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Diane

@peridotorchid.bsky.social

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Equality for all. Twin, kidney transplant recipient, introvert, gun violence survivor. Married mom & grandma. Pro-choice. ❤️ dogs, cats & birds. And trees. I love trees. Life in the Pacific NW is beautiful. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally, BLM ✊️ #TreeHugger #Raptors #Corvids

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · Nov 11

I don't begrudge wealthy people their stuff. There is, however, something fundamentally wrong with a society that allows children to go hungry and people to live in the streets while the wealth class owns elected officials, SC Justices, multiple mansions, yachts, and private aircraft.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely, it's pretty obvious. And it's inexcusable. 😡

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 8h

Good grief, Google. Deborah Horne retired today following a multiple award winning 34 YEAR career as a news reporter at KIRO News in Seattle. A TV actress?! Also, the woman in uniform is former Seattle Police Chief, Carmen Best, not Ms. Horne. This is lazy, sloppy work that needs to be corrected.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

WE'RE constantly RECORDING and REPORTING??? WE who and to whom are they reporting? Under whose authority does the 81-year old multibillionaire Ellison envision a citizen surveillance state? Screw that guy.

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic isn't it?

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

I'd credit the photographer if I knew who it was.

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Oops, thought you said Kristi Gnome.

three cartoon gnomes are flying in the air .

ALT: three cartoon gnomes are flying in the air .

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen, step out of the darkness and into the light. Your perspective might improve if you'd get out more.

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Walrus Team 6 bringing up the rear.

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Our tax dollars hardly working.

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

I'm crossing my fingers that Bondi gets Loomered. 🤞

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

Like Bibi kindly emptying Gaza for Donald's Rivieria of the Middle East.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 1d

That she is...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

🙃🙃🙃😘

Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

Is this the new vocal fry, which is irritating as hell? Ending a sentence with "Right?" A candidate for Seattle mayor used it frequently during a Q & A with local media as did a guest on MSNBC. Please don't, whether seeking affirmation or whatever. It's annoying and adds nothing to the conversation.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

Easy to beat ppl WITH water bottles though. It's only a matter of time before those aggressive militia thugs kill someone.

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

The only thing I haven't done is ride in the back of a pickup truck, so 13. Can I get a half point for riding in the back of a station wagon with 5 other kids?

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Diane @peridotorchid.bsky.social · 2d

Kendall Jenner is missing an opportunity to be a peacemaker. 🙃

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Yolo0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 3d

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