@blueridgegurl.bsky.social
Sunny by nature but no need to push it.
Pinned
I was finishing E. Jean Carroll's new book when I a firefly lit up next to me. Just as I was thinking, "How wonderful," Simon leaped up, grabbed it in his meaty paws and ate it. It's a cruel breed.
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
Review: A Chinese Classic Comes to Spectacular Operatic Life
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
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We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
My beautiful da, Shock: WWII, Boatswain Mate, Destroyer Escort USS Foss.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My beautiful da, Shock: WWII, Boatswain Mate, Destroyer Escort USS Foss.
Remember the "giant sucking sound" Ross Perot talked so much about? I'm hoping it'll be the sound of private jets from Teterboro as the billionaires flee NYC for um, Florida.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember the "giant sucking sound" Ross Perot talked so much about? I'm hoping it'll be the sound of private jets from Teterboro as the billionaires flee NYC for um, Florida.
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Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
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TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Hello out there? Isn't this alarming?
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hello out there? Isn't this alarming?
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
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The best part about the school voucher scam? Private religious schools use vouchers to recruit athletes.
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The best part about the school voucher scam? Private religious schools use vouchers to recruit athletes.
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
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If I ever write a hard-boiled noir mystery, this would be the first sentence of the book
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If I ever write a hard-boiled noir mystery, this would be the first sentence of the book
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every 74 seconds, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. Every nine minutes, that someone is a child. If you vote for a sexual predator, you are garbage. #NoCuomo
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every 74 seconds, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. Every nine minutes, that someone is a child. If you vote for a sexual predator, you are garbage. #NoCuomo
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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For every one meal a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9. Food banks cannot bridge the gap if SNAP benefits aren’t available.
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For every one meal a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9. Food banks cannot bridge the gap if SNAP benefits aren’t available.
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This story fucking rules.
Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.
Vaccine subterfuge: How vaccine-makers fooled the Nazis from inside a concentration camp lab
Confined first at Auschwitz then Buchenwald, a Jewish microbiologist conspired with a ragtag team of scientists and rebels to send dud typhus vaccines to the German soldiers on the eastern front.
www.gavi.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This story fucking rules.
This is brilliant...and horrifying. Heartbreaking.
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is brilliant...and horrifying. Heartbreaking.
Hahahaha! One more reason to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Tuxedos forever.
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hahahaha! One more reason to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Tuxedos forever.