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Don (aka Bart) De Bear

@t4booboo.bsky.social

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Cat dad. CA & Hapa-Kamaaina democracy-loving Democrat. Creator of Evil Sid for ye olde Late Late Show's Craig Ferguson. Maker of tchotchkes with a CO2 laser for podcasters near and far. T4booboo at the once great TwiXXer place.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 5h

Always getting tips from her mentor in the sky is a good thing.

Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 5h

"My #1 Food Dispenser". Figures.

Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 6h

Jinx is quite the little devil isn't she?

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 6h

Very glad to see your number back up. I really wish you could get some positive breaks for a while and not have to go through such a roller coaster ride.

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 6h

Found this old video of #Savior in intake right after we picked him up from the vet (who was asked to euthanize but refused). An amazing old soul who knew we had his back.❤️He's here to remind you to VOTE🗳️- just 6 days left! theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...
🤍Thanks -your vote counts!🤍

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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Crash's Landing @crashslanding.bsky.social · 7h

📦 Boxed up and ready to ship! Danish knows a purrfect box when he sees one. Let’s be honest, you can buy cats fancy beds, plush blankets, and heated pads… but they’ll always choose the cardboard box it came in. 😹

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 6h

The end is very close now but I've known him so long I knew he wouldn't want to just sit on a drip in the hospital.

Life is for living even at the very end ♥️

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says.

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months, a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. 14 has found.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 11h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 8h

Ugh, when you know it's Wednesday but it still feels like a Monday.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20h

You might be losing your health care, but don’t worry — Republicans are hard at work wining and dining billionaires to fund Trump’s new ballroom.

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 10h

AI tools can design modified toxic proteins that bypass DNA order screening. Even slightly altered sequences can encode active toxins, enabling potential misuse for biological weapons.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 9h

Yes they were. Awesome family members I'll miss forever.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 10h

So very kind of you but I don't think I quite measure up to your standards. Maybe a 1/4 teaspoon short. I hope we all survive these "interesting" times and can meet up to celebrate the passage through, whether that be in France, California or elsewhere. Stay safe and keep on jamming/baking/cooking.

Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 10h

Hopefully she met and made friends with my Bart (gray) and Snowball on the other side of the rainbow bridge.

Two kitties asleep, one in front of a couple of monitors and the other on a blanket where the keyboard is supposed to be. No work getting done.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 11h

Kudos. We do all knead to jam in some comfort foods during these horrifying thymes.

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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 11h

If you don’t mind, offering you food, recipes, & stories will be my activism for a while. Hopefully offering you a safe space to breathe & relax, a bit of comfort & escape in terrible times.

If you need me to share something important you’ve posted, please DM me. But I need calm for a short while.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 13h

Maybee yor mombe shud make yu somb noodle tea?

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The Professional Left Podcast @proleftpodcast.bsky.social · 14h

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Episode 941: Uh Oh, The Media's Building Lifeboats (Again)! - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

This week, we're watching the media scramble for survival as tectonic forces fracture the landscape—and the billionaires are building lifeboats while Mount Vesuvius smokes overhead.Why is The Bulwark ...

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 14h

It's one of the two, isn't it?

Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 14h

Wait, I thought the reanimated corpse of Robert E. Lee was Kid Rock!

Or, is it Ted Nugent? I'm not very good at remembering the names of reanimated traitor corpses.

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