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ashleyfromtexas.bsky.social
My name rhymes with tree. I hate the cold. I’m a cheer mom. I like plants and politics and breweries and camping by myself.
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My mom planted these at my dad’s house 40+ years ago. After she passed, my dad and stepmom were redoing their flowerbeds, and my stepmom made sure to bring me bulbs from the originals. I love seeing these at my house now. 💜

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“According to an email obtained by The New York Times, H.H.S. intends to revise its web pages to include statements like ‘The decision to vaccinate is a personal one’ and ‘People should also be informed about the potential adverse events associated with vaccines’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/h...

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The other day when my daughter’s friend was here (and yeah, she’s only been here about eleventy seven times before and LOVES this cat), she said “wait, the kitten’s name is Stark? I thought it was Chalupa!” So … her name is definitely Chalupa now.

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Making fideo and listening to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social … I think the only thing keeping me from throwing things in rage is how good my kitchen smells.

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Yosemite National Park workers hang distress flag to protest Trump and Musk coming for their jobs.

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FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 1965: After five years and seventy million dollars we have invented a new type of plastic that prevents communists from being able to climb ladders too fast FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 2025: My cure for cancer was shelved because it might benefit Hispanics

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Somewhere in the world, a white lady is bringing this to a potluck because she thinks it’s good. (Found this *gem* in a Southern Baptist church compilation cookbook.) Look: maybe America deserves to collapse. Just saying. 🤷‍♀️

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Are government employees eligible for unemployment benefits if they’re fired? If so, I hope that every single one files for that shit.

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One time, she said (of a sitting VPOTUS) “if you put his brain in a bumblebee, I think it would fly backwards.” Is anyone else wildly missing Molly Ivins right about now? Asking for a friend. (It’s me. I’m the asking friend.)

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For fuck’s sake …

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Why aren’t we talking more about how badly the USAID cuts will hurt American farmers? That’s not a “distant future” thing. Growing season has already started/will be starting soon for most of the country.

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This offends me. I’m over this trip. 11 hours until we’re home!

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"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 67 days ago • 240 comments

Not even six hours apart.

submitted 67 days ago • 1177 comments

Ask me why we’re late getting anywhere. Literally anywhere, for any event.

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

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In Palm Springs for this weekend’s cheer comp. And apparently we’re ... in the mountains? I learned that just now when I walked outside and saw ... ya know ... mountains. In my defense, it was dark and we were exhausted when we arrived last night. #themoreyouknow #cheer

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What in the actual fuck is happening …

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😍😍

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Brave yourselves for more of the like.

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(1) Years ago, I took a friend to file an assault report. I asked the desk cop for a female officer, and he asked me “why does it matter? You’re not even the one filing the complaint. Your friend needs to get over it and talk to any officer who can see her now. …

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Not entirely sure how your day is going (I hope well!), but if you haven’t listened to “Sing, Sing, Sing” at top volume and played every instrument in the air while bopping around … you should. Like, immediately.

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Me and my dad, me and my mom. Probably 1983-4. 💜

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Strict Scrutiny is back!!!!!!

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Gonna miss watching my son compete now that he’s done with cheer. 😢

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Sometimes, you need to ignore the importance of today’s date … and eat a whole cucumber for breakfast, California roll style: cucumber, edamame, imitation crab, cream cheese, kewpie mayo, sriracha, sesame oil, soy sauce, mirin, MSG (obviously), furikake, honey. #j6 #cucumber #breakfast

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Send help! I’m being held hostage by this sweet little tortie girl, Stark. (Don’t tell any of my kids or other pets, but she might be my favorite thing living in this house.)

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Drinking coffee and eating tamales for breakfast, in my oddly quiet house, so I started listening to Wild Faith by Talia Lavin. Pretty sure I’ll be buying the physical book, too. One of my sons recommended it to me, and I’m already hooked. Anyone else read this yet??

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They’re so cute when they’re not destroying everything …

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When Gaetz was announced as the president elect’s AG pick, I thought “at least it’s not Ken Paxton.” Then Matty dropped out, and the pick went to Florida’s version of Paxton. 🤦🏼‍♀️ UGH.

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Birthday flowers from the firstborn … always surprises me when he’s sweet. But I’m not complaining!

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