of the problem. Wonder why?
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
New: I spoke to eight people facing years in prison for a protest at a church where a top ICE official is a pastor. They described arrests meant to intimidate: Battering rams, shackles, trophy photos. “We’re being criminalized...for standing up for what is right”: www.huffpost.com/entry/cities...
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The Anti-ICE Protest That Could Sideline A Generation Of Activists
Eight activists arrested in Minnesota told HuffPost how it feels to be targeted by Donald Trump’s war on dissent — and they have a warning.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Definitely must watch. We have learned so much over this last year. Maybe not what we wanted, but I believe what we suspected. #PoliticalCorruption
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 16/03/2026
Breaking Point Rage Room opened its 1,800-square-foot space last month and let's customers break items to release stress and anger. Screaming is also encouraged.
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Hit a breaking point? Chicago Heights 'rage room' lets visitors smash plates, printers for a fee
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 16/03/2026
America’s Diminished Place In The World And The Consequences Of Not Impeaching It has long been clear: Trump needs to be removed from office before he can inflict even more damage than he already has. But he doesn't just need to be stopped; for America to have a future he also needs to be…
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America’s Diminished Place In The World And The Consequences Of Not Impeaching
It has long been clear: Trump needs to be removed from office before he can inflict even more damage than he already has. But he doesn't just need to be stopped; for America to have a future he also needs to be repudiated. Impeachment speaks to each need, to both make clear his behavior is beyond anything we would ever tolerate as well as remove his capacity to continue it.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 15/03/2026
Media outlets, including The Marshall Project, have gone to court to force agencies to comply with open records laws. However, FOIA isn’t just for journalists. While rules vary across states, almost anyone can file a public records request.
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How The Marshall Project Has Used Public Records to Prompt Change
The government has stalled on FOIAs for years in some cases. In others, agencies have said public records will cost thousands of dollars.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Well isn't that just a shocker there. Campaigning off of Iran War seems on part for trump.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Found a great account here for a real-time tracker. Want to know how much is being spent on the war and what that money could have done to help US citizens? How much of the Epstein files has been released? This is @epsteinfurynet.bsky.social and you can find the tracker at epsteinfury.net
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Epstein Fury | Operation Epstein Fury War Cost Tracker
The USA is spending $11,500 per second on Operation Epstein Fury in the Middle East. Real-time burn rate, US casualties, civilian deaths, and Epstein document release status — live 3D tracker.
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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Linda Yip ( @past-presence.bsky.social) explains the negative impact proposed cuts to @library-archives.canada.ca will have on genealogists making Access to Information requests - and what you can do about it. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory past-presence.com/2026/03/09/w...
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Why LAC’s ATIP capacity matters for Canadian genealogy - Past Presence
As a genealogist, I celebrate every effort to make records more visible and more usable. The issue is not the records themselves, but access. More access means a deeper understanding of the stories…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I think it's great that the president put on his most solemnly branded baseball cap to receive the returning coffins of soldiers killed in the unnecessary war he launched to distract from his failing presidency and pedophilia scandal. Look at that gold-like letting. Classy as shit.
Trump saluting a flag-draped casket carried by soldiers, wearing his standard ill fitting suit and a white baseball hat that says USA in gold letters visible from space
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22/02/2026
A Black farming leader erupted Sunday to correct a Trump "lie," all while exposing a purported "all-white" meeting held by the president.
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'That's a lie!' Black farmer corrects Trump while exposing president's 'all-white' meeting
A Black farming leader erupted Sunday to correct a Trump "lie," all while exposing a purported "all-white" meeting held by the president.John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, appeared on MS NOW over the weekend to talk about the Supreme Court's decision striking down Tr...
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/02/2026
CBS didn't want you to see a Stephen Colbert interview. Colbert published it anyway. bit.ly/3OdqtMx
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CBS Surrenders to Trump
The network tried to bury an interview critical of Trump. Stephen Colbert made it an indictment of the administration’s assaults on the First Amendment.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I found this a very thoughtful and well reasoned piece. Worth reading to get a better understanding of why Johnson’s arguments fall flat.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 03/02/2026
For the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the Hinematioro Pou is the material presence of an ancestor.
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Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Māori taonga
For the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the Hinematioro Pou is the material presence of an ancestor.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
ICE Body Cameras? Right, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Right, @schumer.senate.gov Because the threat of it being on video sure stopped ICE from murdering Renee Good and Alex Pretti 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
With all the lying from the administration, news media should not even entertain the thought that this time Noem and company are telling a truth. A good reporter asks hard questions and seeks truth.
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Just Me @rstwohee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So it never was about immigration. People have died because the feds are trying to strong-arm a state over voter rolls. Innocent lives have been ruined due to a corrupt federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
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