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CLSmithPhotography

@cls180.bsky.social

Shelter photographer (all photos are my own), retired laboratory scientist, cat person, bleeding heart liberal. See more photos on IG @clsmithphotography

created December 7, 2023

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What I hate about these shows is that one doctor is curious or determined enough to coordinate care over multiple disciplines to find a cure. In my experience, you have to figure it out yourself using Dr Google and make appointments that are months out. Healthcare in America sucks even in the city

2/9/2025, 2:37:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My one eyed cat is Boo

One eyed black cat whom I love to death despite her dementia
2/9/2025, 2:09:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe if it were in the middle of her forehead

2/9/2025, 1:40:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ack!

2/9/2025, 12:25:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One-eyed? Tripod? Wobbly? No matter the infirmity Oregon Humane Society gets these babies adopted! She might not be perfect but she might just be perfect for you 🙂 Adopt (don’t shop) a shelter pet…you won’t regret it

One eyed, short hair grey kitten looks out curiously from her cushy plaid bed. Cats are the best!
2/9/2025, 12:19:48 AM | 64 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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This guy will win in a landslide…Collins must be concerned

1/9/2025, 11:02:04 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doesn’t this scale of destruction make him the best union buster in history?

1/9/2025, 10:58:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can never figure out why, if you’re just going to make up numbers, you shoot so low? Why not eleventy bajillion zillion dollars? MAGA would be even more impressed

1/9/2025, 9:25:36 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ruh roh

1/9/2025, 8:02:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It was a new virus…no one knew what caused it so we took every precaution then got shit on for the things that were originally unnecessary (like sequestering your groceries for two days…remember that?) The yahoos just lied about motives. It was infuriating

1/9/2025, 7:58:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The camouflage is really ineffective. I can still see them

31/8/2025, 4:04:03 AM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But they still didn’t see him

30/8/2025, 7:14:03 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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You’re a good boy Jorts

30/8/2025, 7:06:12 AM | 54 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We are not freaking out…we are just trying to get the champagne chilled before the blessed event

30/8/2025, 7:04:59 AM | 26 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time for your weekly reminder to get on down to a shelter and adopt yourself a kitten this weekend…you won’t regret it! 😈 #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Short hair brown tabby kitten is ready to leap into your arms and go home with you
29/8/2025, 11:14:21 PM | 38 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wonder how a DC grand jury will feel about this being a felony?

29/8/2025, 10:26:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What if the orange leader of your country is the actual embarrassment?

29/8/2025, 10:13:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doesn’t stop NY state from charging her, does it?

29/8/2025, 7:25:46 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Starting to feel like Robert “Mengele” Kennedy Jr wishes us all dead

29/8/2025, 7:23:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sure there are a dozen or two billionaires it benefits

29/8/2025, 7:22:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Starting to think this extended Congressional summer vacation was just the warm up act for total destruction once they shut down for good in September. Good of elected D’s to participate on Congress’ radio silence as Dump rampages

29/8/2025, 5:02:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Administration is all about literally doing the least they can possibly do

28/8/2025, 9:27:08 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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White boys in uniform are not noted for their bravery…Uvalde anyone?

28/8/2025, 7:06:40 PM | 25 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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WE want to do something. The problem is Republicans…she might have rightfully pointed that out

28/8/2025, 6:54:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I pray and pray then I check my phone every morning and my prayer is definitely NOT answered. Won’t anyone think of the suffering people that DON’T believe in the power of prayer? Also, is he dead yet?

28/8/2025, 6:51:20 PM | 6 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Think you can take a few minutes to point out weirdo eugenicist RFK jr is trying to kill us all and Democrats might make some noise about it?

28/8/2025, 4:25:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They are also getting deeper into nixing anyone with ladyparts especially those with the temerity to think independently for even a moment

27/8/2025, 9:55:48 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They could just shoot the litter. That will show it who’s boss

27/8/2025, 1:40:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As the freedom caucus collapses it’s actually starting to feel like R’s are ready to get out of Dodge and let the D’s have it. Maybe your minuscule level of pride can take the intimidation just so long before you start thinking there is more to life than this?

26/8/2025, 2:38:12 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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All these vigilantes live in a state that may or may not look upon their activities kindly…they are not immune

26/8/2025, 5:19:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My husband’s uncle was a lascivious yet misogynistic confirmed bachelor when he died at 90. He was never without a “girlfriend” yet we subsequently discovered his latent homosexuality in his diaries. Trump gives off the same vibe

26/8/2025, 1:43:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And if the Nazis are the ones with the mental illness? Then what?

26/8/2025, 1:37:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We should just start burning Trump flags and see how the addled toddler reacts

25/8/2025, 4:00:16 PM | 20 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good idea….thanks WSJ!

25/8/2025, 3:48:52 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sure little Donny…ignore those pardons. But remember the phrase “what goes around, comes around”

25/8/2025, 3:18:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lovely Titus at Oregon Humane Society has been waiting SO long for his forever home. Might it be yours? 💚 #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Short hair blue tabby with green eyes lounges on a multicolored blanket
24/8/2025, 3:49:53 PM | 23 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why should we be required to compliment that arse to get the things my tax dollars paid for and Congress approved?

24/8/2025, 5:26:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just when you think the Democrats are doing nothing you read something like this…glad I live in the PNW. This has given me hope!

23/8/2025, 10:24:49 PM | 20 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m betting Barack and Hillary are very skeered

23/8/2025, 7:08:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bad move when Dems stopped describing them as weirdos

23/8/2025, 7:05:40 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long ago? I might have photographed him there 🙂

23/8/2025, 5:25:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gorgeous!

23/8/2025, 5:22:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who knew 1900 fat white boys could subdue a country of 330 million?

23/8/2025, 4:10:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s meeeelting

23/8/2025, 1:29:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You’re absolutely right but shelters are also overflowing with kittens right now

23/8/2025, 1:24:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Long haired black cats are the best!

22/8/2025, 11:50:39 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kittens like this one at Oregon Humane Society are patiently waiting for you to head to a shelter this weekend and find yourself a new friend 🐈‍⬛ #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Fluffy black kitten with golden eyes looking regal af
22/8/2025, 10:59:04 PM | 2516 358 | View on Bluesky | view

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I suspect all the Republican rigging in the world is not going to help

22/8/2025, 5:53:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Soft LITTLE handed

22/8/2025, 5:52:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What is with the right wing that they insist on reliving every losing proposition from the past? Confederates, Nazis, MAGA…none of them a movement every to be universally admired

22/8/2025, 5:24:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Democrats gripe that elected Democrats are playing by a set of rules that Republicans don’t feel bound to. So Newsom is leveling the playing field, exactly what they demanded and it’s still not good enough? Or is all the griping just Republican agitators stirring things up?

22/8/2025, 5:14:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not hearing anything about Cankles going on a “patrol” (as if he could walk more than a block). Did that ever happen?

22/8/2025, 3:06:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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IOKIYAR

22/8/2025, 12:56:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So it’s acceptable to do this probably illegal stuff while Trump is in office but it will be determined illegal by the time the next Democratic president takes over? Got it

22/8/2025, 12:53:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let’s just assume Donny Two Dolls doesn’t understand what gerrymandering is

22/8/2025, 12:10:28 AM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s no way he’s capable of waddling for 20 whole minutes

21/8/2025, 9:59:53 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He looked orange to me …maybe that was the problem

21/8/2025, 9:56:22 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This little lady could not be more regal 👑 Butterscotch is available at Oregon Humane Society #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Short hair calico with saucy black spot on her nose asks the viewer “Whassup?”
21/8/2025, 6:05:08 PM | 29 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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That is not a Vizsla

20/8/2025, 11:19:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I am America

20/8/2025, 3:46:44 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m just surprised Trump’s FDA got the word out

19/8/2025, 11:06:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Copper-eyed black cats are so stunning! This baby and many more are available at Oregon Humane Society 👑 #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Copper eyed shorthair black kitten looks ready to pounce
19/8/2025, 9:22:45 PM | 37 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who knew museums were all about the future?

19/8/2025, 8:11:04 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pretty sure the pedophilia will hold him back

19/8/2025, 6:19:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s like looking at a giant loogie on a plate glass window

19/8/2025, 4:43:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What was Epstein president of? 🤔

19/8/2025, 3:49:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Certain crops don’t work well small scale…broccoli and cauliflower for instance. Too much plant for too little yield. But one tomato and a couple of basil can keep you and your friends in caprese salad for a few weeks

19/8/2025, 2:59:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I posted yesterday about growing vegetables and was informed I needed to check my privilege because not everyone can grow them let alone…eat. It’s exhausting

19/8/2025, 2:34:03 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bugs and visible maggots give me the jeebies…ground into flour though? Interesting

19/8/2025, 1:55:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He didn’t bring his own bags

19/8/2025, 1:45:43 AM | 36 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ok, now we’ve moved beyond clown show…

19/8/2025, 1:43:40 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m of the school that teaches a little dirt (and apparently maggots) helps build the immune system. Eating off a septic system is a bridge too far however 😳

19/8/2025, 1:37:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I often keep my privilege to eat in check, believe me

19/8/2025, 1:10:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like a dictator, Our Special Boy has never been held accountable for anything in his life

19/8/2025, 1:09:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I may have already eaten my share of maggots 😂

19/8/2025, 1:07:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I make a raspberry jam with lime zest and red pepper flakes....it's to die for!

19/8/2025, 1:06:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts I guess

18/8/2025, 11:02:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Portland Nursery used to take excess food and distribute it to food banks. So far we are doing a pretty good job of dispensing everything to the neighborhood....too much is something to aspire to!

18/8/2025, 11:00:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I live in the hellscape that is Portland. When we are not growing vegetables for our neighbors we are planning anarchy....thankfully, cities are not only terrifying to right wingers, they are not heavily favored by critters. As for tomatoes, it all comes down to pruning properly

18/8/2025, 10:42:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sad

18/8/2025, 10:35:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lovely!

18/8/2025, 10:35:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That guy could not look more incel

18/8/2025, 10:25:26 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Potato flowers are so cute and any of the squashes. I think the HOA could be fooled!

18/8/2025, 10:23:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No thankfully

18/8/2025, 10:21:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Brandywines....yum!

18/8/2025, 10:19:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, it really does. Hoping there's a future in low cost hydroponic gardening

18/8/2025, 10:18:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think you need fairly loamy soil. If you have a lot of clay they just can't get down deep

18/8/2025, 10:17:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What's really great is this was only about 10% of this year's crop. I've been pulling up about 10-15% every week for the weekly farmer's market

18/8/2025, 9:54:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Pacific Northwest....our camellias are 2 stories tall here, in SoCal, we were lucky to get 3 feet. This was my most successful carrot year though....who knows what brought this on. Maybe the carrots sensed we need them

18/8/2025, 9:39:36 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Try some windowsill herbs 🙂

18/8/2025, 9:27:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, tell me about it....

18/8/2025, 9:15:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You could buy a whole pack of seeds for that!

18/8/2025, 9:13:12 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hahahah

18/8/2025, 9:12:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But once established it's the cost of seeds and fertilizer for the most part

18/8/2025, 8:42:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Caleb is in his secret hidey-hole waiting for you to come discover him at Oregon Humane Sociey #cats #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop

Handsome short haired brown tabby with green eyes gazes out from his secret hiding spot
18/8/2025, 8:40:20 PM | 114 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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It just feels like having a little control over what you eat helps with peace of mind....that we are not completely at the mercy of a conflab of clowns out to harm us

18/8/2025, 8:30:59 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That would be a 50% increase....yikes!

18/8/2025, 8:29:11 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When we first moved here 20 years ago we started a monthly happy hour with the neighbors so we know each other fairly well. There are about a half dozen of us that are avid gardeners with another half dozen or so contributing labor. We have a weekly farmer's market in our yard to share the bounty

18/8/2025, 8:07:58 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He has no presidential power to determine how states run their elections…none. Only Congress has any federal power. Maybe make that clear upfront?

18/8/2025, 5:24:01 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do it! It’s a great community builder

18/8/2025, 5:07:39 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view