Nica
@nicarolinam.bsky.social
Children's Book Editor, Weighted Blanket Lover, 💙🗽, Hot Dog & Oysters Girl, read the driest nonfiction when not working on picturebooks, & learning about too much all at once🦋 (pumping older book reviews into #skylightsocial 🎞️ we gotta get out of TT)
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
I have to come clean about something insignificant & I have guilt over
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
snoopy is sitting at a table with a beer and a bottle .
Alt: snoopy is sitting at a table with a beer and a bottle .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I have to come clean about something insignificant & I have guilt over
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
Sex is cool but have you ever flossed your teeth after eating meat?
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sex is cool but have you ever flossed your teeth after eating meat?
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Once again, for the #immigrants babyyyy, New York City Come On And Raise Up 🗽🍎 🇺🇸
I is for Immigrants by Selina Alko, words are from Author's Note #childrensbooks #booksky #immigrantparents #firstgen #childrensbookauthor #bookish #meltingpot #readtogether
#diversity #heritage #picturebook
#diversity #heritage #picturebook
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once again, for the #immigrants babyyyy, New York City Come On And Raise Up 🗽🍎 🇺🇸
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AS Goes Virginia
So GOES The 2026 MidTerm Elections
So GOES The 2026 MidTerm Elections
a man in a suit and tie is giving a presentation on cbs
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a presentation on cbs
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November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
AS Goes Virginia
So GOES The 2026 MidTerm Elections
So GOES The 2026 MidTerm Elections
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Blue states like (checks notes) Mississippi:
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Blue states like (checks notes) Mississippi:
Michelet, History of the French Revolution, "Another thing which History will clearly establish & which holds true in every connection, is that the people were usually more important than the leaders..." 1/2
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Michelet, History of the French Revolution, "Another thing which History will clearly establish & which holds true in every connection, is that the people were usually more important than the leaders..." 1/2
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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Sometimes you just gotta look up and marvel about the things that human beings have built together.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sometimes you just gotta look up and marvel about the things that human beings have built together.
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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 — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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 — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
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The Great Gatsby was better when it was fiction.
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Great Gatsby was better when it was fiction.
Can our collective Halloween costume be everyone going outside at 7PM and Screaming For Democracy à la 2020 medical support?
a cartoon frog is sitting down and looking at something
Alt: a cartoon frog is sitting down and looking at something (over the garden wall)
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Can our collective Halloween costume be everyone going outside at 7PM and Screaming For Democracy à la 2020 medical support?
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What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
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Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Billions for Argentina, ICE, refurbishing Trump's Qatar jet, and tax cuts for the rich...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Billions for Argentina, ICE, refurbishing Trump's Qatar jet, and tax cuts for the rich...
"That's just how it is."
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Billions for Argentina, ICE, refurbishing Trump's Qatar jet, and tax cuts for the rich...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Billions for Argentina, ICE, refurbishing Trump's Qatar jet, and tax cuts for the rich...
"That's just how it is."
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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"There are now more private equity firms in America than there are McDonalds."
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"There are now more private equity firms in America than there are McDonalds."
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
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New York City is not for sale.
Our new ad begins airing tomorrow.
Our new ad begins airing tomorrow.
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
New York City is not for sale.
Our new ad begins airing tomorrow.
Our new ad begins airing tomorrow.
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the AT&T-->Time Warner-->Discovery series of media mergers were some of the most pointless and disastrous business exercises ever conceived by man
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS
Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale
The announcement comes after WBD previously said it would split in two.
www.nbcnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
the AT&T-->Time Warner-->Discovery series of media mergers were some of the most pointless and disastrous business exercises ever conceived by man
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS