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@gratkin.bsky.social
Conservationist and a conversationalist.
I can’t wait to hear how teaching what this is in 30 years will be “divisive” and “not supporting America”. Like the 1619 Project. Accurately describing history is considered “liberal”.
Build Alligator Alcatraz: A Modest Proposal
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Build Alligator Alcatraz: A Modest Proposal
Come for the cruelty...stay for the...well, you'll see.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I can’t wait to hear how teaching what this is in 30 years will be “divisive” and “not supporting America”. Like the 1619 Project. Accurately describing history is considered “liberal”.
They didn’t love WWII because we were back to back world champs. They love that bullies like them were so efficient at killing the unwanted.
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They didn’t love WWII because we were back to back world champs. They love that bullies like them were so efficient at killing the unwanted.
Donald Trump’s America
A gunman intentionally started a fire and then ambushed responding firefighters, killing two, in a prolonged attack over several hours Sunday in a mountainous area of northern Idaho, authorities said.
Gunman set blaze before fatal ambush on Idaho firefighters, police say
Two firefighters were killed and one wounded in a prolonged attack near Coeur D’Alene, authorities said. The body of a suspected gunman was later recovered.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Donald Trump’s America
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"In a brief interview with Fox News a reporter put it to Trump that the US intelligence community said they had no evidence Iran was building a nuclear weapon, prompting Trump to reply: "Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that?"
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Europe 'not going to be able to help' with ending Iran-Israel war, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Europe was “not going to be able to help” broker an end to the conflict between Israel and Iran, hours after European leaders urged Iran to revive talks with...
www.france24.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
We may not be a part of it but the work goes on!!!
Big news from the Second Ocean Partnership Forum! 🇨🇦 & 🇪🇺 are joining forces for stronger marine conservation – a win for our oceans! #OceanConservation #EU #Canada #MarineLife #Partnership
Canada and the EU foster cooperation on marine conservation at the Second Ocean Partnership Forum
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu
June 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We may not be a part of it but the work goes on!!!
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Happy pride to me and to you and to the bisexual bats and the gay giraffes and the lesbian albatrosses, and the trans fish and everybody else. Happy pride.
June 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy pride to me and to you and to the bisexual bats and the gay giraffes and the lesbian albatrosses, and the trans fish and everybody else. Happy pride.
This is the most succinct description of americas most pressing concern
May 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is the most succinct description of americas most pressing concern
I hope all ten of Jill Stein supporters are happy they elected “anyone but Kamala” 🤣
BREAKING: Israeli ministers agree on plan to capture all of Gaza and remain there for an unspecified amount of time, two officials say.
Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations, official says
An Israeli official says Cabinet ministers have approved plans to intensify military operations in the Gaza Strip.
bit.ly
May 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I hope all ten of Jill Stein supporters are happy they elected “anyone but Kamala” 🤣
This is courage. Putting your money where your mouth is.
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is courage. Putting your money where your mouth is.
He lied. The media sanitized the lies. Americans always hated Trump. They were told he wouldn’t do exactly what he’s doing. And now they are reminded of why they hated him.
Reuters/Ipsos polling, Trump job approval:
Trump's First Week - 47%-41% (+6)
This Week, Incl Wed - 43%-53% (-10)
16 point swing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.reuters.com/default/trum...
Trump's First Week - 47%-41% (+6)
This Week, Incl Wed - 43%-53% (-10)
16 point swing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.reuters.com/default/trum...
Trump approval falls to 43%, lowest since returning to office, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 43%, the lowest since his return to office, as Americans soured on his tariff moves and his administration's handling of information about a military strike in Yemen, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
www.reuters.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
He lied. The media sanitized the lies. Americans always hated Trump. They were told he wouldn’t do exactly what he’s doing. And now they are reminded of why they hated him.
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"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
If you want to know if the opposition party is capable of having a productive conversation.
This food fight of a conversation shows that they are in fact not capable and seem to relish that.
This food fight of a conversation shows that they are in fact not capable and seem to relish that.
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you want to know if the opposition party is capable of having a productive conversation.
This food fight of a conversation shows that they are in fact not capable and seem to relish that.
This food fight of a conversation shows that they are in fact not capable and seem to relish that.
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mental health break? you bet it did
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 AM
mental health break? you bet it did
I love how not hateful my timeline is.
November 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I love how not hateful my timeline is.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #722,509!
September 22, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #722,509!