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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 16h

Roasted red peppers and Roma tomatoes cooked down for a couple quarts of sauce to freeze.

Sheet pan laid out with roasted peppers, deep red with black blisters, against a wooden table

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how #Nobel #Peace Prize awardees react with modesty, while the loudest voices are the biggest Losers. But, it's not a contest to be lost…so merely the braying of those who could never be seriously considered as champions of peace. More likely wagers of wars and suffering pretending otherwise.

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 2d

Just fired my last client…damn author doesn’t understand that infinite rewrites don’t get published…

Am I finally retired now?

Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 2d

When you got old bananas, you can could compost, or bake Banana-Nut Muffins. Yum the latter.

Baking pan with a dozen golden brown muffins against a gray sunlit background.

Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 4d

At least one Iowa #Congress member is not ashamed to cut #Medicaid and other government programs citizens rely upon and will definitely hold a #TownHall “When hell freezes over.”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

A swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’ | CNN Politics

Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.”

www.cnn.com

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 5d

Someone visiting Panera for a cup of coffee did the math—exactly 74¢ for a 20% tip on a VISA credit charge.

Cash is back baby & check the years on those pennies. And some people still have math, like drummers have time…

#currency #economy #math

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

If I were starting a civil war, I would send National Guard troops from one state to another.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 5d

🚨 Judge Karin Immergut dropped a second restraining order blocking Trump from deploying any National Guard troops—Oregon or otherwise. She ripped into his lawyers, asking if they were “trying to circumvent” her first order. She’s done playing games.

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 6d

Different start word gave just a single consonant, but with a little magic …

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 7d

Last batch of seasonal Sun Tea on this 80s weekend brewing hibiscus, rosebuds, rosehips, cinnamon, and clove.

Tall mason jar of ruby red sun tea brewing against a tan stucco wall

Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 8d

88° in Minneapolis, but it’s Autumn and time for Mums

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10d

Surprisingly lame excuse around obvious censorship coupled with a weird can-you-believe-they-are-not-all-on-camels naïveté about Saudi Arabia. Really a sad miss by Bill Burr www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”

The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11d

in which bill burr reminds you of who he has always been

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11d

The Saudis didn’t pay big money for famous American comedians because they were super eager for comedy, they paid for PR like this.

Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”

The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 11d

Just saw this yesterday…shoulda had at least three…where is top of mind in my senior brain.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12d

And then opens the door to this

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 13d

Late summer Pesto Bruschetta on the patio. Followed by a sunset supper of Wisconsin brats & grilled corn ribs—new thing turned out cravable.

Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 17d

How can one person and a ladder show Minneapolis how to fix darkened parks and pathways after copper theft?
#DIY #Solar
MinnPost article

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 18d

what if it really is rapture day but there was only one person virtuous enough and they remained virtuous by living a quiet, solitary life and so nobody has noticed they’re gone and we’ll never know the rapture happened

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19d

Jimmy Kimmel is a great example of how pushback works and also how completely craven Shari Redstone was canceling Colbert

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 21d

Farm Aid 40 streaming live from Minneapolis, as Minnesota farmers sit on 7 million acres of soybeans worth billions $ going nowhere due to Trump policies. More and more Americans need hope & help, not hate & hurt.

Farm Aid 40 on YouTube

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23d

A cartoon by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Donald Trump stands in front of a live television crowd and points upward at a sign that reads, "Applause or Else."

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Skarjune @skarjune.bsky.social · 23d

Ringing in my ears now, even since before the song was made, so thanks Billy Joe, Frank and Mike of #GreenDay :

Don’t wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It’s calling out to idiot America

American Idiot