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Green Swamp dweller, Fear Nothing. "I ain't young like you, I'm old and give out." --Slingblade

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Florida may change ID accepted at polling places, making it harder for students and seniors to vote Part of a proposed Florida elections law would change the kind of identification state voters can present at polls. Student and retirement center IDs would no longer be allowed. Concealed weapons p…

Under the new proposal, concealed weapons permits would be a valid form of voter ID. Student IDs would not. It couldn't be more obvious that they're trying to suppress the vote.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/25/f...

25.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

β€œOw my EYE what is WRONG with you OW”

25.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even the little white squiggles on the chest are pretty much the same

24.02.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How would you tell which one was which?

24.02.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two white-tailed deer wading in a shallow river.

Two white-tailed deer wading in a shallow river.

Some visiting white tails! #deer

24.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeahβ€”β€œDon’t drink the red mummy juice!”

Remember the red mummy juice? Good times. Good times.

24.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Three million years of evolution from the Ledi jaw to your gentle heart has produced a brain of vast predictive skill designed to collapse upon itself in endless spirals of warning that the fire will burn and the tiger will bite and the darkness has weight and the thing you want most will be lost.

24.02.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

My middle name is for my father’s brother and my father’s grandfather to make up to my grandmother for my first name which is my mother’s brother but was was also my grandfather’s uncle (on my father’s side)…

23.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a statue of Balto in Central Park not enormously far from the Melania & Donald Trump bench

23.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First time I saw one of those (ca. 1995) I for sure thought I was having a psychotic break

22.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hippo and crocodile ballet from Fantasia

Hippo and crocodile ballet from Fantasia

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20.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

”This part ie outrageous β€œ

β€œThis part is crazy”

β€œThis part is crazy and outrageous β€œ

β€œThat’s the true part”

20.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Card’s most recent column, from this May, starts with β€œThis is the column where I predict how American democracy ends.” After issuing the disclaimer that β€œit’s just a silly thought experiment!” Card spins a yarn in which President Obama creates a National Police Force that answers only to him; rules the country like a mafia don; gets Michelle elected for two terms; and then amends the Constitution to remove term limits for the presidency.

Card’s most recent column, from this May, starts with β€œThis is the column where I predict how American democracy ends.” After issuing the disclaimer that β€œit’s just a silly thought experiment!” Card spins a yarn in which President Obama creates a National Police Force that answers only to him; rules the country like a mafia don; gets Michelle elected for two terms; and then amends the Constitution to remove term limits for the presidency.

This is amazing:

19.02.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#PaintedBunting friend continuing! πŸͺΆ

18.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Bill Watterson, 1991

Bill Watterson, 1991

Bill Watterson, 1991

17.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 971    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
actual photo of the graveyard in back of Haworth House with gravestones

actual photo of the graveyard in back of Haworth House with gravestones

There was a cemetery out back--with noxious fluids seeping up from under the gravestones

18.02.2026 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shout-out to the Dixie Flatline!

17.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre-industrial households had one person (usually an enslaved woman) who spent all day every day grinding the grain that made the bread they mostly lived on. Look up β€œquern”

17.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Pope is both!

17.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Five Children and It!

15.02.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

he's quick for a big guy

14.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Snow-covered branches stretch against a pale sky, creating a striking contrast of delicate twigs and soft, white snow.

Snow-covered branches stretch against a pale sky, creating a striking contrast of delicate twigs and soft, white snow.

#photography #unedited

13.02.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1130    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 2

β€œFury” was a Saturday morning TV show about a horse and his boy. The horse was super smart & would only let the boy ride him.

14.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"You know the ones"

12.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All my flabbers gasted

12.02.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Especially * if it killed a few hundred people

12.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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833K views · 14K reactions | How cute are these tiny puff stitch stars?! 😍⭐️✨ | Hooked by Robin How cute are these tiny puff stitch stars?! 😍⭐️✨

These are clearly crocheted. www.facebook.com/HookedbyRobi...

11.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pro-Trump Super PAC Raises Record-Breaking $305 Million MAGA Inc. has relied on multimillion-dollar donors to raise an unprecedented amount in support of a lame duck president.

Meanwhile, the pro-Trump super PAC raises megadonor money as well. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

09.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a very bad thing

10.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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