@svandals.bsky.social Oh my gosh. An actual Ichabod on my feed. My niece Rebecca Love just graduated with a nursing degree from Washburn. And my brother Bruce Love just retired after working HVAC there for several years. I grew up in Burlingame. Visit my hometown if you get a chance.

Holly Rowe and Chiney Ogwumike are the best ambassadors for women’s sports in the US. Portland has the WNBA Fire and the Portland Cascade of the AUSL in Hillsboro. The Sports Bra (the first and only sports bar highlighting women’s sports in the US) started in the city in 2022. Mecca.

I spent much of my research career investigating wood decay and chemical preservation. Representations of utility poles, cross arms and transformers with utility workers hit me in the gut. And watching Bad Bunny climb those metal handholds. Wow. Maria is still hurting PR. My country failed them.

I wish all of you could live in western Oregon where I can drive two miles from my house and cut my own fresh tree from one of the local tree farms. $25 and I always give the owner $50 because I am so grateful he still maintains a u-cut property.

As well they should. A peace plan without Ukrainian input is a travesty.

Where I grew up in Eastern Kansas, we called this “dooring”. Usually used against dogs that snapped at the tires of your car as you drove by.

I am inspired by your efforts in support of Democrats in MO. I will financially support them. I am a Kansas native. KS came in as a free state while MO did all they could to thwart that. Quantrill and John Brown are part of our shared history. I hope I am better than either of them. I know you are.

Wow. Bravery and poise.

I have a daughter, son-in-law and two small granddaughters living just a few miles from that town. Not Trump voters. I ask everyone to please consider the real people behind generalizations. Thank you.

I am not going to criticize any of them for being overweight. I am much more concerned about their racism and antisemitism.

When will he run out of Fox Entertainment personnel? His draft pool is ridiculously small.

I am not sure he ever progressed past that age.

Just making shit up as he goes. I swear he's reverted to his 6 year old self.

So, first Sister Wives, and now Poly Family. And perhaps many more alternative family groups that I will never expect to care about. But, apparently enough American viewers do. But Mayor Pete, his husband and their two kids are somehow the family so many folks rail against as unnatural and immoral.

My mistake. Sorry. It is Xfinity, not Verizon, for the ads I find offensive. My cable provider is Xfinity (Comcast in my region) and I stand by original post about their ads.

I have been a longtime Verizon customer. Their recent ads depicting prospectors seeking riches while spouting exaggerated regional dialects offends me. Just stop, Verizon. I also hear white, northern folks, pretend to affect southern accents. Just fucking stop with that shit too.

@freefalling66.bsky.social Thank you for the repost concerning my family member currently serving our country under this current administration. I am now following you. I am being vague about their role because we share a somewhat recognizable and memorable surname. They are only 24 years old.

I have an active duty family member currently serving under Trump. They did not vote for him. They have expressed their anguish to me at possibly having to make a choice to follow possible illegal commands. My heart breaks for them because they love serving our country.

Nope. Voting for this bill is potentially disenfranchising millions of folks who should be legally, and easily, allowed to vote. I don’t often say this now, because my kids started thinking this was an appropriate response to wayward drivers, but you are a dumbass.

Do you really believe red state leaders won’t use every underhanded tactic they can imagine to disenfranchise their voters with insufficient documentation? Did you happen to take your wife’s last name when you married, if you are married? I bet not. You are fooling yourself.

This should not be happening in our country. So many people will be needlessly suffering.

I currently cannot join any active protests. But I do financially support several public radio broadcasters in Oregon. OPB, and KLCC and KRVM, out of Eugene KRVM broadcasts Indian Time on Thursday nights. Stream it if you are not local. The variety of Native American music is captivating.

Since so many IRS employees are being fired, I assume Mr Trump’s tax returns are no longer under audit. I know he is busy, but I am sure he can find time to release them now. /s

I would give that woman the clothes off my back. I don’t even like cats but am so glad she is doing her best to keep her cat safe and secure.

I apologize. I do know the difference between benefits and entitlements. I am sorry.

I love that.

Fly Eagles Fly.

Women seem to be in the forefront fighting the hardest for our rights.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

His husband is.

Have you heard of the blog Ukraine Volunteer? A Viet Nam vet in his 70s is over there, almost from the beginning, and he sends missives back to the blog curator. He is part of a very small group who conduct recon, both in front of, and behind Russian lines. Amazing guy.

Will this carnage ever end? When I was growing up in Eastern Kansas every pickup had a gun rack behind the seat. And during hunting season the rack held a rifle or shotgun. Those trucks were unlocked and parked in the high school parking lot. Mine too.

I will respond to DMs by blocking. I do not know you and do not care to.

I was added to that list also. No idea what criteria were used to vet users but I suspect it was my surname. Or that my bio notes that I am gay. I don’t even have pets. I don’t know any Furry folks but I don’t think they are a threat to anyone. Why block them?

Exactly.

I was added to a starter pack. Thank you; I guess? In my bio I note that I am gay. Some of the women who follow me post a single, somewhat provocative, photo. Does this work for them in any positive way? I block them but I can’t help feeling sorry that they feel they have nothing else to offer.

Kansas, like many of the perceived “Red” states has much more complicated political leanings than most people know. Kansas is also continuously denigrated as being “flat”. Eastern Kansas bridges between the Ozark Mountains and the short grass prairie. Get off I-70 and travel the dirt roads.

For the third time. And he cheated on all three of them.

Tell that to the women in the IDF. And tell that to my niece, currently a control fireman on the USS Donald Cook.

Pete Hegseth 5 days ago: "I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles."

Donald Trump is once again “joking” about annexing Canada into the United States, this time calling Justin Trudeau the “Governor” of the “Great State of Canada.” Totally normal and not crazy at all

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable” -JFK

Under Secretary Deb Haaland’s leadership, the federal government has started to make amends for the wrongs done to Native families, particularly through the Federal Indian Boarding School Policy.

People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way. This is not a hot take. It's just plain common sense.

Congrats to CNN for Lowest-Rated Week in Decades, It's Well Deserved My New Post:

DOGE is nothing more than two billionaires cosplaying as government officials. I’m all for making government for efficient, but these guys just want to slash resources for agencies that help working people. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Family farmers fear the Conservation Reserve Program, a steady source of income, could be eliminated