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GrumbleKing
@spduffy.bsky.social
Pug dad, cruciverbalist, wordsmith, Mamdani-stan
Current audiobook: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Current ebook: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
One of Trump's flying monkeys is about to get his wings clipped. So good to see a Democrat go on offense!

WTG @ericswalwell.bsky.social!
Rep. Eric Swalwell sues federal housing agency head over mortgage fraud probe
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has levied several near-identical mortgage fraud claims against the president’s perceived enemies, including New York Attorney General Letitia James ...
www.courthousenews.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Hera" by Francis Picabia
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I’ve been saying this for a year
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BORN ON THIS DAY in 1886, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese-French painter who moved to Paris and encountered the international art scene of the Montparnasse neighborhood and developed an eclectic style that borrowed from Japanese and European artistic traditions.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Excellent NY Times opinion piece by Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Thank you, FIRE, for the good work you do.
Opinion | Nobody Should Go to Jail for a Harmless Meme
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A portrait of Vincent Willem van Gogh (who died at age 37) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (who died at 36).
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out - Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A real President ……….

Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Labor Department is pushing an ad campaign with posters evoking another era: very 1950s, very Caucasian, very idealistic. It’s Norman Rockwell meets Josef Stalin.

The ads ... are part of a deliberate anti-DEI campaign being waged by the Trump administration.
Labor Department’s anti-DEI campaign is Norman Rockwell meets Josef Stalin
The Labor Department's ad campaign, with numerous posters reminiscent of Russian propaganda, is part of a deliberate anti-DEI campaign being waged by the Trump administration.
www.ajc.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
WARNING: If you read this review of Philadelphia's new Calder museum, you're going to lie awake at night wanting to go. Kudos to my lovely friend Kathryn McFadden on yet another enchanting piece about the art scene in Philly.
Calder Gardens is a beautiful addition to Philly’s art world
With major public artworks by the Calder family already dotting the Parkway, our city welcomes the world’s only museum dedicated to Alexander Calder, an…
www.broadstreetreview.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is "The Prado Philip II" by Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian Renaissance painter born on this day in 1532.

As a young woman, she traveled to Rome where she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent. And, since he was gay, he did not sexually harass her.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
You're looking just awful, Cheato.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Happy birthday, Roberto Matta!
(Nov. 11, 1911 – Nov. 23, 2002), usually known simply as Matta, he was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Did I miss a memo? Are hot pants back? Or is E.Va. US Attorney Lindsay Halligan just uncomfortably straddling two eras?
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Félix Édouard Vallotton
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Hi Bluesky,

God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.

Thanks,

God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.

But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.

It was standing room only.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM