Di
55olds.bsky.social
Di
@55olds.bsky.social
Retired educator, progressive, fair and certainly unbalanced.
Absolutely love this NPR oldie! What's your favorite?
May 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Rotten
House Democrats Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar and Ed Case

REMEMBER their names 😡

These four Dems just voted in favor of the SAVE Act, helping Republicans in disenfranchising 70+ million people, mostly women, from voting.

CALL YOUR SENATORS‼️
www.yahoo.com/news/four-de...
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Words matter.
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This rapid slide into a dystopian society is beyond frightening. The chosen will, of course, be vaccinated, housed and fed while the masses will die.
We’re going to die
March 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Chuck Chuck now!
You could look up "entitlement mentality" in the dictionary, this interview with Schumer will pop up and play.
March 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
WA Dist 3 constituent here. Not only are my two favorite Seahawks leaving, my ineffective representative, Perez, abandons principles I'd thought she had. My coffee is not strong enough!
Call them about their vote

Ami Bera (202)225-5716
Ed Case (202)225-2726
Jim Costa (202)225-3341
Laura Gillen (202)225-5516
Jim Himes (202)225-5541
Chrissy Houlahan (202)225-4315
Marcy Kaptur (202)225-4146
Jared Moskowitz (202)225-3001
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (202)225-3536
Tom Suozzi (202)225-3335
March 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I first heard this when I was fifteen. Resonates today. Some of us olders got it, but far too many didn't.
youtu.be/iMewtlmkV6c?...
WORKING CLASS HERO. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (official music video HD)
YouTube video by johnlennon
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March 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ahhh... but the minerals could be making sooooo much more $ for the billionaires. So flipping fed up!
Just saying...
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Imagine if you had a leader whose only goals weren't cutting taxes for billionaires and supporting Israel's genocide.

Imagine that.
February 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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As BLM, BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social co-founder Dr. Melina Abdullah told me in a recent interview for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social, the murder 12 years ago of Trayvon Martin did, in fact, change everything.

Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013, in direct response to the acquittal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
So many reasons to play some board games with the family this Sunday.
February 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Parents, teachers, and STUDENTS—Trump is coming for our schools so we better be ready to stand up for public education.

This former preschool teacher is ready to fight for our kids—we can’t let Trump defund our public schools. Repost if you’re with me.
Breaking news: President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Despite our many blessings we have a willfully ignorant electorate. This explains a bit
February 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The government has no right to decide what name or nickname your child goes by in class.

The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school.

This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A glimpse of Mt Hood from across the Columbia River on a sunny, cold winter day.
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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FACTS!!
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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By pardoning the most violent January 6th attackers, Trump is telling them to commit more violence in his name, and if and when they do — he will protect them.

We are all in terrible danger.
January 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we shall remember the woman who shattered ceilings to be to the first Black/Asian woman to be the American Vice President. Thank You Kamala Devi Harris for all of your work these past 4 years 🙏🏾 #kamalaharris #martinlutherkingjr #blacksky
January 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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DO NOT SAY MY NAME
January 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM