Cheryl Aruda
@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social
Gravelicious soul/blues singer, great foodmaker, mighty decent songwriter, kinda funny, too! New England lesbian w/o a Subaru.
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
Happened to be doing a lil channel scan during a commercial- luckily, came upon
💜THIS💜
LIVE in my travels.
Out.
STAN.
Ding.
Thanks,
to @brotherjones.bsky.social
AND @acyn.bsky.social for letting it live forever!!
Here on the inteweb
For all to see-
The discomboobulation
of Hannity!
#SmolPoem
💜THIS💜
LIVE in my travels.
Out.
STAN.
Ding.
Thanks,
to @brotherjones.bsky.social
AND @acyn.bsky.social for letting it live forever!!
Here on the inteweb
For all to see-
The discomboobulation
of Hannity!
#SmolPoem
Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Happened to be doing a lil channel scan during a commercial- luckily, came upon
💜THIS💜
LIVE in my travels.
Out.
STAN.
Ding.
Thanks,
to @brotherjones.bsky.social
AND @acyn.bsky.social for letting it live forever!!
Here on the inteweb
For all to see-
The discomboobulation
of Hannity!
#SmolPoem
💜THIS💜
LIVE in my travels.
Out.
STAN.
Ding.
Thanks,
to @brotherjones.bsky.social
AND @acyn.bsky.social for letting it live forever!!
Here on the inteweb
For all to see-
The discomboobulation
of Hannity!
#SmolPoem
@brotherjones.bsky.social , that was a thing of beauty. Thanks for yelling it and telling it!
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 AM
@brotherjones.bsky.social , that was a thing of beauty. Thanks for yelling it and telling it!
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Massachusetts just dedicated $250M to help lower Health Connector premiums. If your Health Connector premium went up this year, you may qualify for help.
Get free in-person help Wednesday, January 21, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Boston City Hall. Can't make it? Call us at 617-534-5050.
Get free in-person help Wednesday, January 21, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Boston City Hall. Can't make it? Call us at 617-534-5050.
January 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Massachusetts just dedicated $250M to help lower Health Connector premiums. If your Health Connector premium went up this year, you may qualify for help.
Get free in-person help Wednesday, January 21, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Boston City Hall. Can't make it? Call us at 617-534-5050.
Get free in-person help Wednesday, January 21, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Boston City Hall. Can't make it? Call us at 617-534-5050.
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
Truer words were never typed.
It’s never duck.
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Truer words were never typed.
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
BREAKING: Stephen Miller announces plans to deport Venezuelans from Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
BREAKING: Stephen Miller announces plans to deport Venezuelans from Venezuela.
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
I am going to post someone who needs help daily until Christmas 🎄
And then perhaps continue.
Thank you for your attention to humanity ❤️
@lisa-catara.bsky.social
And then perhaps continue.
Thank you for your attention to humanity ❤️
@lisa-catara.bsky.social
I sold a Jacket Mama jacket to a friend, yesterday. They didn't hesitate to help me get things off the ground. They loved my designs and wanted something no one else had. 🙌🏽🪡🧵
Please support small businesses. Especially your friends businesses! Repost, like, story ...every bit of it helps 🫶🏽.
Please support small businesses. Especially your friends businesses! Repost, like, story ...every bit of it helps 🫶🏽.
"Hey #JacketMama, can you make me a jacket from these old sweaters?"...
Me: Absolutely!
www.lisacatara.com/jacket-mama
Me: Absolutely!
www.lisacatara.com/jacket-mama
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I am going to post someone who needs help daily until Christmas 🎄
And then perhaps continue.
Thank you for your attention to humanity ❤️
@lisa-catara.bsky.social
And then perhaps continue.
Thank you for your attention to humanity ❤️
@lisa-catara.bsky.social
CBS took a segment about El Salvador's CECOT off tonight's
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
i guess we should just all share the PBS FRONTLINE & PROPUBLICA documentary on CECOT
youtu.be/Lku5h9xjrqc
youtu.be/Lku5h9xjrqc
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
CBS took a segment about El Salvador's CECOT off tonight's
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
📚💜📚💜📚💜📚💜📚
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
📚💜📚💜📚💜📚💜📚
Never let it be said I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Never let it be said I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
@neeratanden.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
@neeratanden.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
🍥🥗🍜
🍥🥗🍜
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
🍥🥗🍜
🍥🥗🍜
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Band Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact