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gretchenpatrick.bsky.social

Native Washingtonian, dog lover, wife, mother of daughters. Retired RN/public health nurse. Knitter, spinner, wannabe weaver. Fan of British mystery shows, books, museums, and sunshine. Science is real and doesn't care about your opinions.

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It’s Taco Tuesday.

submitted 5 days ago • 164 comments

Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

submitted 5 days ago • 204 comments

submitted 14 days ago • 150 comments

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

submitted 15 days ago • 633 comments

Taken hostage, against her will, is really what is happening. 🤬🤬🤬😭💔🙏🏼 We besss get busy.

submitted 15 days ago • 14 comments

So the MAGA Murder Budget passed. Get ready y’all. They’re coming for you.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Coward. Hold her accountable.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

As always, all the Trump administration puffery about "peace" just distracts from the real story: they have done just what Putin wanted and ended arms supplies to Ukraine.

submitted 19 days ago • 15 comments

Deep breath, everyone.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Never forget the Kushner family “special relationship” is friendly with the people who murdered and dismembered a journalist. @booker.senate.gov needs to be held accountable for what at the very least is an appalling lack of honor.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

So Cory Booker can be bought. His votes to confirm R nominees have been frustrating but this one shows more than a lack of judgement. I’ve been a Democrat for decades and understand the value of bipartisan when it’s warranted. Right now we need solid opposition to fascism.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans want to kick millions off their health care, but they also want to shut down Planned Parenthood, an essential health care provider. We're speaking out. NO to Medicaid cuts. NO to closing hospitals. NO to kicking kids off health care. And—NO to DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

submitted 24 days ago • 12 comments

I'm shadowbanned so if anything in the article below resonates with you, please share! Thank you

submitted 27 days ago • 18 comments

Serious question for the people still flying…do you feel safe? Or just playing the odds? Or have no choice but to take the risk? I know pilots would never knowingly fly an unsafe plane, but Doge, Musk, and whoever now controls the FAA don’t care if we live or die.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Now, the Yakama Nation will co-own and co-manage parts of the 3,600-acre Springwood Ranch with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. This will be the first land in Washington to be co-owned and co-managed by a tribe and the state.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

submitted 29 days ago • 1026 comments

Yes, there will be a test. Every single day. Let's not fail.

submitted 34 days ago • 21 comments

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

submitted 35 days ago • 1733 comments

And that all was before the lunacy we saw this morning.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Ex-Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, who quit her job because the paper killed her cartoon mocking billionaires - including Post owner Jeff Bezos - for bowing to Trump, just won the Pulitzer Prize.

It’s Taco Tuesday.

Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

Taken hostage, against her will, is really what is happening. 🤬🤬🤬😭💔🙏🏼 We besss get busy.

So the MAGA Murder Budget passed. Get ready y’all. They’re coming for you.

Coward. Hold her accountable.

As always, all the Trump administration puffery about "peace" just distracts from the real story: they have done just what Putin wanted and ended arms supplies to Ukraine.

Deep breath, everyone.

Never forget the Kushner family “special relationship” is friendly with the people who murdered and dismembered a journalist. @booker.senate.gov needs to be held accountable for what at the very least is an appalling lack of honor.

So Cory Booker can be bought. His votes to confirm R nominees have been frustrating but this one shows more than a lack of judgement. I’ve been a Democrat for decades and understand the value of bipartisan when it’s warranted. Right now we need solid opposition to fascism.

Republicans want to kick millions off their health care, but they also want to shut down Planned Parenthood, an essential health care provider. We're speaking out. NO to Medicaid cuts. NO to closing hospitals. NO to kicking kids off health care. And—NO to DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

I'm shadowbanned so if anything in the article below resonates with you, please share! Thank you

Serious question for the people still flying…do you feel safe? Or just playing the odds? Or have no choice but to take the risk? I know pilots would never knowingly fly an unsafe plane, but Doge, Musk, and whoever now controls the FAA don’t care if we live or die.

Now, the Yakama Nation will co-own and co-manage parts of the 3,600-acre Springwood Ranch with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. This will be the first land in Washington to be co-owned and co-managed by a tribe and the state.

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Yes, there will be a test. Every single day. Let's not fail.

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

And that all was before the lunacy we saw this morning.

Ex-Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, who quit her job because the paper killed her cartoon mocking billionaires - including Post owner Jeff Bezos - for bowing to Trump, just won the Pulitzer Prize.

holy shit I was right

I love it!! NO MORE MISOGYNISTS!

👏👏👏👏👏

Okay. Now do Pete Hegseth, the guy who leaked military attack plans.