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I’ll stop petaling the #flowerpuns. Just acknowledge that I rose to the occasion. #Dahlia later!
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I’ll stop petaling the #flowerpuns. Just acknowledge that I rose to the occasion. #Dahlia later!
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I’ve got a dahlia you folks. This mountain air is good for the soul. #Dahlias #FlowerPuns
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
They will wrap themselves and the Trump family in victim hood pointing to celebrations of his death and shed false tears as they move to deify him around Washington DC and other states.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
The tyrants will still be hard at work chiseling away at our freedom, taking the best of our government and selling it for parts, and instilling fear across non-white communities.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
American fascism isn’t going to die when Trump passes. The fight will continue and get tougher.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Talk about white-washing how the #GOP is gaming the system to restrict access to voting. This is shameful writing. Toting water for tyrants is not a respectable look for a newspaper in decline.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Boiled peanuts aren’t just a snack—they’re therapy. Crack one open, spill your feelings, and realize you don’t need chips when you’ve got hot nuts in disguise. 🥜#BoiledPeanuts
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
🔥 Georgia barbecue is unmatched — tender pork smoked low & slow, kissed with pecan wood, and dripping with tangy, slightly sweet sauce. It’s where Southern tradition meets pure flavor perfection. 🍖🐖 #GeorgiaBBQ #SouthernPride
Coach Dan Casey (@coachdancasey.bsky.social) reposted
"I always stood behind the Quarterback (at practice). I always wanted to hear their version of what was happening. I was never negative with the Quarterback in front of the rest of the Team." - Nick Saban
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They will wrap themselves and the Trump family in victim hood pointing to celebrations of his death and shed false tears as they move to deify him around Washington DC and other states. Get ready for the push to plant him in Arlington.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
The tyrants will still be hard at work chiseling away at our freedom, taking the best of our government and selling it for parts, and instilling fear across non-white communities.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
American Fascism isn’t going to die when Trump passes. The fight will continue and get tougher.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
My brother used to drive those buses in the 80s. ‘85-87
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Have her breakfast or brunch delivered from Mama’s Boy. www.mamasboyathens.com/downtown-pic...
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
I use it when I can’t remember if I’ve seen a movie or not.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Basically good. I believe we’re wired for generosity. It’s just beaten out of too many of us. Some recover it. Some are led back to it. Some never do. #HippyTalk
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
If you woke up this morning and you feel good and have your health, then you’re blessed. You could be #PeeWeeFromTuscaloosa or #TylerFromSpartanburg - Thoughts and prayers for those affected. #Bama #Clemson
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
I completed Stacks in 7 drops! Try it yourself! Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Anyone check on Tyler from Spartanburg? #Clemson
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Me until 3:30pm today. #GoDawgs #UGA
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Any program that would hire Urban Meyer should get a SMU-like death penalty and I would apply this retrospectively.
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Same
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Rage bait! They know better.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly. The debate is no longer liberal vs conservative. It’s constructive versus destructive. For democracy or against it.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Explainer for 5th Graders: The dumbest, most harmful people in our country are firing the smartest, most helpful people in our country. #CDC #StateDepartment #NIH
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Same. bsky.app/profile/tmar...
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
You should see the incredible stained glass above the altar in St. Marks. Stunning.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Grateful for the overcast skies forecast for Saturday.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
And then there’s this one over Spurrier that gave us a similar euphoria… bsky.app/profile/tmar...
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Coach for bringing your wholehearted all to this preventable tragedy. “Keep us in your thoughts for action.”
Rev. Benjamin Cremer (@brcremer.bsky.social) reposted
Growing up, I was told that the demise of Christianity would be caused by our country rejecting God. Now I believe it is actually caused by Christians blatantly rejecting the teachings of Jesus for the sake of political power.
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UGA 37 - FL 17 #RobertEdwards #LargestOutdoorCocktailParty #Redemption #Finally m.youtube.com/watch?v=pTzX...
Olivia of Troye (@oliviaoftroye.com) reposted
I warned this wasn’t a joke. Now, Trump loyalists are running covert ops to destabilize Greenland & rattle Denmark. It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie...but it’s apparently U.S. policy, straight from the Oval Office.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve reported this post for harassment and targeting minority groups. There simply aren’t many of us left still publicly claiming the Falcons.
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Morning and Night prayers with bsky.app/profile/scot...
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Congratulations to #TravisKelce and #TaylorSwift! Now is the next best time to release ALL of the #EpsteinFiles. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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Same here. Pritzker speaks clearly and forcefully and doesn’t give off a “Brooks Bros” sense even though he’s a billionaire himself.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Amazon is the biggest threat to truth and human history with its dominion on ebooks, AWS, audiobooks and newspapers. #Orwell missed it by only a few years.
Soren Spicknall (@sorenspicknall.bsky.social) reposted
Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:
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Paraphrasing here…. But they don’t object to tyranny, they object to who gets to be the tyrants.”
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not “epic” if it didn’t punch the Epstein Files button. Raise the bar.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
“They will be the federal police force now. They didn't object to tyranny, they objected to not being the tyrants.”
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not about “public safety” and you do your viewers a terrible disservice by labeling Trump’s dictatorship moves as such. You know better.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Amen cousin!
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Co-signed
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Good thing I blocked the account because I have no idea what it is
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
My message for you today: Don’t let the sonsofbetches take your peace and joy away! #MessageOfTheDay
Ellen Braaten (@ellenbraaten.bsky.social) reposted
The press needs to be talking about mental health. Trump displays every symptom of poor mental health - from grandiosity to delusions to tangentiality to derailment to constant swaying (a clear sign of a neurological condition). Forget politics. He needs significant psychiatric and medical treatment
John R. Bennett (@johnreidbennett.bsky.social) reposted
Speaking of Tybee Island, here's an interesting story from @ejreports.bsky.social. If you live in or care about Coastal Georgia, please consider joining me as a donor to The Current.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
I completed Stacks in 9 drops! Try it yourself! Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
How is it that the people overeacting to this list from #ThirdWay all sound like the character of Ignatius J. Reilly from #ConfederacyofDunces
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
I completed Stacks in 5 drops! Try it yourself! Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
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That would be the end of scattered, covered and smothered. State guvmint cain’t do but one thing at a time.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Dang, I’m glad all of that #Epstein stuff has been cleared up by Ms. Maxwell. Now the DOJ can safely release all of the #Epsteinfiles because we know from her word that Trump won’t be embarrassed.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
These folks at Trinity Foundation are truly doing the work of the Lord!
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Parent advocates have to stop voting for republicans. The elected #GOP reps love to come pet our kids and get their pictures taken with them. But when it comes time to represent them and make their lives better, the republicans disappear behind their tax breaks for wealthy contributors. It’s sick.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Parent advocates have to stop voting for republicans. The elected GOP reps love to come pet our kids and get their pictures taken with them. But when it comes time to represent them and make their lives better, the republicans disappear behind their tax breaks for wealthy contributors. It’s sick.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
That was the way the 1970s smelled.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Saint Maturinus pray for us as our country is now ruled by clowns and asshats!
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Why not call Trump’s lies what they are (lies) rather than “false or misleading claims?”
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
I completed Stacks in 8 drops! Try it yourself! Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Looks like shame AND irony have been killed by the Trump tyrants.
One Hundred Miles (@onehundredmilesga.bsky.social) reposted
And what a well-crafted letter of support it is, Rep. Carter. Speak up for a healthier coast now at OneHundredMiles.org/Superfund-Center
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
I completed Stacks in 7 drops! Try it yourself! Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
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When you’re in the real estate business, it makes total sense. MLB has given up on baseball as we once celebrated it in this country.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
The tyrant and his regime do not represent American values and traditions. Trump and his enablers are demonstrating a hatred for American traditions that generations have fought to secure and preserve. #TrumpHatesAmerica
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Pulitzer Summer Read continues…. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole ✔️ Lamb In His Bosom by Caroline Miller ✔️ March by Geraldine Brooks ✔️ Trust by Hernan Diaz ✔️ James by Percival Everett ✔️ Night Watch by Jayne Anne Philips ✔️ American Pastoral
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reposted
Can’t decide who my favorite #JamesMcBride character is… Sport Coat Onion John Y. Brown Big Soap Uncle Nate Dodo Who’s yours?
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reposted
If you’re NOT telling the barista that your name is “Epstein Files” when you order your coffee, can you really say you’re concerned about crime in this country?
Will Ratcliff (@wcratcliff.bsky.social) reposted
I am going to lodge a prediction: the AI bubble is going to start to deflate in the next 18 months. Chatbots have edge case utility, but are not themselves transformative. Agents are as controllable as an alcoholic rabbit; not fit for serious work. Foundation models are no longer improving rapidly
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone is sleeping on #GaTech this year. Their ACC schedule is lighter and their program is on the upswing.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. Right down to the cast iron skillet it was made in…
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I completed #Stacks in 23 drops! Try it yourself! Play on #TheAtlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Sure. But I’ll do my own research!
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
#POOtihn His name is POO-tihn!
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Henceforth, the Russian #warcriminal shall be called #POOtinh
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Henceforth the correct spelling of the Russian war criminal’s name shall be spelled: POOtihn! #Russia #Ukraine #PootihnIsEvil
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
If they’re suppressing protests then they’re likely suppressing “Epstein Files” content too.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Dang, it looks like they misspelled his first name.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social)
Congratulations to Merrick Garland! You really stood up for institutional norms. What a champion!
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
10000 hours of Gladwell and you become an expert on numbing your brain.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for assembling this list. Here’s another for your consideration: Bruce Sutter
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If you’re NOT telling the barista that your name is “Epstein Files” when you order your coffee, can you really say you’re concerned about crime in this country?
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Scott. Your morning and evening prayers have become a daily ritual for me. May the Lord bless you and keep you in the comfort of his hands.
Grateful Dad (@tmartinsmith.bsky.social) reply parent
Could Deion Sanders go on the list?
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Full story here! dumbrunner.com/news-blog/20...
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✔️ done
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Byrd-by-Byrd man reclaims family property #CoastalGeorgia thecurrentga.org/2025/08/13/h...