fraidicat2.bsky.social (@fraidicat2.bsky.social) / Redsky

fraidicat2.bsky.social (@fraidicat2.bsky.social)

Cautiously optimistic...

NOAA color projection of potential September 5 Aurora sighting from the Lower 48

6/9/2025, 1:22:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Daily Killer the Tabby: Thank Ceiling Cat It's Friday

Killer the Tabby in the breezeway, tail curled into a question mark, framed far off by wooden beams, set against the gravel parking area and evergreens beyond

6/9/2025, 1:19:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sage counsel

5/9/2025, 7:37:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

fraidicat2.bsky.social (@fraidicat2.bsky.social) reply parent

Because who has time for that day job?

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Word

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Not at all, carry on!

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This

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Or stand back and let Nature weed 'em out...

5/9/2025, 2:53:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Washington State Democrats (@wadems.org) reposted

Over 1.2 MILLION immigrant workers are gone from the U.S. labor force this year, thanks to Trump’s immigration policies. Immigrants aren’t just workers, they’re our neighbors, caregivers, and the backbone of our economy. Immigrant rights are human rights.

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Exquisite!

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Atta Girl!

4/9/2025, 11:02:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These are fabulous!

4/9/2025, 11:02:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm taking very good care of meself today, catching up on some reading and such...

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Cool beans!

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This...

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Doctor Waffles (@doctorwaffles.bsky.social) reposted

Believe women 🤎🐾

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. Maya Angelou

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Sweet!

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That looks like tonight's dinner!

4/9/2025, 10:22:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Data Report (@datareport.bsky.social) reposted

The Thursday edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data of the day. Covid Is Completely Out Of Control In Florida And They Don't Care! youtu.be/WfX3Ps53zto?... via @YouTube

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Sweet!

4/9/2025, 10:21:56 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Toe beans!

4/9/2025, 10:20:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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jamesclear.com/3-2-1/septem...

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Update this afternoon:

Updated AQI in The Pacific Northwest puts us squarely in the read zone, AQI 183

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Ugh

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Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted

www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...

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A Void! You got a jump start on Halloween! And rodent control to boot...

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Word

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Extraordinary!

4/9/2025, 8:06:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning Sunshine ☀️ *coff*coff*

Smoke-filled skies overhead nearly obscured the sun, hot gusty breezes lift windsocks on their tall bamboo shafts, coffee cup perched atop rotting gatepost foreground, evergreens and deciduous trees define boundary beyond parched brown grassy expanse

This morning's AQI report of 143/500 indicates wildfire smoke thick in The Pacific Northwest.

4/9/2025, 8:01:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Late afternoon sun tryna show through wildfire smoke in The Pacific Northwest, 3 days into September...

Late afternoon sun tryna show through wildfire smoke, evergreens framing it, in The Pacific Northwest only 3 days into September

3/9/2025, 11:52:58 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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But of course they did...

3/9/2025, 10:08:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted

The Department of Homeland Security has requested immediate military support for ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Chicago.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Homeland Security MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: SUBJECT: August 27, 2025 Anthony Fuscellaro Executive Secretary U.S. Department of Defense Andrew Whitaker Executive Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security Request for Department of Defense Assistance in Support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Removal Operations at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois Overview The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requests immediate Department of Defense (DoD) support to provide existing infrastructure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), a component of DHS, to conduct operations in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area. This support is critical to ensuring the efficient and secure handling of aliens in accordance with federal regulations and in line with ICE's ongoing efforts to address public safety and national security. The Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area is identified as a central location for support of DHS detention, processing, and removal operations conducted by ICE/ERO in the Chicago Area of Responsibility (AOR). Naval Station Great Lakes, located in Great Lakes, Illinois, near North Chicago, contains the required facilities and support infrastructure (i.e., highway access, fuel, and other logistical nodes) to support DHS operations. This Request for Assistance is made pursuant to the following Executive Orders and Proclamations: (1) Executive Order 14167, Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States (January 20, 2025), Section 2; (2) Presidential Proclamation 10886, Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States (January 20, 2025): (3) Presidential Proclamation 10888, Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion (January 20, 2025); and (4) Executive Order 14165, Securing Our Borders (January 20, 2025).

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Word

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We had a misty morning, that's it for awhile...

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Word

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Word

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Squee!

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Word

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God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

“I refuse to accept this is normal.” - JB Pritzker. Amen, governor. Amen.

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Word

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Daily Killer the Tabby: What's up?

Killer the Tabby walking away, silhouetted against late August fenced garden, tail arched into a question mark, faded red barn beyond, parched lawn showing shadows and sunlight, smoky skies beyond.

2/9/2025, 9:21:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

gueritasanchez.bsky.social (@gueritasanchez.bsky.social) reposted

The #americandream

31/8/2025, 11:32:04 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

gueritasanchez.bsky.social (@gueritasanchez.bsky.social) reposted

I got about 12 neighbors with wheelchairs only … imagine they call this progress in an all black community #georgia

31/8/2025, 10:27:21 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

ugh a menace (but nice) 🍂 (@ugh-imhere.bsky.social) reposted

Here’s the thing…let yourself be disappointed. Be mad. Take a moment to grieve. But don’t let it consume you. At some point, you have to keep living.

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Word

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ItsTheTalia (@itsthetalia.bsky.social) reposted

Do you ever have a childhood thought that sorta just echoes in your brain. When I was like 4 I thought: “water is the drinkable stone”. 🧊 And that thought has never left me. 🌊

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This...

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Ugh

2/9/2025, 5:33:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

MstrColm 🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 (@mstrcolm.bsky.social) reposted

Saw this in the antique shop. Perfect for my gaff.

1/9/2025, 7:04:41 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Word

2/9/2025, 5:31:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

newmexjeff.bsky.social (@newmexjeff.bsky.social) reposted

Solar for All was part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion clean energy program created by the Inflation Reduction Act. www.wpr.org/news/harvest...

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social (@iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social) reposted

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Un-effin-believable

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Word...

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Squee!

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Squee!

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You might be forgiven for that gaff...

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Word

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Daily Killer the Tabby: Lazy Labor Day Afternoon

Killer the Tabby seated in the shade beneath two cedar trees at the edge of the hay field, cottonwoods beyond under a somewhat smoky Pacific Northwest blue-ish sky

1/9/2025, 11:08:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mouthwatering!

1/9/2025, 10:39:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Grandiloquent Word of the Day (@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social) reposted

Plenilunar [plen-uh-LOO-nur] (adj.) - Of, like or pertaining to the full moon. From classical Latin “pleni-” (full) + “lunar” (moon) Used in a sentence: “I navigated my way back home by the plenilunar glow after being abandoned by the sasquatch who had grown weary of my companionship.”

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Precisely, thots and prayers like we're supposed to do when FEMA is blocked from responding to storms and flooding and natural disasters...

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Don't you dare stop until he says so...

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Surreal

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Word

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Was his head still up his a**?

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Ooooh!

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Flesh Banana (@notimeforpoopin.bsky.social) reposted

I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.

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Exquisite!

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Pittsburgh graffiti (@pghgraffiti.bsky.social) reposted

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This

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Word

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Money cannot buy that truth.

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Precisely

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This...

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Daily Killer the Tabby: Saturday Stalking Mode

Killer the Tabby perched in an ancient little apple tree which is covered in lichen and moss, surveying his realm, glimpse of green grassy spot in an otherwise parched landscape, cluster of cedars in the background, faraway deciduous trees marking boundary, overcast sky evidence of smoke from Oregon's Emmigrant wildfire.

30/8/2025, 7:03:00 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

United Farm Workers (@ufw.bsky.social) reposted

"Ana's" been working in California agriculture for 20 years. "Right now I am weeding lettuce. I have to separate the young lettuce plants so they can grow. I have to walk a lot and by the end of the day my hands and feet are very tired." #WeFeedYou

A farm worker weeding and thinning a lettuce field

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May he find no peace nor sanctuary...

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Incredible!

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I learned something new today

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Street Art Utopia (@streetartutopia.com) reposted

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

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Word

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Word

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This is how it's done, folks

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Word

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 (@minibubbly.bsky.social) reposted

Neil Young quits Facebook and Instagram over Meta's use of chatbots with children 'Meta's use of chatbots with children is unconscionable,' Young's team shared in a statement. www.cbc.ca/music/neil-y...

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Beyond belief...

29/8/2025, 9:44:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) reposted

The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today. The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

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Excellent!

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Excellent!!!

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There's so much unreal sh*t in that tweet, it defies description...

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Doncha just love it when their own actions bite 'em in the a**?

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Word

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Madz (@madz123.bsky.social) reposted

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That's gonna rattle around in my cranium every time someone tells me "Thank you."

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Word

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Biden would be so pleased

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IF found guilty...

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YES!!!

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Goodnight Bluesky from The Pacific Northwest

Last brilliant yellow-white rays of setting sun escaping beneath cumulous clouds cover on the horizon, parched hayfield stretching to bordering evergreens, overseen by ancient Douglas fir tree

29/8/2025, 2:32:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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