ImThatHolly
@imthatholly.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader. ---π©βπ¬π€―: that's the default text the provided as an example!!! ---π©: I'll fix it later!
created November 18, 2024
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ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Stopping at a Goodwill in Gilroy, CA, the former Garlic Capital, but they seem to have switched to π π π π π π and vegetables, I found a backpack, so we don't get one of our nicer ones dirty hiking, a pink New Mexico hat, and some trail mix to augment our bagel lunch.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Leaving the Bay Area, here is our hike, π©βπ¬, at Pinnacles National Park, with two bagels and peanut butter scabbed from the π¨ breakfast, plus I will bring an entire gallon of water---π©βπ¬:π.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Anyway, Iβm glad to know the president is still technically alive so he can watch this tomorrow www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Joe Scaramanga (@joescaramanga.co.uk) reposted
I find it so odd that football management is the one job where you can be repeatedly sacked for being shit at your job, and ALWAYS find another job. That and maybe large corporation CEO.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
That and Police Chief, like when we fired ours in San Luis Obispo, CA, for being careless with her service weapon, forgetting it in the restroom at an El Pollo Loco, then Fairfield, CA, hired her.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Residents of Memphis are suing Elon Musk for generating power on site for his data center there.
Mark Mason (@markmason13.bsky.social) reposted
Are groceries costing more where you live? They sure are here. I thought they were supposed to be going down per Donaldβs reconstruction. Iβm puzzled and pissed.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Crazy expensive, with beef at record highs, but the media doesn't mention that.
Jeremy Glover (@jgrantglover.bsky.social) reposted
Yesterday I went from steel canyons in the morning to sandstone canyons in the afternoon. Happy Labor Day! #illinois #middleofeverything
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Was that the "Little Grand Canyon" near Herod, IL? bsky.app/profile/imth...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Not so much, since Los Angeles isn't known for hosting data centers, with the pricey real estate.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes they're useful, like this case. bsky.app/profile/imth...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
No one ever asked Trump when he promised to cut auto insurance rates in half, how he would do that without nationalizing the auto insurance industry, which is Communism, and at the same time he was calling Kamala Harris, Comrade Harris. No one even asks now when we get that reduction in rates.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
With AIs being able to fake photos, one is no longer "proof of life".
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
That's nice, but Donald Trump suffers severe dementia, so doesn't know what he said! π
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the Hunger Games, but with cannibalism?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
π you're quoting a Paul who uses the handle "bubblebathgirl. I remember him from X. He's shy and would never answer how he got the handle. So, can you tell me, since you trust his veracity.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is in the troll caves of J. D. Vanceghanistan?
RandomWhiteGuy (@thereelrandom.bsky.social) reposted
Brilliant
Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted
Fatality.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
We use paper ballots in California with one sent to each voter. The easiest way to vote is to complete and return it. Only the most stubborn don't, considering to vote in-person, you surrender an uncompleted ballot, which you could have dropped in a box at that point!!!
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Post a video of yourself with todayβs newspaper saying this
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is "vittles"?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Florida isn't "the nation", but the state the other 49 would most like to let go.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Back on the CalTrain, which is very nice with brand new electric trains that have cars only for bikes with bungees to secure them. We hadn't been to SF in like 20 years it was so gross, but it was clean and nice, at least in parts near the bay.
Darryl Cat (@darrylcat.bsky.social) reposted
#ImNotHardToPleaseBut no more Temu sex dolls
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is digging up Donald Trump's grave, once they plant him, or are lying and saying alive?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Arriving in Sausalito, after π΄ββοΈπ΄ββοΈπ΄ββοΈ over the Golden Gate Bridge, our plan to take a π to hike Mt. Tamalpais is off because it's a long wait for the bus, so we'd start too late---π©βπ¬π©π¦π¦π¦:I'm π― cool with that because a hard ride---π©π²---so we'll chill here then take the ferry back to SF.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
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Gary (@lionyolo.bsky.social) reposted
DOJ attorneys bolt after being forced to work on 'sham' anti-immigrant team: report The dozen or so high-ranking Department of Justice attorneys who were reassigned to the DOJ's Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group have all quit, the Washington Post is reporting on Saturday.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
They must value their licenses to practice law!π
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Waiting on the San Carlos platform to catch the train to SF. The station is on Holly Street making it easy to find, for a Holly---π©βπ¬π:stop taking pictures in the middle of roads!!!
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
π€£
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Why donβt you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesnβt want you here)
Levi Anthony Luckenbach (@lluck002.bsky.social) reposted
Going out to purchase some chalk to doodle on the PUBLIC right-of-way that MY TAX DOLLARS pay for. Iβll see yβall in CECOT.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Goddamnit. I keep forgetting turn burn the flags I bought and on Federal property! I did remember to eat the π₯ͺ.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is, Grease is the word, is the word, is the word that you heard, when you heard Greece, and why is that?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks more like the regime is no longer hiding the cult! π Just remember Donald Trump lies to MAGA so easy. Like promising to save them 50% on their auto insurance. Like good cultists they forget the promises that don't happen.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Here's the plan for tomorrow, π©βπ¬, but it requires dilligence:ΒΉ 1. We go to SF by π 2. π΄ββοΈover the π to the Sausalito π’ and leave π²there. 3. Take Marin πroute 61 to near Mt. Tamalpais. 4. Hike up it 5. Take the π, π’ then π back here. I used an AI for the planΒ²! _ 1.π©βπ¬: so, a 50/50 chance we do it. 2.π©βπ¬:π’
Levi Anthony Luckenbach (@lluck002.bsky.social) reposted
The Police are more trouble than theyβre worth. Completely unhinged and out of control. Just randomly closing down streets and causing chaos. Theyβre currently making all these drivers angry and everyone is laying on their horns right outside my windows. FUCK THE POLICE! #ACAB #FreeDC
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
That's so East Coast, the horns!π I learned on my road trip. I did hear one today, at a kind of difficult intersection, crossing over the Santa Cruz Mountains. It sounded like a revenge honk and I thought to myself, that didn't help anything.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Those aren't FEMA, but HEMA, HawaiΚ»i Emergency Management Agency and their responsibility to maintain.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is Fat Peak in the Assalachian Mountains?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
That's what you get for falling in love with Donald Trump, dumbasses! fortune.com/2025/08/30/r...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is a MAGA on a leash?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Next stop, π©βπ¬, San Carlos. Tomorrow we'll π΄ββοΈπ΄ββοΈπ΄ββοΈ over the Golden Gate Bridge and take the ferry back. The worst part will be driving to San Carlos from Santa CruzΒΉ. _ 1.π©βπ¬:π
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Submitting it makes it voluntary! π€£
Levi Anthony Luckenbach (@lluck002.bsky.social) reposted
When Dump finally dies, Flags should be flown at Double-Staff rather than Half-Staff
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is, in a two-in-a-row, Donald Trump's penis, and a stubby pencil?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
You gotta follow instructions, because SSNs are ###-##-####. π bsky.app/profile/imth...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
I claim 008-67-4309, because Jenny, I got that number and I need to make you mine.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is Donald Trump, playing himself, like in Home Alone?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
How it started How itβs going @SenJoniErnst edition
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
We had this beach to ourselves, since it was a three mile hike to get there. From the sound, you can tell it was windy. The grey in the distance is the marine layer.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Done with our hike---π©βπ¬π©:which was a ten mile ordeal---where we went to two beaches and the to the top of a ridge for the hike back.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems sketchy. That's why when in Spokane, I went on a day trip to Coeur d'Alene to visit and made sure to fill up on gas before returning to WA---and to buy a beverage in a Styrofoam cup.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
There's breakfast,π©βπ¬: a sesame bagel with Jack cheese, invented here in Monterey.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is a Trumpelator?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
That means either God doesn't exist or she doesn't care, so either way, continuing to pray to her is folly.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Now for our hike in Big Sur, π©βπ¬, leaving this hotel before 8AMΒΉ. _ 1.π©βπ¬π₯±:that's because you woke up at 5:50AM.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
After our hike today, we'll stay in Santa Cruz, π©βπ¬, which is nicer than Soledad, which was the other considerationΒΉ. _ 1.π©βπ¬π
:much nicer.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is a fracternity?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Sunset in Seaside, CA, which is by the sea, if you can't figure it out by the name.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
I paid $3.89 for gas in Chico, CA, this week and then bought a soda in a Styrofoam cup. π
Farnad Darnell, PhD (@docdarnell.bsky.social) reposted
Very cool!
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the The Breezissippi River?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
In Oregon, they use three warning signs in extreme cases, with the last saying: this is your third and final warning.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
I had the same to say today. bsky.app/profile/imth...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
How to vacation, and inconvenience the public doing so---like Bill Clinton's haircut inconvenienced me, on a tiny SkyWest plane, boarded up, and waiting to go to San Luis Obisoo---since that's what J. D. Vance been doing mostly, except failing on his task to make Greenland a US state
Missing The Point (@missingthept.bsky.social) reposted
Vice President Vance accidentally issues press release that President Trump passed quietly during his sleep last night.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell, yeah! bsky.app/profile/imth...
FoolWearsBlack (@foolwearsblack.bsky.social) reposted
#ItsNotAnEndBut an alternative
Missing The Point (@missingthept.bsky.social) reposted
J.D. Vance tells the Presidentβs family that heβs driving Trump to a farm upstate where he can run around with all the ex-Presidents.
PEIPolitical π¨π¦ (@peipolitical.bsky.social) reposted
Concert outside the White House! #cdnpoli
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is Neal "The Pinto" Pert?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Stopping as we pass an oil field near King City, Holly notes, anyone who complains about the appearance of solar or wind farms, like easily hurt-feels Donald Trump, the oil and gas infrastructure they replace is worse, and with long-term environment consequences!
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
I just saw this at a CA Rest Area, showing they can have EV-charging anywhere there's sun. I visited 42 of the 'lower 48" in the last two years, so saw lots of rest areas. CA's are generally shabby, but not as bad as Nevada's, which are the worst. NY state has the nicest. bsky.app/profile/imth...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Travelling up US101, since HW1 is still be repaired from winter storms---it spends more time closed than open---we a very nice CA Rest Area with four charge your EV direct from the sun apparatuses. There's also an admission how we fucked over the local Native Americans.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is Dad Bod, Inc.?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's video.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
The elephant seals weren't there in large numbers, it being off season. They remind Holly of lazy-ass MAGA, especially the smell---π©βπ¬:ππ’--- and their barking.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Stopping at the pier in San Simeone, where Heast Castle is located, visible in the first photo, against π©βπ¬'s advice, Holly chose to share our breakfast burrito with this gull, who was waiting patiently---π©βπ¬π :and then all his friends showed up, like I warned!!!
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
There's the Pacific, π©βπ¬, from the hills above Cambria in SLO County, with a view of Morro Rock. I heard rumors HW1 was open, but just checked and it's not---π©βπ¬:checking earlier would have been a plus!!!---but maybe the elephant seals are in town, so we'll check, then drive back and north up US101.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are workers at an insane asylum assembling one to catch Donald Trump!?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't expect that under Trump!π I'm in CA. We have so much solar capacity now that we pay other states to take it at peak hours. The Red States in the middle of the US love wind energy because they have lots of empty space and can graze cows or grow hay underneath wind turbines, with little impact.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
Actually, @dianeiam.bsky.social, what could be better than being stranded on an island, even with cannibals, cut off from communications, under the Trump regime!π It was really a four-hour tour, but I edited the web page
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
...five passengers set said that day for a three hour tourβa three hour tour. youtu.be/-fqXcKFg08w
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
No, Holly, we are not going on a THREE HOUR TOUR, by boat!!! Are you mentalΒΉ? βπ©βπ¬ 1.π©:you know me best of all, π©βπ¬.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
That's true, but changing over to renewables takes time, and the US is making good progress, and still will, despite Trump's attempts to stop it, because it's about it being cheaper.
Levi Anthony Luckenbach (@lluck002.bsky.social) reposted
The fact thereβs still a whole-ass coal power plant used solely to heat the water for the Capitol building smack-dab in the center of Washington, D.C. represents a huge failure by Representatives to protect our future health and sustainabilityβ¦
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
No matter what Republicans want, coal is dying in the US, because coal, vs natural gas, is: 1) more expensive to mine 2) more expensive to transport 3) more expensive to burn 4) more expensive to dispose of the waste, in this case toxic coal ash.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
NFW. I've voted by mail since the 80s in California, and in 2024, even 90% of Trump voters in my county chose to vote by mail, because it's easier, like a take-home test.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
What is a CyberTruck, which is hard to use as a truck, because it's not one, no matter the claims of the Elon Musk and the Tesla fan boys? Also notable: I've only seen ONE, ever, with any type of rack for outdoor equipment, telling me CyberTruck owners are shy, homebodies?
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
The article says: less than 60% of utility-scale electricity supplies were generated by renewables, for the first time during January to June. CoPilot, an AI, so hardly an indisputable source, says in the US it was 55%, so lower. Grok concurs.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. Oops!π
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Why do you believe the Republicans would stop cheating now, if you think they did in 2024, when the Harris Campaign, and the candidate accepted the result.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: βWe are not going to normalize this despot and his wifeβ¦ if this happens, iβm gone, and so is half my team.β www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
I would never buy a Tesla, as long as Elon Musk is their CEO, even before he went Nazi electing Trump, but only because he's annoying dumbass who thinks he's smart.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social)
That's odd, π©βπ¬, buying a beverage in a styrofoam cup, in California, which I thought they outlawed all styrofoam---π©βπ¬:so now do you feel dumb for smuggling in so many from Idaho and Nevada---π©:π²---and $3.89 gas in Chico.
ImThatHolly (@imthatholly.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump also broke his promise to save us 50% on our auto insurance, but I don't see any Democrats mention that!