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The Blue Flower

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84. We'll never know

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 06:44 PM

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EarleG: You and we will never know how many lives you've saved by keeping so many of us sane by connecting via this site. 'Thank you' isn't enough to share my appreciation for the commitment you've sustained since 2001. I believe you'll find you changed the course of history by giving us a place to congregate in the name of democracy.

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Thank you so much EarlG, for this amazing site Grim Chieftain Thursday #22

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Happy New Year to you and thank you for a place like minded liberals can share information, vent our frustrations, surfered Thursday #25

"enshittification" is great shorthand for current regime as a whole - TBF Thursday #26

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Happy New Year, EarlG! Here's to 2026 being DU's and democracy's best year. ancianita Thursday #82

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