Alexandra Powers
@colehilldreamer.bsky.social
Stay at home homeschool mom of four, but not like that. Breastfeeding advocate. Lover of the cosmos.
Adding to my TBR list....
May 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Adding to my TBR list....
There ya go.
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
There ya go.
I will rage and scream until the bitter end. I promise. No way will I allow them to take it.
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
March 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I will rage and scream until the bitter end. I promise. No way will I allow them to take it.
Here's the thing: even if every single one of them were gang members who legally deserved to be deported NO HUMAM BEING deserves to be treated this way! But no due process? Violating a court order? Insanity has been reached and cruelty has taken control. Lord, have mercy.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here's the thing: even if every single one of them were gang members who legally deserved to be deported NO HUMAM BEING deserves to be treated this way! But no due process? Violating a court order? Insanity has been reached and cruelty has taken control. Lord, have mercy.
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In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.
March 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I think this will be my spring project. I have a few DVD players in the garage and I'm sure one works, or I can fix one, and I'll start hunting down kids DVDs and start rewatching all my old favorites I already have in a box!
Looking for a small and simple way to #Resist?
In order to effectively #BoycottAmazon , stop using their streaming service. If you can, get a DVD player and DVDs from thrift stores. Having physical media during a #Boycott means no one gets ad revenue, and you can still watch your favorite movies 💕
In order to effectively #BoycottAmazon , stop using their streaming service. If you can, get a DVD player and DVDs from thrift stores. Having physical media during a #Boycott means no one gets ad revenue, and you can still watch your favorite movies 💕
March 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think this will be my spring project. I have a few DVD players in the garage and I'm sure one works, or I can fix one, and I'll start hunting down kids DVDs and start rewatching all my old favorites I already have in a box!
I love this poem every time I come across it. Definitely how I view parenting (and homeschooling!).
March 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I love this poem every time I come across it. Definitely how I view parenting (and homeschooling!).
Ha!
So my co worker just said: "You shouldn’t eat red meat!"
I said: "My grandfather lived to be 100yrs old."
He said: "Did he eat red meat?"
I said: "No, he minded his own business."
I said: "My grandfather lived to be 100yrs old."
He said: "Did he eat red meat?"
I said: "No, he minded his own business."
March 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ha!
Well said.
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Well said.
We are hurtling towards fascism even faster than I thought possible.
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are hurtling towards fascism even faster than I thought possible.
Yesssssss. Let's fuck up their stats real good.
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesssssss. Let's fuck up their stats real good.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 this forever and always!
I had a talk with someone earlier who very proudly informed me that they read only nonfiction. When I inquired why (dear God why), they simply said "I like my reading to teach me about the world." I laughed.
All the facts in all the books in all the world cannot teach you any of what fiction does.
All the facts in all the books in all the world cannot teach you any of what fiction does.
February 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 this forever and always!
Reposted by Alexandra Powers
Literacy is activism.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
February 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Literacy is activism.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.
February 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
💪💪 stronger together.
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💪💪 stronger together.
I agree here. Any small act of resistance, any org saying they won't change the name, is resisting and it needs to happen at all levels. Big resistance and small it all matters. It binds us together and shows us where we can put our trust and who is on our side.
my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator
Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico may be upsetting to some, writes @giladedelman.bsky.social, but “in a democracy, values are determined by majority rule, and they don’t shift in only one direction. They can shift back”:
February 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I agree here. Any small act of resistance, any org saying they won't change the name, is resisting and it needs to happen at all levels. Big resistance and small it all matters. It binds us together and shows us where we can put our trust and who is on our side.
But trump loves Christians? Or is it just white Christians? American christians? Where's the pro life stance now?
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w...
Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices about who to help after USAID funding pause
Across the world in South Sudan, a program treating severely malnourished children under age 5 has halted.
www.detroitnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
But trump loves Christians? Or is it just white Christians? American christians? Where's the pro life stance now?
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w...