Tara L. Campbell
@campbelltaral.bsky.social
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer | identity, culture, science, technology
Sit down, Kim Davis.
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
apnews.com/live/donald-...
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
apnews.com/live/donald-...
Live updates: Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sit down, Kim Davis.
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
apnews.com/live/donald-...
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
apnews.com/live/donald-...
Naive? Incompetent? Cowardly?
I'm not giving the benefit of the doubt. This group failed us.
The December vote will end ACA credits because these assholes demonstrated they will not hold the line when it comes to healthcare affordability.
I'm not giving the benefit of the doubt. This group failed us.
The December vote will end ACA credits because these assholes demonstrated they will not hold the line when it comes to healthcare affordability.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Naive? Incompetent? Cowardly?
I'm not giving the benefit of the doubt. This group failed us.
The December vote will end ACA credits because these assholes demonstrated they will not hold the line when it comes to healthcare affordability.
I'm not giving the benefit of the doubt. This group failed us.
The December vote will end ACA credits because these assholes demonstrated they will not hold the line when it comes to healthcare affordability.
The POS administration can go eff right off a cliff with this one.
This is the behavior of a pathetic group of garbage realizing they've lost the battle.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
This is the behavior of a pathetic group of garbage realizing they've lost the battle.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
Trump admin tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The POS administration can go eff right off a cliff with this one.
This is the behavior of a pathetic group of garbage realizing they've lost the battle.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
This is the behavior of a pathetic group of garbage realizing they've lost the battle.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
To get universal healthcare on a ballot, 386K registered WA voters must sign an initiative first.
This is a Pledge to Sign and an optional subscribe for alerts on when the campaign launches.
wholewashington.org/pledge/
#Washington #PNW #Cascadia
This is a Pledge to Sign and an optional subscribe for alerts on when the campaign launches.
wholewashington.org/pledge/
#Washington #PNW #Cascadia
Pledge to Sign - Whole Washington
Whole Washington needs your help to get universal healthcare on the ballot. Show your support with this easy online action.
wholewashington.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
To get universal healthcare on a ballot, 386K registered WA voters must sign an initiative first.
This is a Pledge to Sign and an optional subscribe for alerts on when the campaign launches.
wholewashington.org/pledge/
#Washington #PNW #Cascadia
This is a Pledge to Sign and an optional subscribe for alerts on when the campaign launches.
wholewashington.org/pledge/
#Washington #PNW #Cascadia
Remove the trillionaire, invest all the money to an expanded USAID.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remove the trillionaire, invest all the money to an expanded USAID.
Keep the pressure on these assholes.
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump admin to pay full SNAP benefits for November by tomorrow, rejecting the administration’s plan to only partially fund food stamps for 42 million Americans.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
The Trump administration recently said it would not pay any SNAP benefits, but then offered partial funding of the food stamp program after a judge's ruling.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Keep the pressure on these assholes.
Reposted by Tara L. Campbell
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Get 15% off when you use code GIFT25 at checkout, now through 11/18.
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide from Bookshop.org
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bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is HERE!
Whether you’re searching for a cozy romance, a charming children’s book, or the right read for a hard-to-shop-for friend, our gift guide has you covered.
Get 15% off when you use code GIFT25 at checkout, now through 11/18.
Whether you’re searching for a cozy romance, a charming children’s book, or the right read for a hard-to-shop-for friend, our gift guide has you covered.
Get 15% off when you use code GIFT25 at checkout, now through 11/18.
Ah, that's what hope feels like; I'd forgotten. The blue wave at the national level is a relief.
Locally though, the wealthy, white, geriatric town I live in is all too happy to pull up the ladder, burn it, and continue pretending the increasing costs of operating a city is simply mismanagement.
Locally though, the wealthy, white, geriatric town I live in is all too happy to pull up the ladder, burn it, and continue pretending the increasing costs of operating a city is simply mismanagement.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ah, that's what hope feels like; I'd forgotten. The blue wave at the national level is a relief.
Locally though, the wealthy, white, geriatric town I live in is all too happy to pull up the ladder, burn it, and continue pretending the increasing costs of operating a city is simply mismanagement.
Locally though, the wealthy, white, geriatric town I live in is all too happy to pull up the ladder, burn it, and continue pretending the increasing costs of operating a city is simply mismanagement.
'"We need to better understand and address the underlying social and economic factors that may be driving this trend."'
Stress & Hopelessness.
Systemic, untouchable corruption in government institutions with no end in the foreseeable future.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Stress & Hopelessness.
Systemic, untouchable corruption in government institutions with no end in the foreseeable future.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Alarming surge in memory problems among young adults
Cognitive struggles are climbing across the U.S., especially among young and economically disadvantaged adults. Rates of self-reported cognitive disability nearly doubled in people under 40 between 20...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
'"We need to better understand and address the underlying social and economic factors that may be driving this trend."'
Stress & Hopelessness.
Systemic, untouchable corruption in government institutions with no end in the foreseeable future.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Stress & Hopelessness.
Systemic, untouchable corruption in government institutions with no end in the foreseeable future.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
If the administration fails to follow this judgement, *then* do we riot?
(Note: I'm not inciting riots, but I am asking us to boycott work as a collective whole. Stay home, buy nothing, protest daily, etc. Anything that hoses up the markets.)
(Note: I'm not inciting riots, but I am asking us to boycott work as a collective whole. Stay home, buy nothing, protest daily, etc. Anything that hoses up the markets.)
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must fund SNAP during the government shutdown.
6abc.com/post/judges-...
6abc.com/post/judges-...
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown
Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Trump's administration must continue to fund SNAP, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
6abc.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If the administration fails to follow this judgement, *then* do we riot?
(Note: I'm not inciting riots, but I am asking us to boycott work as a collective whole. Stay home, buy nothing, protest daily, etc. Anything that hoses up the markets.)
(Note: I'm not inciting riots, but I am asking us to boycott work as a collective whole. Stay home, buy nothing, protest daily, etc. Anything that hoses up the markets.)
A step forward.
Now let's talk about regional escrow account(s) on the federal taxes we individuals are forced to pay.
Redirect those funds into Cascadia for universal healthcare, food benefits, housing, and infrastructure.
Release those funds to the federal gov when it stops withholding from us
Now let's talk about regional escrow account(s) on the federal taxes we individuals are forced to pay.
Redirect those funds into Cascadia for universal healthcare, food benefits, housing, and infrastructure.
Release those funds to the federal gov when it stops withholding from us
Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A step forward.
Now let's talk about regional escrow account(s) on the federal taxes we individuals are forced to pay.
Redirect those funds into Cascadia for universal healthcare, food benefits, housing, and infrastructure.
Release those funds to the federal gov when it stops withholding from us
Now let's talk about regional escrow account(s) on the federal taxes we individuals are forced to pay.
Redirect those funds into Cascadia for universal healthcare, food benefits, housing, and infrastructure.
Release those funds to the federal gov when it stops withholding from us
Anyone else struggle with overwhelm starting things because experience taught you they require a lot of knowledge and effort, but today people jump in using anything available, launching them to the 75% complete zone?
I get stuck not knowing the details but people are okay FFing past that now.
I get stuck not knowing the details but people are okay FFing past that now.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Anyone else struggle with overwhelm starting things because experience taught you they require a lot of knowledge and effort, but today people jump in using anything available, launching them to the 75% complete zone?
I get stuck not knowing the details but people are okay FFing past that now.
I get stuck not knowing the details but people are okay FFing past that now.
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fiscal disobedience. Escrow our federal tax withholdings until the federal government follows through on funds and support already promised to #WA State. Anything they cut from our state, we redirect from the escrow account.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience | Eric Reinhart
By holding back federal tax revenues, Democratic governors can turn a one-sided assault into a constitutional showdown
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Fiscal disobedience. Escrow our federal tax withholdings until the federal government follows through on funds and support already promised to #WA State. Anything they cut from our state, we redirect from the escrow account.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I'm visiting #Scottsdale #AZ and the turn out was amazing, starting early as hell too. So proud of everyone, and so thankful for the solidarity from everywhere across the globe.
Much love! 🤗💛
Much love! 🤗💛
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm visiting #Scottsdale #AZ and the turn out was amazing, starting early as hell too. So proud of everyone, and so thankful for the solidarity from everywhere across the globe.
Much love! 🤗💛
Much love! 🤗💛
Reposted by Tara L. Campbell
“You’d 100% get more decay, especially in children in low-income communities,” Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman, a retired dentist, said about halting fluoridation. “We already see it in people who don’t have fluoride in their water.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
www.propublica.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“You’d 100% get more decay, especially in children in low-income communities,” Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman, a retired dentist, said about halting fluoridation. “We already see it in people who don’t have fluoride in their water.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Reposted by Tara L. Campbell
Taxpayers aren’t supposed to deduct losses from something that has no hope of being a profitable business.
But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.
(Published 2023)
But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.
(Published 2023)
Private Planes and Luxury Yachts Aren’t Just Toys for the Ultrawealthy. They’re Also Huge Tax Breaks.
What’s the only thing better than having your own Gulfstream jet? Why, getting to claim millions in tax deductions for it. All you have to do is make a case you’re using it for business, which turns o...
www.propublica.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Taxpayers aren’t supposed to deduct losses from something that has no hope of being a profitable business.
But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.
(Published 2023)
But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.
(Published 2023)
Reposted by Tara L. Campbell
Love the parallel drawn between the "lost puppy of silicon valley" and the psychopath boyfriend earnestly helping to find the missing girlfriend he killed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Love the parallel drawn between the "lost puppy of silicon valley" and the psychopath boyfriend earnestly helping to find the missing girlfriend he killed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Underappreciated feature in #Firefox:
Reader View
Tap that button and all the webpage BS videos, graphics, ads etc. disappear.
From an #accessibility standpoint, this reduces the distractions and forced page loads to nearly non-existent.
Reader View
Tap that button and all the webpage BS videos, graphics, ads etc. disappear.
From an #accessibility standpoint, this reduces the distractions and forced page loads to nearly non-existent.
October 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Underappreciated feature in #Firefox:
Reader View
Tap that button and all the webpage BS videos, graphics, ads etc. disappear.
From an #accessibility standpoint, this reduces the distractions and forced page loads to nearly non-existent.
Reader View
Tap that button and all the webpage BS videos, graphics, ads etc. disappear.
From an #accessibility standpoint, this reduces the distractions and forced page loads to nearly non-existent.
@kobobooks.bsky.social: What are you doing?
I went all-in on Kobo when my Kindle died, only to lose multiple library support a month later. I'm fortunate enough to live in a reciprocal library region but here we are in 2025 and I'm stuck with fiddling to get digital content to my e-reader?
🧵1/5
I went all-in on Kobo when my Kindle died, only to lose multiple library support a month later. I'm fortunate enough to live in a reciprocal library region but here we are in 2025 and I'm stuck with fiddling to get digital content to my e-reader?
🧵1/5
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@kobobooks.bsky.social: What are you doing?
I went all-in on Kobo when my Kindle died, only to lose multiple library support a month later. I'm fortunate enough to live in a reciprocal library region but here we are in 2025 and I'm stuck with fiddling to get digital content to my e-reader?
🧵1/5
I went all-in on Kobo when my Kindle died, only to lose multiple library support a month later. I'm fortunate enough to live in a reciprocal library region but here we are in 2025 and I'm stuck with fiddling to get digital content to my e-reader?
🧵1/5
I am that weird friend with the random knowledge that's only useful after the apocalypse.
"Ants bring us culture! No wait, hear me out!"
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
"Ants bring us culture! No wait, hear me out!"
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants
Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it.
arstechnica.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am that weird friend with the random knowledge that's only useful after the apocalypse.
"Ants bring us culture! No wait, hear me out!"
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
"Ants bring us culture! No wait, hear me out!"
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
