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Scott
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Embrace the outdoors and science, gardening and music, cooking and exercise.

Kindness, respect, integrity, collaboration, compassion, empathy.

I choose happiness. Busy being free.

Photos mine except reposts.
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Fan palm oasis from above.
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says

Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year

It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (movie), Charlie Bucket wins it all by choosing honesty over money.

Be like Charlie Bucket.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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It’s very difficult when Dems don’t stick together My message: we can’t say we’re a big tent as we said election night & then freak out when we disagree. I’m not happy about it, but big blue wave coming because united GOP refused to care for the people who need them the most, and everybody knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We are at the point where every video must be considered fake/AI. If you post an AI/fake video and don’t label it as such, no one can believe what you say as reality.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Remember, the problem is the very wealthy… not your neighbors, Dems, Repubs, immigrants, or others.

Massively tax the rich, as in the 1960s.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Somebody (middle-aged) came up to the board and said "I see all the oldies hate social media".
Actually, it was predominantly young people, sub 30, who felt it was a scourge, and especially the under 18s.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“…randos like Dr. Oz…”

That was funny.
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—

Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you go to church, and if you stop going to that church, will your family, friends, and other church goers still love you and spend time with you just the same?

If not, you are in a cult.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Absolutely not correct. They are doing what the billionaire donors and corporations want, not the GOP base.
Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Release the #Epsteinfiles
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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this is the second time this year the senate has fucked house Ds! they keep doing it!
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I sense change is coming. Big change, but not today.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Elise Stefanik:

❌Election denier.
❌Trump sycophant.
❌Abortion ban supporter.
❌Billionaire tax giveaway enabler.
❌Healthcare devastater.
❌Corporate shill.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.”

- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Good afternoon! I hope everyone is having a wonderful #Stunday.
My contribution today is another one from the Drakensberg in South Africa.
Have a wonderful day! 🤗💚💙
#nature #photography #bluesky #landscape #mountains #river #mountains
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good thing I’m not really expecting a $2,000 check.

Weird try.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Stopped reading NYT on purpose a year ago and my life has improved measurably lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The fast asleep orange
man gave forty billion of
our dollars to Argentina.
That could have saved
Healthcare for
Millions of Americans for
a year with plenty left over to feed families in need.
Now that your Argentine buddy is fat and happy
sit down with Democrats
and end your shutdown. Now.
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So.. is this the definition of evil?
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I really hope I can avoid ever reading a book written by AI.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I want to buy sandwich guy a cup of coffee.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Maths...

If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.

If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.

Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I remember being skeptical about CV Link when I worked at the newspaper in Palm Springs. In retrospect, this is rad.
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM