Barbara Etheridge
@barbetheridge.bsky.social
Retired accountant. Now spending my time playing with my granddaughter and trying to save Democracy. I love to sing, and I try to paint.
Instead of nice mushrooms I now see lots of bunnies in my feed. Where did the nice mushrooms go?
May 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Instead of nice mushrooms I now see lots of bunnies in my feed. Where did the nice mushrooms go?
Reposted by Barbara Etheridge
Reminder: Impeachment is the legal, nonviolent route to removing a President.
It is the path that the Constitution provides to protect democracy.
Impeachment is the remedy when a President commits impeachable offenses.
It's that simple.
It is the path that the Constitution provides to protect democracy.
Impeachment is the remedy when a President commits impeachable offenses.
It's that simple.
May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reminder: Impeachment is the legal, nonviolent route to removing a President.
It is the path that the Constitution provides to protect democracy.
Impeachment is the remedy when a President commits impeachable offenses.
It's that simple.
It is the path that the Constitution provides to protect democracy.
Impeachment is the remedy when a President commits impeachable offenses.
It's that simple.
I realized today that there's not another candy holiday until Halloween! We need a summer candy holiday!
May 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I realized today that there's not another candy holiday until Halloween! We need a summer candy holiday!
This happened in TN. We've lost 13 rural hospitals since 2010, primarily because our state legislature has refused to expand Medicaid when the ACA was enacted.
7.5% of people in rural Missouri are on Medicaid. I don't think people in these small communities like the one I live in realize that once Medicaid is axed, most of the rural hospitals will close down.
They won't be able to make it without the reimbursement from Medicaid.
They won't be able to make it without the reimbursement from Medicaid.
March 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This happened in TN. We've lost 13 rural hospitals since 2010, primarily because our state legislature has refused to expand Medicaid when the ACA was enacted.
When I type on my phone, I will invariably type "fir" when I mean "for". I don't think I have ever meant "fir". Why can't my phone just fix it for me???
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
When I type on my phone, I will invariably type "fir" when I mean "for". I don't think I have ever meant "fir". Why can't my phone just fix it for me???
If only someone had warned them about this 🤷♀️
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If only someone had warned them about this 🤷♀️
Well I hadn't even considered this, but now that I think about it...
Today in digital authoritarianism prepping: downloading all my Kindle books (I know -- why did I buy 500 kindle books over the past decade? because I was a fool!) and all my Google docs (it's time to go back to my old friend, Open Office).
February 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Well I hadn't even considered this, but now that I think about it...
Reposted by Barbara Etheridge
Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
For whatever reason, I now look forward to seeing "some nice mushrooms" on my Bluesky feed.
February 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
For whatever reason, I now look forward to seeing "some nice mushrooms" on my Bluesky feed.
I actually had to renew because I've got a trip coming up and my current passport was expiring this year. With online renewal now available, the hardest part was uploading an acceptable photo, and even that wasn't too hard, just frustrating. Do it now while you still can!
My biggest piece of advice I can give you right now.
Renew your passport.
Make sure it is up to date.
Renew your passport.
Make sure it is up to date.
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I actually had to renew because I've got a trip coming up and my current passport was expiring this year. With online renewal now available, the hardest part was uploading an acceptable photo, and even that wasn't too hard, just frustrating. Do it now while you still can!
He thinks THEY are pissed? I'm so pissed i can't even see straight
In the past 26 hours, the American national anthem has been booed at:
Ottawa Senators game
Calgary Flames game
Toronto Raptors game
Vancouver Canucks game
More to come. And it’s totally justified. We’re pissed.
Ottawa Senators game
Calgary Flames game
Toronto Raptors game
Vancouver Canucks game
More to come. And it’s totally justified. We’re pissed.
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
He thinks THEY are pissed? I'm so pissed i can't even see straight
From my friend Leanne Kleinmann, reminding us to take care of ourselves. Consider subscribing - she's a good person and a great writer!
open.substack.com/pub/tellingm...
open.substack.com/pub/tellingm...
How are you protecting your peace?
Late last year, I bought myself a small set of watercolors, a few brushes and a sketchbook.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From my friend Leanne Kleinmann, reminding us to take care of ourselves. Consider subscribing - she's a good person and a great writer!
open.substack.com/pub/tellingm...
open.substack.com/pub/tellingm...
Update - I added myself to the mailing lists, and I get one every day. Yesterday's was about a form of sleeping sickness in Ghana that has been nearly eradicated, but there was one earlier in the week about bird flu. Find sources you trust and keep yourself informed!
This is a great idea. I just commented to someone today about what bad timing it is for US agency communications to be paused, so if they end up being muted by the current administration, we'll still be able to get knowledgeable info.
🔴 So, go to WHO website, click down at the bottom on home and there you will see subscribe to newsletters, so none of us will be left out in the dark when a health crisis happens. This will give us time to prepare. ⬅️
January 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Update - I added myself to the mailing lists, and I get one every day. Yesterday's was about a form of sleeping sickness in Ghana that has been nearly eradicated, but there was one earlier in the week about bird flu. Find sources you trust and keep yourself informed!
I'm going to check this out. I encourage you to do the same.
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm going to check this out. I encourage you to do the same.
This!
January 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This!
This is a great idea. I just commented to someone today about what bad timing it is for US agency communications to be paused, so if they end up being muted by the current administration, we'll still be able to get knowledgeable info.
🔴 So, go to WHO website, click down at the bottom on home and there you will see subscribe to newsletters, so none of us will be left out in the dark when a health crisis happens. This will give us time to prepare. ⬅️
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is a great idea. I just commented to someone today about what bad timing it is for US agency communications to be paused, so if they end up being muted by the current administration, we'll still be able to get knowledgeable info.
Be the solution!
Want a great slogan for midterms?
"If you FAFO and are struggling because of Trump policies, we understand. The Dems are here for you. Tell us how we can help you "
You get the point.
FAFO will be the theme. Be the solution.
"If you FAFO and are struggling because of Trump policies, we understand. The Dems are here for you. Tell us how we can help you "
You get the point.
FAFO will be the theme. Be the solution.
January 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Be the solution!
Reposted by Barbara Etheridge
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Order yours now before they stop it!
Oddly you can still get free COVID 19 tests on line and mailed by the USPS
January 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Order yours now before they stop it!
One of the only posts I like (❤) each week before I even read it. (And why are my hearts showing as black? It's supposed to be red!)
During the week a dog named Bunsen texts his family.
Those texts are saved.
Today they are shared.
This is Texts From Bunsen!
Those texts are saved.
Today they are shared.
This is Texts From Bunsen!
January 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the only posts I like (❤) each week before I even read it. (And why are my hearts showing as black? It's supposed to be red!)
Reposted by Barbara Etheridge
I feel like yelling, "Get out of my building!" Too many people trying to be helpful is not helpful.
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I feel like yelling, "Get out of my building!" Too many people trying to be helpful is not helpful.
Fascinating the things people know!
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Fascinating the things people know!
But some are
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 AM
But some are
Nicklesocks left me yesterday, on to a new adventure. She was 16, soon to be 17. She came to us at Christmas time in 2008, and oversaw a lot of changes to her household. My husband lovingly cleaned up her eating and sleeping areas so I didn't have to. Today I still look for her. #CatsofBluesky
December 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Nicklesocks left me yesterday, on to a new adventure. She was 16, soon to be 17. She came to us at Christmas time in 2008, and oversaw a lot of changes to her household. My husband lovingly cleaned up her eating and sleeping areas so I didn't have to. Today I still look for her. #CatsofBluesky