zip zap zop
banner
gratkin.bsky.social
zip zap zop
@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”.
July 2, 2025 at 9:33 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.
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
Reposted by zip zap zop
June 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Good
June 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by zip zap zop
"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
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
Reposted by zip zap zop
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
This is the most succinct description of americas most pressing concern
May 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I hope all ten of Jill Stein supporters are happy they elected “anyone but Kamala” 🤣
May 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
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
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.
April 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by zip zap zop
"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.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 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.
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every time.
December 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Reposted by zip zap zop
mental health break? you bet it did
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 AM
I love how not hateful my timeline is.
November 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #722,509!
September 22, 2024 at 8:38 PM