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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair

@swampfoot.bsky.social

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SJW. KHive. Citizen of US & Canada. Married, inexplicably. Astrophotographer & airplane whisperer. From rural Nebraska. Gun-free since 1997. I want to meet your cat. He/Him. Live on unceded Mi'kmaq land - Unama’ki, AKA Cape Breton Island.

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · Aug 3

I don't get to just declare myself an ally - that's something only members of the marginalized groups I support and defend can decide about me. And, if granted, that allyship can be revoked the moment I do, say, or advocate things that harm or erase them.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2h

Trying to handle this today. Could use financial help for fines and fees.

Venmo: @JohnathanPerk
CashApp: $JohnathanPerk

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 22h

Following the cops because they won’t tell us where they’re taking her.

The Los Angeles Sheriff Department is a domestic terror organization.

Google: “LASD gangs”

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 14h

this devastated me. There's a very good documentary called "Dear Jesse" that I remember that coincided with it that colored the period I moved to NC for college.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 14h

Where I grew up, it did not matter what facts were being discussed, or how profound and important they were. If you "cussed" you and your points lost all credibility.

Dumb people value superficial, performative compliance with customs FAR more than they value facts or truth.

Fuck them.

Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 21h

Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.

Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.

A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.

Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 16h

His relationship with god seems to be right in the shitter.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 23h

Why aren’t the “genocide Joe” people protesting at ALL Trump administration events like they did when Biden-Harris were in office?

Don’t show me one example of such a protest. Show me the sustained commitment to interrupting all events, as was the case with Biden—and even former VP Harris, still‼️

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 23h

(I am on leave from UCLA right now for posting something WAY less “mean” than this, regarding Charlie Kirk. I didn’t even mention him.)

robin-hood.bsky.social @robin-hood.bsky.social · 23h

Diane Keaton supported Woody Allen a known pedophile. So she’s dead now. Good.

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton died.

She stood behind Woody Allen and his work in spite of the numerous allegations, not giving much of a shit to his creepy behavior.

So while she was tremendously talented.

Diane Keaton died.

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 23h

I won't forgive a 2016 vote. If the racism/sexism/sadism wasn't a dealbreaker for them then, I don't want to know them and they can go to hell.

Agent53.bsky.social @agent53.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno about the rest of you, but the litmus test for the rest of my life will be "how many times did you vote for Trump?" And if the answer isn't zero, I'm open to forgiving 1 vote if it was 2016. Beyond that? We don't need to be friends.

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 1d

LMFAO this is my mom when the witnesses use to knock on our door on Saturday morning 😂

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 1d

Suppression of a spontaneous giggle of delight in bed because a kitty is sleeping on your chest so as not to wake the kitty sleeping on your chest.

Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 1d

Really useful information if you've bought a car from a smoker, or if you're a smoker and want to improve the chances of selling a car you smoked in.

Bought a car that was smoked in? Ozone generators can get rid of the odor

YouTube video by Technology Connextras

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Denying who Americans are is why we have so many issues.

Denial about white supremacy
Misogynists
Violence
Pedophiles
Rapes
Income
Inequality
Poisoned food and air

Denying this administration won because the monsters in this country voted like they did his first term is why we are so fucked.

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, decent people like us were traumatized seeing infants and children in cages forced to appear in court alone while separated from their parents.

America voted for a second, more violent and inhumane term.

America voted for this.

Stop pretending ICE just happened out of thin air.

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Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 1d

Besides the rainbow road. What other ways are there to get refugee status to come into Canada first LGBTQ folks wanting to leave their country ?

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Narrator voice: “But the Press was in on it.”

Nurse RoRo @nurseroro.bsky.social · 2d

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 1d

This is a part of their plan to incorporate eugenics.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of Princess Meghan Markle, dressed in monochrome brown, seated on a white chair, speaking into a microphone in her hand

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 1d

Lolol they’re so mad.

Dummies voted for the idiot who will take their guns.

Kamala packs a Glock.. she wouldn’t have taken their guns.

Suckers, yall got played 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 1d

She's so pretty!

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 1d

A Black child’s meltdown is seen as aggression 😕
A white child’s meltdown is seen as a cry for help 🙂‍↔️
This double standard costs lives, opportunities, and dignity.
Listen to Black autistic voices.
Believe our experiences ♾️

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 1d

Harris had a whole plan for seniors, including paying up to $30k a year for reimbursement for a relative to be a caretaker for them.

But...they didn't want this.

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Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair @swampfoot.bsky.social · 1d

As an American transplant to Canada, having known next to nothing about hockey before meeting my hockey fan Canadian spouse, I still refer to the intermissions between periods as "halftime" calling them "first halftime" and "second halftime."

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said hey I’m putting a resort over in Gaza, hey ain’t NO more elections after I get back in AND instead of making a plan to get him out y’all focused on Kamala…. WHO you didn’t vote for.

So in 2026 when he declares Marshall law DO NOT SAY SHIT TO US WE TOLD YOU SO SINCE 2016.

a close up of a woman 's face with a blue background that says cause

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a blue background that says cause

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala showed both sides of that Auntie voice & life when she told that dumb protester to go kick rocks Lolo (not her actual quote 🤭)

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