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Tim Sperry

@yankeeinct.bsky.social
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Writes A Connecticut Yankee Speaks on Substack. Political junkie and lifelong Democrat (now on local DTC). Married to a brilliant critical thinker who works on toxic speech and genocide. Lots to say on all things politics. Plus pictures of dogs & our barn.

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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Watching someone propose killing small single family home cluster developments. Absolutely nuts, when you consider it is how many in our parents generation were able to afford a home.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nine units proposed in walkable downtown Branford and people lose their shit. What is wrong with people fighting density where it is already dense?
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ironic that Ryan Fazio, age 36, is a fossil fuel enabler while 70+ year old Ned Lamont wants a renewable energy future to gain legs. He is not perfect, but way ahead of Fazio. Glad my 36 year old is more progressive than his age mate.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just had a Frontier/Verizon tech out for a service call. His company shirt identified him as a member of the CWA and the local. Nice to see!
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wordle 1,896 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 and I beat the bot!
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jolene in an Amsterdam wine bar.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
John Roberts or Roger Taney? Who is the worst Chief Justice?
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
robynobrien.substack.com/p/is-maha-a-... Removing articial dyes is window dressing. The real fight is in the fields and we could force the chemical companies to defend their actions in court. The current Congress and their enablers won’t let that happen. It’s up to us to make that happen!
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Is MAHA a movement or is it a market?
A pesticide liability shield was stripped out in April, and MAHA claimed the win. In August, the Senate voted along party lines to put it back, and MAHA went quiet
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A little floral joy as a respite from all that is swirling around us.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When Rosa retires, the competition will be fierce and Josh will not be in the pack.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wordle 1,879 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And I beat the bot!
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This month's bill for electricity was 42% lower than a year ago. Will the media be looking at overall costs for this year as a way to get people thinking about usage as well as rates?
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Wordle 1,863 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another beat the bot day
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Peaceful view tonight
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wordle 1,861 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And I beat the bot 🤣🤣
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Lisa Deane, GOP for Senate District 12: "Please consider donating so we can begin the hard work it takes to destroy the unAmerican one part rule in Hartford." "President Trump said on Friday night that Republicans will not lose elections for 100 years if Congress passes the SAVE America Act."
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Downtown we have two pedestrian oriented demonstration projects on Park St. to show what it would look like if pedestrian intersections were bumped out to the edge of the auto travel lane. Better for pedestrians and drivers as visibility is significantly improved. Permanent sometime?
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Summer mowing
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Today’s cleanse is brought to you by serenity and land conservation. As far as the eye can see here is conserved land thanks to the efforts of our local Land Trust. #supportyourlocallandtrust
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Day is done…
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When are we going to accept that funding our municipalities through property taxes is as regressive as they come? Until we solve this dilemma we are going to be stuck with these up and down funding cycles. Sean Scanlon I hope your work exposes this problem!
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Town budget failed for the second time. Next round of cuts will be painful and the 62.5% of the electorate who chose not to vote own this.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Connecticut journalists writing about the Absentee Ballot legislation signed today: it is the legislation implementing the provision we voted upon through a Constitutional amendment question! Please don’t leave out this important fact.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CT politics question. When are the GOP conventions for State Senate and House? Dems are doing it this week. Especially curious about District 12. #ctpolitics
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
@toddzwillich.bsky.social MAHA is not a brilliant slogan it is flawed by using “Again” and Trump is running another con job.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/drjessic... Common sense reflections on health policy and nutrition.
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RFK Jr. Asked for “One Piece of Misinformation” He’s Ever Said. Here are 21.
(Just from the last week)
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Between the billions being spent on ICE and the trillion plus budget for the Pentagon and all Trump’s cronies, the death of our democracy is on a fast track.
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April 23, 2026
Yesterday Secretary of the Navy John Phelan spent the day talking to lawmakers about the Navy’s plans for new ships and about the Pentagon’s huge budget request only to get a call from Defense Secreta...
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/robynobr... the money tells a true story
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Follow the Money Behind the MAHA Brand
The PAC filings don’t lie. MAHA is a Republican election machine wearing a wellness mask as its disguise, and real food advocates deserve the truth.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Muting Will Stancil has made my feed so much more bearable.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Enjoying emergent Spring
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How many days until Pete Hegseth gets fired for making the little tyrant look bad?
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.threads.com/@tom_epton_/...
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Tom Epton (@tom_epton_) on Threads
If Hitler were alive today JD Vance would go and visit Germany and make a speech about what a great job he’s doing.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What is truly wearying is that 25-30 percent of our fellow citizens, braced with the attention span of sedated goldfish, are going to listen to today's soundbites from Trump and Hegseth about this astonishing debacle in Iran and say, "Welp, we won that war." Simply because they say so.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A great human.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is why I try to protect words for when they are needed to convey the immediacy and threat they represent. What Trump is threatening in Iran is *genocide*, pure and simple. Of course, that word doesn't land the way it used to.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Beautiful spring day here in New England. I went for a lovely walk. In DC the Winds of War are blowing because no one who can act is standing up to the addled madman. If he acts, millions of Iranians will die & our world will be changed for the worse. Cuban Missile Crisis looks like a cakewalk.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “Today was an exhausting day as Americans seem to have little choice but to pay attention to a man who is bizarrely threatening what appear to be war crimes against Iranians while spinning wild tales.”
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April 6, 2026 (Monday)
“It’s really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,” journalist Aaron Rupar of Public Notice told George Grylls of The Times about President Donald J.
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
@robynobrien.bsky.social
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
MAHA is another Trump scam and it continues to be borne out in how the Trump administration is damaging our food supply system. Robyn O'Brien gives focus to the damage to Organic & Regenerative Farming, two critical ways we can make our people & planet more healthy. open.substack.com/pub/robynobr...
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15 Ways the Trump Administration is harming U.S. farmers and threatening food security
While using MAHA as a moral alibi
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Tim Sperry @yankeeinct.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The End of Immigration open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... "they are managing to scare away millions of people who wanted to live and work in the United States, contributing to our society. And this “success” will leave us poorer and weaker."
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The End of Immigration
Americans despise ICE, but it’s “succeeding” nonetheless
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