Lauren v
@magealita.bsky.social
Cat lover, book reader, movies, TV, video games, and music.
So the rich really are stealing from the poor?
Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted a new analysis showing that the wealthiest 1% has extracted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was redirected upward—enough to provide every U.S. worker with a $32,000 raise.
Sanders: 1 Percent Has Sapped $79T in Wealth From Bottom 90 Percent Since 1975
In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was sapped from the bottom 90 percent— enough to give every worker a $32,000 raise.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So the rich really are stealing from the poor?
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Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
February 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.
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CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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See, if you wanna learn a lot about apples, BLACK RIVER ORCHARD will get you there. Also, lots of horror! So much horror! But apples. Also apples.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social teaching me more about apples than I ever knew I needed to know
February 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
See, if you wanna learn a lot about apples, BLACK RIVER ORCHARD will get you there. Also, lots of horror! So much horror! But apples. Also apples.
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I spend a lot of time thinking about how having money and/or status has solved many executive functioning problems throughout history.
If you're wealthy, you can pay people to do executive functioning for you and that's normal.
But if you're poor, executive functioning problems show bad character.
If you're wealthy, you can pay people to do executive functioning for you and that's normal.
But if you're poor, executive functioning problems show bad character.
September 22, 2023 at 6:06 PM
I spend a lot of time thinking about how having money and/or status has solved many executive functioning problems throughout history.
If you're wealthy, you can pay people to do executive functioning for you and that's normal.
But if you're poor, executive functioning problems show bad character.
If you're wealthy, you can pay people to do executive functioning for you and that's normal.
But if you're poor, executive functioning problems show bad character.
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How is this not the biggest scandal in America? How can an op-ed writer pen another missive about the terror of cancel culture and just not give a shit about this?
September 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM
How is this not the biggest scandal in America? How can an op-ed writer pen another missive about the terror of cancel culture and just not give a shit about this?
Currently reading. I love her books. =)
Over the moon to see HER RADIANT CURSE out in the world this week—it's truly Elizabeth Lim at her finest. This review from Paste almost made me cry it so perfectly captured what I love about this book ❤️❤️❤️
Get your copy today!
Get your copy today!
September 12, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Currently reading. I love her books. =)
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A library blog post in which I sing the praises of @tkingfisher.bsky.social
Author Spotlight: T. Kingfisher
Fall is upon us, and with spooky season right around the corner, I can't think of a better time to put T. Kingfisher on your radar. T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon (who writes children's books under ...
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September 12, 2023 at 3:37 AM
A library blog post in which I sing the praises of @tkingfisher.bsky.social
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I'm really excited about this book, and here's why:
1. It was inspired by my teen daughter, the coolest person I know
2. It merges Hannibal with a farmer's market
3. I was horribly depressed when I lived in Athens, and I would've totally fallen for Ash
4. The actual book is GORGEOUS
5. The blurbs!!
1. It was inspired by my teen daughter, the coolest person I know
2. It merges Hannibal with a farmer's market
3. I was horribly depressed when I lived in Athens, and I would've totally fallen for Ash
4. The actual book is GORGEOUS
5. The blurbs!!
September 12, 2023 at 12:41 PM
I'm really excited about this book, and here's why:
1. It was inspired by my teen daughter, the coolest person I know
2. It merges Hannibal with a farmer's market
3. I was horribly depressed when I lived in Athens, and I would've totally fallen for Ash
4. The actual book is GORGEOUS
5. The blurbs!!
1. It was inspired by my teen daughter, the coolest person I know
2. It merges Hannibal with a farmer's market
3. I was horribly depressed when I lived in Athens, and I would've totally fallen for Ash
4. The actual book is GORGEOUS
5. The blurbs!!
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Love a No Turn on Red sign. Really takes the pressure off. I’m on vacation now
September 11, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Love a No Turn on Red sign. Really takes the pressure off. I’m on vacation now
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October 17th in NYC. It will be fun and educational and you will learn a lot about Norse Mythology and the Iliad and suchlike. Do come.
cooper.edu/events-and-e...
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Books That Live
Neil Gaiman, Emily Wilson, and Maria Dahvana Headley mark the centenary of the W. W. Norton Publishing Company
cooper.edu
September 11, 2023 at 8:18 PM
October 17th in NYC. It will be fun and educational and you will learn a lot about Norse Mythology and the Iliad and suchlike. Do come.
cooper.edu/events-and-e...
cooper.edu/events-and-e...
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cool cool cool
September 11, 2023 at 2:26 AM
cool cool cool
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Suicide Prevention Day should be more about expanding access to healthcare, eliminating poverty, and ending oppression, not just "reach out to your friends" and helpline copypasta.
September 10, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Suicide Prevention Day should be more about expanding access to healthcare, eliminating poverty, and ending oppression, not just "reach out to your friends" and helpline copypasta.
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Hi, this is my first post on here! So to catch up, here are the books I have out this year and one for next year. I've also got cancer but I'm getting better. There's more info on all that on my blog here: marthawells.dreamwidth.org
September 10, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Hi, this is my first post on here! So to catch up, here are the books I have out this year and one for next year. I've also got cancer but I'm getting better. There's more info on all that on my blog here: marthawells.dreamwidth.org
Rewatching 13 ghosts
September 9, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Rewatching 13 ghosts
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Look, I don't want to pressure any of you, but if all 926,164 people currently on Bluesky would just preorder Starter Villain, I could make a really good argument to my publisher that I never need to go on the former Twitter again, and honestly that would be so great
September 8, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Look, I don't want to pressure any of you, but if all 926,164 people currently on Bluesky would just preorder Starter Villain, I could make a really good argument to my publisher that I never need to go on the former Twitter again, and honestly that would be so great
Drop something blue from your gallery
September 8, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Drop something blue from your gallery