Sam
@samsiman.bsky.social
Full-time content design leader. Part-time vegan baker and book nerd. Future momager. Vegan. ADHD. Not too proud for reality TV. Columbus, Ohio
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Sam
@samsiman.bsky.social
· Nov 12
A little intro:
• midwestern mom
• elder millennial
• full-time UX content director
I’m a gigantic book nerd, which has only intensified over the last year so because :motions around at chaos: Check my Goodreads with caution: www.goodreads.com/user/show/78...
• midwestern mom
• elder millennial
• full-time UX content director
I’m a gigantic book nerd, which has only intensified over the last year so because :motions around at chaos: Check my Goodreads with caution: www.goodreads.com/user/show/78...
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It’s important to keep your eyes on L.A. - but more important to keep your eyes on what he’s trying to distract you from. Epstein files, Tariffs, immigration lawsuits, NASA policy setbacks, and absolutely nobody is talking about the Big Bullshit Bill anymore. There is more on fire than cars in L.A.
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s important to keep your eyes on L.A. - but more important to keep your eyes on what he’s trying to distract you from. Epstein files, Tariffs, immigration lawsuits, NASA policy setbacks, and absolutely nobody is talking about the Big Bullshit Bill anymore. There is more on fire than cars in L.A.
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LOS ANGELES: Stay off the streets tonight. Stay home. Stay safe.
Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence.
They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate.
Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.
Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence.
They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate.
Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.
June 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
LOS ANGELES: Stay off the streets tonight. Stay home. Stay safe.
Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence.
They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate.
Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.
Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence.
They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate.
Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.
Today’s #CFS hack: paying for a hair blowout. It’s bougie, privileged, & honestly not something I should spend $$ on. But I’m exhausted. Now that I have to go into the office (this is a whole sep. story), spending a hr.+ washing/drying/styling my hair is just too much for me 😭 #invisibledisease #rto
May 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today’s #CFS hack: paying for a hair blowout. It’s bougie, privileged, & honestly not something I should spend $$ on. But I’m exhausted. Now that I have to go into the office (this is a whole sep. story), spending a hr.+ washing/drying/styling my hair is just too much for me 😭 #invisibledisease #rto
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This. So much this.
April 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This. So much this.
Things this regime is cutting:
- Medicaid
- department of education
- libraries
It’s almost as if the party of “pro-life” & “protect our children” is more “control women by pro-birth,” “make the population dumber w/cut education funds,” & “make the rich richer by taking from kids w/ disabilities”
- Medicaid
- department of education
- libraries
It’s almost as if the party of “pro-life” & “protect our children” is more “control women by pro-birth,” “make the population dumber w/cut education funds,” & “make the rich richer by taking from kids w/ disabilities”
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Things this regime is cutting:
- Medicaid
- department of education
- libraries
It’s almost as if the party of “pro-life” & “protect our children” is more “control women by pro-birth,” “make the population dumber w/cut education funds,” & “make the rich richer by taking from kids w/ disabilities”
- Medicaid
- department of education
- libraries
It’s almost as if the party of “pro-life” & “protect our children” is more “control women by pro-birth,” “make the population dumber w/cut education funds,” & “make the rich richer by taking from kids w/ disabilities”
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Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
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School-based Medicaid programs are vital in ensuring that millions of children, particularly those with disabilities, receive services such as speech therapy, mental health support, and medical assistance.
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
School-based Medicaid programs are vital in ensuring that millions of children, particularly those with disabilities, receive services such as speech therapy, mental health support, and medical assistance.
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
These funds are a high target for upcoming cuts.
Our students deserve better.
#SaveMedicaid
What. The fuck.
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What. The fuck.
Tired of doom-scrolling? I gotchu. Come hang with me while I play #Palia, a super #cozy game: www.twitch.tv/bookstasam
If you #playpalia, I'm doing house tour votes tonight. So pop on in and I'll throw a vote your way!
If you #playpalia, I'm doing house tour votes tonight. So pop on in and I'll throw a vote your way!
BookstaSAM - Twitch
Brand new to Twitch and Palia. All about books, cozy vibes, and reality TV. She/her, recently 40 (yikes!), *cool mom*
www.twitch.tv
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tired of doom-scrolling? I gotchu. Come hang with me while I play #Palia, a super #cozy game: www.twitch.tv/bookstasam
If you #playpalia, I'm doing house tour votes tonight. So pop on in and I'll throw a vote your way!
If you #playpalia, I'm doing house tour votes tonight. So pop on in and I'll throw a vote your way!
I might end my retirement from the clubs if this Lady Gaga song becomes a summer anthem.
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I might end my retirement from the clubs if this Lady Gaga song becomes a summer anthem.
Tonight, my emotions are all over the place. Joy from the incredible performances while watching the #GRAMMYs. And the absolute terror I feel about all the things happening in our country. The Sunday Scaries are very much amplified due to pure anxiety about : gestures around in US citizen panic :
February 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tonight, my emotions are all over the place. Joy from the incredible performances while watching the #GRAMMYs. And the absolute terror I feel about all the things happening in our country. The Sunday Scaries are very much amplified due to pure anxiety about : gestures around in US citizen panic :
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No one knows what caused last night's tragic crash outside DCA.
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
January 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
No one knows what caused last night's tragic crash outside DCA.
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
So, wait. We’re just doing concentration camps in the US now? What the actual fuck is going on and when is someone going to find a way to stop this chaos?
I hope folks understand what’s happening here. Some in the administration view concentration camps inside the US as *maybe* a bridge too far.
So they’re starting with Guantanamo Bay, away from prying eyes and 24/7 coverage.
So they’re starting with Guantanamo Bay, away from prying eyes and 24/7 coverage.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So, wait. We’re just doing concentration camps in the US now? What the actual fuck is going on and when is someone going to find a way to stop this chaos?
:in the middle of typing an email:
👦🏼Mommy.
👩🏼One sec bud, just let me finish typing this sentence.
👦🏼Mommy. Mom! Let me just tell you something real quick.
👩🏼Almost done!
👦🏼Mommmmmyy. Real quick real quick.
👩🏼Ok. Go ahead.
👦🏼Look at those clouds over there!
👦🏼Mommy.
👩🏼One sec bud, just let me finish typing this sentence.
👦🏼Mommy. Mom! Let me just tell you something real quick.
👩🏼Almost done!
👦🏼Mommmmmyy. Real quick real quick.
👩🏼Ok. Go ahead.
👦🏼Look at those clouds over there!
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
:in the middle of typing an email:
👦🏼Mommy.
👩🏼One sec bud, just let me finish typing this sentence.
👦🏼Mommy. Mom! Let me just tell you something real quick.
👩🏼Almost done!
👦🏼Mommmmmyy. Real quick real quick.
👩🏼Ok. Go ahead.
👦🏼Look at those clouds over there!
👦🏼Mommy.
👩🏼One sec bud, just let me finish typing this sentence.
👦🏼Mommy. Mom! Let me just tell you something real quick.
👩🏼Almost done!
👦🏼Mommmmmyy. Real quick real quick.
👩🏼Ok. Go ahead.
👦🏼Look at those clouds over there!
According to MAGA, the Medicaid site is just a little glitchy-poo and is very, very coincidentally down right after the announcement that Medicaid is frozen. It’s *not* related to the announcement that Medicaid is, indeed….frozen. Nope, he wouldn’t do that to people of this fine country. 🙄
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
According to MAGA, the Medicaid site is just a little glitchy-poo and is very, very coincidentally down right after the announcement that Medicaid is frozen. It’s *not* related to the announcement that Medicaid is, indeed….frozen. Nope, he wouldn’t do that to people of this fine country. 🙄
I just saw that people are celebrating the trump-led dismissal of the case against a doctor who unlawfully violated HIPAA and released medical record of minors. The Dr. spoke out saying the FBI agent was “creepy” bc he sat behind him at the arraignment. 1/2
January 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I just saw that people are celebrating the trump-led dismissal of the case against a doctor who unlawfully violated HIPAA and released medical record of minors. The Dr. spoke out saying the FBI agent was “creepy” bc he sat behind him at the arraignment. 1/2
Welcome, TikTok and Meta refugees. There may not be a perfectly curated algo of the most random videos for YOU here yet (TikTok). But it’s also likely your racist, shitty uncle isn’t here either (Facebook).
January 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Welcome, TikTok and Meta refugees. There may not be a perfectly curated algo of the most random videos for YOU here yet (TikTok). But it’s also likely your racist, shitty uncle isn’t here either (Facebook).
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Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
January 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
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In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
January 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
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Reading makes you live longer.
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reading makes you live longer.
Me in 2003 vs me end of 2024
January 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Me in 2003 vs me end of 2024
I’m sorry…did I just see a woman unload a mini horse from the backseat of a flame-decal-laden PT Cruiser for Kyle’s Denim & Diamonds party?! #rhobc
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
I’m sorry…did I just see a woman unload a mini horse from the backseat of a flame-decal-laden PT Cruiser for Kyle’s Denim & Diamonds party?! #rhobc
I declare today the official day we can all deem every request a “next year problem.” On the flip side, I declare that no one shall say, “see you next year!” when they sign off of work for the holidays.
I’ll take no questions. Those are next year’s problems.
I’ll take no questions. Those are next year’s problems.
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I declare today the official day we can all deem every request a “next year problem.” On the flip side, I declare that no one shall say, “see you next year!” when they sign off of work for the holidays.
I’ll take no questions. Those are next year’s problems.
I’ll take no questions. Those are next year’s problems.
A little #positivity for your feed:
At pre-K, my five-year-old made this art for our dog. He ran in the house after school and exclaimed, “Hey OzzyBoy! I made this art for you!”
At pre-K, my five-year-old made this art for our dog. He ran in the house after school and exclaimed, “Hey OzzyBoy! I made this art for you!”
November 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
A little #positivity for your feed:
At pre-K, my five-year-old made this art for our dog. He ran in the house after school and exclaimed, “Hey OzzyBoy! I made this art for you!”
At pre-K, my five-year-old made this art for our dog. He ran in the house after school and exclaimed, “Hey OzzyBoy! I made this art for you!”