Emily
@shotwellrva.bsky.social
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Emily
@shotwellrva.bsky.social
· Jan 25
This is officially the most fucked time in history. Go find your joy. Live out loud. Love without limits. Drink your water. Take your meds. Live the life you won’t regret.
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If you're a veteran who has been charged a fee to get help on your application for a VA disability rating or other benefits, NPR wants to hear from you!
Are you a military veteran who has been charged money to apply for VA benefits?
If you're a veteran who has been charged a fee to get help on your application for a VA disability rating or other benefits, NPR wants to hear from you!
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June 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you're a veteran who has been charged a fee to get help on your application for a VA disability rating or other benefits, NPR wants to hear from you!
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Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
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Secretary of Defense is too critical of a role to be done by someone this incompetent.
April 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Secretary of Defense is too critical of a role to be done by someone this incompetent.
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Foxtrot Delta Tango ;)
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Foxtrot Delta Tango ;)
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I'm thinking about a quote by British author Elizabeth Bibesco in 1934, amid Hitler's growing horrors:
“The Nazi regime benefits from the fact that its atrocities overstep the limits of credibility.”
Today, many Americans suffer from that same failure of imagination. It could be fatal.
“The Nazi regime benefits from the fact that its atrocities overstep the limits of credibility.”
Today, many Americans suffer from that same failure of imagination. It could be fatal.
April 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I'm thinking about a quote by British author Elizabeth Bibesco in 1934, amid Hitler's growing horrors:
“The Nazi regime benefits from the fact that its atrocities overstep the limits of credibility.”
Today, many Americans suffer from that same failure of imagination. It could be fatal.
“The Nazi regime benefits from the fact that its atrocities overstep the limits of credibility.”
Today, many Americans suffer from that same failure of imagination. It could be fatal.
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
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The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.
The Education Department is being cut in half. Here's what's being lost
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
Mary Oliver saw it coming.
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mary Oliver saw it coming.
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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.
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Like all kings before him, he'll dump the religion when it doesn't suit him.
That's exactly what the kings did whenever a religion got in their way.
It was merely a convenient tool.
That's exactly what the kings did whenever a religion got in their way.
It was merely a convenient tool.
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Like all kings before him, he'll dump the religion when it doesn't suit him.
That's exactly what the kings did whenever a religion got in their way.
It was merely a convenient tool.
That's exactly what the kings did whenever a religion got in their way.
It was merely a convenient tool.
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Musk & Vance want to use Trump's cabinet to burn the government down, then privatize it and sell it for parts, so that they can create their tech autocracy.
While Christian extremism is a tool of repression, Musk has no ideological loyalty to it.
While Christian extremism is a tool of repression, Musk has no ideological loyalty to it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Musk & Vance want to use Trump's cabinet to burn the government down, then privatize it and sell it for parts, so that they can create their tech autocracy.
While Christian extremism is a tool of repression, Musk has no ideological loyalty to it.
While Christian extremism is a tool of repression, Musk has no ideological loyalty to it.
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These are now up for sale.
Profits going to a fund for illegally-fired civil servants and social-safety-net nonprofits.
Share with those who might like?
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Profits going to a fund for illegally-fired civil servants and social-safety-net nonprofits.
Share with those who might like?
www.notaquanaut.com/shop/p/t-shi...
F ELON t-shirt — Not Aquanaut
Violating financial privacy laws like the Right to Financial Privacy Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act is a crime. Some Nazi shitball from South Africa is violating those laws and many more as pa...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
These are now up for sale.
Profits going to a fund for illegally-fired civil servants and social-safety-net nonprofits.
Share with those who might like?
www.notaquanaut.com/shop/p/t-shi...
Profits going to a fund for illegally-fired civil servants and social-safety-net nonprofits.
Share with those who might like?
www.notaquanaut.com/shop/p/t-shi...
If you haven’t listened to the podcast The Telepathy Tapes - you really should. Mind. Blown.
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you haven’t listened to the podcast The Telepathy Tapes - you really should. Mind. Blown.
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When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
I updated my website with some nature pics. Shotwellrva.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I updated my website with some nature pics. Shotwellrva.com
Thank you, @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social for this work. Just starting and already in awe.
February 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thank you, @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social for this work. Just starting and already in awe.
snow and ice are here
power not so much today
lots of birds around
power not so much today
lots of birds around
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
snow and ice are here
power not so much today
lots of birds around
power not so much today
lots of birds around
Still not sure how I want to engage here. There are enough political posts already. Maybe I’ll just blather on about random crap. Sound good?
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Still not sure how I want to engage here. There are enough political posts already. Maybe I’ll just blather on about random crap. Sound good?