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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎

@g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social

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Retired WA newspaperwoman, CA native, UF grad 🐊 Pro-vax and cocktails🍸LGBTQIA ally 🌈 #BLM #Resist #PNW 🚫DMs

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · Nov 19

I shoot deer ... with my phone on my daily walk. I was just going to snap a photo when it approached the fence. Switched to video in the nick of time. #walking

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 12h

Horrifying but not surprising. I wonder where they learned such hatefulness.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 1d

Uninsured in the Tacoma-Pierce County area? Here are sites where you can get free vaccinations if you are 19 or older. #pnw

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 2d

I heard that SeaTac Airport also is refusing to run the Noem videos because it has a rule barring partisan political material.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

katu.com

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 3d

Be there! We need to show how many of us oppose what is happening to our country.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 3d

If my doc told me she needs to see me again in six months I’d worry a bit.

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 4d

Way to go, Mariners — finally! 🔱

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 4d

There will be plenty of opportunities to participate in a #NoKings protest Oct. 18. Google nokings.org to find an event near you. See you there! #pnw #resist

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know enough about Machado to say whether she deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, but I sure know who doesn’t.

María Corina Machado: What to Know About Nobel Peace Prize Winner

The Venezuelan opposition leader was named the latest recipient of the prestigious recognition.

time.com

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a leafcutter bee for #InsectThursday. #SaveTheBees 🐝

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 6d

I’m having a lovely anniversary dinner with the mister at Citron European Bistro in Tacoma. We’re splitting a caprese salad for starters. Highly recommend this restaurant. #pnw

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 7d

My email is clogged with Amazon Prime Day messages about all the great deals for me. I’m a little suspicious, though. One message touted the great deal on the Hoka shoes I like. The “deal” is exactly the non-sale price! Caveat emptor.

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 7d

A ray of sun shines the spotlight on a baby oak tree in Fort Steilacoom Park’s oak savanna. You can do it, little fella! #pnw #lakewood

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 7d

Can you relate? ☹️

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 8d

She must be getting an earful from MAGA back home who are just figuring out that THEIR health insurance is about to skyrocket.

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 8d

Such a lovely park. I’d walk there more often if I lived nearer, but I was only in that part of town because a relative was at TG and I thought I’d rather walk thru the park than try to figure out the hospital parking situation.

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 8d

What did the locals think of it? I read it in a day. Hard to put down.

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 8d

This is just gross.

Trump administration considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The U.S. treasurer said on Friday that Treasury is considering minting new one-dollar coins for the nation's 250th anniversary featuring President Trump's image.

abcnews.go.com

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a beautiful morning for a walk in Tacoma’s Wright Park. It’s supposed to get to 70 today and a bit warmer tomorrow. #pnw #wawx

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 9d

22 states are already in recession, and Moody’s blames one person. Can you guess who?

Are we in a recession? Yes — if you live in one of these 22 states.

The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already in a recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

www.marketwatch.com

Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 9d

New detective alert for Michael Connelly fans. Stilwell (no first name so far as I can tell) is an LA County detective on Catalina Island. I’ve long wanted to visit the island, and this book has me really interested in going. It’s a page turner!

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 10d

I’m in Tacoma’s North End watching one of my great-nephews play coach-pitch baseball. Believe me when I tell you how hilarious this is. #pnw

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 11d

This is one of the squirrels I feed at the back door and the only one with an abbreviated tail. I figure it either had a fight with another squirrel and lost or with a predator and made a lucky getaway. #pnw

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 11d

For #FlowersOnFriday, here are my neighbor Gwen’s asters. My plant ID app says they’re New England asters, but those are UW Husky colors. #pnw

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, American comics can talk freely in Saudi Arabia about US politics, but guess what happens to Saudis who talk about their own ruler? Ask Jamal Khashoggi. Oh wait, you can’t.

Chappelle Claims It's 'Easier to Talk' in Riyadh

'Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you'll get canceled'

www.newser.com

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Cheryl T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 13d

“We hit both sides equally”? That has to be the most spineless thing I’ve heard in a long time. He hits the authoritarians and the resistance equally? My god.

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

variety.com

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