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Diana King

@ancientone.bsky.social

retired educator, widow, grandma of 3, once a writer of fan fiction, now just a reader of mysteries, fantasies, histories

created November 12, 2024

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Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

You make me homesick.☺️

1/9/2025, 12:30:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like a hoarding problem. Just sayin'. Unless you have to change shirts 3X a day for some reason.

1/9/2025, 12:28:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

He was never fine.

30/8/2025, 6:52:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course he did, but that was then, this is now. The virus keeps evolving. Protection isn't permanent, unfortunately.

30/8/2025, 6:31:50 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

My reaction is to hope that both he and Trump die of a disease preventable by vaccination, such as COVID.

30/8/2025, 1:00:36 PM | 13 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Why am I not surprised?

30/8/2025, 12:31:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

It's time for a lot of things that Democrats have tried to promote for your whole life. Are you listening now?

28/8/2025, 4:00:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

So every one of the mass killers-with-guns was taking one or more of the drugs he was referencing? Seems unlikely.

28/8/2025, 3:54:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Blue state medical departments.

28/8/2025, 3:46:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly.

28/8/2025, 3:39:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

With a parliamentary system, Trump would likely be gone.

28/8/2025, 3:33:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey Dana, the weather is not what they are protesting.

28/8/2025, 3:27:16 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

What proof does he have that a majority of the mass shooters were taking those drugs? If none, he should STFU.

28/8/2025, 2:56:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

The Cabinet of Ass-Kissers

28/8/2025, 2:47:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

And the Wild West attitude left over from old movies.

28/8/2025, 2:46:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

And no self-awareness. None.

28/8/2025, 12:33:57 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

The devil is in the details. So many guns already in circulation, so many untreated crazies in possession of them.

28/8/2025, 12:32:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe Sean should try a little soul-searching about why that was happening.

28/8/2025, 11:41:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

GOP leaders have not acted in good faith for at least 50 years. And the rest of the party are just dupes.

28/8/2025, 11:39:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

That he can be so oblivious to his own role is astonishing.

28/8/2025, 11:34:50 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Mind-boggling that he and the others were ever allowed inside the agencies and turned loose. It's like a fantasy horror novel.

28/8/2025, 11:10:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

What a waste.

28/8/2025, 11:03:54 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Not really forgotten, but superseded by the crazy stunts Trump & co. keep pulling, and the media's hunger for new stories.

25/8/2025, 12:30:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't a court just overturn that ban?

25/8/2025, 12:27:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

He's such a 'fraidy-cat.

25/8/2025, 12:26:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Vote Blue and get your friends and your daughter's friends to do the same.

25/8/2025, 12:24:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Newsom, Pritzger, Booker, Raskin, Crockett, Buttegieg, Moore. Who or what are you looking for, exactly? Maybe the problem is that you can't make up your minds what you want. Sorry, Obama can't run again and the Kennedy line has petered out.

25/8/2025, 12:17:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously, did anyone expect them to play the game fairly? They will never release a file that harms Trump unless someone holds a gun to their collective heads.

24/8/2025, 3:35:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Because they still think pleasuring themselves is a terrible sin..

24/8/2025, 12:30:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

No doubt there was a payment of some kind.

24/8/2025, 12:28:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Roger should just look in the mirror.

24/8/2025, 12:27:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

He understood Donald all too well.

24/8/2025, 12:25:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

As soon as Musk bought in, it was doomed.

24/8/2025, 12:07:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Because they don't actually know what it is.

23/8/2025, 6:03:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

I was told that diesel is much less refined, like the stuff used in home heating.

23/8/2025, 5:56:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh yes they will. It's so fitting.

23/8/2025, 5:53:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Too bad party leaders don't reflect that.

23/8/2025, 5:50:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Hurrah for that principal. 👏

23/8/2025, 5:46:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Hurrah.

23/8/2025, 5:43:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Maxwell should want to stay where she is. She is safer there.

23/8/2025, 5:40:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Because sex is just not a very important part of human life, right? I can hear the Missouri teens laughing all the way from VA.

23/8/2025, 5:39:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

The important point is that the recent interview does not equal the "Epstein Files"; it's entirely separate from the original records and testimony. A smokescreen diversion.

23/8/2025, 5:29:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Is X under the same constraint in Mississippi?

23/8/2025, 12:06:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

If one part of her testimony is questionable, none of it can be trusted.

23/8/2025, 11:37:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

But will they comply?

22/8/2025, 3:23:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Your crystal ball had great clarity, didn't it?

22/8/2025, 3:12:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

And since Gaetz bowed out, Tulsi gets the prize by default.

22/8/2025, 3:03:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

If only this event would make others who have crawled into bed with Trump realize their mistake and crawl back out. And speak up.

22/8/2025, 3:01:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Patel didn't get the memo about that.

22/8/2025, 2:51:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

No doubt the most innocuous ones--if there is such a thing.

22/8/2025, 2:49:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Does he understand the connections?

22/8/2025, 2:48:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Good for Orlando!

22/8/2025, 2:41:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

How the hell does an American grow up thinking that that is a federal judge's job?

22/8/2025, 12:30:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

IMHO, during the rest of Trump's term, no one should be charged with any offense that Trump was ever accused of. Just to balance the hypocrisy scales.

22/8/2025, 12:28:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd still take him over any Republican.

22/8/2025, 12:24:10 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

If there really were a St. Peter keeping score at the pearly gates, Dobson might get a rude shock. I'm waiting for the cartoon version.

22/8/2025, 12:22:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, pretty incredible claim by a man who has lived in city apartments his whole life. But I guess he advises the golf club groundskeepers, right?

22/8/2025, 12:19:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Glad you're here.

22/8/2025, 12:17:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But I'd be OK with his just dying pretty soon, even if it means he escapes accountability.

22/8/2025, 12:16:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

An oath to what, exactly?

21/8/2025, 1:30:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Synchronized swimming practice?

21/8/2025, 1:29:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Wouldn't it be great if the Texans in those districts decided they didn't like being manipulated like that?

21/8/2025, 1:25:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

But wait. He'll top it by next week.

21/8/2025, 1:24:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But he'll assume the power if he isn't stopped.

21/8/2025, 1:16:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unfortunately, he got out.

21/8/2025, 1:11:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As well as the proper maintenance of public housing after it is built and occupied.

19/8/2025, 11:35:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone should tell Trump to give up Mar-a-Lago and all his golf clubs and see how he likes that.

18/8/2025, 11:52:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How do you end a war without stopping the shooting?

17/8/2025, 2:56:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Miller in particular.

17/8/2025, 2:13:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Putin will treat anything NATO-like as a red hot stove.

17/8/2025, 2:03:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

MAGAs are complete phonies. Always have been. Got it?

17/8/2025, 2:01:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Puti would never agree.

17/8/2025, 2:00:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

I figured that out myself.

17/8/2025, 1:59:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Historic, yes, but in a very bad way.

17/8/2025, 1:55:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Patently unconstitutional.

17/8/2025, 1:52:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

And he's too dumb to realize it.

17/8/2025, 1:49:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

That's all he is, Arnold. All he ever was.

16/8/2025, 7:57:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Fox News and its imitators

16/8/2025, 7:43:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

And that was only a year ago. Seems like a decade.

16/8/2025, 5:30:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Because his brain cells are gradually disappearing.

16/8/2025, 5:26:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Is it obvious yet that he is not mentally competent, dear readers?

16/8/2025, 5:22:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

6 months of mental deterioration

16/8/2025, 5:11:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is no longer mentally competent to negotiate anything.

16/8/2025, 5:06:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Frontotemporal dementia affects verbal processing. Trump can't deal with new info, he can only go back over and over the same stuff. It's what we are seeing constantly as he reiterates the complaints about Obama & Clinton & Biden & various "hoaxes." He shouldn't be allowed to meet Putin again.

16/8/2025, 5:03:38 PM | 32 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

But outsmarting the village idiot doesn't really burnish one's reputation for intelligence.

16/8/2025, 12:58:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He thinks Russia already owns Alaska.

16/8/2025, 12:53:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

It was all for show, but Putin had to win because Trump is no longer mentally competent.

16/8/2025, 12:52:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Because all religions contain humans.

16/8/2025, 12:49:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Besides, academic buildings with over-active AC can be pretty damned cold.

16/8/2025, 12:44:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Christianity at its finest, eh?

16/8/2025, 12:39:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If he were here, he'd probably be up to no good, so leave him there.

15/8/2025, 1:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That would be a kiss of death for Intel.

15/8/2025, 1:09:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The "crime" was the waste of the sandwich.

15/8/2025, 1:02:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sums up the situation perfectly.

15/8/2025, 1:01:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

Oxymoron. And other kinds of morons.

15/8/2025, 1:00:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

I meant was he involved in her rape, specifically. No doubt he was involved in much illegality for years.

15/8/2025, 12:48:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Diana King (@ancientone.bsky.social) reply parent

But was Trump involved? Epstein is dead and no longer accountable.

15/8/2025, 12:00:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm 84, and I agree that at those ages they should find another way to spend their time.

14/8/2025, 9:00:55 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The 5th Circuit? Am I dreaming?

14/8/2025, 8:59:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The sooner the better.

14/8/2025, 8:55:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view