Ellyn G.
@ellyn57.bsky.social
Lawyer. 🪴🐶👶 mom. Climate zealot. Midwesterner.
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Art of the Day - a city street that prioritizes people and homes rather than parking for @yimbyaction.bsky.social!
Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.
Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.
August 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Art of the Day - a city street that prioritizes people and homes rather than parking for @yimbyaction.bsky.social!
Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.
Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.
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Just saw this shared. You can see which stations stand to lose more than 50% of their funding adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just saw this shared. You can see which stations stand to lose more than 50% of their funding adoptastation.org
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Department of Justice declares it has a new sweeping power to use antitrust laws to regulate the *marketplace of ideas* because words have no meaning and the federal government is run by a bunch of feckless thugs with the collective IQ of hamster bedding.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
July 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Department of Justice declares it has a new sweeping power to use antitrust laws to regulate the *marketplace of ideas* because words have no meaning and the federal government is run by a bunch of feckless thugs with the collective IQ of hamster bedding.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Jason Stanley, philosopher and expert on fascism said “You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why YOU are safe.”
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Jason Stanley, philosopher and expert on fascism said “You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why YOU are safe.”
"I believe in Florida's vision for higher education."
Didn't they just bodybag academic freedom in Florida?
Didn't they just bodybag academic freedom in Florida?
“I agree with the state leadership’s vision and values for public education.”
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"I believe in Florida's vision for higher education."
Didn't they just bodybag academic freedom in Florida?
Didn't they just bodybag academic freedom in Florida?
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U of M people - dont miss this essay by Ono explaining why he left for Florida. Genuinely illuminating.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Why I Chose University of Florida, by Santa Ono (opinion)
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency.
www.insidehighered.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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The number of times I have snorted, chortled, or laughed out loud at the pope takes my law-nerd-heavy feed is serving is significantly more than I would have expected, had you asked me before I logged on.
May 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The number of times I have snorted, chortled, or laughed out loud at the pope takes my law-nerd-heavy feed is serving is significantly more than I would have expected, had you asked me before I logged on.
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finding out that
(1) francis I stacked the college of cardinals with his picks so the voting body skewed (more) liberal
(2) the conclave is limited to voting cardinals under the age of 80
has been mildly upsetting lol. there should be absolutely no takeaways for modern society in the vatican
(1) francis I stacked the college of cardinals with his picks so the voting body skewed (more) liberal
(2) the conclave is limited to voting cardinals under the age of 80
has been mildly upsetting lol. there should be absolutely no takeaways for modern society in the vatican
May 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
finding out that
(1) francis I stacked the college of cardinals with his picks so the voting body skewed (more) liberal
(2) the conclave is limited to voting cardinals under the age of 80
has been mildly upsetting lol. there should be absolutely no takeaways for modern society in the vatican
(1) francis I stacked the college of cardinals with his picks so the voting body skewed (more) liberal
(2) the conclave is limited to voting cardinals under the age of 80
has been mildly upsetting lol. there should be absolutely no takeaways for modern society in the vatican
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Pope needs to issue a ruling ex cathedra finally putting to rest the "do RTs = endorsements?" controversy
We all must now address the important political, liturgical, and journalistic question: Is posting an auto-generated headline article share tweet the same thing as tweeting the phrase that is that headline?
May 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Pope needs to issue a ruling ex cathedra finally putting to rest the "do RTs = endorsements?" controversy
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how am I supposed to explain to my son that the pope is from Chicago
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
how am I supposed to explain to my son that the pope is from Chicago
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We all must now address the important political, liturgical, and journalistic question: Is posting an auto-generated headline article share tweet the same thing as tweeting the phrase that is that headline?
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We all must now address the important political, liturgical, and journalistic question: Is posting an auto-generated headline article share tweet the same thing as tweeting the phrase that is that headline?
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Summary of the last 10 minutes on Bluesky
new pope!
*crowd goes wild*
American pope!
*crowd boos*
woke for an American!
*crowd goes wild*
bad on protecting abusive priests!
*crowd boos*
hates JD Vance!
*crowd goes wild*
*crowd goes wild*
American pope!
*crowd boos*
woke for an American!
*crowd goes wild*
bad on protecting abusive priests!
*crowd boos*
hates JD Vance!
*crowd goes wild*
May 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Summary of the last 10 minutes on Bluesky
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We need a live cam outside of Samuel and Martha Ann Alito’s household, especially the flag pole.
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We need a live cam outside of Samuel and Martha Ann Alito’s household, especially the flag pole.
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JFC, how does Villanova have more men's hoops titles *and* Popes than Notre Dame??? @mikegolicjr.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
:)
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Midwestern Pope.
Casserole Pope.
Just gonna scooch right past ya there Pope.
Casserole Pope.
Just gonna scooch right past ya there Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Midwestern Pope.
Casserole Pope.
Just gonna scooch right past ya there Pope.
Casserole Pope.
Just gonna scooch right past ya there Pope.
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Great. Now we're going to get Deep Dish Eucharist.
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great. Now we're going to get Deep Dish Eucharist.
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Stick it in my veins :)
The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Stick it in my veins :)
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March 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Me: grass is a toxic monoculture.
Also me: *hand digs dandelions out of my front lawn*
#nolawns #alsonodandelions (there are still plenty of dandelions) #definitelynoherbicides
Also me: *hand digs dandelions out of my front lawn*
#nolawns #alsonodandelions (there are still plenty of dandelions) #definitelynoherbicides
May 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Me: grass is a toxic monoculture.
Also me: *hand digs dandelions out of my front lawn*
#nolawns #alsonodandelions (there are still plenty of dandelions) #definitelynoherbicides
Also me: *hand digs dandelions out of my front lawn*
#nolawns #alsonodandelions (there are still plenty of dandelions) #definitelynoherbicides
Radical opinion of the day: on-street parking is a bad use of public land. Especially in extremely walkable places like @downtownroyaloak.bsky.social the space should be reserved for 15-minute parking, ride-share pickups, and handicap accessible spots.
May 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Radical opinion of the day: on-street parking is a bad use of public land. Especially in extremely walkable places like @downtownroyaloak.bsky.social the space should be reserved for 15-minute parking, ride-share pickups, and handicap accessible spots.
In the 2.5 months I've worked in Detroit, I've lost track of the number of cars I've seen in the bike lanes (which includes at least one cop). What a great way for the city to warn revenue.
Philly's buses have cameras & automatically issue parking tickets to cars in the bus/bike lanes. They can't issue traffic violations, which is not allowed under PA state law. There's some interest in exploring this option in Detroit. (Yes, the gray SUV was illegally parked.)
May 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In the 2.5 months I've worked in Detroit, I've lost track of the number of cars I've seen in the bike lanes (which includes at least one cop). What a great way for the city to warn revenue.
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🎵🎶 ... you coulda had a bad bitch ... 🎵🎶
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🎵🎶 ... you coulda had a bad bitch ... 🎵🎶