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kbowenwriter.bsky.social
Former lit adjunct turned author of mysteries set in 19thc U.S. featuring women who can't mind their own business and have the scars to prove it. Book banning makes me crazy. I love cats, container gardening, yarn crafts, and democracy.
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I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

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An objectively accurate description would be they are "stealing money," or if you want to be a bit drier, "illegally impounding funds," but "spending cuts" is not what's happening because Trump/Musk have no authority to "cut" appropriations as in the same term we'd use to speak of Congress doing it.

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> @ironstache.bsky.social

submitted 13 days ago • 354 comments

For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.

submitted 17 days ago • 74 comments

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social would be the perfect person to deliver regular updates and analyses!

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This is disgusting.

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This is what we need from our journalists. All of this.

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Schoolhouse Rock was my first exposure to the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, how about you guys? youtu.be/RKldTIZGSM8... Shout out to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for reviewing it during yesterday's Politics Chat. It's been sticking with me today.

submitted 28 days ago • 16 comments

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

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And so it begins: Bakersfield, CA sees massive drop off in field workers as ICE agents rounded up suspected immigrants, resulting in acres of oranges left unpicked in the California sun during the most active period of the season. “Economic devastation” newrepublic.com/post/190555/...

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Woke up to this note from our youngest son. (She'd already fooled us twice this week). "And the Oscar for best 'starving kitty' performance goes to...."

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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

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Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

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We're enjoying our backyard camera feeder...a little oasis in a troubled world. Maybe these guys deserve their own account. 🐦

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Hi to y'all here on the butterfly app! I've been mostly on Fb, IG, and Threads. Back on here to try to find my people...I love cat stories/pics and sharing stuff about my own kitty, chatting about crochet, guitar, cozy mysteries, and gardening. Hope to connect up with similar peeps. Thx for reading!

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Happy Veteran's Day to two of my favorite vets - my dad in heaven, and my hubby. You're my heroes. Love you!

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