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Some days you find something you have been searching for, since you started this crazy thing called diving.

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools. They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

I got to see a seahorse for the first time a week ago!

Just came from diving. We have to be cognizant of what we are doing to the planet and what will never be able to be repaired.

“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”

The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine. Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.

The amount of control these people want. UGH!

From The Skimm

I organize online, but I show up in person. We can’t just throw hot takes out on social media. We have to call, write, testify, and march if we can. Show up and they’ll know the resistance is real.

RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is where we are going…deleting SpEd services and teachers and programs. www.kare11.com/article/news...

The Wizard of Oz 86 years old! If Dorothy were to encounter men with no brains, heart, or courage, she wouldn't be in Oz. She'd be in D.C.

Spotted in rural Missouri…

We’re done here. Right?

A fine man whose love of history influenced others has passed. One of those people who if you knew him, you were blessed.

Looking for this bumper sticker.

I am working hard on all things. Using it on my annual evaluation. This is what Trump said JD Vance is doing so it must be a good thing, right?

I live in Ag country. You can’t even imagine how many signs I passed saying, “Farmers for Trump.” This graph was posted by Iowa Democratic Representative, JD Sholten.

They had help.

Do one thing every day. Avoid exhaustion by being intentional. My State Senator, Rusty Black, sent out his newsletter saying he is working to overturn the will of voters on the abortion amendment. I responded to him. It took about two minutes. Work intentionally. Don’t get worn down.

These two things are related. I made a call to Missouri State Senator David Gregory to express my outrage over his legislation. You can call too.

Cool. Cool. We are already 50th in starting teacher pay and 49th in educational funding and Missourians spend $700/year more than drivers in nearby states because of our shitty roads. I’m sure eliminating the state income tax will help Missouri’s defunded public schools and crumbling roads.

Selling Native children to anyone who wrote to them and sent in $10. American history. Repulsive.

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Listen, if they really cared about girl’s sports, they would make sure that girls have the same access as boys to funding. Or facilities. Or coaches. Or uniforms. Or bus budgets. They don’t care about girl’s sports. They care about punching down on a minuscule number of trans athletes.

I called my congressman‘s office two weeks ago to ask how many bills my representative has passed in his 24 years in DC. From my research it looks like six bills and four of them were to rename post offices. He passes a bill every four years. He’s been compensated over $4M in that time.

a friend texted me this and I felt I should share it

fixed it

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

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CARTOONS OF THE DAY 🫤 (Cartoonists are rallying around @anntelnaes.bsky.social as she leaves the @washingtonpost.com )

Fresh herbs to cleanse and begin the new year. Wonderful wreath found on Etsy. Sign I made at our local Board & brush.

An icy day in SE Missouri.