Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller
@birdyholz.bsky.social
Retired developmental psychologist. Current voting rights advocate, avid reader, walker, and lover of nature.
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'Welcome to NAMBLA Fest, oh shit sorry wrong speech'
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Hope. You might as well. And this is still our town and we will keep protecting our neighbors.
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hope. You might as well. And this is still our town and we will keep protecting our neighbors.
THIS.
You roll into Ohare one week before Christmas and cause chaos in the rideshare lot for only one reason and it's not to keep people safe.
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country
December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
THIS.
Yep. I went to do some Hannukah shopping at Rosenbloom's world of Judaica last week and I thought about this.
I promise if you’re not Jewish and don’t know any Jews quite well you really do not understand the level of justified paranoia baked into most public Jewish gatherings: Security at swimming lessons at the JCC, off duty police outside a bar mitzvah as a favour, etc. It shocked me.
Synagogues were safe until they weren’t. JCC were safe until they weren’t. Public beaches, public parks…risk is something I think about every single time I take my family to school, pray, exist as Jews
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yep. I went to do some Hannukah shopping at Rosenbloom's world of Judaica last week and I thought about this.
Accurate.
One of the things about being Jewish is that the calendar ritually mandates that you be sad some days and joyful other days regardless of what is happening in the world, and I think about that every time Jews get slaughtered on a ritually joyful day.
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Accurate.
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He's been identified. He was shot twice in the arm and hand, but it is doing well and expected to recover fine. His name is Ahmed al Ahmed
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
Bondi hero who tackled shooter suffered two gunshot wounds
The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as a father-of-two.
www.perthnow.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
He's been identified. He was shot twice in the arm and hand, but it is doing well and expected to recover fine. His name is Ahmed al Ahmed
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/bon...
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"?
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
But this time... it's literally true!
Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at.
let's make this go viral!
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This is what Hitler said about us
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is what Hitler said about us
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Stephen Miller says Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal was incapable of assimilating to American culture. But a factcheck shows that Lakanwal used a gun to assault and kill multiple innocent people. Four Pinocchios.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Stephen Miller says Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal was incapable of assimilating to American culture. But a factcheck shows that Lakanwal used a gun to assault and kill multiple innocent people. Four Pinocchios.
Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle 1985
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November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I just ordered this for my son and we are so excited!
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November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I just ordered this for my son and we are so excited!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
This is the way.
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is the way.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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It's true. We do.
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's true. We do.
Epic.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Epic.
Many of us have really applied ourselves, lovely to see our efforts paying off.
I've tried extremely hard and i'm happy to finally be getting some credit
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Many of us have really applied ourselves, lovely to see our efforts paying off.
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True.
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
True.
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
Today ICE was all over my town. We are still doing brisk business with truck or treaters here. I love greater Chicagoland.
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Today ICE was all over my town. We are still doing brisk business with truck or treaters here. I love greater Chicagoland.
Yes this.
A spitfire of truth by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social that all should read.
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Yes this.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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generally feeling down today about the number of people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum who are fine with a nazi tattoo
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
generally feeling down today about the number of people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum who are fine with a nazi tattoo