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SpottedTowhee

@spottedtowhee.bsky.social
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Birder, former Firefighter. Citizen Scientist. Activist since the Civil Rights Era. #Haiku

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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The president did several odious things at the G7. This incident caused the Italian Foreign Minister to cancel a visit to the US next week. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Italy PM Meloni ‘stunned’ by Trump’s claims she begged him for a photo
US president provokes outrage as PM says he ‘totally invented’ story in interview with Italian media
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Marjorie Taylor Green's replacement shows his mental acumen. “He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more” ― P.G. Wodehouse
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
On warm afternoons the ladybugs stir about like wee spring jewels. #haiku
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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"What shall we do with a drunken Hegseth? Put him in the brig until he finds the real bible!" youtu.be/haE2erHRJhU?...
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LEGO What Shall We Do with the Drunken Hegseth? 🍺 🤮
YouTube video by Drew Ponder
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I mean, you don't really need a translator
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It wouldn't help watch the game in this case, but I tried to get MLBTV. It was impossible without a free trial to ESPN+. I don't want something I'm just going to cancel.
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Penny Mize @pennymize.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. --Rogers Hornsby
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Rice harvest wagons spill grain onto side of road. The house sparrows feast. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Cold spiced cling peaches bring memories of childhood, cloves and cinnamon. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The quiet creek shimmers, ripples from escaping ducks, bursting past fall leaves. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
At rice harvest time, bankout wagons spill loose grain, House Sparrows feasting. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Like a school of fish, Murmuration of Starlings, Swirling with one mind. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Cold spiced peaches bring memories of childhood, cloves and cinnamon. #haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Nails it!
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I’ve posted this video on socialism for years and there were mild heart attacks on Twitter, somehow I think people will be more amenable now.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs
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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS / Take Back Our Flag [Chico]” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS / Take Back Our Flag [Chico] · No Kings
Chico joins in this nationwide action and mass mobilization to protest the rise of authoritarianism and this administration's continued attacks on democracy. **Please check back for more event detail...
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Chumbawamba, from a performance in Düsseldorf, Germany. The crowd is into it. youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0?...
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Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died
YouTube video by Huppelplopp1848
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
80 years ago, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hung by the Nazis, just one month before the end of WWII. He was safe in the United States but went back to Germany in 1938 saying, "The people need me." And "To stay silent in the face of evil, is in fact, evil."
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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Your Number For The Day: 0 That's how many police officers were attacked and injured with millions of people protesting on Saturday. See how much better it goes with no MAGAts involved?
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My two signs:
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
In a redneck corner of northern California, 700 people.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Heard Island protests tariffs with seagull support.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Subscribed to #MeidasTouch Found it hard to locate podcasts. Substack chat talked some nonsense about "add podcast feed" that I couldn't find. Support was nonexistant. Considering a refund before it's too late to get my money back.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's "Liquidation" day on America.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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BREAKING: Canada officially cuts ties with Trump’s America
Canada is the First Nation to Walk Away from MAGA. Proudly. Finally.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Happy birthday, Nancy Pelosi.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Unless you wear a red hat.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.” - Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Roll down the window, when driving past the Hot Springs, to smell the Sulphur. #Haiku
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New thrift store bargain, a grunting green pig dog toy, terrifies the cats.
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
party time!!
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Haiku while on the front steps at midnight: The frog chorus sings, blossoms fall in my jade cup, wine reflects moonlight.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Mini NATO about to drop
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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is valor. Black History is American History. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Goldstein Fella @egoldstein24.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump: "the Hobbits attacked Sauron. Frodo Baggins, you’ve been there for 3 years. You should have ended it, should have never started it. You could have made a deal with Mordor.” #NAFO @starskyua.bsky.social @anarchoterran.bsky.social @mexic0la.bsky.social
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
There's no American flag in this picture.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
President Day rally in my small city in redneck northern California. Good turnout.
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man." - Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
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SpottedTowhee @spottedtowhee.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Senator, you were right when you said he learned a lesson after you voted to acquite him in his first impeachment trial. It just wasn't the lesson you had in mind. FAFO
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