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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -Philip K Dick

Classic film, Noir, mysteries, nonfiction, animals, environment, volunteering, anything PNW.

I post a daily " #Teableau " (tea tableau) for the tea-lovers out there.
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Jelly 🌻🍁🍉 @jemiaj.bsky.social · Oct 25
"If these men be immune, then law has lost its meaning, and man must live in fear."
-Ben Ferencz, Nuremberg Trials
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oregonian.com
Tom Stefopoulos enjoyed brief public attention for his remarkable work but is now mostly forgotten.
Mysterious art in Portland’s rail yards sparked awe for decades, but efforts to save it foundered
Tom Stefopoulos enjoyed brief public attention for his remarkable work but is now mostly forgotten.
www.oregonlive.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The fight over California’s new congressional map designed to help Democrats flip congressional House seats will go to court Monday as a panel of federal judges considers whether the district boundaries approved by voters last month can be used in elections. https://to.pbs.org/4pChZMp
DOJ and California go to court over new congressional map designed to favor Democrats
California voters decisively approved the map last month. The Justice Department has accused California of racial gerrymandering by favoring Hispanic voters.
www.pbs.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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$50 Million for salmon recovery on hold.

Yakama Nation is calling on Bonneville Power Administration to restore funds promised for habitat/hatchery work. The Tribe warns the freeze could jeopardize salmon recovery and federal Endangered Species Act obligations.

www.underscore.news/land/yakama-...
Yakama Nation Urges Bonneville Power Administration to Restore $50 Million for Salmon Recovery - Underscore Native News
The Tribe warns withheld funds will jeopardize salmon recovery and federal Endangered Species Act obligations.
www.underscore.news
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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cascadiajournal.bsky.social
King County issued a GO NOW evacuation today for parts of Tukwila, Renton & Kent after a levee breach on the Green River: kcemergency.com/2025/12/15/g...
ALERT King County Message – Green River Area Levee Breach and Flooding “GO NOW”
Hello, this is King County Office of Emergency Management on Monday, December 15. This is for residents and businesses east of the Green River in the Orillia area in Tukwila, Renton and Kent. Due t…
kcemergency.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
jemiaj.bsky.social
"Warmly"
#Teableau 13Dec25

I wanted this teableau to look like how a reassuring hug might feel.

#Tea #Hugs
Tea tableau in ivory with hints of red and green, with a holly pattern tea cozy, a mug with vintage looking Santas, trees, and snowmen, a stacked of quilted coasters, and a miniature ceramic Christmas tree, all upon a tea towel decorated with cardinals. The tea is Red Velvet Treat from Stash, an herbal flavored with strawberries.
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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"Sweet Tweet"
#Teableau 12Dec25

This Frosted Orange Cream is much better than the Orange Solstice herbal from a few days ago; that one tasted like baby aspirin.

#Tea #StashAdventCalendar
Tea tableau featuring birds in Santa hats and a rock painted to look like a Santa suit. The tea is Frosted Orange Cream from Stash.
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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"Bright Tidings"
#Teableau 11Dec25

A dear, dear friend made the spectacular polkadotted bow seen here. It's on a greeting card she reserved just for me. 😊

#Tea #Friends
Brightly colored cerise, purple, and green tea tableau with a winter gift wrap motif. The tea is Jasmine Blossom, a green tea from the Stash advent calendar, a very delicious brew.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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"Getting Ready"
#Teableau 10Dec25

This Christmas Tree tea -for- one is my early Christmas present.

#Tea #Christmas
Tea tableau featuring a tall tea for one set in the shape of s green Christmas tree with red lights and a gold star. There is also a Santa Claus trinket box, a small teapot trinket box, and an old fashioned cookie tin with a tree decorating scene. The tea is Orange Solstice, and herbal tea from the Stash advent calendar. Incidentally, it tasted like baby aspirin.
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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"Snug"
#Teableau 09Dec25

I have a thing for black tea flavored with coffee.

#Tea #Coffee
Black, white, and maroon tea tableau on a black Christmas stocking with a white tea cozy that has a pattern of black pine trees. There is a white demitasse set with black patterned borders, and an antique maroon spatterware miniature pitcher. There is a handpainted rock with an image of a cat in a muffler holding a steaming mug. The tea is Winter Espresso, a black tea with coffee from the Stash advent calendar.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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"There's No People Like Snow People"
#Teableau 08Dec25

Earworm...

#Tea #Showtunes
Tea tableau with a snowman theme, including backdrop, mug, tea cozy, spoon, miniature figurine and statue, all of friendly snowmen with arms outstretched. The tea is Strawberry Snowman Crisp, flavored with strawberries, vanilla, and caramel, from Stash.
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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"Santastic"
#Teableau 07Dec25

I've been drinking coffee all day and haven't tried the tea yet, but I have high hopes. Apple plus Cinnamon is pretty much always a slam dunk.

#Tea #Cinnamon
Black and red tea tableau with a Tartan backdrop, a tea cozy if cavorting Santas and candy canes, a Santa suit mug holding a ceramic Santa spoon, a slender wooden Santa figurine, and green and white spearmint lozenges, upon a tea towel decorated with an elegant, old fashioned Saint Nick. The tea is Santa's Cinnamon Apple, a black tea from the Stash advent calendar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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"If Only"
#Teableau 06Dec25

I try, every day, to let it begin with me.

#Tea #Peace
Tropical Christmas tea tableau with a rainbow Christmas tree and a card showing a peaceable kingdom of wild animals with the caption saying Peace On Earth. There is a gleaming gold and turquoise antique cup and saucer, a flying angel in polished metal, a small giraffe figurine, two turquoise crystal gems, and a strand of yellow and peach sparkle beads with beaded bows. The tea is called Tropical Snowflake, a green tea with passionfruit from the Stash advent calendar.
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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As I reported last week, SPD is cutting down on overtime "drastically" (per an order from a deputy chief) to save money, including for all investigations of property crimes. Surveillance is a choice—we don't actually have to build the Panopticon.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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ericacbarnett.bsky.social
we all make fun of NYT headlines on here but not enough is said about their apparent lack of basic copy editing
NYT headline and byline: One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Alludes Their Grasp NYT > Home Page, Dec 6, 2025 4:13 AM by Jazmine Ulloa and Orlando Mayorquín
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
jemiaj.bsky.social
"Cozy On Up"
#Teableau 05Dec25

This tea is rooibos, cocoa, and orange, and it's lovely.

#Tea #StashTeas
Tea tableau on an ivory quilted square edged in maroon, with a maroon tea cozy and mug. There are a creamer and sugar with a subtle snowman design, a Christmas card with a snowman face, a poinsettia napkin, and a copper, zinc, and brass brooch shaped like three Christmas trees. The tea is Chocolate Orange Cheer from the Stash advent calendar.
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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"Cardinal Rule"
#Teableau 04Dec25

We don't have cardinals where I live, but I remember them from other places I've stayed, and I wish we had them here.

#Tea #Cardinals
Tea tableau in white with green, red, and tan accents, with a theme of cardinal birds in winter. There are depictions of Cardinals on paper, in clay, metal, wood, and acrylic. The tea is called Cozy Cardamom Chai from the Stash advent calendar.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"Winter Wonders"
#Teableau 03Dec25

This is a very good herbal tea, which is not something I say very often.

#Tea #Lemon
Tea tableau in white, turquoise, and yellow of snowflakes, ice crystals, frosted trees, and forest animals, with Santa appearing on a mug. The tea is Lemon Wonder from the Stash advent calendar, an herbal tea of lemon, chamomile, rosehips, fennel, lemongrass, and mango.
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
#Teableau 02Dec25

Can you hear the Vince Guaraldi Trio in your head right now? I truly hope so.

#Tea #Peanuts
Tea tableau with the Peanuts characters as its theme, with Linus, Lucy, Charlie Bown, and Snoopy gracing the backdrop, and in reverse colors on the tea towel base. There is a bent over Christmas tree, a Snoopy doll, a green tea cozy and green glass mug, and Toasted Vanilla Catamel black tea from Stash.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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"December Is Upon Us"
#Teableau 12/01/25

Day 1 of my tea advent calendar. You could say we're at countdown T(ea)-24 ...

#Tea #AdventCalendar
Red, blue, and purple tea tableau on a towel with a pattern of richly colorful Christmas trees. The teapot is shaped like a snowman wearing purple snowgear. Beside it is a large, blue, ceramic snowman with twig hands. The cream and sugar set is hand thrown and painted in white and purple stripes. The cup and saucer are dark purple stoneware, with a strand of tiny red beads draped around them. There are sparkly red mini pinecones, a fused glass snowman, and the tea is Merry Berry Bliss from Stash Teas, a black tea with berry and orange.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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"Pinch Perfect"
#Teableau 30Nov25

Kinda reminds me of Crab Rave.

#Tea #Crabs
Red and blue tea tableau with red crabs as the subject, depicted in embroidery and in metal. There is a tea cozy that looks like rippling water, and glass teaspoons shaped like scallop shells. There is a clear glass cream and sugar set, and the tea is Jasmine green loose-leaf tea.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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The character of Henry Carmichael was played by the same actor who portrayed Colonel Hall on Fawlty Towers, in the episode "Gourmet Night."

#PostmarkForDanger #NoirAlley #TCMParty
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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"Camp"
#Teableau 29Nov25

Brrr

#Tea #Outdoors
Tea tableau of a forest camp theme with an owl and a fox sitting by a firepit and in front of a teapot shaped like a vintage camper trailer. The tea is Apple Cinnamon black tea.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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"Marked: Safe"
#Teableau 28Nov25

Turkey was not on my menu.

#Tea #Turkey
Tea tableau of a turkey looking quite royal in front of a house decorated for Autumn. The tea is Mulled Spice black tea.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
Sen. Mark Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that “you can refuse illegal orders,” while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to “stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.”
Pentagon Threatens to Court Martial US Senator
The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
jemiaj.bsky.social
"To Grandmother's House We Go"

Over the river and through the woods...

#Tea #Family
Tea tableau for Thanksgiving on a plaid woven mat decorated with Fall leaves. The backdrop is a parchment with handwritten script. There is a tea cozy in a fabric of Autumn leaves. The main elements, in succession from left to right, are a carved round box showing a hedgehog with a basket and walking stick treading a forest path. It appears to be heading toward a mug depicting a country bridge crossing, and beyond that is an art card of a rustic house and yard. The tea is Golden Yunnan Tips, a very, very nice loose-leaf black tea from Harney and Sons.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM