Patricia Blommel Smith
@gretacargo1.bsky.social
"Love your work, finish what you start, and leave it better than you found it," - Living my Father's life lessons.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The "free speech warriors" continue to push for censorship
The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The "free speech warriors" continue to push for censorship
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Kash lied to congress.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Kash lied to congress.
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Yes, the Golden Gate Bridge is—famously—in Southern California.
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Yes, the Golden Gate Bridge is—famously—in Southern California.
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Auroral substorm in Fairbanks, Alaska
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Auroral substorm in Fairbanks, Alaska
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For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.
NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's trip around the world
For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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Belgium's Trappist monks are grappling with online retailers selling $300 six-packs of their beer — forcing monasteries to rethink how they do business. Read more: bloom.bg/4scpUBM
📷: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images
📷: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images
December 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Belgium's Trappist monks are grappling with online retailers selling $300 six-packs of their beer — forcing monasteries to rethink how they do business. Read more: bloom.bg/4scpUBM
📷: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images
📷: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images
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Back in the graveyard before Christmas, another mini-mushroom, Moss Navel (Arrhenia rickenii), hiding amongst the moss on a tombstone. If you don't seek, you don't find. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Back in the graveyard before Christmas, another mini-mushroom, Moss Navel (Arrhenia rickenii), hiding amongst the moss on a tombstone. If you don't seek, you don't find. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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A narrow ribbon of green aurora cutting through a clear winter sky over a snow-covered boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Prints, wall art, and digital downloads available here:
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#alaska #auroraborealis #borealforest #northernlights
Prints, wall art, and digital downloads available here:
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#alaska #auroraborealis #borealforest #northernlights
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A narrow ribbon of green aurora cutting through a clear winter sky over a snow-covered boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Prints, wall art, and digital downloads available here:
photos.lwpetersen.com/Portfolio-Im...
#alaska #auroraborealis #borealforest #northernlights
Prints, wall art, and digital downloads available here:
photos.lwpetersen.com/Portfolio-Im...
#alaska #auroraborealis #borealforest #northernlights
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“This document proves if the FBI had done its job in 1996, Epstein’s decades-long sex trafficking operation could have been stopped at the outset... the FBI’s negligence allowed Epstein to continue abusing hundreds of girls and young women for nearly 25 more years.”
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“This document proves if the FBI had done its job in 1996, Epstein’s decades-long sex trafficking operation could have been stopped at the outset... the FBI’s negligence allowed Epstein to continue abusing hundreds of girls and young women for nearly 25 more years.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“This document proves if the FBI had done its job in 1996, Epstein’s decades-long sex trafficking operation could have been stopped at the outset... the FBI’s negligence allowed Epstein to continue abusing hundreds of girls and young women for nearly 25 more years.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
“This document proves if the FBI had done its job in 1996, Epstein’s decades-long sex trafficking operation could have been stopped at the outset... the FBI’s negligence allowed Epstein to continue abusing hundreds of girls and young women for nearly 25 more years.”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
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Need something to feel good about? I sure do. Here are 7 fantastic science stores from 2025. Science will continue, even if The Regime tries to kill it at home. #Science 🧪
Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025
Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Need something to feel good about? I sure do. Here are 7 fantastic science stores from 2025. Science will continue, even if The Regime tries to kill it at home. #Science 🧪
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it was probably a mistake teaching him to read
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
it was probably a mistake teaching him to read
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'The world has become empty of gods or God. The Christ Being certainly, could never have descended from the universe investigated nowadays through astronomy & astrophysics...Primeval wisdom perceived this world in an altogether different way. It was the body of the divine soul' (Rudolf Steiner)
a painting of an aurora borealis over a body of water
ALT: a painting of an aurora borealis over a body of water
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December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'The world has become empty of gods or God. The Christ Being certainly, could never have descended from the universe investigated nowadays through astronomy & astrophysics...Primeval wisdom perceived this world in an altogether different way. It was the body of the divine soul' (Rudolf Steiner)
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The Kennedys hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein at the White House.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Kennedys hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein at the White House.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
Donald Trump hosted Kid Rock.
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Late night walks in the neighborhood can still have some good views. The original Christmas lights adorn the skyline along with the Big Dipper.
#aurora #northernlights #iceland
#aurora #northernlights #iceland
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Late night walks in the neighborhood can still have some good views. The original Christmas lights adorn the skyline along with the Big Dipper.
#aurora #northernlights #iceland
#aurora #northernlights #iceland
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New in PN: The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
If everything is "national security," then nothing is.
www.publicnotice.co
December 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New in PN: The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."