Linda
@lindakj.bsky.social
Blue dot 💙, blue city 💙, deep red state 🤬. Below sea level.
Recycle, read banned books, practice empathy, be an ally, laugh more, dance more, live and let live. Also…watch more kdramas. 😉
Recycle, read banned books, practice empathy, be an ally, laugh more, dance more, live and let live. Also…watch more kdramas. 😉
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1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
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Klobuchar can talk a big game on the Sunday shows but she is not on our side. All she's done is normalize Trump.
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Klobuchar can talk a big game on the Sunday shows but she is not on our side. All she's done is normalize Trump.
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Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.
Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.
Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
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#ResistanceRoots
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1897: Alfred Cralle receives a patent for an ice cream scoop. The story goes that it was the first ice cream scoop, invented to help his co-workers at Markell Brothers drugstore in Pittsburgh. That’s mostly not true. Let’s take a closer look. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1897: Alfred Cralle receives a patent for an ice cream scoop. The story goes that it was the first ice cream scoop, invented to help his co-workers at Markell Brothers drugstore in Pittsburgh. That’s mostly not true. Let’s take a closer look. /1
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
#ResistanceRoots
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1897: Alfred Cralle receives a patent for an ice cream scoop. The story goes that it was the first ice cream scoop, invented to help his co-workers at Markell Brothers drugstore in Pittsburgh. That’s mostly not true. Let’s take a closer look. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1897: Alfred Cralle receives a patent for an ice cream scoop. The story goes that it was the first ice cream scoop, invented to help his co-workers at Markell Brothers drugstore in Pittsburgh. That’s mostly not true. Let’s take a closer look. /1
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Day 100. Near Richmond City Hall, thousands fell into step with venerable monks walking for peace. Footsteps became prayer. Silence became resolve. Onward to Washington, DC, they carry calm like a flame against the dark.
If peace had a face, it walked today.
If peace had a face, it walked today.
February 3, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Day 100. Near Richmond City Hall, thousands fell into step with venerable monks walking for peace. Footsteps became prayer. Silence became resolve. Onward to Washington, DC, they carry calm like a flame against the dark.
If peace had a face, it walked today.
If peace had a face, it walked today.
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New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
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Pinning it this time: If it's been a long time since your last MMR booster and you don't want to bother with a titer test, you should be able to just get the booster at a drug store or walk-in clinic.
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Pinning it this time: If it's been a long time since your last MMR booster and you don't want to bother with a titer test, you should be able to just get the booster at a drug store or walk-in clinic.
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Once again: they cannot simply announce this in a press conference. They would need to change the laws, which the majority of parents in Florida oppose.
February 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Once again: they cannot simply announce this in a press conference. They would need to change the laws, which the majority of parents in Florida oppose.
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Mike Johnson has run unopposed for years. This year, he has an opponent in #LA04, Conrad Cable.
www.conrad4congress2026.com
www.conrad4congress2026.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Mike Johnson has run unopposed for years. This year, he has an opponent in #LA04, Conrad Cable.
www.conrad4congress2026.com
www.conrad4congress2026.com
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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"If you witnessed something disturbing, please understand that witnessing is not evidence. Evidence is what exists after it has been reviewed by the people who require it not to exist."
A Message from Your Federal Overlords
“Even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account, the Trump administration was in a race to control the narrative around the kill...
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"If you witnessed something disturbing, please understand that witnessing is not evidence. Evidence is what exists after it has been reviewed by the people who require it not to exist."
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I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
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I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor.
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
Cities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor.
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
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Called my MAGA Rep & Dem Senators this morning & demanded they take every possible action to stop the authoritarian overreach & constitutional violations being carried out by the federal government.
5calls.org makes it easy. Don't want to talk to a person? Leave a voicemail. Write. Use @resist.bot.
5calls.org makes it easy. Don't want to talk to a person? Leave a voicemail. Write. Use @resist.bot.
a poster that says " we the people #protecteachother "
Alt: a poster that says " we the people #protecteachother "
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Called my MAGA Rep & Dem Senators this morning & demanded they take every possible action to stop the authoritarian overreach & constitutional violations being carried out by the federal government.
5calls.org makes it easy. Don't want to talk to a person? Leave a voicemail. Write. Use @resist.bot.
5calls.org makes it easy. Don't want to talk to a person? Leave a voicemail. Write. Use @resist.bot.
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The documents also make clear the methods of investigation: The federal government looked to unverified accounts on social media and utilized Canary Mission—a shadowy online blacklist created by anonymous authors to smear pro-Palestine activists—to gather evidence against students.
Documents prove the Trump administration arrested students for criticizing Israel
Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
www.motherjones.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The documents also make clear the methods of investigation: The federal government looked to unverified accounts on social media and utilized Canary Mission—a shadowy online blacklist created by anonymous authors to smear pro-Palestine activists—to gather evidence against students.
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1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
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Patel is wrong. Only 16 states prohibit guns at protests & Minnesota is not one of them.
Gun-rights extremists—like many in the trump admin—have fought against restrictions like these, calling them infringements on the Second Amendment right.
giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...
Gun-rights extremists—like many in the trump admin—have fought against restrictions like these, calling them infringements on the Second Amendment right.
giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Patel is wrong. Only 16 states prohibit guns at protests & Minnesota is not one of them.
Gun-rights extremists—like many in the trump admin—have fought against restrictions like these, calling them infringements on the Second Amendment right.
giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...
Gun-rights extremists—like many in the trump admin—have fought against restrictions like these, calling them infringements on the Second Amendment right.
giffords.org/lawcenter/gu...