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Marlin's grandhoo, infection control RN, musician, genealogist, lover of history, Ireland, British Isles, ruins, Legend of Zelda, empathy. Mom of 2 beautiful, smart, wonderful grown girls. Wife to Fuzzhoo. That is still not my picture up there.
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www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... Jonathan Ross is his name.
Live: ICE agent identified as state and federal officials clash over shooting investigation
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show. State investigators said the FBI had ‘reversed course’ on a joint investi...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Friends, it is time to take to the streets.
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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My god. ICE just shot a US citizen woman in the face through her windshield, killing her, as she attempted to drive away in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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On one hand I’m worried about the snacks cabinet and on the other hand I’m worried about WW3. I don’t even have hands
an orange cat is all rumpled sitting in some various stuff including a teamsters ball cap
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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OK. Democrats - @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.org @democrats.senate.gov, including my own senators @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov - What, exactly, are you doing, or planning to do, about Trump and his lawless administration? Public criticism and campaign messaging don't count.
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Romeo” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Romeo · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I tweeted early I this 2nd Trump admin (or maybe my dog did, I don’t remember) that I was disappointed in my two Democrat senators @peters.senate.gov and @slotkin.senate.gov for voting to confirm egregiously unqualified Trumpy cabinet picks. Since then, much has happened - none of it good. 1/
September 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Things that I think are so true that they cannot be refuted by reasonable humans:

1. Charlie Kirk was not a good person. He was hateful, cruel-minded, and hypocritical.
2. Being a shitty person, a hateful person, a cruel-minded person, a hypocritical person should not carry the death penalty.
September 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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August 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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#Ireland #Travel #NorthernIreland
Day 16 ... Northern Ireland

After leaving Malin Head on day 15, we took the Lough Foyle Ferry and headed to our accommodation in Portstewart, NI. The next day, we visited Dunluce Castle in Bushmills. 1/4
April 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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There are two types of Americans - those who say "I had to suffer, so I will do everything I can to ensure you don't have to", and those who say "I had to suffer, so I will do everything I can to ensure you do too".
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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More Ireland trip photos:

Day 15: County Donegal
1. Doonalt, Glencolumbkille
2-3. Grianan of Aileach, Inishowen - constructed some time before AD 800
4. View from Grianan of Aileach looking towards Inch Island
March 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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I will be participating in the "HANDS OFF" Mass Mobilization going on across the nation on Saturday, April 5. I hope others will consider doing the same. Find a location near you and make your voice heard! www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Tragically, maddeningly, terrifyingly, heart-breakingly true.
March 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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What. The actual. Fluff?
March 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This was written by my cousin, Kathy Kelly Griffin.
March 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#Ireland #IrelandTrip #Travel

Day 14

1. Killybegs Harbor (en route to Brú na Málaínn Bíge, Co. Donegal)
2. An Trá Bhán (Silver Strand), Málaínn Bíge
Standing stones:
3. Glencolmcille Turas Cholmcille Stad 9, Clo'n Aoineach (The stone of the gathering)
4. Glencolmcille Turas Cholmcille Stad 2
Located on the beautiful rugged Slieve League peninsula, Glencolumbkille has a history in stone going back over 5,000 years. The Turas (pilgrimage/journey) dates back to the early Christian period and takes place each year on the 9th of June. There are 15 stations on the Turas and some of these stations are pre-christian sites. This standing stone is station 9 on the pilgrimage route. It is a holed pillar stone decorated on the north-west face. There are three circular motifs, connected by an incised gutter. The circle at the top is the width of the stone and inside it is an equal armed geometric cross. The perforation is in the center of the cross. Traditionally, engaged couples would stand one either side of the stone and entwine their fingers through the hole. This was a symbol of their engagement and the ceremony would be watched by a large gathering of people (Aonach). Here the pilgrim circles the cairn three times whilst praying. They would then put their back to the 6-foot-tall pillar stone and renounce the world, the flesh and the devil. The approximately 1.85 m tall schist pillar stone is beautifully decorated on both sides. The eastern side bares rectilinear patterns while the western side patterns are slightly more freeform. At the base of the pillar stone are the remains of a Leacht, a dry stone altar. The prominence of this outcrop suggests it may have been a sacred place to pagans. It was probably Christianised with the addition of this pillar stone.
February 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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#Ireland #IrelandTrip #Travel

Day 13

1. Dolmen tomb at Carrowmore (An Cheathrú Mhór) Megalithic Cemetery on the Coolera (Cúil Íorra) Peninsula, Co. Sligo
2. Carrowmore Tomb No. 7, aka "The Kissing Stone", a classic open-air passage grave
3. Glencar Waterfall, Co. Leitrim
4. The road from Glencar
Dolmen tomb (ring of several rocks topped by a larger lintel rock) in a green field. In the background can be seen Ben Bulben Mountain. Carrowmore (Irish: An Cheathrú Mhór, 'the great quarter') is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). There are thirty surviving tombs, making Carrowmore one of the largest clusters of megalithic tombs in Ireland, and one of the 'big four' along with Carrowkeel, Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne. Carrowmore is the heart of an ancient ritual landscape which is dominated by the mountain of Knocknarea to the west. It is a protected National Monument. It is believed that the Carrowmore monuments were built by a colony of very early farmers who arrived in Ireland, most likely from the Carnac region in west France, arriving here by about 4150 BC. The Kissing Stone is a classic "tertre", an early open air passage grave. A complete circle of thirty-two large boulders, measuring thirteen meters in diameter surrounds platform supporting the monument. The platform here is scarped or scraped into the side of the hill. The inner circle of smaller stones eight and a half meters in diameter, indicates that the monument was free-standing, and was never covered with a cairn. The circle containing a raised earthen platform or tertre within the boulder ring is a common design feature consistantly used in the construction of the Carrowmore monuments. The impressively graceful capstone is huge, and balances effortlessly upon the points of three upright chamber stones. The five sided chamber is a spacious area compared to most of the other Carrowmore dolmens. The entrance opens eastwards, aligned, according to Frank Prendergast, towards the equinox sunrise as it appears over Carns Hill four kilometers east of Carrowmore. All of the monuments at Carrowmore function individually as sundials, with the capstones projecting shadows onto the boulder circles and inner rings or circles. Glencar Waterfall, a 50-foot high cascade of rushing water tumbling gracefully into a pool surrounded by lush greenery. Where the wandering water gushes From the hills above Glen-Car, In pools among the rushes That scarce could bathe a star, We seek for slumbering trout And whispering in their ears Give them unquiet dreams; Leaning softly out From ferns that drop their tears Over the young streams. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. - from "The Stolen Child" by William Butler Yeats
February 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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#Ireland #IrelandTrip #Travel

Day 12

1. Morning at Ar mBriongloid Bed and Breakfast, Keel, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
2. And this, my friends, is what is known as a Full Irish Breakfast.
3. The deserted village at Slievemore mountain.
4. Keel Strand (aka Trawmore Beach)
Full Irish Breakfast: Fried eggs, "bacon" (aka in the US as Canadian bacon), sausage, tomatoes, potatoes, black and white "pudding", beans, juice, coffee or tea. I admit being taken aback by beans at breakfast. And, public service announcement: American and Irish understandings of what constitutes "pudding" diverge significantly. Everything, however, was delicious.
February 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Posting more from our #IrelandTrip2016 #Travel

Day 11 - Galway

1. Salthill Promenade
2. The Road Goes Ever On ... Clifden, Co. Galway
3. Kylemore Abbey
4. Pollacapall Lough at Kylemore Abbey
February 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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When this term is over, and America has suffered through 4 years of absolute hell, and MAGA realizes that they have been had by a criminal charlatan interested only in his own welfare, Democrats will regain the White House, the House, and the Senate. When that happens, we MUST learn from this ...
February 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Yes!
tribelaw.bsky.social Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Feb 13
Good advice ⬇️
February 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Hey, you, don't help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight
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Hey, you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together, we stand; divided, we fall
February 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM