Salty Mom
@thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social
Eclectic creative 🎨 🐚 🪡 ✍️
Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
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You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
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Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
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@thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Don't spread germs (1948)
YouTube video by Wellcome Library
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HOOOOLY COW, can we please revive this in the USA!?!
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
“What the Court’s conservatives have shown since Trump took office is that they have no problem letting the administration run roughshod over laws, just as long as that lawbreaking comes at the expense of people of color, not the stock market.”
look at that math
let's hear it for Black women in STEM
let's hear it for Black women in STEM
listened to oral argument and counted: 3 Dems + Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
February 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
“What the Court’s conservatives have shown since Trump took office is that they have no problem letting the administration run roughshod over laws, just as long as that lawbreaking comes at the expense of people of color, not the stock market.”
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From 👆
"We are presently limited not by a lack of technicology to reduce COVID transmission, but by a lack of collective willpower.
The more that the false idea that COVID is 'here to stay' is repeated, the worse this problem becomes."
"We are presently limited not by a lack of technicology to reduce COVID transmission, but by a lack of collective willpower.
The more that the false idea that COVID is 'here to stay' is repeated, the worse this problem becomes."
February 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
From 👆
"We are presently limited not by a lack of technicology to reduce COVID transmission, but by a lack of collective willpower.
The more that the false idea that COVID is 'here to stay' is repeated, the worse this problem becomes."
"We are presently limited not by a lack of technicology to reduce COVID transmission, but by a lack of collective willpower.
The more that the false idea that COVID is 'here to stay' is repeated, the worse this problem becomes."
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Here is the whole majority in a single post:
Interestingly tho, Roberts's section on the so-called major questions doctrine is only joined by Gorsuch and Barrett
The liberal justices are like, yeah we agree these tariffs are obviously illegal, but your made-up major questions nonsense is still nonsense fyi
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
The liberal justices are like, yeah we agree these tariffs are obviously illegal, but your made-up major questions nonsense is still nonsense fyi
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
February 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Here is the whole majority in a single post:
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Trying to think how many degrees separate me and the Epstein files. Maybe it’s all the Chomsky appearances on the public radio station in Seattle where I worked. Or my friend Joe who got yelled at by Bill Gates in a meeting at Microsoft once.
February 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Trying to think how many degrees separate me and the Epstein files. Maybe it’s all the Chomsky appearances on the public radio station in Seattle where I worked. Or my friend Joe who got yelled at by Bill Gates in a meeting at Microsoft once.
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You must vote against another incompetent leader of a federal science agency. @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
Neither a scientist nor an engineer. Just another ineptotist, who will be way in over his head.
Ineptotist (n)
[in-ep-ta-tist]
1. Describes an unqualified individual being hired by another unqualified individual based on favoritism and incompetence.
2. See also — The current Regime’s administration.
Ineptotist (n)
[in-ep-ta-tist]
1. Describes an unqualified individual being hired by another unqualified individual based on favoritism and incompetence.
2. See also — The current Regime’s administration.
Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation
If confirmed by the US Senate, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead the agency, a big funder of US basic research.
www.nature.com
February 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
You must vote against another incompetent leader of a federal science agency. @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
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Once again, I am promising Democrats there are literally thousands of former department of justice people who will crawl over broken glass to prosecute this administration given the chance
A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, emphasizing the White House’s control over the nation’s top law enforcement branch that once pursued criminal prosecutions against the president. https://cnn.it/4cBCqW7
February 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Once again, I am promising Democrats there are literally thousands of former department of justice people who will crawl over broken glass to prosecute this administration given the chance
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More hope from mRNA vaccines. In this instance, individualized vaccines were given to women with triple negative breast cancer following surgery and adjuvant therapy. The results are quite remarkable. Despite cancer finding a ‘T cell-evading’ work-around in some patients.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature
In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.
www.nature.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
More hope from mRNA vaccines. In this instance, individualized vaccines were given to women with triple negative breast cancer following surgery and adjuvant therapy. The results are quite remarkable. Despite cancer finding a ‘T cell-evading’ work-around in some patients.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
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Choose your own adventure.
February 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Choose your own adventure.
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Virginia Supreme Court being forced into making a shadow docket ruling
Difference between Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and injunction is important
TRO is supposed to be temporary by definition
Do they rule on merits quickly or find another procedural way to get out of it?
Difference between Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and injunction is important
TRO is supposed to be temporary by definition
Do they rule on merits quickly or find another procedural way to get out of it?
Kyle Ford on Yesterday’s Tazewell Court Virginia Redistricting Ruling: “If a court lacks equity jurisdiction to enter the order, the order is void. Not wrong on the merits. Void.” ("This TRO doesn't preserve the status quo. It destroys it.") bluevirginia.us/2026/02/if-a...
Kyle Ford on Yesterday’s Tazewell Court Virginia Redistricting Ruling: “If a court lacks equity jurisdiction to enter the order, the order is void. Not wrong on the merits. Void.”
This analysis, by Appalachian School of Law graduate Kyle Ford, of yesterday's Tazewell Circuit Court judge's ruling on the Virginia Democrats' redistricting amendment nails it, really nails it IMHO....
bluevirginia.us
February 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Virginia Supreme Court being forced into making a shadow docket ruling
Difference between Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and injunction is important
TRO is supposed to be temporary by definition
Do they rule on merits quickly or find another procedural way to get out of it?
Difference between Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and injunction is important
TRO is supposed to be temporary by definition
Do they rule on merits quickly or find another procedural way to get out of it?
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I for one appreciate the super in the weeds legal issues surrounding remedies
Temporary restraining order vs. preliminary injunction vs. permanent injunction all seem the same
But they have different legal standards and purposes
We’ll see what happens
Temporary restraining order vs. preliminary injunction vs. permanent injunction all seem the same
But they have different legal standards and purposes
We’ll see what happens
February 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I for one appreciate the super in the weeds legal issues surrounding remedies
Temporary restraining order vs. preliminary injunction vs. permanent injunction all seem the same
But they have different legal standards and purposes
We’ll see what happens
Temporary restraining order vs. preliminary injunction vs. permanent injunction all seem the same
But they have different legal standards and purposes
We’ll see what happens
I just added Written in the Waters to my StoryGraph reading list! It sounds fascinating.
Hello Friday! Joining @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @motherjones.com Assistant Editor @schuylermitchell.bsky.social, Midi Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kathleen Jordan + Tara Roberts, Author of Written in the Waters!
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📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127
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February 20, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I just added Written in the Waters to my StoryGraph reading list! It sounds fascinating.
This guy is a red flag yet it wouldn’t shock me to learn people will insist he’s the best person for the job.
STOP falling for and ignoring red flags, I beg you!! No one is perfect but blatant liars like this should never make it to the final Election Day.
STOP falling for and ignoring red flags, I beg you!! No one is perfect but blatant liars like this should never make it to the final Election Day.
NEW: Eric Nelson, a Democratic politician with a history of fabrications, submitted 1,635 signatures to get on the ballot for a Colorado House race. Only 29 were valid.
February 20, 2026 at 12:43 PM
This guy is a red flag yet it wouldn’t shock me to learn people will insist he’s the best person for the job.
STOP falling for and ignoring red flags, I beg you!! No one is perfect but blatant liars like this should never make it to the final Election Day.
STOP falling for and ignoring red flags, I beg you!! No one is perfect but blatant liars like this should never make it to the final Election Day.
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🚨 LAST CHANCE! 🚨 Please contact your Virginia Senator BY FEBRUARY 22 and urge them to support a Fair Share tax (budget items 4-14 #1s and 4-14 #6s) to invest in our communities. ⬇️
thecommonwealthinstitute.org/take-action-...
house.vga.virginia.gov/members
apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/inde...
thecommonwealthinstitute.org/take-action-...
house.vga.virginia.gov/members
apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/inde...
February 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
🚨 LAST CHANCE! 🚨 Please contact your Virginia Senator BY FEBRUARY 22 and urge them to support a Fair Share tax (budget items 4-14 #1s and 4-14 #6s) to invest in our communities. ⬇️
thecommonwealthinstitute.org/take-action-...
house.vga.virginia.gov/members
apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/inde...
thecommonwealthinstitute.org/take-action-...
house.vga.virginia.gov/members
apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/inde...
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the errors being that abuelas and 2 month olds and American citizens by every normal metric are deserving of racialized cruelty because they "fit the description". Racial profiling and lack of due process has been an intentional one size fits all dehumnization machine.
February 20, 2026 at 12:17 PM
the errors being that abuelas and 2 month olds and American citizens by every normal metric are deserving of racialized cruelty because they "fit the description". Racial profiling and lack of due process has been an intentional one size fits all dehumnization machine.
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A crisis manufactured by Noem‘s requirement to approve every expense over $100k. Some if these hospitals are already being forced to reduce services and close units. Without these funds…promised to them…I bet some will be forced to close.
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
FEMA Still Hasn’t Reimbursed Hospitals for COVID-19 Work
Lawmakers are trying to find out why the funds for approved projects have not been paid.
www.notus.org
February 20, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A crisis manufactured by Noem‘s requirement to approve every expense over $100k. Some if these hospitals are already being forced to reduce services and close units. Without these funds…promised to them…I bet some will be forced to close.
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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Today’s Black History focus is on INVENTIONS here are some things we enjoy that Black people are directly responsible for, Google how.
1) Potato chips
2) Butter Pecan ice cream
3) Whiskey (Jack Daniels & Nearest Green)
4) (Hidden Valley) Ranch Dressing (Steve Henson)
1) Potato chips
2) Butter Pecan ice cream
3) Whiskey (Jack Daniels & Nearest Green)
4) (Hidden Valley) Ranch Dressing (Steve Henson)
February 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Today’s Black History focus is on INVENTIONS here are some things we enjoy that Black people are directly responsible for, Google how.
1) Potato chips
2) Butter Pecan ice cream
3) Whiskey (Jack Daniels & Nearest Green)
4) (Hidden Valley) Ranch Dressing (Steve Henson)
1) Potato chips
2) Butter Pecan ice cream
3) Whiskey (Jack Daniels & Nearest Green)
4) (Hidden Valley) Ranch Dressing (Steve Henson)
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I haven’t been posting as much because of a contract. Other than the contract I’m writing a new story that I’m very excited about.
February 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I haven’t been posting as much because of a contract. Other than the contract I’m writing a new story that I’m very excited about.
Reminder: No dictator stops at just one “type” of human.
They will also put dissenters, LGBTQ, disabled, and anyone don’t deem Christian there
And when they run out of room and it’s too expensive to keep them alive?
Genocide.
They will also put dissenters, LGBTQ, disabled, and anyone don’t deem Christian there
And when they run out of room and it’s too expensive to keep them alive?
Genocide.
Reminder: No government ever builds concentration camps it does not intend to fill.
February 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Reminder: No dictator stops at just one “type” of human.
They will also put dissenters, LGBTQ, disabled, and anyone don’t deem Christian there
And when they run out of room and it’s too expensive to keep them alive?
Genocide.
They will also put dissenters, LGBTQ, disabled, and anyone don’t deem Christian there
And when they run out of room and it’s too expensive to keep them alive?
Genocide.
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Displacing Black folks for 'progress' is a tale as old as this country.
I wish this story had more attention. It deserves a lot more attention.
I wish this story had more attention. It deserves a lot more attention.
In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years
Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.
capitalbnews.org
February 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Displacing Black folks for 'progress' is a tale as old as this country.
I wish this story had more attention. It deserves a lot more attention.
I wish this story had more attention. It deserves a lot more attention.
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There is so much pent up demand for joy and to believe in the future.
February 20, 2026 at 4:55 AM
There is so much pent up demand for joy and to believe in the future.
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How about stop listening to any idea that comes from musk
February 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
How about stop listening to any idea that comes from musk
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people joke about the Dijon mustard thing or the tan suit but too few people actually internalize that Republicans weren't crashing out over Dijon mustard or a tan suit
they were crashing out over a black man being in the White House
they were crashing out over a black man being in the White House
He, a Black man with a Black wife and two Black daughters, once said that if he had a son, that son would also be Black. And a bunch of white people lost their goddamn minds over it!
February 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
people joke about the Dijon mustard thing or the tan suit but too few people actually internalize that Republicans weren't crashing out over Dijon mustard or a tan suit
they were crashing out over a black man being in the White House
they were crashing out over a black man being in the White House
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Epstein is dead. But that doesn't cause the abusers to simply stop abusing. They just move to another supplier.
As long as this Epstein Trump crime spree remains unprosecuted by our Congress & our DOJ, more children will continue to be victimized.
As long as this Epstein Trump crime spree remains unprosecuted by our Congress & our DOJ, more children will continue to be victimized.
February 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Epstein is dead. But that doesn't cause the abusers to simply stop abusing. They just move to another supplier.
As long as this Epstein Trump crime spree remains unprosecuted by our Congress & our DOJ, more children will continue to be victimized.
As long as this Epstein Trump crime spree remains unprosecuted by our Congress & our DOJ, more children will continue to be victimized.
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'The mandate implicates state education funds are for common schools and for nothing else,' the justice wrote."
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
Kentucky Supreme Court rules that charter schools law is unconstitutional
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional.
apnews.com
February 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
'The mandate implicates state education funds are for common schools and for nothing else,' the justice wrote."
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
