Joyce Zywic
@jaz15.bsky.social
Retired HS Language and Lit teacher. Emerson inspired, Hawthorne obsessed. Love collies, cats, and kids.
On a positive note? Maybe the country isn't as divided as we imagine. Never thought I'd live to see conservatives arguing liberal gun control points while liberals were arguing conservative gun rights positions. 🤣😬
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
On a positive note? Maybe the country isn't as divided as we imagine. Never thought I'd live to see conservatives arguing liberal gun control points while liberals were arguing conservative gun rights positions. 🤣😬
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Thank you for your service.
Trump meanwhile be like...
Trump meanwhile be like...
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thank you for your service.
Trump meanwhile be like...
Trump meanwhile be like...
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The scene at Mar-a-Lago is as gross and creepy as you imagined, with these old pervs chasing their surgically enhanced prey with Trump acting as sick Degenerate-in-Chief. bsky.app/profile/mehd...
So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.
The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The scene at Mar-a-Lago is as gross and creepy as you imagined, with these old pervs chasing their surgically enhanced prey with Trump acting as sick Degenerate-in-Chief. bsky.app/profile/mehd...
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Trump administration officials intend to remove protections and open to some development more than 58 million acres of national forests across 40 states, including 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon.
Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon
Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development.
www.opb.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump administration officials intend to remove protections and open to some development more than 58 million acres of national forests across 40 states, including 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon.
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"It has come for science because it was never just about the Humanities, but about how we assess American progress through infrastructures of new knowledge and its application." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/t...
The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now - The Scholarly Kitchen
The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"It has come for science because it was never just about the Humanities, but about how we assess American progress through infrastructures of new knowledge and its application." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/t...
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NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
Trump to John Roberts: Thank you. I won't forget?
What was that about?
What was that about?
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump to John Roberts: Thank you. I won't forget?
What was that about?
What was that about?
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Say it with me
If you haven't yet read JVL's piece from yesterday about why Trump would want to fire the archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration, you should, especially now that it's actually happened.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
February 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Say it with me
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
Today is a great day to paraphrase Arthur Miller's The Crucible: We are what we always were except now the crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom and common vengeance writes the law!
February 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today is a great day to paraphrase Arthur Miller's The Crucible: We are what we always were except now the crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom and common vengeance writes the law!
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2 months ago there were 4,500 Bluesky starter packs. There are now over 265,000!!
Looking for people to follow? Here’s a directory of 4,500 starter packs which you can search by keyword! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
2 months ago there were 4,500 Bluesky starter packs. There are now over 265,000!!
So pull security for all on your enemies' list and release hundreds of angry, violent conspiracy theorists with total immunity ? What could go wrong?
January 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So pull security for all on your enemies' list and release hundreds of angry, violent conspiracy theorists with total immunity ? What could go wrong?
Many police I know are Trump fans who tell me J6 was an Antifa, Pelosi set up. The US is now an upside down, inside out, victim of propaganda. I abhor Hamas, and bio men shouldn't compete in women's sports. But for so many to condone J6 pardons, lying, cheating, bullying, as a platform? God help us
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January 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Many police I know are Trump fans who tell me J6 was an Antifa, Pelosi set up. The US is now an upside down, inside out, victim of propaganda. I abhor Hamas, and bio men shouldn't compete in women's sports. But for so many to condone J6 pardons, lying, cheating, bullying, as a platform? God help us
And now we live in the anything goes era where lies and truth are a matter of opinion, and people with connections aren't held accountable. Everyone can say and post whatever they want because, you know, freedom of speech. Libel? Slander? 🤣🤣 I wish you luck appealing to people's better angels. 🙄
January 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
And now we live in the anything goes era where lies and truth are a matter of opinion, and people with connections aren't held accountable. Everyone can say and post whatever they want because, you know, freedom of speech. Libel? Slander? 🤣🤣 I wish you luck appealing to people's better angels. 🙄
And great way to unite us behind a new President: Trump wants all the Republican governors not to
fly their flag at half staff when he's inaugurated. Abbott leads the way. Can't he EVER be the bigger man? Nope . Ever a polarizer, never a unifier
fly their flag at half staff when he's inaugurated. Abbott leads the way. Can't he EVER be the bigger man? Nope . Ever a polarizer, never a unifier
January 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
And great way to unite us behind a new President: Trump wants all the Republican governors not to
fly their flag at half staff when he's inaugurated. Abbott leads the way. Can't he EVER be the bigger man? Nope . Ever a polarizer, never a unifier
fly their flag at half staff when he's inaugurated. Abbott leads the way. Can't he EVER be the bigger man? Nope . Ever a polarizer, never a unifier
This guy loves his toys. Best puppy ever! 💖
January 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This guy loves his toys. Best puppy ever! 💖
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James Lee Williams, a drag performer and winner of the inaugural season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” who was best known by the stage name The Vivienne, died over the weekend at 32.
The Vivienne, Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Dies
James Lee Williams was best known by their stage name and also built a career in musical theater.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
James Lee Williams, a drag performer and winner of the inaugural season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” who was best known by the stage name The Vivienne, died over the weekend at 32.
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When money rules politics, America loses democracy.
Jimmy Carter in 2015 on the role of money in American politics: "It violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it’s just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery."
Spot on.
Spot on.
January 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When money rules politics, America loses democracy.
It's sad that right now Americans' lust for money and power, and a political system built to elect only millionaires is causing us to bypass the good, ethical people who might help us out of our current dysfunction. May 2025 be good to America and its people.
December 31, 2024 at 10:49 PM
It's sad that right now Americans' lust for money and power, and a political system built to elect only millionaires is causing us to bypass the good, ethical people who might help us out of our current dysfunction. May 2025 be good to America and its people.
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New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy (Gift Article)
Even established democracies can fall to military juntas and despots. We can’t let that happen here.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:56 AM
New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
And I think it's time to actually delete my X app. Someone wrote this to Hakeem Jeffries. A friend told me most MAGAs are kind, family people who just want peace and unity. Not seeing it
November 20, 2024 at 4:57 AM
And I think it's time to actually delete my X app. Someone wrote this to Hakeem Jeffries. A friend told me most MAGAs are kind, family people who just want peace and unity. Not seeing it