Misterpatrick
@misterpatrick.bsky.social
Artist, musician and amateur naturalist. I take a lot of native plant photos. Expect posts about politics and plants. And also music, Irish and otherwise. Oh, and maybe some climbing stuff.
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Misterpatrick
@misterpatrick.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Here’s another favorite here in Minnesota - Trillium cernuum (Nodding Trillium). This one has been making a comeback as habitat has been restored. The flower is often hidden beneath the large leaves. Always fun to find. #nativeplants #Minnesota
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An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
September 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.”
Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites.
As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites.
As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
September 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.”
Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites.
As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites.
As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
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Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
September 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Here's the video that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried so hard to hide of him vacationing with his mistress in London that he allegedly lunged at an American tourist who recorded it. Share!
September 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Here's the video that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried so hard to hide of him vacationing with his mistress in London that he allegedly lunged at an American tourist who recorded it. Share!
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Two con artists in one—a marriage made in Hell.
September 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Two con artists in one—a marriage made in Hell.
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I can love Israel AND hate Netanyahu
I can love the United States AND hate Trump
You?
I can love the United States AND hate Trump
You?
September 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I can love Israel AND hate Netanyahu
I can love the United States AND hate Trump
You?
I can love the United States AND hate Trump
You?
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Still amazed by this. Jared is a slam-dunk symbol of everything wrong with the Trump administration: the mediocrity, nepotism, greed, arrogance, and deadly incompetence.
Kushner should be a Dem punchline and punching bag. It’s insane that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social would choose to legitimize him.
Kushner should be a Dem punchline and punching bag. It’s insane that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social would choose to legitimize him.
STAFFER: Kushner is the creep who profiteered during the pandemic and is currently flailing as our unofficial secretary of state in Iran. He only cares about making money and protecting Trump, whose polls are cratering and who has no interest in governing.
JEFFRIES: I should try to help him.
JEFFRIES: I should try to help him.
“During the recent meeting, the pair discussed housing, immigration and the high cost of living as potential areas of common ground.”
August 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Still amazed by this. Jared is a slam-dunk symbol of everything wrong with the Trump administration: the mediocrity, nepotism, greed, arrogance, and deadly incompetence.
Kushner should be a Dem punchline and punching bag. It’s insane that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social would choose to legitimize him.
Kushner should be a Dem punchline and punching bag. It’s insane that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social would choose to legitimize him.
I just had to block a Musk glazing account. I hope this isn’t the start of bot and bs here.
August 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I just had to block a Musk glazing account. I hope this isn’t the start of bot and bs here.
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NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives."
One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight.
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight.
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
August 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives."
One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight.
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight.
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Anyone remember the SCANDAL when Bill Clinton ran into AG Loretta Lynch at an airport?
August 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Anyone remember the SCANDAL when Bill Clinton ran into AG Loretta Lynch at an airport?
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Of extreme local Minnesota interest: We spent our FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS so that Federal Agents could camp out by the Modern Art Museum, and run license plates of people protesting on the half-bridge-half-sculpture thing by the Spoon Bridge and Cherry.
Our weak coward mewling baby federal agents.
Our weak coward mewling baby federal agents.
Federal government surveillance of those in Minneapolis protesting ICE on the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge after ICE and Border Patrol agents kill Renee Good and Alex Pretti:
August 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Of extreme local Minnesota interest: We spent our FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS so that Federal Agents could camp out by the Modern Art Museum, and run license plates of people protesting on the half-bridge-half-sculpture thing by the Spoon Bridge and Cherry.
Our weak coward mewling baby federal agents.
Our weak coward mewling baby federal agents.
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Minnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."
August 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Minnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."
If you’re in the Twin Cities, come and see my band play the Harriet Bandshell this Friday, August 14th at 7:30PM. It’ll be a hoot!
August 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
If you’re in the Twin Cities, come and see my band play the Harriet Bandshell this Friday, August 14th at 7:30PM. It’ll be a hoot!
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This new one from me has been a long time coming: Pete Hegseth’s spiritual advisor wants an America dominated by “biblical masculinity.” I went over to his house for brunch. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
www.motherjones.com
August 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This new one from me has been a long time coming: Pete Hegseth’s spiritual advisor wants an America dominated by “biblical masculinity.” I went over to his house for brunch. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of course Trump is bullish and doesn’t give an f about anyone else’s concerns. As long he’s getting his the rest of you can gtfo. He’s a selfish narcissist and his biggest con was convincing people he cared about them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
Trump Shrugs Off A.I. and Data Center Concerns as Voters Grow Anxious
The president and his top aides have been especially bullish about data centers, despite national blowback against the facilities.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Of course Trump is bullish and doesn’t give an f about anyone else’s concerns. As long he’s getting his the rest of you can gtfo. He’s a selfish narcissist and his biggest con was convincing people he cared about them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
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A Shanghai-raised businessman connected to shady practices handed Trump’s crypto firm $100 million. Where did this money come from? It looks like he was fronting for someone. This ought to be investigated by Dems if they win the House.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags (Gift Article)
The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A Shanghai-raised businessman connected to shady practices handed Trump’s crypto firm $100 million. Where did this money come from? It looks like he was fronting for someone. This ought to be investigated by Dems if they win the House.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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A lot of people are still pretending Jan 6 was some kind of setup.
It wasn’t.
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders got convicted of seditious conspiracy for a reason.
It wasn’t.
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders got convicted of seditious conspiracy for a reason.
August 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A lot of people are still pretending Jan 6 was some kind of setup.
It wasn’t.
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders got convicted of seditious conspiracy for a reason.
It wasn’t.
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders got convicted of seditious conspiracy for a reason.
The endangered Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). I manage to find these every year with help from a friend. My gardens are magnets for these things.
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched
August 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The endangered Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). I manage to find these every year with help from a friend. My gardens are magnets for these things.
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched
This is actually an awesome looking fly called Physocephala tibialis. So cool looking. We need more airplanes like this. Feeding on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs
August 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This is actually an awesome looking fly called Physocephala tibialis. So cool looking. We need more airplanes like this. Feeding on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Phyciodes cocyta (Northern Crescent Butterfly) on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies
August 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Phyciodes cocyta (Northern Crescent Butterfly) on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Papilio glaucous (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) on Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects
August 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Papilio glaucous (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) on Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant).
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects
#nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects