Sonya Duren
@sonyaduren.bsky.social
Happy wife, mom of four great adults, Gammie of two, lover of books and all things vintage, thrift store queen, still astounded by the grace of Jesus.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
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Florida's about to find out why older cemeteries have so many children's graves. My grandmother said she practically sprinted to the local school to get my mom vaxxed when the Salk vaccine became available because her mother died
from Polio.
from Polio.
September 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Florida's about to find out why older cemeteries have so many children's graves. My grandmother said she practically sprinted to the local school to get my mom vaxxed when the Salk vaccine became available because her mother died
from Polio.
from Polio.
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Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
Our priorities remain idiotic.
A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
Our priorities remain idiotic.
August 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
Our priorities remain idiotic.
A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
Our priorities remain idiotic.
This country’s love affair with guns has to end.
August 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This country’s love affair with guns has to end.
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
Trump pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is the same as confessing guilt to being on the list. If he thinks doing this will make the Epstein thing go away, he is terribly wrong.
July 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is the same as confessing guilt to being on the list. If he thinks doing this will make the Epstein thing go away, he is terribly wrong.
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Will there be an outcry from the “religious leaders” in the administration over their horrific violations or just 🤷♀️
At the DeSantis Everglades detention camp, people with green cards are being held in terrible conditions, with maggots in the food, the lights kept on 24 hours a day, and delayed access to medicine.
One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion."
One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion."
July 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Will there be an outcry from the “religious leaders” in the administration over their horrific violations or just 🤷♀️
We are seeing this on display here in America.
July 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We are seeing this on display here in America.
Christians are now finding out this administration cares nothing about you. You were used. There is NOTHING Christlike about their behavior.
June 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Christians are now finding out this administration cares nothing about you. You were used. There is NOTHING Christlike about their behavior.
The cruelty is absolutely demonic with this administration.
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — have sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children und...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The cruelty is absolutely demonic with this administration.
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The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.
publications.aap.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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you know a diner is good when it's open 24/7 and it looks like where parents would meet during a custody battle
June 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
you know a diner is good when it's open 24/7 and it looks like where parents would meet during a custody battle
This is something Stephen Miller will never be able to comprehend
“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸
June 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is something Stephen Miller will never be able to comprehend
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When you’re just grabbing brown people
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
When you’re just grabbing brown people
But we were told all of these jobs were just waste and fraud. Just more incompetence of this administration on full display.
Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates – a dramatic turn of events for the US government-funded broadcasting system that was shut down by the Trump administration in March 🧵
Voice of America brings back Farsi-speaking staff amid Israel-Iran conflict | CNN Business
Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
www.cnn.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
But we were told all of these jobs were just waste and fraud. Just more incompetence of this administration on full display.
Walked into an elevator with my kids. Tom Hanks was in it.
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.”
- Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP
“Good Vibrations” (1966)
- Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP
“Good Vibrations” (1966)
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.”
- Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP
“Good Vibrations” (1966)
- Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP
“Good Vibrations” (1966)
RIP Brian. You brought us years of happiness with your music.
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
pitchfork.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
RIP Brian. You brought us years of happiness with your music.
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We are currently ruled by a bunch of people who think the tragedy of Anne Frank is she wasn’t found sooner
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are currently ruled by a bunch of people who think the tragedy of Anne Frank is she wasn’t found sooner
Well, who would have thought there would have been consequences?
June 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Well, who would have thought there would have been consequences?
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Somewhere a presidential historian is wheezing into a paper bag right now
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Somewhere a presidential historian is wheezing into a paper bag right now
It’s unsettling to see such middle school drama among two grown men who hold so many lives in their hands. And they say women are too emotional to govern.
June 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s unsettling to see such middle school drama among two grown men who hold so many lives in their hands. And they say women are too emotional to govern.
“Character is not created in times like these. It’s revealed.”
Louise Penny from A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny from A Great Reckoning
June 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Character is not created in times like these. It’s revealed.”
Louise Penny from A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny from A Great Reckoning