Jo
@artsyjo.bsky.social
Mom, maker, educator, wannabe gardener, and fair-weather hiker at home in the Ozarks
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Jo
@artsyjo.bsky.social
· Oct 20
70% of GDP is consumer spending. 40% of that happens between 11/15 and 1/15. Buy nothing except food. Money is the ONLY thing the 1% care about. Make them hurt. No more spending.
I’m already pretty frugal and have cut back even more since January, but I like the idea of a holiday economic blackout. It would be a great way to continue the momentum from this weekend. Give baked goods, handmade, repurposed or used… I think we can do this and still make Christmas special!
Apple pie perfection👌
I always use Grandma Jo’s recipe, except my apples were bought, not stolen.
I always use Grandma Jo’s recipe, except my apples were bought, not stolen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Apple pie perfection👌
I always use Grandma Jo’s recipe, except my apples were bought, not stolen.
I always use Grandma Jo’s recipe, except my apples were bought, not stolen.
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The Guardian asks, Will it work?
Yes, make your $ count: Don’t spend at companies that collude with the regime!
Don’t purchase from Home Depot, Amazon or Target black Friday through cyber Monday.
WE AIN’T BUYING IT indivisible.org/campaign/we-...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yes, make your $ count: Don’t spend at companies that collude with the regime!
Don’t purchase from Home Depot, Amazon or Target black Friday through cyber Monday.
WE AIN’T BUYING IT indivisible.org/campaign/we-...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Guardian asks, Will it work?
Yes, make your $ count: Don’t spend at companies that collude with the regime!
Don’t purchase from Home Depot, Amazon or Target black Friday through cyber Monday.
WE AIN’T BUYING IT indivisible.org/campaign/we-...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yes, make your $ count: Don’t spend at companies that collude with the regime!
Don’t purchase from Home Depot, Amazon or Target black Friday through cyber Monday.
WE AIN’T BUYING IT indivisible.org/campaign/we-...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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@economist.com's tracking of Donald Trump's approval shows he's now underwater in #Arkansas at -1.8%. He has net positive approval in just 10 states & he's 20 points underwater in Texas: "No recent president has fallen so low so quickly."
#arpx
www.economist.com/interactive/...
#arpx
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
www.economist.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@economist.com's tracking of Donald Trump's approval shows he's now underwater in #Arkansas at -1.8%. He has net positive approval in just 10 states & he's 20 points underwater in Texas: "No recent president has fallen so low so quickly."
#arpx
www.economist.com/interactive/...
#arpx
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Monday morning sleepy Agnes (5am zoomies wear a girl out….)
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Monday morning sleepy Agnes (5am zoomies wear a girl out….)
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This holiday season — when 20% of retail sales happen — we’re using our power to speak the only language corporations understand: our wallets.
This holiday season, let’s remind corporate America: our silence isn’t for sale, and our values aren’t up for purchase.
Join us — We Ain’t Buying It
This holiday season, let’s remind corporate America: our silence isn’t for sale, and our values aren’t up for purchase.
Join us — We Ain’t Buying It
We Ain't Buying It!
This Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday were hitting pause on corporations that enable this administration!
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This holiday season — when 20% of retail sales happen — we’re using our power to speak the only language corporations understand: our wallets.
This holiday season, let’s remind corporate America: our silence isn’t for sale, and our values aren’t up for purchase.
Join us — We Ain’t Buying It
This holiday season, let’s remind corporate America: our silence isn’t for sale, and our values aren’t up for purchase.
Join us — We Ain’t Buying It
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👏🏻👏🏻 I hope We Ain't Buying It sends shock waves through the money-grubbing billionaire class. It's not just Kindles and wrench sets we're not buying.
We're not buying the continual degradation of American lives to feed the rapacious greed of 1-2% of people who make 💰so fast they can never spend it.
We're not buying the continual degradation of American lives to feed the rapacious greed of 1-2% of people who make 💰so fast they can never spend it.
small businesses need support now written on a yellow background with buildings
ALT: small businesses need support now written on a yellow background with buildings
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
👏🏻👏🏻 I hope We Ain't Buying It sends shock waves through the money-grubbing billionaire class. It's not just Kindles and wrench sets we're not buying.
We're not buying the continual degradation of American lives to feed the rapacious greed of 1-2% of people who make 💰so fast they can never spend it.
We're not buying the continual degradation of American lives to feed the rapacious greed of 1-2% of people who make 💰so fast they can never spend it.
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Trump is chatting with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khashoggi's murderer, surrounded by his garish gold decor, berating a reporter's attitude for asking a simple question that Trump clearly couldn't answer.
This is your president.
This is your president.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Trump is chatting with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khashoggi's murderer, surrounded by his garish gold decor, berating a reporter's attitude for asking a simple question that Trump clearly couldn't answer.
This is your president.
This is your president.
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I have family members who watch Fox obsessively. It is maddening to try and talk with them.
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I have family members who watch Fox obsessively. It is maddening to try and talk with them.
Y’all! I just saw the Aurora in ARKANSAS!!!
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Y’all! I just saw the Aurora in ARKANSAS!!!
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The vote capitulation was all about protecting Black Friday and the stock portfolios of people with money.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The vote capitulation was all about protecting Black Friday and the stock portfolios of people with money.
Don’t mind us, we’ll just be hiding out in this ENORMOUS hollow oak. (For reference, Mabel is a 65 lb dog)
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Don’t mind us, we’ll just be hiding out in this ENORMOUS hollow oak. (For reference, Mabel is a 65 lb dog)
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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Veterans Day protest Tuesday 11/11!
Please follow this link for more information, and to sign up (so we know how many to expect):
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Please follow this link for more information, and to sign up (so we know how many to expect):
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Veterans Day protest Tuesday 11/11!
Please follow this link for more information, and to sign up (so we know how many to expect):
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Please follow this link for more information, and to sign up (so we know how many to expect):
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
A little autumn hike with Meatball.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A little autumn hike with Meatball.
“Clerical error”
Sure.
Sure.
US Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, who previously announced he would not accept his salary during the govt. shutdown, was paid in October due to a clerical error, his office says: "Any statements made contrary to this were said in good faith."
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
Womack acknowledges ‘clerical error’ in receiving paycheck during shutdown | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., thought he had requested his pay be withheld at the start of the federal government shutdown, but the congressman has received a paycheck during the…
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Clerical error”
Sure.
Sure.
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Some encouraging news from Virginia for #Arkansas Democrats hoping to make inroads next year: Abigail Spanberger - emphasizing the damage being done by Trump's tariffs - shifted rural voters by a whopping 19 points, coming to within 8 points of her Republican opponent.
#arpx #arleg
#arpx #arleg
Spanberger makes inroads with rural Republicans unhappy with Trump
The governor-elect deviated from past Democrats’ strategies by spending time in deep-red rural Virginia.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sushi themed cake for the kid. I’m pretty pleased with how this one turned out!
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Sushi themed cake for the kid. I’m pretty pleased with how this one turned out!
Happy Halloween! I made a quilted, patchwork, floppy-brimmed witch’s hat and posed with my sidekick, Agnes, before taking the kid downtown for treats. #quiltsky #handmadehalloween
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Happy Halloween! I made a quilted, patchwork, floppy-brimmed witch’s hat and posed with my sidekick, Agnes, before taking the kid downtown for treats. #quiltsky #handmadehalloween