Maureen O'Connor Saringer
@dailyhandstand.bsky.social
Retired higher ed techie. Happy to chat about writing, books, and yoga. Pro-choice native Texan. First novel in progress ✍️📚Also: tennis! 🎾
Dailyhandstand.substack.com
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Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
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OM effin' gosh. Please, install the Make American Kittens Again Chrome desktop extension, which replaces all photos of Trump (alone) with photos of kittens.
July 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OM effin' gosh. Please, install the Make American Kittens Again Chrome desktop extension, which replaces all photos of Trump (alone) with photos of kittens.
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In 2016, Ken Paxton had the audacity to sit at my table and break bread with my family knowing full well that my son is trans, then SIX YEARS LATER wrote an opinion stating that families like mine shouldn't exist. Within days, a CPS investigator was in our home threatening to remove our children.🧵
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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can they at least afford uniforms now
July 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
can they at least afford uniforms now
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Their grass may or may not be greener. I'm watering mine.
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Their grass may or may not be greener. I'm watering mine.
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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I keep using the term deportation. That’s wrong because that implies a legal process. It’s actually kidnapping and or human trafficking.
BREAKING: A federal judge just exposed a horrific act by the Trump administration—deporting a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with no meaningful process while her father fought to keep her here. They are just fucking monsters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
www.politico.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I keep using the term deportation. That’s wrong because that implies a legal process. It’s actually kidnapping and or human trafficking.
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I think that instead of giving birth American women should focus on strength and resistance training.
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I think that instead of giving birth American women should focus on strength and resistance training.
“A defiant expression of joy is one of our strongest weapons.”
Andrew Sean Greer, author of LESS
Andrew Sean Greer, author of LESS
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“A defiant expression of joy is one of our strongest weapons.”
Andrew Sean Greer, author of LESS
Andrew Sean Greer, author of LESS
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
I was so motivated by Jynne Dilling's Kauai Writers Conference Online session last week that I made a point to get back to my neglected Substack. So, here ya go.
On Being a Good Literary Citizen
And also, what not to do in the Author's Greenroom lunch line at a Book Festival
substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was so motivated by Jynne Dilling's Kauai Writers Conference Online session last week that I made a point to get back to my neglected Substack. So, here ya go.
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You forgot "and I know I'm partly to blame".
April 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You forgot "and I know I'm partly to blame".
So what we’ve learned is that Trump’s tariff announcement had the same effect on the stock market as COVID had. But don’t worry about Trump! He left yesterday for another long weekend golf tournament in Miami, financed by the Saudis. So glad he is not suffering!
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So what we’ve learned is that Trump’s tariff announcement had the same effect on the stock market as COVID had. But don’t worry about Trump! He left yesterday for another long weekend golf tournament in Miami, financed by the Saudis. So glad he is not suffering!
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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What the actual fuck:
March 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What the actual fuck:
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Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.