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"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

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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 ☀️ 🥑 🍊 🌺 🌵 🌴 🩴 🌹

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 51m

Can you imagine it was your team? Those poor people!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1h

He really wants someone to bunt.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 15h

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
~ Frida Kahlo

#FlowersOnFriday 🌱 today my ever-blooming Rosa 'Frida Kahlo'

#BloomScrolling 🌹 #FlowerReport

dark coral colored rose, lightly striped; green leafy and black background

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

Truer words.

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bobo tucci @no-flashlight.bsky.social · 1d

To love a baseball team is to suffer

nerdydodger.bsky.social: trienen? id rather drink bleach

Blisterrich.bsky.social: [picture of SpongeBob wearing a dodgers hat and drinking bleach]

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to reading this one!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."
~ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

💜 #PrettyPurpleThursday joy to all you lovely gardeners of BlueSky #BloomScrolling 🌱 #FlowerReport

Purple Morning Glory bloom, buds and green leaves

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

Right? (Do we still do drinking games?)

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

I read the first one a couple of years ago and have no idea how I'd missed it 'til then!

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

Amen to that!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Terrifying!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
~ L. M. Montgomery

A joyful #RoseWednesday to you all 🌱 #FlowerReport 💮 #BloomScrolling🌹

Light yellow 'Peace' rose bloom, green leaves in the background

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

Amen!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

👂LISTEN — (U.S. Navy veteran) country Singer Zach Bryan’s lyrics about ICE that triggered the White House

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

"Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots."
~ Shannon Mullen

I love the little ones!

🌱 #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜 #BloomScrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport

Bunch of small purple flowers on delicate green leaves and such

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ladydodgerfan.bsky.social @ladydodgerfan.bsky.social · 4d

a blue background with the words let 's go dodgers on it

Alt: a blue background with the words let 's go dodgers on it

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

"She has a cop's heart and a tadpole's brain . . ."

The content here is important to read all of; the writing, by the way and thank you dearly, is magnificent.

💥 @redford.bsky.social

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 4d

"Weiss [is] someone blissfully captured by the richest people alive, and invested in smashing the last vestiges of liberal power in this country: universities, civil servants, and the media. She has a cop's heart and a tadpole's brain."

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love -- that makes life and nature harmonize."
~ George Eliot

🌱 On #MagentaMonday I'll be pulling stuff I don't remember planting, cleaning, weeding, and getting ready for what's next.

💜 #FallGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling 🩷

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Dr. LeShane @brakeformoose.bsky.social · 5d

Portland’s been dealing with invading Californians for decades. You think we’re not prepared?

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

He's not wrong.

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

I have better luck with plants that grow outside, but I keep trying nonetheless!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

“Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.”
~ Steve Maraboli

Happy #YellowSunday🌱 #SundayYellow to all you'se wonderful gardeners 💛

#BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #FallFlowers

Yellow rose bloom, green leaves, black background

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 6d

It really is!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 6d

A sweet happy birthday to you, Anna! Hear all the singing!

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