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@steelygrey.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈 Midwest nice with a west coast palate.
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I'd rather be seen by Doogie Howser, MD.
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Today in #BlackHistoryMonth & my nerdlove of all all things post officey.

Check out this great rundown on how postal systems like money orders, rural free delivery & parcel post allowed Black people some respite & dignity under Jim Crow

@onemichistory.bsky.social

youtu.be/93l2-CRtzIM?...
How the Post Office Outsmarted Jim Crow
YouTube video by One Mic History
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
(I really hope this isn’t AI)
It's so cold in Boston right now that packs of coyotes are able to cross the water today.

📸: @jcass35
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Proud to have been one of the 9,200 people who submitted that name to the contest. Lol blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
Anti-ICE sentiments made up nearly 80 percent of submissions. Voting for the top six names opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 14.
blockclubchicago.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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❄️ Letter carriers get the job done! Through snow, cold, sleet, and every kind of weather, our dedicated members show up for every home and business that relies on us. We deliver, just as we always have. Thank you to all letter carriers for your unwavering service to our communities.
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Japanese rain.

Keiu けいう – welcome rain
Amamoyoi あまもよい - a threat of rain
Tenkyuu てんきゅう- rain from a cloudless sky
Houshanouu ほうしゃのうう – radioactive rain
Juuu じゅうう – refreshing rain once in 10 days
Yuudachi ゆうだち – sudden evening rain
January 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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These are your words of the week

grateful
hot pants
perfidy
white supremacy
flash-bang
splashdown
pogonip
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Words of the Week - Jan. 16
Dictionary lookups from music, Minnesota, and the Pacific
www.merriam-webster.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Start the new year off right at work: organize a union with your coworkers.

Get started:
Form a Union | AFL-CIO
Form a Union Organizing a union in your workplace is about getting more rights and more power. Thousands of working people--all across the country and in all kinds of jobs--organize unions every year because unions are the best way to secure the things ...
aflcio.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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for real
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Stationery Holidays 2026

Jan 12 Clean Your Desk Day
Mar 9 Fill Your Stapler Day
Mar 30 ✏️Day
Apr 15 Eraser Day
Apr 29 Stationery Day
May 15 Notebook Day
May 29 📎 Day
June 10 Pen Day
Aug 1 Stationery Shop Day
Sept 1 Letter Writing Day
Oct 1 Postcard Day
Oct 14 Graph Paper Day
Nov 7 Fountain Pen Day
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Bea Lema, contemporary award winning Spanish cartoonist and illustrator #Womensart
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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We have more in common with our immigrant siblings than we do any billionaire or corporate CEO.

Unity and solidarity are the source of our strength, and America’s unions will keep fighting to make sure working people, regardless of status, are protected at work and at home.
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
nba.com NBA @nba.com · Dec 5
⛈️ 4th team ever to start a season 21-1 or better
⛈️ 13-game winning streak
⛈️ Avg. victory margin over streak: 17.9 points

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder are off to their best start in OKC history and aim for 14 straight wins tonight against the Mavs at 9:30pm/et on Prime!
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.

It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.

USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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It's fun that each finger has a little symbolic job: cool/not cool, that thing there, your driving is poor, I'm not available for dates, and (while drinking tea) I'm so fancy.
October 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Other Important December Dates.

6th Mitten Day
7th Letter Writing Day
7th Candy Floss Day
8th Lard Day
9th Pastry Day
9th Llama Day
10th Lager Day
14th Chestnut Roasting Day
14th Monkey Day
17th Maple Syrup Day
19th Ugly Jumper Day
21st Shortest Day
24th Eggnog Day
30th Bacon Day
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I need to buy stamps here! 📬💌
JAMIESON: 5180 JOHN DAY HWY, JAMIESON OR 97909-5000
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM