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Art enthusiast | Gardening 🌱 Political junkie
Democracy | Peace | No DM | No Porn | No GFM |No lists | Bots of any kind = Block ‼️
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🖼️ Karen Appleton
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Book Cover of the Day:
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Here's a Dipper painted in watercolour for today's #ArtAdventCalendar and also #BirdOfTheDay theme #OnTheRocks ! I've only ever seen a Dipper once, they really are wonderful birds 🪶 🤎

Painting inspired by one of the @rspb.bsky.social website dipper images!

#Birds #Art #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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It’s the bird whose name sounds like a Shakespearean insult!!!

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. #birds 🌿
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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2025’s Best Meteor Shower Begins Today — When To See It At Its Best
2025’s Best Meteor Shower Begins Today — When To See It At Its Best
The Geminid meteor shower begins on Dec. 4, 2025, peaking overnight on Dec. 13-14 when as many as 150 “shooting stars” may be seen in the night sky.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This post is long—I apologize for that—but it’s written in four parts, so you can read it in digestible chunks. But don’t skip the last one! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Military Under Trump
And more...
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ✨️

"We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair."

"Magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that, you can make anything happen."

"Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds."

🎨 J.G. Lange (1811–1887)
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Grand Jury Decided NOT to Re-Indict Letitia James.🔥

Enjoy, Donald.
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Tim Walz: “Donald Trump calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’ is unprecedented for a US President. Demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity is something I was hoping we’d never have to see.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS?

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Trump hits a new low: He just pardoned a man who killed more Americans than Bin Laden. Juan Hernández, former president of Honduras, was a key figure in flooding the US with cocaine. During his drug ring, US overdoses from cocaine skyrocketed. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Trump just pardoned a person responsible for more American deaths than Bin Laden
Trump 100% personally profited from this pardon
deanobeidallah.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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White House renames US Institute of Peace building after President Trump | Read full article at san.com/cc/white-hou...
White House renames US Institute of Peace building after President Trump
The Washington, D.C., building that has long housed the U.S. Institute of Peace now bears a new name: the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.
san.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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To cut to the chase:

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are rich in minerals, including coltan, cobalt, gold, tin, and tungsten. The DRC also has significant reserves of copper, diamonds, and uranium.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Detalle de la Primavera.
Las Tres Gracias.
Sandro Botticelli. 1477-1478.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Pause a moment, and read...

• Kathleen Jamie •
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The Oak Moon name stems from the significance of the oak tree in Celtic and Druidic traditions. The oak tree's enduring strength through the winter, made it a powerful symbol of resilience and the promise of growth and light returning after the winter solstice.
Art my own.
#Folklore #FullMoon #Art
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The #northernlights over #Northumberland last night, back lit by moonlight.

Galileo Galilei coined the term #AuroraBorealis to describe them. He referred to the ancient Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the ancient Greek god of the north wind, Boreas.

📸 my own near #HadriansWall
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM