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@windblastedpappy.bsky.social

Happily married short fiction and poetry writer, found-object sculptor, dog lover, windsurfer. Let's eat!

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Silver Door | Nathan Woods | Substack An Entrance to Poetry through The Digital. Click to read Silver Door, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Silver Door / thoughtful, well-written defense of substack self-publishing one's poetry. Test your best against the world at no (or little) cost, before investing huge life energy in chasing a print product.
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[Fiction] Climate Refuge by Stuart WatsonΒ All the trendy weather people warned about climate refugees. Millions of people, migrating north to escape the heat, the drought, the punishing floods from the towering clouds created...

A little magical realism about the as-yet-unimagined refugees of climate change, in The Wave, online arm of the Kelp Journal. www.kelpjournal.com/post/fiction...

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Shapiro: Today he’s trying to sanction voices on the left. That means tomorrow he could sanction someone because of what they look like, who they love, or how they pray.

We need more speech, not less

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Thank you!

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Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case β€œThis is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providin...

The keys to winning now

1 Large support outcry
2 Truth

He caves to big demonstrations! He's desperate to be liked & gives up easily whith a big swell of support, including former supporters

Truth should always be the best weapon against his lies

Spread Truth

www.propublica.org/article/ayma...

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Powerful early influence on my appreciation of what literature can do. "The Jungle" opened my eyes to corporate greed, disdain for its labor force, and contempt for downstream consumers of poisonous product. Valid then. Valid now.

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Upton Sinclair - BOTD
πŸ’™πŸ“š #LiteratureSky

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Good shift this morning at the local food bank. Amazing people, good cheer, triaging a harvest-season bombardment of apples, pears, plums, grapes and more. Thank you, grower-donors. If you're sick of the greed upstairs, do this. It works.

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Canceled my HULU sub last night. Trump is using power of government to violate the First Amendment. But did we expect any less from the insurrectionist/pedophile in Chief? #BoycottDisneyABC

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Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

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Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

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We canceled our Hulu.

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Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

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United Church public sign that says:

WE’D RATHER SEE TWO MEN HOLDING HANDS THAN TWO MEN HOLDING GUNS β€” Pastor Cathlynn Law

United Church public sign that says: WE’D RATHER SEE TWO MEN HOLDING HANDS THAN TWO MEN HOLDING GUNS β€” Pastor Cathlynn Law

Yep πŸ’™

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Lovely. Couldn't agree more, about love of fog. Imprinted from teen years in SoCal, along coast. Now I crave cloudy, rainy days and love trips to coast for a dose of fog. So soothing. Major muffler.

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Such awesome faces. Our first shag is still with us, the love of our life. What a great concoction!

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Our federal oversight work has protected *$4.4 billion dollars* in federal funds coming into Oregon so far.

These dollars go to education programs, public health grants, transportation infrastructure, and more that Oregonians rely on every day.

Read more: www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...

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Writing is the only answer to not writing. The more you write, even if it's drivel, the more that muscle strengthens for those times ahead when it will surely need to do the big lift.

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Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

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4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by 4NonBlondesVEVO 4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Official Music Video)

Every day, the felon in chief and his goons chip another chunk from the American dream. Inspiration (thanks Paul Krugman for the link). youtu.be/6NXnxTNIWkc?...

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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -

Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.

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House Dems Sue ICE For Blocking Oversight on Immigration Facilities Read more here.

NEW: A dozen House Democrats are suing Trump administration officials, alleging that ICE has prevented them from conducting oversight on federal immigration detention facilities and encroached on their constitutional authority to oversee the executive branch.

From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

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Oh, okay. Pam Bondi just fired the Epstein and Maxwell prosecutor, Maureen Comey.

That'll kill the conspiracy theories.

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Precious. Tell me dogs aren't brilliant.

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Meet the Press - July 13, 2025 Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.), Adrienne Elrod, Sahil Kapur, Tyler Pager and Marc Short

Andy Beshear is terrific. That's all. www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

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Short Story: Wisdom & Co., by Stuart Watson - TSS Publishing Serta has her sandwich fixins out. White bread. Slices of what she calls β€œOscar meat.” She put the mayo on already and has a daub of mustard on a butter knife. Table wobbles under her elbows, upper ar...

In the mood for a little short Gothic whack? Click through. Great site. theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-...

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