Barbara Metzler
@barbara-metzler.bsky.social
🗞️ Former journalist. 📊 Data geek. 🐾 Adopter of rescue dogs. 🎶 Musician.
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“Trump has killed what made America great.” —The Globe and Mail
This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
March 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“Trump has killed what made America great.” —The Globe and Mail
It’s the first day of Lent! I spent the morning canceling Amazon Prime and my Washington Post subscription! And my Lenten commitment is to buy local / small business whenever possible.
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s the first day of Lent! I spent the morning canceling Amazon Prime and my Washington Post subscription! And my Lenten commitment is to buy local / small business whenever possible.
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Reposted by Barbara Metzler
Is this what Trump’s voters wanted? A looming recession, higher prices, and an end to Social Security? The destruction of America’s government and influence and the preservation of Russia’s?
March 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is this what Trump’s voters wanted? A looming recession, higher prices, and an end to Social Security? The destruction of America’s government and influence and the preservation of Russia’s?
I picked up cash today to use at our local restaurant. This really doesn’t work if we just go right back to regular habits. But it’s a start.
February 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I picked up cash today to use at our local restaurant. This really doesn’t work if we just go right back to regular habits. But it’s a start.
Dodged a near-Earth object there.
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.
The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Dodged a near-Earth object there.
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Trump's funding cuts are putting Oregonians in the literal line of fire. Wildfire prevention and mitigation groups across the West are having to lay off staff and close doors just ahead of fire season, all so Republicans can give another tax handout to Elon Musk.
States are scrambling to make contingency plans for what’s expected to be a severe 2025 wildfire season after USFS cuts and wildfire risk reduction grant freezes.
New from me and Jordan Wolman, w/ Camille von Kaenel and @marciabrown.bsky.social: 🔒 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
New from me and Jordan Wolman, w/ Camille von Kaenel and @marciabrown.bsky.social: 🔒 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
February 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's funding cuts are putting Oregonians in the literal line of fire. Wildfire prevention and mitigation groups across the West are having to lay off staff and close doors just ahead of fire season, all so Republicans can give another tax handout to Elon Musk.
I’m in solidarity with federal workers, including national parks workers.
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’m in solidarity with federal workers, including national parks workers.
What is AI good for? We had some leftover fish and I asked ChatGPT what to do with it. It gave me several suggestions including this …
February 16, 2025 at 6:15 AM
What is AI good for? We had some leftover fish and I asked ChatGPT what to do with it. It gave me several suggestions including this …
Ed and I are trying all the coffee shops in the South Bay. Today: lele cake in Los Gatos.
January 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ed and I are trying all the coffee shops in the South Bay. Today: lele cake in Los Gatos.
You gotta have faith.
January 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You gotta have faith.
I don’t know how to behave on Bluesky so I guess I’ll revert to the usual …
January 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don’t know how to behave on Bluesky so I guess I’ll revert to the usual …