CJ
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CJ
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Migrating from X.
Why is it that every time the Supreme Court makes a correct decision I fear they're setting us up for all the bad ones to come.
May 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The data on youth mental health reflects what we all know to be true: we've got to check in with our kids and provide needed support.

Children's Mental Health Awareness Week is an opportunity to reach out for help, and to talk to each other and the kids in our lives.
May 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Trump on using military force says "I don't see it with Canada," but "something could happen with Greenland."

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g...
Trump on using military force says "I don't see it with Canada," but "something could happen with Greenland."
Mr. Trump has repeatedly vowed to secure U.S. control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, while threatening to make Canada the 51st state.
www.cbsnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
May 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Hakeem Jeffries is right: the pressure is working. Republicans are rattled, and the extremist budget cuts are starting to crack. Now is *not* the time to let up. Keep calling, keep posting, keep organizing—because democracy works when we do. 📞📢🔥
May 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Was it suicide?
April 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here is the truth about student loan debt…
This is why the student loan bubble is about to burst. I feel bad for this woman—but she freaking nails it. 🔥
April 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
5. The Overstory by Richard Powers
4. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
3. The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon
2. James by Percival Everett
1. 2666 by Roberto Bolano
#Booksky
5/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
10. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
9. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
8. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
7. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
6. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
#Booksky
5/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
15. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, ... by Gabrielle Zevin
14. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
13. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
12. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
#Booksky
4/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
20. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
19. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
18. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
17. A Visit by the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
16. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
#Booksky
3/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
25. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
24. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
23. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
22. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
21. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
#Booksky
2/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
LA Times Best Books of Past 30 Years
30. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
29. Milkman by Anna Burns
28.Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
27. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
26. Underworld by Don DeLillo
25. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
#Booksky
1/6
April 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I don't know who made the L.A. Times' best books of the last 30 years list but whoever did hates me. #booksky
April 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The L.A. Times say Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is the 13th best book of the past 30 years lol. I couldn't even get past page 50 cuz it was so derivative I was mad at Kingsolver. #booksky
April 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This fuckery with the Department of Defense (and everything else) -- they are building an "army" of yes men and women who will do their bidding no questions asked. Terrifying.
April 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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This is what I’ve been talking about - a lot of the GOP disagrees vehemently with what Trump is doing. They’re just too scared to do anything about it.

Bunch of damn cowards.
April 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Can confirm. Absolutely awful.
BREAKING: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is firing 1,500 workers, and will soon have only about 200 remaining.

That means the CFPB will be largely unable to carry out its mission of overseeing financial institutions and regulating companies that scam consumers.
April 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Who needs safe food?
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'll co-sign pretty much anything Tom Robbins has written. #books #booksky
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thoughts on North Woods by Daniel Mason? (Spoiler alert: mine are mixed...)
April 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
#bookchallenge

Already done my 20 days but sometimes I can't help but share another
April 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@why.bsky.team Hi, for at least 10 hours I've been unable to access:
March 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM