Peter Bonsteel
@forest-wanderer.bsky.social
Nature is my sanctuary.
Woodworker.
Introvert.
Woodworker.
Introvert.
Pinned
A small moment of peace and beauty lurking on my coffee table.
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A small moment of peace and beauty lurking on my coffee table.
A moment of sanity in the midst of our current madness.
July 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A moment of sanity in the midst of our current madness.
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People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
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No one gets to hide behind the excuse of not understanding who Trump is or how bad he would be anymore. Now there are only two lanes. Resistance. Or complicity.
June 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
No one gets to hide behind the excuse of not understanding who Trump is or how bad he would be anymore. Now there are only two lanes. Resistance. Or complicity.
America is in a pivotal moment. It's critical that our voices are heard.
Speak up,
Speak out,
Keep it peaceful.
Speak up,
Speak out,
Keep it peaceful.
June 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
America is in a pivotal moment. It's critical that our voices are heard.
Speak up,
Speak out,
Keep it peaceful.
Speak up,
Speak out,
Keep it peaceful.
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Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
April 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
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An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Left to Their Own Devices,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers
March 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Left to Their Own Devices,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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1. Tulsi Gabbard was overseas while participating in the Signal chat.
2. Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the Signal chat.
3. Russia infiltrated Signal some time ago to use it against Ukrainians.
It’s high time to Benghazi the shit out of Trump’s administration.
2. Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the Signal chat.
3. Russia infiltrated Signal some time ago to use it against Ukrainians.
It’s high time to Benghazi the shit out of Trump’s administration.
March 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
1. Tulsi Gabbard was overseas while participating in the Signal chat.
2. Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the Signal chat.
3. Russia infiltrated Signal some time ago to use it against Ukrainians.
It’s high time to Benghazi the shit out of Trump’s administration.
2. Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the Signal chat.
3. Russia infiltrated Signal some time ago to use it against Ukrainians.
It’s high time to Benghazi the shit out of Trump’s administration.
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Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent.
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent.
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
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The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
Winter in the Catskills.
February 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Winter in the Catskills.
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This is the moment we’ve always been headed towards. If the President refuses to follow a court’s order we are in deep crisis. The GOP has courted this disaster.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is the moment we’ve always been headed towards. If the President refuses to follow a court’s order we are in deep crisis. The GOP has courted this disaster.
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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
Take a moment and immerse yourself in a patch of "Dicranum scoparnium", or Broom Forkmoss on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York.
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Take a moment and immerse yourself in a patch of "Dicranum scoparnium", or Broom Forkmoss on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York.
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Using the American Airlines/Blackhawk helicopter tragedy to trash Obama and Biden and praise himself is as malicious as it is typical of this narcissist. — Shame on all of you who voted for Trump as President. This monster and his actions will be your responsibility. Forever.
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Using the American Airlines/Blackhawk helicopter tragedy to trash Obama and Biden and praise himself is as malicious as it is typical of this narcissist. — Shame on all of you who voted for Trump as President. This monster and his actions will be your responsibility. Forever.
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ATLANTA (AP) — US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
January 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
ATLANTA (AP) — US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
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It was all in Project 2025…
January 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It was all in Project 2025…
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They are as cruel as they seem. They are as dishonest as they seem. They are as unethical as they seem.
People tricked or deluded into believing they aren’t as cruel, dishonest, and unethical as they seem, are marks.
Stay prepared for them to keep being who they are.
People tricked or deluded into believing they aren’t as cruel, dishonest, and unethical as they seem, are marks.
Stay prepared for them to keep being who they are.
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
They are as cruel as they seem. They are as dishonest as they seem. They are as unethical as they seem.
People tricked or deluded into believing they aren’t as cruel, dishonest, and unethical as they seem, are marks.
Stay prepared for them to keep being who they are.
People tricked or deluded into believing they aren’t as cruel, dishonest, and unethical as they seem, are marks.
Stay prepared for them to keep being who they are.
Posting this summer video in the Catskills for no particular reason other than today marks my 74th trip around the sun. After all the "bumps in the road" I'm incredibly grateful to still be here.
Besides, I love the song of the Red-eyed Vireo.
*Volume up
Besides, I love the song of the Red-eyed Vireo.
*Volume up
January 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Posting this summer video in the Catskills for no particular reason other than today marks my 74th trip around the sun. After all the "bumps in the road" I'm incredibly grateful to still be here.
Besides, I love the song of the Red-eyed Vireo.
*Volume up
Besides, I love the song of the Red-eyed Vireo.
*Volume up
View from the summit of Balsam Mountain.
December 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
View from the summit of Balsam Mountain.