Barrel of whismy
@barrelofwhimsy.bsky.social
NO DMs. Appalachian mamaw navigating life in the garden state. I'm a dreamer, writer, library assistant, amateur photographer, wife, mother, grandmother, coal miner's daughter, and volunteer.
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What a frightening proposition… Trump or JD Vance? 🤔
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What a frightening proposition… Trump or JD Vance? 🤔
Library Find:
Circe by Madeline Miller read by Perdita Weeks is phenomenal. If you need an escape from the chaos of the world, check it out.
Circe by Madeline Miller read by Perdita Weeks is phenomenal. If you need an escape from the chaos of the world, check it out.
April 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Library Find:
Circe by Madeline Miller read by Perdita Weeks is phenomenal. If you need an escape from the chaos of the world, check it out.
Circe by Madeline Miller read by Perdita Weeks is phenomenal. If you need an escape from the chaos of the world, check it out.
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Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
April 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
I love public transit. This ferry ride has been so incredible.
March 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I love public transit. This ferry ride has been so incredible.
This is the type populism that will bring former non-voters to the polls. Progressives should run as a third party, because the leaders of the Democratic party will try everything in their power to keep them off of the party's ticket.
March 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is the type populism that will bring former non-voters to the polls. Progressives should run as a third party, because the leaders of the Democratic party will try everything in their power to keep them off of the party's ticket.
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When the last day of the month falls on a Friday, folks on a fixed income receive a government check (SNAP and/or SSI). Supplies are running low, and waiting a day to buy household essentials is not possible. Please choose a different day for the next consumer blackout.
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
When the last day of the month falls on a Friday, folks on a fixed income receive a government check (SNAP and/or SSI). Supplies are running low, and waiting a day to buy household essentials is not possible. Please choose a different day for the next consumer blackout.
What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
This is going to be so bad for eastern Kentucky where 30% of people receive Medicaid. I worry about my elderly mom who still lives there. Hospitals will have to cut services and the ERs will be overrun.
This is going to be so bad for eastern Kentucky where 30% of people receive Medicaid. I worry about my elderly mom who still lives there. Hospitals will have to cut services and the ERs will be overrun.
What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
The math of the G.O.P.’s goals makes the move almost unavoidable.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
This is going to be so bad for eastern Kentucky where 30% of people receive Medicaid. I worry about my elderly mom who still lives there. Hospitals will have to cut services and the ERs will be overrun.
This is going to be so bad for eastern Kentucky where 30% of people receive Medicaid. I worry about my elderly mom who still lives there. Hospitals will have to cut services and the ERs will be overrun.
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My and Sam’s letters put in context by Elon’s most precise biographer:
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
Two Viral Essays From Longtime Elon Musk Friends Have Just—Yes, Really—Revealed Musk’s Origin Story As a Global Supervillain
The ten most stunning revelations from the Low and Harris Letters—documents unlike any other this Musk biographer has ever seen—lay bare what really happened to make Musk a threat to the world.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My and Sam’s letters put in context by Elon’s most precise biographer:
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
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I've had a lot of requests for it, so I will post it first tonight!
Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...
Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...
Chris Kluwe with Matt - February 20 2025
Chris Kluwe is a former NFL punter and continues to be a strong progressive advocate, detailing his arrest in front of the Huntington Beach City Council for speaking out against a MAGA display at a lo
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February 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I've had a lot of requests for it, so I will post it first tonight!
Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...
Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...
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1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email ob...
popular.info
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
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FUCKING PUKE
February 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
FUCKING PUKE
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The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”
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NEW: Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NEW: Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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So far, no media reports on this stand and speech by Murphy, along with the House Democrats, can be found no where online. 😡
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So far, no media reports on this stand and speech by Murphy, along with the House Democrats, can be found no where online. 😡
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
He is a real life Dr. Evil.
Laugh, if you wish, but I don’t think Musk is thinking in terms of “conquering the United States.” He’s thinking of conquering the world.
Madness has no limitations.
Madness has no limitations.
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
He is a real life Dr. Evil.
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Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦