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TerryBallard

@terryballard.bsky.social

Retired librarian, author of 3 books & 100 articles about libraries. 3 writing awards.Grew up in Phoenix & the Philippines. Moved to New York in 1990. Shook hands with Robert Kennedy (The real one). Experiment-Threads or BlueSky. Blu wins! More responsive

created October 9, 2024

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Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

This graveyard in the Bronx tells a silent story. Looking at the dates, these 4 baby girls never made it to their 3rd birthday. Before there were vacciines for childhood diseases.

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29/8/2025, 11:07:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted

Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

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15/8/2025, 9:24:07 PM | 27410 7071 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gosh, I guess he can forget thatNobel Peace Prize.

16/8/2025, 2:39:24 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Birds of a feather...

16/8/2025, 2:36:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got out my crystal ball to see Project 2026. I see armored cars raiding homes for videos of Star Trek. According to the administration 'How woke can you get? A black woman, a Russian and an alien WUSS, the Woke Undoing Secret Service is on the case. All TV channels folded immediately of course

30/7/2025, 8:19:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

We've finally decoded Project 2025.

23/7/2025, 8:26:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ghislane - if they offer you tea, don't accept.

22/7/2025, 1:14:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks like the "Boys will be boys" line didn't sell.

19/7/2025, 11:58:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Trump has heard enough about Epstein. How about movie titles where you change one word. I'll start. The Grapes of Epstein.

16/7/2025, 10:17:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism.bsky.social) reposted

🚨BREAKING: A video is going viral showing JD Vance calling for the full Epstein list to be released - on Theo Von’s podcast. Hey JD, what changed? Let’s blast this everywhere before he tries to erase it.

16/7/2025, 4:04:11 PM | 1114 687 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Mar 💙 (@boldnewme.bsky.social) reposted

Hey Jake Tapper, fodder for your next book!👇

16/7/2025, 8:10:00 PM | 17686 5135 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Harvest time

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13/7/2025, 2:52:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never thought the leopard would eat HIS face.

16/6/2025, 8:07:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No more Mr Nice Guy

4/6/2025, 11:34:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Sounds like SOCIALISM!

4/6/2025, 11:32:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What I have to say to her rhymes with " ake a frying duck at a bowling crow nut."

8/5/2025, 8:12:33 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

News report: America is disintegrating under Trump. What Trump heard: Trump.

25/4/2025, 1:57:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For some reason, this just keeps playing in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OT...

7/3/2025, 10:00:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No.

22/2/2025, 2:40:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Said he'd be a dictator on day one. Never said when he'd stop

20/2/2025, 3:09:49 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Google just changed their motto from Do No Evil. Now it is Bend Over and Spread Your Legs

18/2/2025, 4:14:51 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Just a photo of an Irish sheep or a salute to individualism. You decide.

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16/2/2025, 2:26:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I needed that

13/2/2025, 3:04:00 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Must be something in the water

13/2/2025, 2:59:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here in New York we just kicked all unicorns out of the Bronx Zoo.

12/2/2025, 4:59:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/2/2025, 2:39:26 AM | 1325 472 | View on Bluesky | view

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Really trimmed down I see

10/2/2025, 8:11:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He uses Steve Bannon's dermatologist

9/2/2025, 1:47:32 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm the land of the free and the home of the brave

8/2/2025, 11:46:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gutless wonder.

5/2/2025, 8:07:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They have buyer's remorse? Boo hoo.

5/2/2025, 8:05:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The axis of evil.

5/2/2025, 3:43:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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AI.

5/2/2025, 1:26:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Golly?!!

5/2/2025, 3:16:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Step 5. Blame Biden/African Americans/Woke.

3/2/2025, 5:48:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Glad to help!

2/2/2025, 9:49:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Venus

2/2/2025, 3:19:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And he'll be blaming everyone else. Count on it

1/2/2025, 2:42:23 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The obvious solution is to staff our traffic control towers with zealots loyal to trump.

30/1/2025, 11:18:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can't stop laughing.

29/1/2025, 10:22:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

I am sick to death of playing cell phone games with vendors who need this to prove I'm REALLY me. Some day, I swear, I am going to throw my phone into a deep well. My favorite conversation is that the text message you sent will not go to my land line. "Go ask your mommy if you're still confused."

29/1/2025, 10:21:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When he claims ignorance you gotta pause and reflect.

29/1/2025, 1:31:43 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Unscheduled rapid dissembly. That phrase works on many levels

29/1/2025, 1:30:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ignorant Goober

29/1/2025, 1:26:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Clean, cleans, it's on the tip of my tongue....

28/1/2025, 9:42:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted

If Google is going to go along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico I think we need to rename them.

Vichy, Google style.
28/1/2025, 2:31:50 AM | 8601 1693 | View on Bluesky | view

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The party of sanity. Not fashionable at the moment.

28/1/2025, 4:46:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Felonious schmuck.

28/1/2025, 4:45:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

I see that Crusted Caligula claims to be supporting the rights of women, by taking away their rights at the doctor's office. In a related development, War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength,

26/1/2025, 10:57:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Theprogressive (@treadres.bsky.social) reposted

Whoever started calling the Tesla vehicles 'Swasticars' is a genius!

26/1/2025, 1:13:09 PM | 568 122 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

#Photography #AmericanHistory My project of upgrading more than 1100 images of Civil War soldiers complated months ago. It has been seen more than half a million times, allowing you to zoom in and look these men in the eye. A slide show about the work found at docs.google.com/presentation...

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Profile picture Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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Before he found Jesus, I suppose.

25/1/2025, 2:56:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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From my perspective most of them are Asian women who want to be my bestest friend

23/1/2025, 9:45:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

I saw the list of Oscar nominees. Most were films I didn't know existed. I am becoming my parents

23/1/2025, 9:27:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump don't need no stinking lawyers. He IS the law. Sarcasm alert.

23/1/2025, 9:11:33 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The decision is indefensible

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The land of the free

22/1/2025, 6:30:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Zorro rides again today

22/1/2025, 5:21:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sure. Gave him a chance to play victim

22/1/2025, 5:17:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But how about the cost of eggs?

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

Profile picture Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted

Who wore it better?

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21/1/2025, 9:54:55 AM | 3421 520 | View on Bluesky | view

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I am getting completely ignored here except for Spambabes

21/1/2025, 5:12:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Excellent!

21/1/2025, 5:10:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hear America singing

21/1/2025, 5:09:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy MLK Day!

20/1/2025, 4:59:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right now Blue sky is Acting like I don't exist, except for 10000 Spambabes.

19/1/2025, 1:49:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Rodin's the thinker, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From a time when thinking was encouraged.

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Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

#EmbarrassmentInChief 🤮

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I'd let him run a dog pound if I hated dogs that much.

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Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

I fear there is deep truth here.

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This time no doubt she will find true h appiness.

12/1/2025, 12:29:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Today's sentencing hearing had all the drama of a judge striking an elderly man with a wet noodle. (warmed of course).

10/1/2025, 11:35:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Is there any other activity in BS these days other than young Asian women wanting to be my friends.They all look great, have greeting messages that read like fortune cookies. They all follow 10 old men for every one that replies. If someone knows where the actual content went, please send me a clue

10/1/2025, 11:34:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Obama is being civil because that's how he rolls.

9/1/2025, 5:22:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shows why the Big Book of Republican humor is 17 pages long. Half of that is Lincoln.

5/1/2025, 2:42:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TerryBallard (@terryballard.bsky.social)

Say

Farewell
2/1/2025, 3:53:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Crab Meadow Beach on Long Island

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Apparently the geniuses at the FBI are confused about the matter of what is terrorism. I suggest that they should find the term in JSTOR, where they will see that it first appeared before 1800. No Islamic problem back then. As Mark Twain put it, someone should take out their mind and dance on it.

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He's got his excuses ready for the press. Starts with "This mess was left by the Democrats

29/12/2024, 8:05:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted

I’ll go ahead and say it again for those in the back: Russia and China long ago declared war on the United States. “Rumors” have long circulating that the GOP has been an important part of allowing this to happen.

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Don't bother me with the truth

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It got squelched by pesky grownups

27/12/2024, 7:37:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump got what he wanted from Elon

26/12/2024, 11:04:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Eating their young?

26/12/2024, 11:02:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pretty ambitious agenda for a man whose mother was an immigrant

26/12/2024, 11:00:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Big thanks to Trump employee Jill Stein.

24/12/2024, 2:58:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Einstein never once referred to himself as a genius..

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After that foggy Christmas the other reindeer despised Rudolph more than ever. They held back, waiting for the moment.

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#Christmas #Photography Happy days

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Putin should be there.

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Should have thought about that earlier

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Even copied the expression.

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The axis of evil

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