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@scout21.bsky.social
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Retired medicinal chemist. Book lover. Displaced Carolinian. Lifelong Presbyterian and proud Democrat.

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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 9h
Last year I had to remember Daughter Mountain Heaven This year it was Banana Chair Sunrise.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sinister is so disturbing.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Apparently geography is woke…
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Public Execution
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is your best work yet! *chef’s kiss*
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes! And there’s far too much imposter syndrome among those who shouldn’t have it….and obviously way too little among those who really need to look in the mirror.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a man-baby.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Crooked.” Interesting choice of adjectives there.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m so sorry! I’m just a nobody on Bluesky, but I love your political reporting and find your insights so helpful. (Plus, I’ve been laid off unexpectedly in my life, and it’s awful.) Good luck!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎯🎯
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Goofy” is the most diplomatic adjective possible.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Im traveling nonstop because the House is NEVER in session. After all, I need to avoid any talk of impeachments, investigations, or the Epstein files!”
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Poets rule.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He didn’t win the Chemistry prize today. Ain’t gonna win the Literature prize tomorrow. No Peace price on Friday. And definitely no Economics prize next week.
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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Blue Ridge Parkway now just 11 miles shy of being fully reopened after Helene wlos.com/news/local/b...
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Blue Ridge Parkway now just 11 miles shy of being fully reopened after Helene
As the region enters its peak fall tourism season, more sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway that were damaged by Helene two years ago are reopening.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Strangely enough, I was terrified of “I Want to Live.” I saw it as a 6- or 7-year old and somehow convinced myself that my mother was going to be executed for a murder she didn’t commit. For weeks I waited for the police to come. Weird child…
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Danny Glick!
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
LOVED THIS!!
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Watched it through my fingers. Cheesy but horrifying.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
* The Wizard of Oz * Those schlocky horror movies on Saturday afternoon (the Leech Woman, anyone?) * Kolchak’s The Night Stalker
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Like southern accents.” Nods in agreement, sadly.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please don’t get my hopes up like this!! Come on, Rev. Hamilton!
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act. - Rebecca Solnit
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This makes my Yellow Dog Democrat heart so happy!
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same! Here in the Midwest, I’ve resorted to making my own chili and slaw, since the locals can’t get the taste quite right. And the there’s my Wisconsin-born husband who just rolls his eyes at my hotdogs prepared “all the way.” His loss.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Then there’s this quote from Flannery O’Connor about writers: Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ghouls
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Okay. So if Georgians can’t vote, does that mean we just crown John Ossoff Senator for Life? Works for me!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026
Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend, I am almost mad myself.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heckling John Roberts like that? LIFE GOAL.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well, most countries that host the World Cup do see a big upswing in tourism. Funny how that didn’t happen here.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or this. You can use this, too.
Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Merck did not explain its decision to discontinue Recarbio, but I’d guess it just isn’t profitable enough. Superbugs everywhere rejoice!
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce. Another famous Hawkeye.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
I miss when government ads just told us not to litter.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
…and that’s an insult to Pokemon cards.
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’re right about the suspending disbelief part. I used a decent amount of HF when I was in grad school/ industry, but that was small amounts in a controlled environment. I wouldn’t want to use it like Jesse did!
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Of course, Old Yeller. But no love for My Dog Skip?
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you are overwhelmed by all the cruelty and tempted into hopelessness, you are a good person and on the right side of history. Those in power want nothing more than to steal your hope and drive you into apathy. Keeping your empathy and hope alive is an act of resistance.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Plus, I get so tired of TV shows about policemen/lawyers/beautiful people filled with cardboard characters. Give me Walter White, the Chicken man. Omar, and Avon Barksdale any day of the week.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I loved both “breaking Bad” and “The Wire.” But as an organic chemist, the former has a special place in my heart….it got the chemistry right and I loved the moral arc of Walter White. The final episode really nailed the landing.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seriously! This “going rogue” terminology makes me feel like screaming into the void.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why did I read that as “senile reptile president”? It works either way.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Their peaches and cream ice cream is THE BEST! Super creamy and super peachy.
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scout21.bsky.social @scout21.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Only Plane in the Sky. Brutal. Sobering.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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