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Max Etheridge
@maxether.bsky.social
Former cartographer, writer, teacher, GIS/crime analyst. Interests: food, music, art, vintage aircraft, animals, coffee, mycology, beekeeping, and public health. Recently took flight from the dark place; searching for freedom in the open sky. 🦋

🗺️ PNW🌻
Huh, sounds sorta familiar…? Ah. Got it.

One Rule to guide them all and in the darkness bind them.

Yeah okay, Gollum. 🙄
a picture of gollum from the lord of the rings with the caption once it takes hold of us it never lets go
Alt: A picture of gollum from The Lord of the Rings with the caption “Once it takes hold of us, it never lets go.”
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December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I think that’s the point. He hates the people in this country for failing to love him enough to elect him by a landslide in any of the past three elections. And that which he cannot have, he seeks to destroy. For a sadistic psychopath, one way to own something that refuses to be owned is to kill it.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thank you for the gift article! 🙏
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Speaker: “Relax, guys! Our best days are ahead of us!” 🤡

💬
The People: 🤔

The Speaker: “Yes! Because there will be FEWER of YOU!” 💀

The People: 🧌🧌🧌
🧌🧌🧌
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thanks for the link! Very interesting reading. 🙏
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
PUP looks peaceful and serene.

PIGGY looks like he’s expired. Passed on. A stiff. Joined the choir invisible. 🦜
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I never realized it was that much of a problem. Very sorry to hear that. 😞

I just assumed that people had to provide some type of certification for a service animal if they were ever challenged. Carrying certification clearly isn’t as much of a burden as being forced to stay home all the time. 😡
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lol, yep, was just commenting to my husband that the best way to raise me from the dead might be to play videos of people Karening-out over being denied access, services, or seating for their faux service animals. Gets my blood pressure back up every time. 😙
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Omg, yes. Buying a fake vest for an imposter service animal is the epitome of selfishness and entitlement. It makes a mockery of trained service animals, the people who depend on them, and the people who train them. Enraging.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
They also weren’t bored out of their minds. They were well-behaved enough to take anywhere, so they got to go everywhere. They were wonderful, intelligent companions with loads of personality and the freedom and opportunity to enjoy themselves because they could be trusted to behave.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yes! You’re not doing your dog a favor by failing to educate and socialize them.

The well-trained dogs I knew were happy and confident in any situation. They knew what to expect from people and what people expected from them. Life was’t a big mystery with mixed messaging and confusing outcomes.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
…accommodate their dog’s poor behavior and lack of respect for personal boundaries.

Dogs are wonderful animals. Dog parents’ love-blindness and sense of entitlement are the real problem.

The same can be said for kid parents, but that’s a different topic of conversation.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ve been around dogs who were properly trained and socialized, and for the people who owned them, it was an ongoing process and a lot of work.

I’d venture to say that most people who own dogs do not want to go to the trouble. They depend on the misconception that everyone loves and is willing to…
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On a related topic, where is the nuclear football these days, and who has control of the codes?
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM