I, Slinky
@retroslink.bsky.social
Midwest U.S. Gen-X mom, J.D., podcast co-producer, German speaker. Taking refuge from the Mad-King era in 19th-century writers and history. Plus cats.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bloomington, Indiana has lost an icon. Listen to her talk about her work on her own words from January 2024. She spent her early years in Milwaukee, WI. After arriving in Bloomington, she became a trailblazing, strategic, kind community leader. Im glad that I got to meet amazing Charlotte Zietlow.
🎙Podcast episode 226 is now available at the812show.org. Charlotte Zietlow has passed away at the age of 91. She was a pillar of the community who will be greatly missed. This is an encore presentation of our interview with her, recorded in January 2024. #HoosierSky #Indiana #BloomingtonIndiana
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bloomington, Indiana has lost an icon. Listen to her talk about her work on her own words from January 2024. She spent her early years in Milwaukee, WI. After arriving in Bloomington, she became a trailblazing, strategic, kind community leader. Im glad that I got to meet amazing Charlotte Zietlow.
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
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Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects
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“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
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Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.
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Perry asks, what if the president is relying on "completely invalid evidence?"
"What if DHS folks are not tethered to reality in their assessment of events. Does that matter?"
Hamilton: "A couple points …"
"What if DHS folks are not tethered to reality in their assessment of events. Does that matter?"
Hamilton: "A couple points …"
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Perry asks, what if the president is relying on "completely invalid evidence?"
"What if DHS folks are not tethered to reality in their assessment of events. Does that matter?"
Hamilton: "A couple points …"
"What if DHS folks are not tethered to reality in their assessment of events. Does that matter?"
Hamilton: "A couple points …"
Wait... you're telling me that, in addition to Hegseth's reckless and vapid command performance for the military recently, military paychecks might not happen next week? 👀 Um....
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wait... you're telling me that, in addition to Hegseth's reckless and vapid command performance for the military recently, military paychecks might not happen next week? 👀 Um....
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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The whole reason Democrats are having to push for the Obamacare subsidies now is because Trump & Vance excluded them from their bill earlier this year, because Trump & Vance prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over health care costs for the poor and middle class.
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The whole reason Democrats are having to push for the Obamacare subsidies now is because Trump & Vance excluded them from their bill earlier this year, because Trump & Vance prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over health care costs for the poor and middle class.
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It's sometimes nice to remember there's more to America than Stephen Miller's hideous vision of what the country should be
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Francine returns! Beloved Lowe's cat back in Richmond after accidental truck ride out of state
Beloved Lowe's cat Francine is back in Richmond after a week-long search, according to updates shared by Lowe's and Richmond Animal Care and Control on Monday.
www.wtvr.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's sometimes nice to remember there's more to America than Stephen Miller's hideous vision of what the country should be
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Mr. Parks, waiting for the Rapture.
September 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Mr. Parks, waiting for the Rapture.
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just heard someone call stephen miller peewee german
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
just heard someone call stephen miller peewee german
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What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
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President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
September 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
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1995. A generation ago.
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
1995. A generation ago.
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Good Thursday morning
Wishing you a day when you are always able to spot the blue sky.
Wishing you a day when you are always able to spot the blue sky.
September 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Good Thursday morning
Wishing you a day when you are always able to spot the blue sky.
Wishing you a day when you are always able to spot the blue sky.
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On Tyranny is a good read. Leaving this here with all the recent news and attacks. Stay aware and stay vigilant. #hoosiersky #antifacism
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On Tyranny is a good read. Leaving this here with all the recent news and attacks. Stay aware and stay vigilant. #hoosiersky #antifacism
Great interview today with the co-founder of a caring medical service for child abuse victims in south central Indiana 😔 #HoosierSky #Indiana #HoosierTwitter #BloomingtonIndiana
🎙 Podcast episode 210 is now available at the812show.org or on any podcast platform. Our guest today is Danielle Benedek, co-founder of the Riley Physician’s Medical Child Abuse Clinic. For her work, the Bloomington, IN Commission on the Status of Women named Benedek the 2025 Woman of the Year.
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Great interview today with the co-founder of a caring medical service for child abuse victims in south central Indiana 😔 #HoosierSky #Indiana #HoosierTwitter #BloomingtonIndiana