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salpeters.bsky.social
💙Educator and mom in the sandwich generation; trying to stay sane in this mess.💙
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TRUMP IS NOT PRESIDENT

Trump is despicable

Don’t be gaslit. If it writes an op-ed like a Nazi, Tweets like a Nazi, hosts a Nazi on a Twitter Space and salutes like a Nazi, it’s not ‘autism’, it’s Nazism.

Can we get a big round of applause for Bishop Mariann Budde? #BishopBudde

I don’t want to plant an American flag on Mars. I want healthcare that isn’t tied to my job, and won’t bankrupt me if I get sick. I want to be able to retire. I want my kid to be able to afford a house. I want the planet to be safe and healthy. Mars is not it~never was, never will be.

Speaking of data on what our system for distributing economic power in the USA has been doing lately, how about US homelessness rising by 18 percent in one year and billionaire wealth more than doubling in ten years? I'm just saying. If you have the ethics to match, you're good to go. If not, ...

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What could possibly go wrong?

"Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for." -- Louisa May Alcott, born #OTD 1832

When a lead from the Biden-Harris cybersecurity department expert is dramatically urging a forensic audit, you cannot say this is a conspiracy theory! Every citizen should be demanding this and if not, why aren't you? #DemVoice1 #forensicrecount2024

Please report this impersonation account. It is misleading people into think it is me. bsky.app/profile/marc...

“Atticus—“ said Jen bleakly. He turned in the doorway. “What son?” “How could they do it, how could they?” “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it—seems that only children weep. Good night.”

Reading To Kill a Mockingbird alongside my teen. Her first time, my 3rd or 4th? And this time around omg. It’s devastating. My kid (who often explains the world to me) says it’s cause we’re reading from Scout’s perspective- and she doesn’t get it cause she’s too young- but we as readers do. 1/2

MOOD.

Department of Government Deficiency. I’m sure I’m not the first to come up with that- but it came to mind when reading that they propose cutting Medicaid by random selection of social security numbers?! Is there truth in that??

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

Leak the report. Pass it on