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Communicator, advocate, word aficionado. Former educator. Fan of breathing, plants, and reasonable people. ATX
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This abutilon is my current obsession #atxgarden #atxgardeners

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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law: “It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

submitted 56 days ago • 503 comments

What pops into my head when I get headline notifications these days.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

DOGE: “Cut once, hire twice.”

submitted 57 days ago • 41 comments

I don't want to make a huge thing of it, but today is the 10yr anniversary of my dx of pulmonary hypertension. It's a condition that only ends in one way, but that's true of the human condition in general, so for now I'm happy I'm beating expectations. Thanks to my fam & friends who keep me going

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Texans & other concerned folks: you can get a titer test to see if your childhood MMR vaccine is still protecting you from measles. I did it in 2019, had no measurable antibodies, so I got an MMR shot. Told friends & same story with them. *I'm not a doctor* but might be worth mentioning to yours!

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Does the air in Austin smell a little weird to anyone today?

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

submitted 107 days ago • 172 comments

Sorry, but how is Landman an 8.3 on IMDb? Every female character but one is only there to look hot - way different than Sheridan's show Lioness, which has more depth. The plot & dialogue are also fairly lazy outside of a few very pointed monologues. Billy Bob does a pretty great job, I will say.

submitted 147 days ago • 1 comment

Probably futile but I wrote to both my senators and my (wonderful) US Rep today urging them not to adjourn the Senate early to allow recess appointments. I'm sure it will change nothing but I felt compelled to get my request on record

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

Two years in and after growing back from the roots after a freeze, this is the first blooming bract from my bougainvillea. Poor lil guy can barely see the sun thanks to the oaks, but I love how it stretches hopefully toward light. Same, boug. Same. #atxgarden #atxgardening

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

The only possible glimmer of an upside I can think of tonight is that in the end, Trump fires just about everyone. He's plucked people like Gaetz and others from Congress, and once he dumps them they'll be temporarily without public office.

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah, everything's insane right now, but look at this beautiful giant swallowtail butterfly that emerged in my garden #ATX #ATXgarden #ATXgardening

submitted 175 days ago • 1 comment

I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free. Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.

submitted 177 days ago • 322 comments

Looking forward to when everyone settles in here and all the posts aren't about bluesky vs hellscape apps

submitted 177 days ago • 1 comment