Sara Fretz-Goering
@sscout2.bsky.social
Life long learner, aging with solitude, family, good friends, dogs, trees, books, writing, the list grows…
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Thanks to detailed trade data, we know what Americans buy from China, and how much of it.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Plastic Spoons, Umbrellas, Violins: A Guide to What Americans Buy From China
The things the U.S. imports a lot, the things it doesn’t and everything in between.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Thanks to detailed trade data, we know what Americans buy from China, and how much of it.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Won't sugarcoat it: This has been the shittiest start to any presidency in my lifetime. And I’ve lived through Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush. But there are heroes among us, and Bishop Budde is a shining example.
Nation Shocked By Spectacle of Someone in Washington Advocating Kindness
Americans were emotionally unprepared for the 2-minute plea for mercy.
www.borowitzreport.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Won't sugarcoat it: This has been the shittiest start to any presidency in my lifetime. And I’ve lived through Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush. But there are heroes among us, and Bishop Budde is a shining example.
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"I find it remarkable that a Republican party that is so concerned about wokeness and DEI thinks that appointing any mediocre man—with whatever qualifications or not—is a good thing."
@jenrubin.bsky.social & @amymcgrath.bsky.social talk Hegseth hearings contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-...
@jenrubin.bsky.social & @amymcgrath.bsky.social talk Hegseth hearings contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-...
January 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"I find it remarkable that a Republican party that is so concerned about wokeness and DEI thinks that appointing any mediocre man—with whatever qualifications or not—is a good thing."
@jenrubin.bsky.social & @amymcgrath.bsky.social talk Hegseth hearings contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-...
@jenrubin.bsky.social & @amymcgrath.bsky.social talk Hegseth hearings contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-...
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"Republicans face a choice... are their senators prepared to confirm such manifestly unfit nominees?"
Meritocracy hangs in the balance.
New from @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
Meritocracy hangs in the balance.
New from @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
The Greatest DEI Disaster Ever
Democratic Senators--especially the women--shed a glaring light on a sketchy, uninformed nominee who has no business lording over the Pentagon
contrarian.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Republicans face a choice... are their senators prepared to confirm such manifestly unfit nominees?"
Meritocracy hangs in the balance.
New from @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
Meritocracy hangs in the balance.
New from @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
Satyagraha: holding fast to truth. Becoming a “truth force”
Gandhi transferred the spiritual into the political as resistance to evil. Satyagraha.
Gandhi transferred the spiritual into the political as resistance to evil. Satyagraha.
January 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Satyagraha: holding fast to truth. Becoming a “truth force”
Gandhi transferred the spiritual into the political as resistance to evil. Satyagraha.
Gandhi transferred the spiritual into the political as resistance to evil. Satyagraha.
Thinking about Christmas and the Dickins spin:
“The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
(A Christmas Carol)
“The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
(A Christmas Carol)
December 10, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Thinking about Christmas and the Dickins spin:
“The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
(A Christmas Carol)
“The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
(A Christmas Carol)
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Something ironic to see world leaders in Paris celebrate the reconsideration of a medieval cathedral while having made no outcry about Israel having destroyed Christian churches in Gaza & Lebanon dating back centuries earlier- a century after Christ's crucifixion. Then there are ancient mosques
December 8, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Something ironic to see world leaders in Paris celebrate the reconsideration of a medieval cathedral while having made no outcry about Israel having destroyed Christian churches in Gaza & Lebanon dating back centuries earlier- a century after Christ's crucifixion. Then there are ancient mosques
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Reposted by Sara Fretz-Goering
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
Just joined BSky. Trying to find the paths to follow in this growing garden. So interesting to see how some jump in and expound and others quietly watch from the weeds. Always something new to learn!
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Just joined BSky. Trying to find the paths to follow in this growing garden. So interesting to see how some jump in and expound and others quietly watch from the weeds. Always something new to learn!