Laura Abrahamsen
@labrahamsen.bsky.social
Libraries, the ancient Mediterranean world, and fiber arts.
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Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
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Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
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Asbestos. I’m sure that in the Trump administration’s carefully-considered demolition of the East Wing of the White House (a structure largely built in 1942), they’ve remembered to safely remove any asbestos.
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Asbestos. I’m sure that in the Trump administration’s carefully-considered demolition of the East Wing of the White House (a structure largely built in 1942), they’ve remembered to safely remove any asbestos.
The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. Sign this alumni petition now to tell your school to reject the "Compact" and stand up for campus freedom. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/si...
SIGN THE ALUMNI PETITION: Tell your school to reject the federal government’s “Compact”
The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. This is a time for courage, not capitulation. Sign this alumni petition n...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. Sign this alumni petition now to tell your school to reject the "Compact" and stand up for campus freedom. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/si...
Not mad being the #SaturdayLibrarian today.
October 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Not mad being the #SaturdayLibrarian today.
Gilligan had his first play date with Frankie. #rescuedog #pugs
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gilligan had his first play date with Frankie. #rescuedog #pugs
Same! As a 216 expat, I love my MLB app just to listen to Tom Hamilton.
September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Same! As a 216 expat, I love my MLB app just to listen to Tom Hamilton.
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this is something white people will never understand.
September 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
this is something white people will never understand.
As Tom said, this last game was the whole season in a nutshell
September 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As Tom said, this last game was the whole season in a nutshell
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To celebrate, get a pizza, which is circle made up of triangles and is <wait for it> a pie.
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
To celebrate, get a pizza, which is circle made up of triangles and is <wait for it> a pie.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything?
LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.
LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything?
LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.
LEAVING women out of a meeting on WOMENS HEALTH is CRIMINAL.
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the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
September 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
Not to mention harmful.
September 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Not to mention harmful.
I loved“The Signature of All Things” to the same degree that I loathed “Eat, Pray, Love.” I can hold both those truths.
September 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I loved“The Signature of All Things” to the same degree that I loathed “Eat, Pray, Love.” I can hold both those truths.
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It’s illegal for a President to rule by Executive Order
This is not opinion it’s fact
It’s a COUP
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This is not opinion it’s fact
It’s a COUP
Keep Reposting
August 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s illegal for a President to rule by Executive Order
This is not opinion it’s fact
It’s a COUP
Keep Reposting
This is not opinion it’s fact
It’s a COUP
Keep Reposting
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1. You can't trust XXX.
2. The public doesn't trust XXX.
3. Because the public does not trust XXX, we must not do XXX.
4. Repeat.
2. The public doesn't trust XXX.
3. Because the public does not trust XXX, we must not do XXX.
4. Repeat.
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
1. You can't trust XXX.
2. The public doesn't trust XXX.
3. Because the public does not trust XXX, we must not do XXX.
4. Repeat.
2. The public doesn't trust XXX.
3. Because the public does not trust XXX, we must not do XXX.
4. Repeat.
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#showmeyourknits knitter’s choice. Found my copy of EZ’s The Opinionated Knitter and finished a #babysurprisejacket and booties in record time; #tomtenjacket on the needles.
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#showmeyourknits knitter’s choice. Found my copy of EZ’s The Opinionated Knitter and finished a #babysurprisejacket and booties in record time; #tomtenjacket on the needles.
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We found the people breaking the law and defying the courts:
It’s Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
It’s Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
a close up of a woman 's face with the words " the call is coming from inside the house " below her
Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with the words " the call is coming from inside the house " below her
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We found the people breaking the law and defying the courts:
It’s Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
It’s Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
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Caring for stationery in hot weather, a brief guide:
- pop pencils in a jar of cool water to prevent wilting
- lie erasers somewhere dark, under a damp cloth
- vintage stamps will curl, pop into an envelope & under a book
- paperclips warping? Refrigerate.
- bury wax crayons, note location
- pop pencils in a jar of cool water to prevent wilting
- lie erasers somewhere dark, under a damp cloth
- vintage stamps will curl, pop into an envelope & under a book
- paperclips warping? Refrigerate.
- bury wax crayons, note location
July 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Caring for stationery in hot weather, a brief guide:
- pop pencils in a jar of cool water to prevent wilting
- lie erasers somewhere dark, under a damp cloth
- vintage stamps will curl, pop into an envelope & under a book
- paperclips warping? Refrigerate.
- bury wax crayons, note location
- pop pencils in a jar of cool water to prevent wilting
- lie erasers somewhere dark, under a damp cloth
- vintage stamps will curl, pop into an envelope & under a book
- paperclips warping? Refrigerate.
- bury wax crayons, note location
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A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”