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Scout and T

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You will know me by my charges: The Big Horse, Emma Darling, Rosie, Scout Finch and Gary Cooper. Third gen FDR Democrat. I'm a dog person without a dog. Fuck billionaires.

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · Nov 17

Just FYI.
I'm not on anyone's starter pack.
My favorite follows are real people behind small accounts that I come to know over time.

Here is a picture of Scout, Scout Finch's epic toe fluff.

Scout Finch rescued me three and a half years ago. I wanted an all white polydactyl cat. I found one in Georgia though they wouldn't ship it to the West Coast. So instead I found Scout who at the time went by Thumbs. Met a lovely cat rescuer who vetted me as worthy of adopting Scout.

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 11m

So that's a no.

Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 9h

Interestingly enough he had kibble first. He must not have liked the Sheba flavor tonight.

Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 10h

He's a freak with government contracts.

He is nightmare fuel.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like Peter Thiel, the blood-drinking global surveillance overlord, or the hateful wannabe dictator he helped install as president fits the bill better than Thiel's idea of an antichrist: someone who helps people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 10h

It's Saturday night with Gary Cooper!

He was late, I was getting worried and then felt someone watching me.

Gary Cooper my feral cat finally arrived for dinner. He was late which caused a bit of worry.

Gary is a 8-9 years old male tabby who I fixed up last year. I released him for the comfort of the tack room into the barn, then back to the wild. He comes every night for dinner. Breakfast on rare occasions.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump admin just admitted — in a buried Labor Dept. filing — that its own immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and driving up food prices. The report warns the “near total cessation” of migrant labor is threatening “the stability of domestic food production.” F***ing DUH.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 17h

1/ A lot of people seem to have theories about the Portland Frog, and I find some of Sarah's analysis to be intriguing. But I'm old enough to remember the "Flower Power" photo of a protester putting flowers in the barrels of guardsmen's guns, and I don't think the frog is qualitatively different.

Photojournalist Bernie Boston's famous "Flower Power" photo of a Vietnam War protester placing flowers in the barrels of guardsmen's guns.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣😂🐸

Trump announces
5000 % tariff on inflatable frog costumes.

Picture of the Portland protest frog

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

This Is Fascism

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JettedBunny @jettedbunny.bsky.social · 12h

They're dressing like sharks,
They're dressing like frogs.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 12h

And just like that, poof, there went your money.

I already saw that movie.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 13h

"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."

Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington

Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...

finance.yahoo.com

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 12h

You're welcome Jess.

Saw your earlier post of self care in the desert. Be well.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 14h

"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 13h

Seems relevant.

Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 19h

I used an academic tool called Marlin last weekend to analyze cellular signals outside the ICE facility in Portland.

Marlin works by detecting the percentage of messages that ask phones at any given moment for their IMSI, or International Mobile Subscriber Identity.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 14h

OregonLive: Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo on ICE Barbie’s claim of ongoing terrorist attacks in Portland:

“I never thought renowned puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes, but here we are.”

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 14h

And to think most of those creeps just got lucky, it's not like they invented the wheel, and they think they're the almighty instead of just lucky.

Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 14h

Ahahaha 🤣
Nice presidential portrait there.

Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 17h

Gift.

Thank you @mrussellart

mrussellart.bsky.social @mrussellart.bsky.social · 19h

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 17h

It's #presidentmiller making ALL decisions.

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Arctic Velocipedist @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly this.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 17h

We sell tee shirts to help fund the billboards. We sold enough Antifa tees in two weeks to put this one up. Buy a shirt. Fund a billboard. Piss off a Nazi. maddogpac.com/products/mad...

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 17h

#presidentmiller

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 17h

Seriously. I want Nuremberg style trials when this is over.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Scout and T @scoutandt.bsky.social · 17h

Rumored that barron will be rewarded for a tiktok slot because at 19 he's eminently qualified. /s