Julie Butcher 🌴
@juliebutcher.bsky.social
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
~ Hunter S. Thompson
My local reporting: https://muckrack.com/julie-butcher
My writings & such: https://butchershop-nobonesaboutit.com
~ Hunter S. Thompson
My local reporting: https://muckrack.com/julie-butcher
My writings & such: https://butchershop-nobonesaboutit.com
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Julie Butcher 🌴
@juliebutcher.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Welcome to the California GARDENERS feed! Please click on this post for more info ☀️ 🥑 🍊 🌺 🌵 🌴 🩴 🌹
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
~ Colette
A joyful #Caturday to all the #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈⬛ and the delightful people who love and serve them!
~ Colette
A joyful #Caturday to all the #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈⬛ and the delightful people who love and serve them!
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
~ Colette
A joyful #Caturday to all the #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈⬛ and the delightful people who love and serve them!
~ Colette
A joyful #Caturday to all the #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈⬛ and the delightful people who love and serve them!
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
“Ah, good conversation -- there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
~ Edith Wharton 💜 🌱
~ Edith Wharton 💜 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Ah, good conversation -- there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
~ Edith Wharton 💜 🌱
~ Edith Wharton 💜 🌱
What did the #Glendale city council do this week? you wonder.
"Dozens of Glendalians lined up to speak at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council . . ."
My local reporting:
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/04/2...
"Dozens of Glendalians lined up to speak at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council . . ."
My local reporting:
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/04/2...
Council Hears from Glendalians Regarding CORO - Crescenta Valley Weekly
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What did the #Glendale city council do this week? you wonder.
"Dozens of Glendalians lined up to speak at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council . . ."
My local reporting:
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/04/2...
"Dozens of Glendalians lined up to speak at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council . . ."
My local reporting:
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/04/2...
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."
~ Leonard Cohen
🌱 Good morning, kind gardeners.
~ Leonard Cohen
🌱 Good morning, kind gardeners.
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."
~ Leonard Cohen
🌱 Good morning, kind gardeners.
~ Leonard Cohen
🌱 Good morning, kind gardeners.
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
For holidaye giftes, try CURATED BOOK BUNDLES from the amazinge THE LAST BOOKSTORE yn legendarye Los Angeles: "Pick a budget, choose your categories — we’ll handpick and ship a bundle based on what you love (or what someone you love, loves)."
www.lastbookstorela.com/shop-book-bu...
www.lastbookstorela.com/shop-book-bu...
Shop Book Bundles | The Last Bookstore
Shop The Last Bookstore online for new and used books, vinyl records, rare collectibles, and unique gifts. Enjoy easy browsing, secure checkout, and shipping straight to your door—bringing our iconic ...
www.lastbookstorela.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For holidaye giftes, try CURATED BOOK BUNDLES from the amazinge THE LAST BOOKSTORE yn legendarye Los Angeles: "Pick a budget, choose your categories — we’ll handpick and ship a bundle based on what you love (or what someone you love, loves)."
www.lastbookstorela.com/shop-book-bu...
www.lastbookstorela.com/shop-book-bu...
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
I just became a huge Sabrina fan! Could someone please post a song or two so I can recognize what I like so much, besides her strength and conviction
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I just became a huge Sabrina fan! Could someone please post a song or two so I can recognize what I like so much, besides her strength and conviction
“We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."
~ Dale Carnegie
🌱 Happy happy #RoseWednesday all you lovely gardeners!
#BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening 🌹 #Zone10a
~ Dale Carnegie
🌱 Happy happy #RoseWednesday all you lovely gardeners!
#BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening 🌹 #Zone10a
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."
~ Dale Carnegie
🌱 Happy happy #RoseWednesday all you lovely gardeners!
#BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening 🌹 #Zone10a
~ Dale Carnegie
🌱 Happy happy #RoseWednesday all you lovely gardeners!
#BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Gardening 🌹 #Zone10a
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
Southern California pulling for Aftyn Behn in TN 7th today. GO GO GO!!!
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December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Southern California pulling for Aftyn Behn in TN 7th today. GO GO GO!!!
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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
~ John Steinbeck
🌱 Guess I'm not the only one loving on the #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜
#Monarch 🪷 #Butterfly 🦋 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Bloomscrolling
~ John Steinbeck
🌱 Guess I'm not the only one loving on the #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜
#Monarch 🪷 #Butterfly 🦋 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Bloomscrolling
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
~ John Steinbeck
🌱 Guess I'm not the only one loving on the #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜
#Monarch 🪷 #Butterfly 🦋 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Bloomscrolling
~ John Steinbeck
🌱 Guess I'm not the only one loving on the #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜
#Monarch 🪷 #Butterfly 🦋 #FlowerReport 🌻 #Bloomscrolling
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.”
~ Buddha
🌱 Oooh, it's a cold #MagentaMonday (for us!) but the sun will soon warm my little garden a bit.
#FlowerReport 🩷 #Bloomscrolling 💜 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
~ Buddha
🌱 Oooh, it's a cold #MagentaMonday (for us!) but the sun will soon warm my little garden a bit.
#FlowerReport 🩷 #Bloomscrolling 💜 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.”
~ Buddha
🌱 Oooh, it's a cold #MagentaMonday (for us!) but the sun will soon warm my little garden a bit.
#FlowerReport 🩷 #Bloomscrolling 💜 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
~ Buddha
🌱 Oooh, it's a cold #MagentaMonday (for us!) but the sun will soon warm my little garden a bit.
#FlowerReport 🩷 #Bloomscrolling 💜 #Gardening 🪷 #Zone10a
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
“Flowers grow out of dark moments.”
~ Corita Kent
🌱 Sending joy and love and a pretty yellow flower to you'all on this #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow
#BloomScrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌻 #Poppies
~ Corita Kent
🌱 Sending joy and love and a pretty yellow flower to you'all on this #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow
#BloomScrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌻 #Poppies
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Flowers grow out of dark moments.”
~ Corita Kent
🌱 Sending joy and love and a pretty yellow flower to you'all on this #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow
#BloomScrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌻 #Poppies
~ Corita Kent
🌱 Sending joy and love and a pretty yellow flower to you'all on this #YellowSunday 💛 #SundayYellow
#BloomScrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌻 #Poppies
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
Every rivalry week game should do the same uniform thing USC and UCLA do
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uclawire.usatoday.com/picture-gall...
Gallery: UCLA and USC double-home uniforms never fail to look great
The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans create artistic perfection with double-home unis. It should be an industry standard in college football
uclawire.usatoday.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Every rivalry week game should do the same uniform thing USC and UCLA do
uclawire.usatoday.com/picture-gall...
uclawire.usatoday.com/picture-gall...
🎵 We don't want no more deportations . . . from the bottom of our hearts! 🎵🎄
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🎵 We don't want no more deportations . . . from the bottom of our hearts! 🎵🎄
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
~ Terry Pratchett
Happy happy #Caturday to all who celebrate 🐈⬛ from a relaxed T.S. lounging here in our little yard ~
~ Terry Pratchett
Happy happy #Caturday to all who celebrate 🐈⬛ from a relaxed T.S. lounging here in our little yard ~
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
~ Terry Pratchett
Happy happy #Caturday to all who celebrate 🐈⬛ from a relaxed T.S. lounging here in our little yard ~
~ Terry Pratchett
Happy happy #Caturday to all who celebrate 🐈⬛ from a relaxed T.S. lounging here in our little yard ~
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
~ Jane Austen
🥬 Verdure! Enjoy it all, kind gardeners of BlueSky 💚
🌱 #Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowersOnFriday ☀️ #FlowerReport
~ Jane Austen
🥬 Verdure! Enjoy it all, kind gardeners of BlueSky 💚
🌱 #Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowersOnFriday ☀️ #FlowerReport
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
~ Jane Austen
🥬 Verdure! Enjoy it all, kind gardeners of BlueSky 💚
🌱 #Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowersOnFriday ☀️ #FlowerReport
~ Jane Austen
🥬 Verdure! Enjoy it all, kind gardeners of BlueSky 💚
🌱 #Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowersOnFriday ☀️ #FlowerReport
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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“But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin pie!”
~ Margaret Junkin Preston
Feeling very thankful 🥧 and just a little festive ~ wishing you'all a tiny slice of something sweet!!
~ Margaret Junkin Preston
Feeling very thankful 🥧 and just a little festive ~ wishing you'all a tiny slice of something sweet!!
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin pie!”
~ Margaret Junkin Preston
Feeling very thankful 🥧 and just a little festive ~ wishing you'all a tiny slice of something sweet!!
~ Margaret Junkin Preston
Feeling very thankful 🥧 and just a little festive ~ wishing you'all a tiny slice of something sweet!!
🎶 "Everybody's very happy
'cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A.!
(We love it!)" 🎵
~ Randy Newman, I Love L.A.
🌱 Happy #RoseWednesday to you and yours!
'cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A.!
(We love it!)" 🎵
~ Randy Newman, I Love L.A.
🌱 Happy #RoseWednesday to you and yours!
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎶 "Everybody's very happy
'cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A.!
(We love it!)" 🎵
~ Randy Newman, I Love L.A.
🌱 Happy #RoseWednesday to you and yours!
'cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A.!
(We love it!)" 🎵
~ Randy Newman, I Love L.A.
🌱 Happy #RoseWednesday to you and yours!
"'Green fingers' are a fact and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart."
~ Russell Page
" . . . a verdant heart . . . "
A joyous #TinyFlowerTuesday to all who celebrate 🌱
#Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport
~ Russell Page
" . . . a verdant heart . . . "
A joyous #TinyFlowerTuesday to all who celebrate 🌱
#Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"'Green fingers' are a fact and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart."
~ Russell Page
" . . . a verdant heart . . . "
A joyous #TinyFlowerTuesday to all who celebrate 🌱
#Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport
~ Russell Page
" . . . a verdant heart . . . "
A joyous #TinyFlowerTuesday to all who celebrate 🌱
#Bloomscrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport
Reposted by Julie Butcher 🌴
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.