Allison
@aberryhill.bsky.social
Writer, accordion player, runner, reader, teacher, wedding officiant, Iowa farmer, dirt-road Democrat, juggler, freethinker. Not necessarily in that order. Oh, and puppets. http://schoolblazing.blogspot.com
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Allison
@aberryhill.bsky.social
· Jan 21
He’s no longer courting MAGA. He’s only answering to the billionaires now.
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Thank you to the City of Philadelphia for suing the Trump administration after it removed an exhibit on slavery from Independence National Historical Park.
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Thank you to the City of Philadelphia for suing the Trump administration after it removed an exhibit on slavery from Independence National Historical Park.
Minnesotans are carrying the weight of the country for us all right now.
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Minnesotans are carrying the weight of the country for us all right now.
I ran the Pacer test today. My score was 20. I now hold the record for teachers at my school. Yup. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”(I’m sorry that quote comes from Woody Allen. It’s still one I live by.)
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I ran the Pacer test today. My score was 20. I now hold the record for teachers at my school. Yup. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”(I’m sorry that quote comes from Woody Allen. It’s still one I live by.)
Keep “morality” out of your mouth, you monster.
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Keep “morality” out of your mouth, you monster.
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Congress can’t keep calling itself a coequal branch while acting like a spectator. If it won’t defend its constitutional role, this president will gladly take it.
January 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Congress can’t keep calling itself a coequal branch while acting like a spectator. If it won’t defend its constitutional role, this president will gladly take it.
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The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
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December 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
From my house to yours 🎄#Iowa
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
From my house to yours 🎄#Iowa
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The Wall Street Journal reported that Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues asserting that CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the prison in El Salvador. The email read, in part:
December 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Wall Street Journal reported that Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues asserting that CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the prison in El Salvador. The email read, in part:
I have deep dread that even if the Epstein files bring down dozens of prominent pedophiles, men in positions of power will continue to feel free, anointed even, to use their power against women, especially the young.
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I have deep dread that even if the Epstein files bring down dozens of prominent pedophiles, men in positions of power will continue to feel free, anointed even, to use their power against women, especially the young.
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"The political purpose of the
Two Minutes Hate
is to allow the citizens of Oceania
to vent their existential anguish
and personal hatred toward
politically expedient enemies."
Two Minutes Hate
GEORGE ORWELL (1984)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Min...
Two Minutes Hate
is to allow the citizens of Oceania
to vent their existential anguish
and personal hatred toward
politically expedient enemies."
Two Minutes Hate
GEORGE ORWELL (1984)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Min...
![A still photo (altered to include
"Mug shot of Donald Trump"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump) from the 1984 film: Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Scene background:
"In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, the Two Minutes Hate is the daily period during which members of the Outer and Inner Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting Emmanuel Goldstein, the principal enemy of the state, and his followers, the Brotherhood, and loudly voice their hatred for the enemy and then their love for Big Brother.[1]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Minutes_Hate](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2jtg3q5qxrf6zwcnlrhjmgm/bafkreia4s2sbh63vaqb4xh37uyat5gcsw3rhx56o4j46hi6njhwwuahuci@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"The political purpose of the
Two Minutes Hate
is to allow the citizens of Oceania
to vent their existential anguish
and personal hatred toward
politically expedient enemies."
Two Minutes Hate
GEORGE ORWELL (1984)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Min...
Two Minutes Hate
is to allow the citizens of Oceania
to vent their existential anguish
and personal hatred toward
politically expedient enemies."
Two Minutes Hate
GEORGE ORWELL (1984)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Min...
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A startup company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm received a $620 million loan from the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon said Trump Jr. was "not involved in any aspect" of the deal: www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
DOD gave $620M loan to startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm
The Pentagon told Snopes Donald Trump Jr. was "not involved in any aspect" of the deal.
www.snopes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A startup company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm received a $620 million loan from the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon said Trump Jr. was "not involved in any aspect" of the deal: www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
I have a new granddog! Rescued off the street a month ago. Neutered, cyst removed, and adopted yesterday. 💙
December 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I have a new granddog! Rescued off the street a month ago. Neutered, cyst removed, and adopted yesterday. 💙
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
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Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
One of my goals for 2025 was to memorize the Pied Piper of Hamlin(26 minutes) make puppets for it and present it as a show. I now have an audience of four secured and will presented December 21, 10 a.m., at my house. You’re all invited in spirit.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One of my goals for 2025 was to memorize the Pied Piper of Hamlin(26 minutes) make puppets for it and present it as a show. I now have an audience of four secured and will presented December 21, 10 a.m., at my house. You’re all invited in spirit.
Making things is good for the soul. Draw things. Bake things. Build things.
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Making things is good for the soul. Draw things. Bake things. Build things.
Just finished reading Animal Farm with my freshmen. Absolutely chilling in today’s political state. I urge you all to read it (or reread it) now. It’ll take you three hours and hone your insight into our current march toward tyranny.
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just finished reading Animal Farm with my freshmen. Absolutely chilling in today’s political state. I urge you all to read it (or reread it) now. It’ll take you three hours and hone your insight into our current march toward tyranny.
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Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.