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Seattle area, retired engineer, traveler, reader, outdoors, coffee drinker. I block assholes.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17h
4 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rika Porcelijn, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A vintage black-and-white photograph of a young girl standing on a chair, holding onto the backrest. The girl is wearing a dark coat and shoes, and there is a small, fluffy toy dog beside the chair.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 October 1934 | A Jewish girl, Klara Weisz, was born in Milan. A daughter of Arpad Weisz, a Hungarian Jewish football player and coach. In October 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber with her mother and brother. Arpad perished in the camp in January 1944.
Black and white photo of a girl in a polka dot dress standing next to an adult, only the lower body of the adult is visible. They are both on a narrow pathway with a wall on one side.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A preview of the US election results...via Moscow? A preview of the US election results from Moscow - “The election’s over. It’s time for unpopular measures.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CT...
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Russian paper: “The election’s over. It’s time for unpopular measures.”
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1936 | A Czech Jewish girl, Blanka Schwarzkopf, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Vintage portrait of a young girl. The girl is wearing a light dress with a floral design and has curly hair.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am not sure why, but this 1-year-old youtube video feels strangely current and relevant. Demolition? Enormous monuments? The other Washington? Something.... #WOEIT www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOt7...
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The Concrete Blob That Ruined Hitler's Dream Of A Nazi Megacity
YouTube video by What On Earth Is This?
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
24 September 1937 | A German Jewish boy, Raphael Altmann, was born in Berlin. He lived in the Netherlands. In February 1944, he was discovered in a hiding place in Zeist. On 25 March 1944 he was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz.
Vintage black and white portrait of a young boy with short hair, wearing a button-up shirt.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons described wanting squads of trucks rounding up immigrants and having the deportation process run like '[Amazon] Prime, but with human beings'.” As the next step, Amazon Drones will pick up citizens and hold them in the air until they can be drone-dropped elsewhere.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
22 September 1932 | Czech Jewish girl, Vera Taglicht, was born. As a refugee she went to Norway. She was deported to #Auschwitz with his brother Tibor in March 1943. Tibor was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
A vintage black-and-white portrait of a girl wearing glasses and a light-colored hat.
A vintage black-and-white portrait of a young boy  giving a gentle smile and wearing a checkered shirt.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18 September 1904 | A Pole, Franciszek Studniarek, was born in Suliszew. In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942. No. 72233 In 1944 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Once again we see that a ‘nuclear power plant’ is really a nuclear waste factory with a temporary excess power generating ability. m.slashdot.org/story/457724
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Slashdot
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last sunrise on our trip to the Whitsunday Island group, Australia.
Dark, quiet seas in the foreground, darker hills behind, and orange clouds above. A sailboat sits at anchor on the left foreground. Peaceful start to the day.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
12 September 1902 | A Polish Jew, Szmul Rosenbaum, was born in Radomsko. In #Auschwitz from 16 October 1941. No. 21642 He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
9 September 1921 | A Polish woman, Maria Krzysztofik, was born in Książ Wielki. In #Auschwitz from 25 January 1943. No. 31284 She perished in the camp on 11 April 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Google is running short on cash? They cannot find a measly $2 billion with all their profits? gizmodo.com/google-backe...
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Google-Backed Nuclear Plant Gets Nearly $2 Billion Loan From the Energy Department
The plant is expected to come back online in early 2029.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
8 September 1932 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Bernard Furmanski (right), was born in Paris. Deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 21 September 1942. He was murdered after the arrival selection with, among others, his four-year-younger brother Raymond (left).
Two children posing for a photograph, one dressed in a sailor suit and the other wearing a knitted cap and a light-colored outfit, captured in a vintage sepia tone.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Koala in the wild. Forts trail, Magnetic Island, Australia.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6 September 1933 | A Czech Jewish girl, Marie Borská, was born in Litomyšl. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a smiling girl with a large bow in their hair.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
60 years ago #StarTrek The Original Series Premiered on NBC
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good advice from the ferry operator. #magneticisland
Jumping from this vessel affects your safety and the safety of others. Penalties apply. Sealink ferry, Magnetic Island, Australia.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
4 September 1940 | A French Jewish girl, Jeannine Ojalvo, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 June 1944 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 627 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
Black and white photo of a smiling girl holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2 September 1914 | A German woman, Else Abt, was born. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 12 Nov 1942 No. 24402 In 1945 transferred to Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen & Bergen-Belsen. Liberated in Buchenwald. One of at least 387 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Auschwitz. Their story: youtu.be/VhxXs59bqIs
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Iluru.
The famous Iluru rises from the plains of central Australia. The shadow of the sunset is creeping toward Iluru over the desert flora. A blue sky overlooks it all
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
FCC, the Federal Censorship Commission. ground.news/article/trum...
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Trump promises NBC’s Welker will be reported to FCC ‘for rebuke or punishment’
U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌on Sunday said ​in a ​post on Truth ⁠Social ​that NBC's ​Kristen Welker will be reported ​to ​the FCC for "rebuke or ‌punishment", ⁠after he said she ​reported ​the ⁠Repu...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
30 August 1925 | A Czech Jewish woman, Soňa Hechtová, was born in Příbram. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
Vintage black and white portrait of a smiling woman with curly hair styled upwards, wearing a dark sweater
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/08/2026
This week, the Trump admin announced they stopped 2 platforms behind a Chinese hack... ...while supporting a budget set to cut 100s of jobs from the people who stopped it. Disrupting the hack was a real victory. Gutting America’s cyber defenses when we need them most is senseless. (Link in reply)
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Shambles, York, Yorkshire UK. Rumoured to have served as the model for Harry Potter's Diagon Alley.
A crowd of people wanders both directions thru a single, narrow, crooked lane with ancient buildings on either side as if tumbled together by uncaring builders. Each building is occupied by tourist -trap establishments offering knock off trinkets from wands to brooms to stuffed owls and cloaks.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📷 The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. See the view of the site from the tower: youtube.com/shorts/WuvSAZwE9_o --- Photo: www.instagram.com/john.fox25
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Traffic jam in Skipton, Yorkshire.
Four canal narrowboats jockeying at a narrow point in the canal.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
26 August 1901 | A German Jew, Hans Ackermann, was born. A businessman. He lived in Berlin. In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
A person smiling standing confidently with snowy mountains in the background. Another individual is partially visible, working with skis in the same snowy landscape.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
26 August 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy, Louis Ikkersheim, was born in The Hague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ Learn about the first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A black-and-white photograph of a young child standing on a brick patio, looking downward with a somber expression. The child is wearing a long shirt or smock with decorative patterns across the chest and sleeves, along with sandals and shorts. The shadow of the child is cast on the ground, and a brick wall is visible in the background.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
25 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Francine Dreyer, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 15 February 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She did not survive.
Black and white photo of Anne Frank wearing a plaid dress and sitting with a slight smile.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
24 August 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ivonne Stern, was born. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with curly hair, wearing a large bow and a patterned dress
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
23 August 1901 | Czech Jew, Otakar Klein, was born in Litomyšl. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He was registered in the camp after arrival selection. He perished in Dachau on 17 December 1944.
A sepia-toned portrait of a young man with neatly combed dark hair and a serious expression. He is dressed in a suit jacket with a collared shirt and tie. His gaze is directed slightly to the right, and the photograph features a signature in dark ink across the bottom of the image.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is remarkable. Marco Rubio stated, "Iranians are thieves. They cannot impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz." In response, Abbas Araghchi remarked, "Consider the speaker. Approximately half of Venezuela's oil production is now directed to the United States. Who is truly the thief?"
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/08/2026
BIg Beautiful Bill
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
THREAD I have held off on assessing Harp from a distance for several reasons, mostly because playing shrink based on leaked media reports is just dumb. I may joke but I am not doing a medical analysis. But this is my wheelhouse now so let's get into it. First, Trump arguably could have just
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
20 August 1902 | An Italian Jewish woman, Tina Gallico, was born in Mantua. In April 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Vintage black-and-white photo of a woamn smiling, wearing a traditional embroidered dress with a lace collar.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The only Consequence, his Company paid a Fine…..
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/08/2026
Social Security isn't a "Ponzi scheme." It's YOUR money. SAVE Social Security.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/08/2026
Quick reminder, there's still millions of files that haven't been released from Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein ETC...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN. He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy. #Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nothing he’s saying here should illicit the reaction we’ve see from so many in the admin tonight. He scored a direct hit on something.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
18 August 1931 | A German Jewish boy, Léo Schreiber, was born in Frankfurt. His family emigrated to France. He arrived in #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews from Drancy. He and his younger brother Albert were murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
Old sepia photograph of a young boy with an arm around a sibling
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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ICE agent Martin Lagunas, who is from Chicago, has spent the last year terrorizing communities and celebrating death. He preys on workers, escalates conflict with peaceful observers, and breaks-up families just to enforce a civil infraction, a misdemeanor. Hell is not hot enough.
side by side of matching arm tattoo
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
18 August 1927 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agnes Kerpner, was born in Budapest. In 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- ▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
Black-and-white portrait of a woman smiling, wearing a blouse with a dotted collar.
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Elkins west Virginia Walmart has jimothy cakes #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
15 August 1932 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Nicoletta Noort, was born in The Hague. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage black and white photo of a smiling girl with a large bow in their hair, wearing a ruffled dress.
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SeattleSipper @seattlesipper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I like how @rockshrimp.bsky.social thinks.
Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social says Fun Fact: calling them the W N B A and the M N B A is a fund and easy way to make some people really really mad.
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