Lisa Sheldon
@lisasheldon2.bsky.social
Avid reader, enthusiastic tennis coach/player, tree hugger, communications instructor, mom of 4 + 2 dogs, always striving to learn and appreciate.
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Interested in trying out for the Downingtown East Girls Tennis team? We are holding an informational meeting on May 6th @ 7 PM in the East library.
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Interested in trying out for the Downingtown East Girls Tennis team? We are holding an informational meeting on May 6th @ 7 PM in the East library.
Where do you stand? Where do our “leaders” stand? What are you going to tell your children and grandkids and nieces and nephews some day? Which side of history do you represent?!?! B
April 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Where do you stand? Where do our “leaders” stand? What are you going to tell your children and grandkids and nieces and nephews some day? Which side of history do you represent?!?! B
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These are people who are part of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science... who want to find a middle ground between RFK and who exactly? Universities? The NIH?
Let's compromise w the fascists so we can do some part of our work?
Get a grip people. Acknowledge what we are dealing with.
Let's compromise w the fascists so we can do some part of our work?
Get a grip people. Acknowledge what we are dealing with.
March 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
These are people who are part of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science... who want to find a middle ground between RFK and who exactly? Universities? The NIH?
Let's compromise w the fascists so we can do some part of our work?
Get a grip people. Acknowledge what we are dealing with.
Let's compromise w the fascists so we can do some part of our work?
Get a grip people. Acknowledge what we are dealing with.
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
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February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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Fascinating split. Nowadays I’m interested whenever it’s not a split based solely on political ideology grounds.
SCOTUS holds that the EPA *cannot* order cities to maintain acceptable water quality standards by limiting the discharge—usually sewage—that they dump into nearby bodies of water (like oceans and bays). The four women justices, dissenting, say that's ridiculous. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fascinating split. Nowadays I’m interested whenever it’s not a split based solely on political ideology grounds.
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These are the questions that are haunting me today.
Americans of conscience, we must stand together and confront any president so wholly unsuited to lead the United States.
Americans of conscience, we must stand together and confront any president so wholly unsuited to lead the United States.
March 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
These are the questions that are haunting me today.
Americans of conscience, we must stand together and confront any president so wholly unsuited to lead the United States.
Americans of conscience, we must stand together and confront any president so wholly unsuited to lead the United States.
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Philadelphia Eagles reject invitation from White House.
That’s my team. 🏆 🦅🦅🤍💚🤍💚
That’s my team. 🏆 🦅🦅🤍💚🤍💚
a football player wearing a number 27 jersey is running on the field
ALT: a football player wearing a number 27 jersey is running on the field
media.tenor.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Philadelphia Eagles reject invitation from White House.
That’s my team. 🏆 🦅🦅🤍💚🤍💚
That’s my team. 🏆 🦅🦅🤍💚🤍💚
Keep resisting and encouraging others to do so. We can’t be complicit. Too much at stake.
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Keep resisting and encouraging others to do so. We can’t be complicit. Too much at stake.
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As a federal retiree who defended the Constitution of the United States and faithfully executed its laws for more than 41 years, _in IT management_, this is a fresh level of hell. Elon now has the ability to wipe the records of my employment (which back up my retirement) from existence.
Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officials
Elon Musk’s DOGE team has accessed highly restricted data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, including personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees.
wapo.st
February 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
As a federal retiree who defended the Constitution of the United States and faithfully executed its laws for more than 41 years, _in IT management_, this is a fresh level of hell. Elon now has the ability to wipe the records of my employment (which back up my retirement) from existence.
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Finally The New York Times has woken up and put the Elon Musk story front and center. (Although they still haven't used the word COUP.) In times like these, being two days late to the story can make the difference between a coup that succeeds and a coup that fails.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Finally The New York Times has woken up and put the Elon Musk story front and center. (Although they still haven't used the word COUP.) In times like these, being two days late to the story can make the difference between a coup that succeeds and a coup that fails.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Our work on Gender and the Developing Brain is going to be targeted
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our work on Gender and the Developing Brain is going to be targeted
Surprised? Any reader of dystopian lit has seen the egomaniac leading blind followers & the crest of inhumane cruelty. We read about Nazi Germany. See it in Hungary. Afghanistan. To destroy and lead a nation? Is that the why? Does it all come down to power? WHY?!? The world/we could be better.
February 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Surprised? Any reader of dystopian lit has seen the egomaniac leading blind followers & the crest of inhumane cruelty. We read about Nazi Germany. See it in Hungary. Afghanistan. To destroy and lead a nation? Is that the why? Does it all come down to power? WHY?!? The world/we could be better.
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At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury.
Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk.
Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠
Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk.
Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠
February 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury.
Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk.
Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠
Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk.
Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠
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Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world valued at over $1 trillion, did not pay any federal income tax last year. Few people can look ahead more than a few months with certainty. This is outrageous. itep.org/tesla-repor...
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world valued at over $1 trillion, did not pay any federal income tax last year. Few people can look ahead more than a few months with certainty. This is outrageous. itep.org/tesla-repor...
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Indivisible has a “We Choose to Fight” organizing call on 2/2 at 8 pm EST. Not just health & science… 1.5 million have signed up.
Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/vzfvjm
Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/vzfvjm
We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Indivisible has a “We Choose to Fight” organizing call on 2/2 at 8 pm EST. Not just health & science… 1.5 million have signed up.
Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/vzfvjm
Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/vzfvjm
Am I the only one who is cringing watching SNL? Because seeing a parody of him is just not funny anymore. It’s not. When even humor doesn’t help our devastating reality…
January 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Am I the only one who is cringing watching SNL? Because seeing a parody of him is just not funny anymore. It’s not. When even humor doesn’t help our devastating reality…
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Attention all weak-kneed Republicans (and Democrats who may have fallen silent):
This is how it's done. This is the way.
You hear the lie and you push back on the lie. Set the tone on Day 1.
You don't cower in fear from the bully - you punch the bully in the face.
#ResistTrump
This is how it's done. This is the way.
You hear the lie and you push back on the lie. Set the tone on Day 1.
You don't cower in fear from the bully - you punch the bully in the face.
#ResistTrump
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Attention all weak-kneed Republicans (and Democrats who may have fallen silent):
This is how it's done. This is the way.
You hear the lie and you push back on the lie. Set the tone on Day 1.
You don't cower in fear from the bully - you punch the bully in the face.
#ResistTrump
This is how it's done. This is the way.
You hear the lie and you push back on the lie. Set the tone on Day 1.
You don't cower in fear from the bully - you punch the bully in the face.
#ResistTrump
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All together, the thirteen billionaires tapped by Trump to serve in his administration are worth at least $340 billion – higher than the GDP of 172 countries.
Why any working person in America would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
Why any working person in America would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
January 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
All together, the thirteen billionaires tapped by Trump to serve in his administration are worth at least $340 billion – higher than the GDP of 172 countries.
Why any working person in America would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
Why any working person in America would ever think Trump or his administration is looking out for your interests is a mystery to us.
Are people creating emergency plans to flee the US if life becomes unbearable under his dictatorship? Just need to hear what people are planning to understand possible options.
January 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Are people creating emergency plans to flee the US if life becomes unbearable under his dictatorship? Just need to hear what people are planning to understand possible options.
Can Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future please visit the USA?
December 20, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Can Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future please visit the USA?
Revisiting Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 Caste: The Origins of our Discontents…I’m hoping for a brighter future, but so concerned about the lack of compassion and kindness in the US. Dreading January and the immoral “leadership” and their followers.
December 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Revisiting Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 Caste: The Origins of our Discontents…I’m hoping for a brighter future, but so concerned about the lack of compassion and kindness in the US. Dreading January and the immoral “leadership” and their followers.