Cindy Baldwin
@cindybaldwinbooks.bsky.social
Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her
Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
They never tell you that your kid will be like “mom you aren’t allowed to read Sunrise on the Reaping Alone and have to wait till I’m home from school”
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They never tell you that your kid will be like “mom you aren’t allowed to read Sunrise on the Reaping Alone and have to wait till I’m home from school”
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March 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
They never tell you that your kid will be like “mom you aren’t allowed to read Sunrise on the Reaping Alone and have to wait till I’m home from school”
😭😭😭
They never tell you that your kid will be like “mom you aren’t allowed to read Sunrise on the Reaping Alone and have to wait till I’m home from school”
😭😭😭
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🚨🚨ALERT🚨🚨: If you want Democrats to hold the line on Musk's illegal funding/firing spree, **RIGHT NOW** is time to make your voice heard. This update below is about just that. Not clear how hard a line they're taking. GOPS are abt to shutdown the govt. Their leadership wants Dem help outmaneuver...
This looks like the battle is joined. Republicans are on course to shut down the govt because of their extremist wing. They're asking Dems for help. Dems are saying bill has to have agreement that Prez can't unconstitutionally "impound" appropriated money - i.e., allow Elon's crime spree.
“Look, there's no way a Republican Senate and Republican House are going to limit what a Republican president can do.” www.politico.com/live-updates...
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🚨🚨ALERT🚨🚨: If you want Democrats to hold the line on Musk's illegal funding/firing spree, **RIGHT NOW** is time to make your voice heard. This update below is about just that. Not clear how hard a line they're taking. GOPS are abt to shutdown the govt. Their leadership wants Dem help outmaneuver...
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I suspect this is a HUGELY underestimated factor in radicalization. If you look at, say, QAnon boards, it’s not really folks looking for scapegoats for their dire material circumstances. It’s middle-class people with boring lives who want to imagine they’re in The Parallax View.
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
February 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I suspect this is a HUGELY underestimated factor in radicalization. If you look at, say, QAnon boards, it’s not really folks looking for scapegoats for their dire material circumstances. It’s middle-class people with boring lives who want to imagine they’re in The Parallax View.
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You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!
YouTube video by Anti Trump
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February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
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So I post a lot about buying my books, but don't think I've listed all of them and what they are about.
Here's a thread of all Karuna Riazi books at the moment 🧵 As a reminder, I am a middle grade author so all of these are middle grade titles!
Here's a thread of all Karuna Riazi books at the moment 🧵 As a reminder, I am a middle grade author so all of these are middle grade titles!
February 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
So I post a lot about buying my books, but don't think I've listed all of them and what they are about.
Here's a thread of all Karuna Riazi books at the moment 🧵 As a reminder, I am a middle grade author so all of these are middle grade titles!
Here's a thread of all Karuna Riazi books at the moment 🧵 As a reminder, I am a middle grade author so all of these are middle grade titles!
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There is a lot of talk about blue states resisting, etc. and this educator would humbly suggest that this is not the way forward.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
February 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There is a lot of talk about blue states resisting, etc. and this educator would humbly suggest that this is not the way forward.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
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‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
New newsletter on the crucial importance of collective liberation 💜
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
The Nightlock-Berry Theory of Collective Liberation
We do not beat fascists by conceding to their rules.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New newsletter on the crucial importance of collective liberation 💜
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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I would urge those who live in states that are not involved in this case to contact your AGs office and ask that they file an amici brief in support of Section 504, if they are not already planning on doing so.
February 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I would urge those who live in states that are not involved in this case to contact your AGs office and ask that they file an amici brief in support of Section 504, if they are not already planning on doing so.
Disabled rights are being attacked on multiple fronts right now. One is the lawsuit 17 states have joined trying to get the federal government to do away with Section 504. This is DIRE.
Info: dredf.org/protect-504/
Script to email your state AG: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Info: dredf.org/protect-504/
Script to email your state AG: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Disabled rights are being attacked on multiple fronts right now. One is the lawsuit 17 states have joined trying to get the federal government to do away with Section 504. This is DIRE.
Info: dredf.org/protect-504/
Script to email your state AG: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Info: dredf.org/protect-504/
Script to email your state AG: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Y’all I’m really trying to love blue sky but on threads today Duo the Duolingo owl either was murdered or faked his own death and the prime suspect is Drake. Also Duo’s full name was revealed to Duo Keyshauna Renee Lingo. I cannot pull myself away from the unhinged shitposting that happens there😂
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Y’all I’m really trying to love blue sky but on threads today Duo the Duolingo owl either was murdered or faked his own death and the prime suspect is Drake. Also Duo’s full name was revealed to Duo Keyshauna Renee Lingo. I cannot pull myself away from the unhinged shitposting that happens there😂
New google maps update just dropped
February 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New google maps update just dropped
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Section 504 prohibits discrimination against disabled people & guarantees equal access to anything (services, programs, buildings, etc.) that receives federal funding. It paved the way for the ADA. The sit-in that got it passed is an extraordinary moment in US history.
I am incandescent with rage.
I am incandescent with rage.
February 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Section 504 prohibits discrimination against disabled people & guarantees equal access to anything (services, programs, buildings, etc.) that receives federal funding. It paved the way for the ADA. The sit-in that got it passed is an extraordinary moment in US history.
I am incandescent with rage.
I am incandescent with rage.
🎶If you’re tired of getting sick, wear a mask 👏👏
If you care about resistance, wear a mask 👏👏
If you’re an ally and you know it
Then your face will surely show it 😷
If you want to help us all, wear a mask 👏👏🎶
If you care about resistance, wear a mask 👏👏
If you’re an ally and you know it
Then your face will surely show it 😷
If you want to help us all, wear a mask 👏👏🎶
February 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
🎶If you’re tired of getting sick, wear a mask 👏👏
If you care about resistance, wear a mask 👏👏
If you’re an ally and you know it
Then your face will surely show it 😷
If you want to help us all, wear a mask 👏👏🎶
If you care about resistance, wear a mask 👏👏
If you’re an ally and you know it
Then your face will surely show it 😷
If you want to help us all, wear a mask 👏👏🎶
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“I would punch a N*zi.” Um, you won’t even wear a mask.
February 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“I would punch a N*zi.” Um, you won’t even wear a mask.
Middle grade authors! What do you do with artwork/posters/etc. from students? Especially when a whole class (or multiple) give you art they've made as part of studying your work?
February 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Middle grade authors! What do you do with artwork/posters/etc. from students? Especially when a whole class (or multiple) give you art they've made as part of studying your work?
Apparently it’s National Hedgehog Day so here, have a cute hedgie named Penelope 💜
February 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Apparently it’s National Hedgehog Day so here, have a cute hedgie named Penelope 💜
I posted a newsletter today about rebellious disabled joy and celebrating the small pleasures as a middle finger to those who wish bodies like mine would disappear:
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
I Will Keep Living, Dammit
Romanticizing my life as a path to rebellious joy
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I posted a newsletter today about rebellious disabled joy and celebrating the small pleasures as a middle finger to those who wish bodies like mine would disappear:
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
open.substack.com/pub/cindybal...
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i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.
November 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM
i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.
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Killing off the elderly, ill, and disabled. What does that sound like to you "he's not a Nazi" people?
January 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Killing off the elderly, ill, and disabled. What does that sound like to you "he's not a Nazi" people?
Writers! Have you experienced writing burnout and recovery? And if so, would you be willing to briefly chat about it with me over email?
January 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Writers! Have you experienced writing burnout and recovery? And if so, would you be willing to briefly chat about it with me over email?