Early Winter
@earlywinter.bsky.social
🦟 Living on the beautiful
Horicon Marsh…🦟
Lover of public schools, libraries, old houses, dogs, and Wisconsin parks. Owned by 2 mini Aussies. I’ve gone to school for most of my life.
Unions built the middle class.
Climate change is real. 🌊
Horicon Marsh…🦟
Lover of public schools, libraries, old houses, dogs, and Wisconsin parks. Owned by 2 mini Aussies. I’ve gone to school for most of my life.
Unions built the middle class.
Climate change is real. 🌊
Pinned
Honoring this soldier who was an OG Antifa and my Papa. 🇺🇸 ✌🏼
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Honoring this soldier who was an OG Antifa and my Papa. 🇺🇸 ✌🏼
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A decade ago when I was an editor at the Chicago Tribune, my colleague Stephan Benzkofer and I created a full-page graphic examining how much the Chicago described in Carl Sandburg's poem matched modern-day Chicago.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A decade ago when I was an editor at the Chicago Tribune, my colleague Stephan Benzkofer and I created a full-page graphic examining how much the Chicago described in Carl Sandburg's poem matched modern-day Chicago.
This is the America I love.
"You can't focus on reading with an empty belly.
Take what you need.
Your neighbor"
#Booksky #feedingamerica
Take what you need.
Your neighbor"
#Booksky #feedingamerica
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is the America I love.
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Pope Leo addresses DHS’s refusal to allow pastoral visits at Broadview: “Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News
In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges
www.vaticannews.va
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Pope Leo addresses DHS’s refusal to allow pastoral visits at Broadview: “Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?”
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Well done Bishop! Stand up and be counted!
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Well done Bishop! Stand up and be counted!
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With SNAP on the verge of running out of money, a critical reminder that people who rely on food stamps make far healthier grocery choices than most of us do.
People on food stamps make healthier grocery decisions than most of us
Which is why we shouldn't tell them what to buy.
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
With SNAP on the verge of running out of money, a critical reminder that people who rely on food stamps make far healthier grocery choices than most of us do.
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Israeli definition of a ceasefire:
We fire.
Palestinians cease.
We fire.
Palestinians cease.
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Israeli definition of a ceasefire:
We fire.
Palestinians cease.
We fire.
Palestinians cease.
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Lies, lies and more lies👇
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lies, lies and more lies👇
Happy Rapture Day to those who celebrate!
☄️🔥🌟👹
☄️🔥🌟👹
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happy Rapture Day to those who celebrate!
☄️🔥🌟👹
☄️🔥🌟👹
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It's my kids' first day of school for the year, so let me share with you a summary of the empirical literature I share with them: School can feel like hard work, but it makes you healthier, wealthier, and happier.
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's my kids' first day of school for the year, so let me share with you a summary of the empirical literature I share with them: School can feel like hard work, but it makes you healthier, wealthier, and happier.
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In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
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One of these things is not like the other #washingtondc
August 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One of these things is not like the other #washingtondc
Can’t Bezos or Gates or some billionaire save NPR or PBS? Please. I feel like it’s a death in the family. And a pox on those who are cheering for this. It’s shameful.
August 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Can’t Bezos or Gates or some billionaire save NPR or PBS? Please. I feel like it’s a death in the family. And a pox on those who are cheering for this. It’s shameful.
This is concerning- the pot of water is starting to boil and we’re all frogs-
July 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is concerning- the pot of water is starting to boil and we’re all frogs-
@jmatenaer.bsky.social
Hi Jane!
Here’s a potential one for your TSBAT segment…
I’m enjoying your “on the road” travels these past few days!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Hi Jane!
Here’s a potential one for your TSBAT segment…
I’m enjoying your “on the road” travels these past few days!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
About 1,500 tarantulas found hidden in cake boxes at German airport
Customs officials at Cologne Bonn airport tipped off by ‘noticeable smell’ that did not resemble confectionery
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@jmatenaer.bsky.social
Hi Jane!
Here’s a potential one for your TSBAT segment…
I’m enjoying your “on the road” travels these past few days!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Hi Jane!
Here’s a potential one for your TSBAT segment…
I’m enjoying your “on the road” travels these past few days!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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“Gaza: not in the name of Judaism
I wonder what my great-grandparents would say, what my grandparents would say. My great-grandparents were forced to flee their homes and make a treacherous journey to a country they did not know simply because they were Jewish.”
I wonder what my great-grandparents would say, what my grandparents would say. My great-grandparents were forced to flee their homes and make a treacherous journey to a country they did not know simply because they were Jewish.”
What’s happening in Gaza now is nothing less than genocide
Speaking out against what the Israeli government is doing now in Gaza is more imperative than ever
centralbylines.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“Gaza: not in the name of Judaism
I wonder what my great-grandparents would say, what my grandparents would say. My great-grandparents were forced to flee their homes and make a treacherous journey to a country they did not know simply because they were Jewish.”
I wonder what my great-grandparents would say, what my grandparents would say. My great-grandparents were forced to flee their homes and make a treacherous journey to a country they did not know simply because they were Jewish.”
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A NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S. this morning.
July 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S. this morning.
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Today is my final day at @wisdems.org—my last day as Wisconsin’s Democratic Party chair.
To everyone who has helped us beat the odds, again and again, for the last six years—you have my deep gratitude.🧵
To everyone who has helped us beat the odds, again and again, for the last six years—you have my deep gratitude.🧵
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today is my final day at @wisdems.org—my last day as Wisconsin’s Democratic Party chair.
To everyone who has helped us beat the odds, again and again, for the last six years—you have my deep gratitude.🧵
To everyone who has helped us beat the odds, again and again, for the last six years—you have my deep gratitude.🧵
Strands #483
“Hue are my sunshine”
🟡🟠🟣🟢
🔵🔴🏳️🌈
Best spangram ever!
“Hue are my sunshine”
🟡🟠🟣🟢
🔵🔴🏳️🌈
Best spangram ever!
June 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Strands #483
“Hue are my sunshine”
🟡🟠🟣🟢
🔵🔴🏳️🌈
Best spangram ever!
“Hue are my sunshine”
🟡🟠🟣🟢
🔵🔴🏳️🌈
Best spangram ever!
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Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. We #WearOrange to remember the victims of gun violence. It’s time for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to grow a spine and pass commonsense gun safety laws.
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. We #WearOrange to remember the victims of gun violence. It’s time for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to grow a spine and pass commonsense gun safety laws.
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Millie's emergence as a pothole spa aficionado:
June 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Millie's emergence as a pothole spa aficionado: