Holkie
@holkie.bsky.social
Dog dad, social activist, guncle, cancer survivor, hater of unjust politics/insurance/*gestures wildly about* this, Francophile, language lover, educator, blady-di blady-dah.
I mean, seriously. I'm not even all that empathetic all (most of) the time.
March 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I mean, seriously. I'm not even all that empathetic all (most of) the time.
Well, I'm sure privatized prisons have NOTHING to benefit from this.
February 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well, I'm sure privatized prisons have NOTHING to benefit from this.
This is why it's important to have AUDITORS doing auditing.
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is why it's important to have AUDITORS doing auditing.
Ha. Meanwhile, in my neck of California.
From the Redding community on Reddit: Protester throws tomato at Republican Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo while she spoke against a high-speed rail project in California. Afterwards, Congressman Doug...
Posted by two2under - 484 votes and 120 comments
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February 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ha. Meanwhile, in my neck of California.
From the National Library of Medicine: The average life expectancy in the United States is ... 7.0 years for 80-year-old white men.
May your remaining years be short for your "service".
May your remaining years be short for your "service".
BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won't seek re-election in 2026, ending a 40-year Senate career. nbcnews.to/4i5uZ9p
February 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
From the National Library of Medicine: The average life expectancy in the United States is ... 7.0 years for 80-year-old white men.
May your remaining years be short for your "service".
May your remaining years be short for your "service".
This is an absolute shit show.
February 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is an absolute shit show.
It's easy to control the narrative when educational funding has been sacrificed for YEARS and people aren't being taught to think critically.
February 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's easy to control the narrative when educational funding has been sacrificed for YEARS and people aren't being taught to think critically.
And I will dub you a fascist.
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And I will dub you a fascist.
One more hit to education. They want us dumb, in debt and controlled.
North State schools could lose funding after Republican lawmakers fail to pass rural school bill
The federal funding from the bill helps fund small and rural schools in most North State counties. After the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the bill, many schools are scrambling to make ...
www.mynspr.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
One more hit to education. They want us dumb, in debt and controlled.
I think now is a good time to remind people that "America" is actually two whole continents with an isthmus connecting them. Using the word America applies to ALL of it.
January 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think now is a good time to remind people that "America" is actually two whole continents with an isthmus connecting them. Using the word America applies to ALL of it.
Apparently, I have a touch of the angst and the Lithium channel from the SiriusXM is my balm.
January 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Apparently, I have a touch of the angst and the Lithium channel from the SiriusXM is my balm.
I am (1) so very glad to live in CA & get to work in education and (2) proud of our legislation that protects marginalized students.
January 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am (1) so very glad to live in CA & get to work in education and (2) proud of our legislation that protects marginalized students.
Living in Northern California, just down the hill from the town of Paradise that burned a couple of years ago, water flow isn't the issue, you orange idiot.
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal aid from California as it works to recover from devastating wildfires, recycling several baseless claims and attacks against California’s Democratic leaders during his first sit-down interview since his inauguration.
Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration
“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” he told Sean Hannity.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Living in Northern California, just down the hill from the town of Paradise that burned a couple of years ago, water flow isn't the issue, you orange idiot.
Reposted by Holkie
So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb.
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
January 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb.
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how.
And this is what the Dems focus on ?
Seriously? WTF???!!! I have never subscribed or followed anything to do with the White House or President Felon.
January 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Seriously? WTF???!!! I have never subscribed or followed anything to do with the White House or President Felon.
I wish I could be surprised.
While at Princeton, Pete Hegseth was the publisher of The Princeton Tory student newspaper. He published an opinion piece that claimed that sex with an unconscious woman was not rape since there was no duress. [Source: Mayer, Jane (December 1, 2024). "Pete Hegseth's Secret History". The New Yorker]
January 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I wish I could be surprised.
This hits home. Also, going forward, let's be a little more inclusive with the rest of the Queer Alphabet... especially as we enter into uncertain times where identity is so very politicized.
January 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This hits home. Also, going forward, let's be a little more inclusive with the rest of the Queer Alphabet... especially as we enter into uncertain times where identity is so very politicized.
One more kind of odd reason to teach cursive.
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
One more kind of odd reason to teach cursive.
So... what if, instead of politicizing a natural disaster, we focused on helping the people who need it and going after the insurance companies sh*tty policies?
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So... what if, instead of politicizing a natural disaster, we focused on helping the people who need it and going after the insurance companies sh*tty policies?
This was posted on FB by FeministNews but not on this platform (odd?). As my husband says, I hope you get everything that you asked for. You deserve it.
January 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This was posted on FB by FeministNews but not on this platform (odd?). As my husband says, I hope you get everything that you asked for. You deserve it.
Griffin (probably): I totally won; those 700+ people are fraudulent.
A Democrat Won a Supreme Court Election in North Carolina. GOP Justices Are Blocking Her Certification.
Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her race against GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes.
truthout.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Griffin (probably): I totally won; those 700+ people are fraudulent.
So... we know they accept "gifts" (read: bribes) and we can see it happening in real-time but NO ONE can do anything about it?
Alito Took Phone Call With Trump on Same Day the President-Elect Submitted a Brief to Supreme Court
Critics questioned the sitting justice’s claims of ignorance regarding the case’s likely submission to the court.
truthout.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So... we know they accept "gifts" (read: bribes) and we can see it happening in real-time but NO ONE can do anything about it?