cheriemill.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

With the all the attacks on our community I thought I’d post this again. Might save a life.

submitted 13 hours ago • 19 comments

submitted 14 hours ago • 292 comments

A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire." America is under attack right now.

submitted 1 day ago • 328 comments

In 2020, the military was adamant about refusing to get involved in the election. That's why Trump hates General Mark Milley so much. Now, Trump is transforming the military into one that will back him up in 2029. We need to figure out how to prepare for that eventuality.

submitted 1 day ago • 536 comments

submitted 1 day ago • 59 comments

This letter is exquisite. No notes

submitted 2 days ago • 39 comments

I think this is the whe Internet's weekly allowance of swears in one short video about the oxygen thief Donald J Trump, his betrayal of Western values, and thodious pack of has-beens that amplify his every word. And it's all spot on. https://youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?feature=shared

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

submitted 7 days ago • 273 comments

On Sat., I sent Democracy Docket subscribers a list of 5 books I've read this year: Patriot, Alexei Navalny The Order of the Day, Eric Vuillard Servants of the Damned, David Enrich Congress's Constitution, Josh Chafetz The Word of Dog, Mark Rowlands Sign-up: www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 7 days ago • 98 comments

🧵 It’s Sunday morning, and eggs are still expensive, so here’s a pro baking tip: You can replace eggs with baking soda & vinegar. This works really well for pancakes (and even cakes, muffins, and quick breads). Here’s how ⬇️ (1/4)

submitted 7 days ago • 322 comments

With Handmaids Tale people focus on the shock of the mass rapes in the book and the show. But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.

submitted 8 days ago • 763 comments

This is probably the most accurate take.

submitted 8 days ago • 2927 comments

I first heard about the Toynbee Tiles in a documentary on the phenomenon -- and just now found this article on how to embed similar linoleum mosaics in asphalt. Not that I would ever encourage people to do such a thing....

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Canada’s new Rural Community Immigration Pilot offers permanent residence to skilled workers who want to work and settle in rural and more remote communities. 14 pilot communities will approve certain employers to hire for jobs that they can’t fill with local workers. More info here:

submitted 9 days ago • 217 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 685 comments

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 10 days ago • 1052 comments

I am so, so tired. And I know you are, too. Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.

submitted 11 days ago • 55 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 10 days ago • 418 comments

Microplastics, found in our brains, and their effects on our health a new @nature.com feature www.nature.com/articles/d41... I'd just written about this, too erictopol.substack.com/p/the-microp...

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.

submitted 12 days ago • 694 comments

I want to thank Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social for this post - it's the first thing that's made me feel hopeful since the election. Save this image to your phones. Whenever you feel like things are hopeless and we can't win, look at that image. It made me want to fight again!

submitted 12 days ago • 246 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

You can tell a lot about a person by how they react to children—and even more by how they treat the ones suffering from hunger.

submitted 12 days ago • 839 comments

So, that halftime show made it clear, yet? REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map

submitted 13 days ago • 64 comments

JOIN CANADA

submitted 13 days ago • 421 comments

“Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” is my favorite novel of all time. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read it. Will have to pull it out again soon. RIP to a counterculture literary legend www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

submitted 13 days ago • 44 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 886 comments

Teaching an art history class or making a youtube tutorial on painting? Here are some female classical artists to reference so you don't get stuck listing the same old men over and over: Artemisia Gentileschi Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Judith Leyster Elisabetta Sirani

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

submitted 13 days ago • 122 comments

On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.

submitted 14 days ago • 225 comments

submitted 14 days ago • 448 comments

Some bozo on Twitter named "Insurrectionist Barbie" said that "most of our major cities look like Third World countries." This is what our three largest cities look like vs. an actual third-world country.

submitted 14 days ago • 859 comments

"How to Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic"

submitted 14 days ago • 81 comments

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

submitted 14 days ago • 376 comments

Fareed Zakaria, clear as a bell www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/p...

submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.” — Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.

submitted 14 days ago • 1059 comments

She speaks truth.

submitted 15 days ago • 1236 comments

I read this on dark days for a little solace.

submitted 16 days ago • 176 comments

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

submitted 16 days ago • 313 comments

🤷🏻

submitted 16 days ago • 447 comments

🎯

submitted 16 days ago • 369 comments

Keep calling! Yesterday, Sen Murkowski (R-AK) noted the U.S. Senate phone system had around 1,600 calls/minute, in contrast to the 40/minute usually received.

submitted 18 days ago • 166 comments

Current states signed onto the lawsuit against DOGE: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont Is your state on the list? If not, CALL YOUR AG 👉 5calls.org/issue/musk-d...

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST @mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏 Your longtime fan, Mar🐫

submitted 17 days ago • 553 comments

#BlueCrew - Quote of the Day

submitted 17 days ago • 113 comments

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

submitted 18 days ago • 1215 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 17 days ago • 6591 comments