Bloomingdi
@bloomingdi.bsky.social
Grandma, Chiefs, Boomer Swiftie, living in FL. Interested in Everything. 🚫DMs
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Orange County, CA:
Our elections are on the list to be monitored on Election Day on Nov 4, 2025. Get those ballots to a drop box today ocvote.gov/elections/ba...
Our elections are on the list to be monitored on Election Day on Nov 4, 2025. Get those ballots to a drop box today ocvote.gov/elections/ba...
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Orange County, CA:
Our elections are on the list to be monitored on Election Day on Nov 4, 2025. Get those ballots to a drop box today ocvote.gov/elections/ba...
Our elections are on the list to be monitored on Election Day on Nov 4, 2025. Get those ballots to a drop box today ocvote.gov/elections/ba...
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Why doesn't Discount Tire provide an USB for phone chargers? So easy for them and such a Customer perk. Last time we purchase tires here. Heads up Service Companies, treat your customers with just 1 added perk: USB, coffee, whatever, and we will always return.
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why doesn't Discount Tire provide an USB for phone chargers? So easy for them and such a Customer perk. Last time we purchase tires here. Heads up Service Companies, treat your customers with just 1 added perk: USB, coffee, whatever, and we will always return.
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The kindness of strangers: I felt self-conscious studying law, then a classmate praised my op-shop suit
The kindness of strangers: I felt self-conscious studying law, then a classmate praised my op-shop suit
It was a nice suit but it hadn’t exactly been tailored to fit me properly. Thanks to her, I walked into class with confidence
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Read more in the Kindness of strangers series
I started law school in 1976. Gough Whitlam had abolished university fees, which meant a lot of older women who previously wouldn’t have been able to afford to study were arriving at uni for the first time.
I was 17 and nursing an otherness of my own. One day in class, our lecturer asked everyone who had attended a private high school to raise their hand. The sea of arms that shot up revealed that, in a class of 30 people, I was the only one who’d come from a state school. The lecturer didn’t do this cruelly – he was making a point about lawyers being privileged people, and how that affects the legal system. But I nonetheless felt very confronted by the different world my peers came from. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The kindness of strangers: I felt self-conscious studying law, then a classmate praised my op-shop suit
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Be productive before you croak
August 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Be productive before you croak
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If you know, you’re old. Like me lol
August 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you know, you’re old. Like me lol
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
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How is it that we believe hundreds of WOMEN are lying
and that one MAN is telling the truth?😢
and that one MAN is telling the truth?😢
July 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How is it that we believe hundreds of WOMEN are lying
and that one MAN is telling the truth?😢
and that one MAN is telling the truth?😢
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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"I completely agree with Nick Fuentes" is a sentence I never thought I'd write.
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"I completely agree with Nick Fuentes" is a sentence I never thought I'd write.
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NEW: Bessent ADMITS that the accounts created by the billionaire bailout bill are a “backdoor to privatizing social security.”
July 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NEW: Bessent ADMITS that the accounts created by the billionaire bailout bill are a “backdoor to privatizing social security.”
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There are two types of people, those who plant trees for future generations.
And those who leave pollution.
The latter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near government or power.
And those who leave pollution.
The latter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near government or power.
July 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There are two types of people, those who plant trees for future generations.
And those who leave pollution.
The latter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near government or power.
And those who leave pollution.
The latter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near government or power.
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Do you know who would know what is in the Epstein files? The lawyer who prosecuted the case.
Oh, wait.👀
Oh, wait.👀
July 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Do you know who would know what is in the Epstein files? The lawyer who prosecuted the case.
Oh, wait.👀
Oh, wait.👀
We can’t wait. We need Good Trouble now!
On July 17, we’re sending a clear message:
In the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people.
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/9JHWcoFO
On July 17, we’re sending a clear message:
In the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people.
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/9JHWcoFO
Find An Event Near You
social.demcast.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We can’t wait. We need Good Trouble now!
On July 17, we’re sending a clear message:
In the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people.
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/9JHWcoFO
On July 17, we’re sending a clear message:
In the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people.
#GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/9JHWcoFO
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THIS is what courage looks like.Today, striking farmworkers bravely stood in front of cameras, the community, and the press, risking their jobs, safety, and future. To speak the truth. About the stolen wages. About the years of being unheard.
This is a movement. And today was a turning point.
This is a movement. And today was a turning point.
July 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
THIS is what courage looks like.Today, striking farmworkers bravely stood in front of cameras, the community, and the press, risking their jobs, safety, and future. To speak the truth. About the stolen wages. About the years of being unheard.
This is a movement. And today was a turning point.
This is a movement. And today was a turning point.
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So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
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“Arizonans deserve answers for how this fire was allowed to decimate the Grand Canyon National Park… the federal gov’t chose to manage that fire as a controlled burn during the driest, hottest part of the AZ summer."
The fire was at 0% containment as of July 13.”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The fire was at 0% containment as of July 13.”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Gov. Hobbs demands inquiry into federal response that led to Grand Canyon Lodge fire
The Dragon Bravo Fire started on July 4 and was managed at first as a controlled burn. Then the wind picked up, and it quickly became uncontrollable.
www.azcentral.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Arizonans deserve answers for how this fire was allowed to decimate the Grand Canyon National Park… the federal gov’t chose to manage that fire as a controlled burn during the driest, hottest part of the AZ summer."
The fire was at 0% containment as of July 13.”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The fire was at 0% containment as of July 13.”
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Everyone needs to do this right now actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Everyone needs to do this right now actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."