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Introvert, bookstores and libraries are my safe places. Crazy cat (and dog) lady. Believes that people who weaponize their religion are a danger to civilization.
"I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people."
Maya Angelou
#Hero#ForAllPeople#BetterPlace
Maya Angelou
#Hero#ForAllPeople#BetterPlace
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people."
Maya Angelou
#Hero#ForAllPeople#BetterPlace
Maya Angelou
#Hero#ForAllPeople#BetterPlace
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According to MAGA, if you hit a car with a baseball bat because you don’t like the company’s owner you’re a “terrorist”, but if you hit a Capitol police officer with a baseball bat because you don’t like the results of an election, you’re a “patriot.”
Do I have that just about right?
Do I have that just about right?
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
According to MAGA, if you hit a car with a baseball bat because you don’t like the company’s owner you’re a “terrorist”, but if you hit a Capitol police officer with a baseball bat because you don’t like the results of an election, you’re a “patriot.”
Do I have that just about right?
Do I have that just about right?
A wise man once said, “Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because they can’t be the captain.”
#SinkingShip
#SinkingShip
March 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A wise man once said, “Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because they can’t be the captain.”
#SinkingShip
#SinkingShip
"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones."
John Steinbeck
#BeKind
John Steinbeck
#BeKind
March 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones."
John Steinbeck
#BeKind
John Steinbeck
#BeKind
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My thoughts during this time of danger for our beloved nation.
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My thoughts during this time of danger for our beloved nation.
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Michael Gerson wrote this Op-Ed in 2019, but it is truer now than then. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ign...
Opinion | Ignoring Trump’s racism betrays our country’s victims
It’s not a political choice. It’s a continuation of cruelty.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Michael Gerson wrote this Op-Ed in 2019, but it is truer now than then. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ign...
"I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination."
"Google can bring back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring back the right one."
Neil Gaiman
#Libraries#Librarian
"Google can bring back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring back the right one."
Neil Gaiman
#Libraries#Librarian
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination."
"Google can bring back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring back the right one."
Neil Gaiman
#Libraries#Librarian
"Google can bring back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring back the right one."
Neil Gaiman
#Libraries#Librarian
The Coming American Civil War - Chris Kratzer
www.chriskratzer.com
chriskratzer.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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“We did not authorize or condone the White House’s use of our song in any way. And no, they didn’t ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they have missed the point entirely,” the power pop trio said in a statement to the AP.
Semisonic objects to White House using their song ‘Closing Time’: ‘You missed the point’
The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.
www.mprnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“We did not authorize or condone the White House’s use of our song in any way. And no, they didn’t ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they have missed the point entirely,” the power pop trio said in a statement to the AP.
"If they cannot hold space for my honesty, they are not enough for me. Hiding my feelings and making myself small doesn't attract the type of people I want in my life." -Zara Bas
I won't be silent anymore.
#NotSilent#EndRacism
#SpeakUp#HearMeNow
I won't be silent anymore.
#NotSilent#EndRacism
#SpeakUp#HearMeNow
March 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"If they cannot hold space for my honesty, they are not enough for me. Hiding my feelings and making myself small doesn't attract the type of people I want in my life." -Zara Bas
I won't be silent anymore.
#NotSilent#EndRacism
#SpeakUp#HearMeNow
I won't be silent anymore.
#NotSilent#EndRacism
#SpeakUp#HearMeNow
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I take this personally. My dad volunteered while imprisoned at Heart Mountain. He believed in a united front against facism. He was the only one of his squad to survive the war. The 100th was feted in deep red Texas by survivors of the Lost Battalion rescue, a heroic story now buried as “woke DEI”
Two of the most decorated U.S. military units get scrubbed from Army website.
JACL condemns Trump erasure of 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion – AsAmNews
The accomplishments of the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat unit and the 100th Infantry Battalion have been removed from the Army's website.
asamnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I take this personally. My dad volunteered while imprisoned at Heart Mountain. He believed in a united front against facism. He was the only one of his squad to survive the war. The 100th was feted in deep red Texas by survivors of the Lost Battalion rescue, a heroic story now buried as “woke DEI”
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Plato
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Plato
March 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Plato
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Plato
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
"The courage of the water drop is to fall in the desert."
Lao She
Today I am hoping that the Democrats have the courage to be that water drop for all Americans.
#VoteNO#SaveDemocracy#Courage
Lao She
Today I am hoping that the Democrats have the courage to be that water drop for all Americans.
#VoteNO#SaveDemocracy#Courage
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The courage of the water drop is to fall in the desert."
Lao She
Today I am hoping that the Democrats have the courage to be that water drop for all Americans.
#VoteNO#SaveDemocracy#Courage
Lao She
Today I am hoping that the Democrats have the courage to be that water drop for all Americans.
#VoteNO#SaveDemocracy#Courage
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
Contacted AARP to remove me from their mailing list. They are in bed with United Healthcare (and Optum RX a pharmacy benefit manager). They claim to be looking out for seniors yet they partner with a company that has been denying claims and delaying treatment for thousands.
#UnitedHealthcare#AARP
#UnitedHealthcare#AARP
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Contacted AARP to remove me from their mailing list. They are in bed with United Healthcare (and Optum RX a pharmacy benefit manager). They claim to be looking out for seniors yet they partner with a company that has been denying claims and delaying treatment for thousands.
#UnitedHealthcare#AARP
#UnitedHealthcare#AARP
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“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
Good morning, beautiful humans. We hope you find strength in your communities today.
Good morning, beautiful humans. We hope you find strength in your communities today.
March 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
Good morning, beautiful humans. We hope you find strength in your communities today.
Good morning, beautiful humans. We hope you find strength in your communities today.
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"For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
Amanda Gorman
#BeBrave #LighttheWay
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
Amanda Gorman
#BeBrave #LighttheWay
March 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
Amanda Gorman
#BeBrave #LighttheWay
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
Amanda Gorman
#BeBrave #LighttheWay
Please be kind. During these times of great uncertainty, we don't know what someone is going through.
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."
-Francis of Assisi
#BeKind
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."
-Francis of Assisi
#BeKind
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Please be kind. During these times of great uncertainty, we don't know what someone is going through.
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."
-Francis of Assisi
#BeKind
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."
-Francis of Assisi
#BeKind
It's hard to celebrate 5 years cancer free when 80% of your support group is gone. 😢 I miss their love, their laughter, their anger every single day.
#CancerSucks
#CancerSucks
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's hard to celebrate 5 years cancer free when 80% of your support group is gone. 😢 I miss their love, their laughter, their anger every single day.
#CancerSucks
#CancerSucks
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
-Ida B Wells
-Ida B Wells
March 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
-Ida B Wells
-Ida B Wells