Today’s disassociation of choice, audio of course. I’ll get back calling my representatives in a few hours. My nervous system needed a break and good chuckle.

#booksky

Frost: Trump fired pretty much every inspector general in the entire country federally. And then a little bit later, we hear that Elon Musk now has access to that federal payment system with zero oversight..

My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.

#booksky #storygraph #JanWrap2025

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

#booksky #skykitty need a sweet, delightful, feel good book to wash the taste of the news outta your mouth? Might I suggest:

Time to Shine by Rachel Reid

27 years later and I FINALLY made my last student loan payment. 🎉🎉🎉

This week was rough. In so many ways. Gardening as an act of resistance is my default mode. Putting a banned/challenged audiobook in my EarPods and fine-tuning my garden plan.

What extra produce can I grow for the food bank?

We’re also excited to see that the @atproto.com community is creating video-only apps as well! You can follow along with their progress here:

@tik.blue

@skylight.social

@bluescreen.blue

Starting the annual deep clean and purge. Sky is so incredibly helpful. #cats #SkyKitty #ABowlFullOfLemons

I have to make space in my freezer for an incoming harvest: help me with ideas to use the 30 pounds of blueberries currently in there, please.

The Arctic Ocean could see its first ice-free day as early as 2027, with a likely window within 9-20 years after 2023. This won’t bring dramatic change overnight, but it marks a fundamental shift in the Arctic’s natural environment—a stark warning about climate change. #ActOnClimate

In a world where we are systematically taught to hate and envy, we should sit in gratitude for the people who have the courage to love: to love themselves, to love us, to love our joy, to love the human right to love. If you are one of those loving people, then I’m sitting in gratitude for you.

Sounds about right

His Highness needs ALL the cushions