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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 2h

Known as Venezuela's "Iron Lady," the 58-year-old Machado has led a massive political movement challenging the country's authoritarian leaders...
For over Two Decades.

No wonder trump's mad. He's been wanting to make us authoritarian from his first breath.

Timbuk 3 - Big Shot In The Dark

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

You had it right the first time

YouTube video by TahoeThom

Third Act – Our Time Is Now

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

The stock market is going to slow its gains down until it's a dribble.

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

There's also Third Act for seniors.

thirdact.org

Mellencamp "doesn't play to his base": Why this lefty populist is at home among conservatives - Salon.com

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

It feels good to sign a petition like this one. I don't think they are effective at all today.

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

“Freedom hasn’t been very kind to you,” and he indicts an apathetic and cruel culture with the simple line, “We shame ourselves to watch people like this live.”

Little pink houses for you and me.
I can sing that song in my sleep.

Leftist thinker John Mellencamp is a rare independent voice in public life -- challenging himself and his audience

www.salon.com

John Mellencamp - The Eyes of Portland (Official Lyric Video)

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

YouTube video by JohnMellencampVEVO

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

You get old and can't run away from the fact that human nature is only half human at best.
The other half is a beast.
You have one lifetime to choose which will serve you best.

Beyonce reveals album cover for "Cowboy Carter"

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

YouTube video by CBS Chicago

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 3h

Her last boob job was to increase her brain capacity. Sometimes science isn't up to the task.

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 4h

I really could use your help. I'm inept at this and don't know how to protect my data.

Ring of Fire | Definition, Map, & Facts | Britannica

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 4h

Ring of Fire, long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin. Most of the world’s earthquakes and appro...

www.britannica.com

Strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Philippines

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 4h

I lived in eastern Washington state in 1980 when the top blew off Mount Saint Helen's in western Washington.
I heard that explosion from 400 miles away.
It was Only a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

You can watch a video. It's terrifying.

Both countries are in the Ring of Fire👇

One person has died from Friday's earthquake, which comes a week after a deadly quake hit the island of Cebu.

www.bbc.com

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, but did she eat the prize?!

Nobel Prizes In Medicine: Celebrating Animal Research

Discover how animal research and testing have contributed to Nobel Prize-winning medical advances, shaping treatments for human and animal health.

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 5h

I've gone deaf in my left ear, but the right headphone is clear as mud, plus I have more spatulas than Julia Child could dream of!

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 6h

Madison was like the rest of us mere mortals.

James Madison

slavery.princeton.edu

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 6h

lifted = gifted

Is Our Universe Inside a Black Hole?

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not lifted in scientific knowledge by a looong shot, but I follow Neil deGrass Tyson.

YouTube video by StarTalk

Trump commits to 80 miles of buoy barriers in Texas

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 6h

Border crossings in Texas have fallen dramatically, but that isn’t stopping the Trump administration from signing contracts worth about $1.9 billion to erect more barriers in the state...

Including 80 miles of buoy barriers floating in the Rio Grande.

Houston Chronicle

link.houstonchronicle.com

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 6h

So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one
They always told me when you hit it you'll know it

But I've been falling so long it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floating

Gravity's gone
Drive by Truckers