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JP
@jppierce.bsky.social
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Every republic walks a line: liberty for the vulnerable, or power for the mighty. NPR, PBS & WCPE keep me steady. Gardening keeps me grounded; naps keep me honest. I once knew pinto beans, now I know weeds—life keeps us humble.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · Apr 19
Pink Houses dropped just as the Reagan revolution kicked into high gear—a secular prophecy wrapped in heartland rock, calling out the hollowing of the American Dream before most even noticed it slipping away.

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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 1h
So I take it that you are on all fours.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 1h
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Star Lord "Dance Off Bro" Scene - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) Movie Clip
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 1h
Validation’s still pending, but I'm sure there's a lamp post out there that is tilted.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
Portland 🔥
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10h
We decided the word for arranging Halloween skeletons into various scenes in the front yard is “Necroscaping”
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 2h
For the white wine drinkers...
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Marilyn Munster @heyfren.bsky.social · 2h
Picture of Nellie Olson from Little House on the Prairie. Caption says shout out to yearbooks.com for helping me find Pam Bondi's high school picture.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 2h
Is gold really that different?
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 3h
‘Gold prices are behaving like we’re on the brink of a financial crisis.‘ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...
Searching for Meaning in the Gold Rally
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
Sizzle
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 11h
Joan Miró :
"This is the Color of my Dreams" 1925
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
AI will fix this.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
A colleague who is into crypto was white as a sheet and puking on Friday. The mystery to me is why gold held up and oil fell. Are we looking at financial panic or demand collapse? I'm leaning towards the TACO trade at the moment, but this could get ugly fast. October jitters and all.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
Make it a potluck. Bring barbecue or something to share.
Nothing says “down with tyranny” like a side of macaroni salad.

(And no, Pam — these aren’t code words. If every noun looks like a secret signal, please hydrate and take a nap.)
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
They wouldn’t be investing in complex health-care and funeral-sector derivatives built on public-health collapse and financialized morbidity.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 4h
Speed-reading memos and emails destroys the movement.
It clearly said mimosa training.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
The Insurrection Act gives it the veneer of apolitical legitimacy. The vibe’s pure Garden Plot meets Rex 84—Reagan-era civil control and Oliver North’s covert machinery revived for revenge. (The swamp is Camp Lejeune.) History doesn’t repeat, it reenlists.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
It’s true — 98% of your atoms are replaced every year.
So “you are what you eat” is technically accurate.
But for that to make you Mexican, Doritos would have to be Soylent Green.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
This is getting to be a hard sell. 🙃
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
It’d throw off the rhythm in California Dreamin’, but a good chorus could still make it work.
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California Dreamin'
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
If I had teeth like that, I'd smile a lot too.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 5h
He’ll build the arch to honor himself.
We’ll keep it to remember the cost.
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JP @jppierce.bsky.social · 6h
He can work on that.
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