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meerkat-ogre-hyppie hybrid. (Blame the aliens and their weirdo experiments). Peas Action, Am Int, Gr Prty. Also, Lindt chocolate. Spoken word, stand-up comedy, couch potato extraordinary, dust bunny destruction ninja, old as prunes.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 1d
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices.

Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
On Mental Health Day, End Coercion, Embrace Dignity
Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November 2024 in a state-run institution in Kano, Nigeria. She was deaf and had a me...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 10h
Burkina Faso authorities have released two activists who had been unlawfully conscripted into military service after criticizing the country’s military junta.

Authorities should immediately and unconditionally release all those arbitrarily detained.
Two Burkina Faso Activists Unlawfully Conscripted are Released
Burkina Faso authorities on October 6 released Rasmané Zinaba and Bassirou Badjo, two members of the civil society group Balai Citoyen, who had been unlawfully conscripted into military service after ...
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
thank you so very much for your important work!
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
the real sirens...

Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=94h2...
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
The real Soggy Bottom Boys

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Man of Constant Sorrow - Sung by Dan Tyminski

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you for relentlessly fighting to preserve democracy during these troubling times 👏👍

Have a great day‼️😎
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 14h
Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
What dangerously deluded lunatics.

Lying on this level?

What do they want, to open up death camps and murder every last minority and Dem?

They are going to get people killed.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d
Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
I was networking...that's all...NETWORKING!!!
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10h
wow!!!
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14h
I am deceased
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
Happy Birthday (Oct 10th) to Governor Newsom!

The Beatles - Happy Birthday to You

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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
Happy Birthday, Governor Newsom!
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
Looks like someone has been hacking the Governor Newsom Press Office page.

Nothing comes up...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h
Happy Birthday Governor Newsom
Keep On Trolling.......
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
the endless madness from this crowd.

hey, if folks want a break from the madness, check out the John Candy Documentary:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcQ...

Not only a great comedian but such a super nice guy.

so so so refreshing!

(my acting teacher played his sister in Uncle Buck ! )
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
if you want a nice break from the insanity, we just watched the John Candy Documentary.

Was very very nice:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcQ...
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
Met a guy from the Tibetan Freedom Campaign (1990s). He had a koi pond in his backyard.

The Dalai Lama’s nephew had been there the week before.

They were staring at the koi.

The Dalai Lama’s nephew looked up and said, “I want to be a fish!”
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
did I mention this before?

I have two Star Trek connections. My cousin Robert Ellenstein played the President of the Federation in the Star Trek IV movie...

and was in Haven, from TNG

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Wendy is also a cousin…

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Robert Ellenstein
Robert Ellenstein (18 June 1923–28 October 2010; age 87) was an actor, theater director and acting teacher who portrayed the Federation President in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He later appeared as...
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
just to imagine what it would have been like if we elected a normal like Kamala?

ugh
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
Decent link:

60 Free Film Noir Movies

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My cousin, Robert Ellenstein, is in "The Garment Jungle" with Lee Cobb...

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60 Free Film Noir Movies
Watch 60 great Noir films directed by Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. All free.
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
this is pretty good:

The Moody Blues - Full Concert - French TV Special 1968 (Remastered)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09d...

#Music
#MusicSky
#Rock
#MoodyBlues
The Moody Blues - Full Concert - French TV Special 1968 (Remastered)
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
this is pretty good:

The Moody Blues - Full Concert - French TV Special 1968 (Remastered)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09d...

#Music
#MusicSky
#Rock
#MoodyBlues
The Moody Blues - Full Concert - French TV Special 1968 (Remastered)
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 11h
It's like these MAGA folks are living in a cartoon where microbes only affect liberals or something. Just so so so freakin' crazy.

Ugh.

Just want to scream.