Barbara Ruth Saunders
barbararuth.bsky.social
Barbara Ruth Saunders
@barbararuth.bsky.social
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This is an incredible testament to the loss of local news coverage. A congresswoman disappeared for six months and no one noticed.
December 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
This is my favorite podcast these days. Check it out!
December 4, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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What's really at stake in the 2024 election: Not Trump vs. Biden, not Republicans vs. Democrats, but what kind of country you want America to be for the rest of your life. Please spread this link. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] www.weekendreading.net/p/democracy-...
Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
2024 Is a De Facto Constitutional Referendum.
www.weekendreading.net
March 2, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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My husband @wardqnormal.bsky.social knitted this adorable bird for a colleague/buddy who has a trans son. I love my husband.
January 15, 2024 at 2:19 AM
"The visions of the feudalist are more self-interested and abstract than even the most egotistical displays of the capitalist."
‘We will coup whoever we want!’: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros
Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behaviour of today’s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2023 at 6:23 AM
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Found out today (by way of generic email) I'm getting laid off from Vox.

I would love to talk opportunities for an experienced climate journalist, editor, and investigative reporter.
November 30, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Unfuckingbelieveable
Sorry for the X link, but an incredible clip: Florida's Surgeon General, who has consistently trashed vaccines and masks and distorted COVID-19 mortality data, saying he "couldn't tell people everything" because they weren't ready to accept it. x.com/BidenHQ/stat...
x.com
November 1, 2023 at 8:50 PM
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Imagine that you own a network of billboards, and you’ve allowed people who pay you $8/month to spray paint dicks and swastikas on them. How many billboards do you think you’re renting to Pepsi after that
October 26, 2023 at 11:21 AM
WTH!
A Mississippi mother who spent 7 months searching for her son discovered that an off-duty officer ran him over less than an hour after he left the house.

Authorities then buried him without notifying his family
A mother reported her son missing in March. Police kept the truth from her for months.
Bettersten Wade’s search for her adult son ended when she discovered that an officer had run him over — and without telling her, authorities buried him in a pauper’s field.
t.co
October 25, 2023 at 9:51 PM
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There's just so much more information *garbage" lately everywhere. Spam mail, spam calls, spam texts, spam comments and posts, ai written articles with inaccurate info, web pages covered in ads for nothing...just drowning in garbage all the time
Anyone else noticing that the gmail spam filter is catching less and less spam?
October 25, 2023 at 2:01 PM
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Devastatingly intimate and detailed interview with a mother who survived the
Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri. www.maxraskin.com/interviews/s...
Interview with Sofie Berzon MacKie — Max Raskin
“At one point, when I understood that I am going to die, I couldn't stand the fear that took hold of me. It was beyond anything I ever felt in my whole life, the most extreme feeling of panic, and...
www.maxraskin.com
October 23, 2023 at 5:03 PM
This analogy is lovely.
When someone says trans women are biologically male I like to respond that butterflies are biologically caterpillars.
October 22, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This is a brilliant take on “young workers need to come to the office for mentoring.”
"people need to come into the office so they can learn subservience better from their more broken coworkers" is a whole new cursed alignment of malevolent management bullshit, what the hell
October 19, 2023 at 1:27 AM
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Happy birthday to American astronaut Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956), a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! 🐡🧪🧑🏾‍🔬 #histsci She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, 🧵1/n
October 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM
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The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)
October 14, 2023 at 9:42 AM
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It’s also Ada Lovelace Day, an international day for blogging about #womenInSTEM ! So I’ve made a longer post about Hildegard von Bingen, botany, natural history and medicine here:

🐡🧪 #histsci #ALD23 #AdaLovelaceDay
October 10, 2023 at 3:34 PM
The new charges include identity theft crimes against his own supporters.
Santos Faces New Charges Accusing Him of Lies and Credit Card Fraud
Mr. Santos, a first-term Republican congressman, was charged in an indictment that added 10 new felony counts to the existing charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2023 at 11:20 PM
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Listen to the Kennedy family. RFK Jr. is a liar, a creep, and his candidacy is dangerous for our country.
October 9, 2023 at 4:44 PM
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Must-read for my fellow journalists: How to cover politicians like Trump in an age when lies and BS are routine. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Opinion: How not to cover Donald Trump's bizarre 2024 campaign for president
The indicted ex-president, who has a penchant for spewing falsehoods, is leaving traditional media practices looking more inadequate than ever.
www.latimes.com
October 7, 2023 at 7:46 PM
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Trying to imagine the New York Times story placement if one of Hillary’s emails had info on how many nukes a US sub carries and how close it can get to a Russian craft without detection.
October 8, 2023 at 12:42 AM
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Who could have guessed that the fake "court sketch" that Trump reposted of him sitting in court next to Jesus was done by an actual child rapist? GOOD WORK REPUBLICANS. nymag.com/intelligence...
Trump’s Jesus Court Sketch Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Being confusing and blasphemous is just the start.
nymag.com
October 5, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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I sat down and interviewed Senator John Fetterman about his use of captioning technology and how wants people to know it is as normal as using glasses. We also talked about the "cruelty" and ableism he experienced and making society more accessible.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
John Fetterman wants people to stop fussing about his use of captioning technology
The Pennsylvania Democratic Senator talks to Eric Garcia about calling on Bob Menendez to resign, why it’s a ‘privilege’ to destigmatise the use of captioning technology and why Trump doesn’t ...
www.the-independent.com
October 4, 2023 at 6:34 PM
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It’s still remarkable to me that this strike had damn near unanimous public support and every single critique the studios levied at unions and strikers was swiftly torn to shreds by a rightfully skeptical public
September 27, 2023 at 2:56 AM