Erin M Schwartz (she/her)
@erininbing.bsky.social
Perennial work in progress. Crafter, reader, napper, canner. Connoisseur of fancy soda. Depression and anxiety with a heaping side of humor. She/her.
We should all be slamming our representatives with calls about this. This is an appalling violation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's human rights. This is exactly the kind of thing we feared would happen under this administration.
Please speak up. Call your representatives. Share your rage.
Please speak up. Call your representatives. Share your rage.
🚨🚨🚨New from @nickmiroff.bsky.social:
“The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We should all be slamming our representatives with calls about this. This is an appalling violation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's human rights. This is exactly the kind of thing we feared would happen under this administration.
Please speak up. Call your representatives. Share your rage.
Please speak up. Call your representatives. Share your rage.
Successful platelet Donation appointment today. I'm trying so hard to do what I can.
February 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Successful platelet Donation appointment today. I'm trying so hard to do what I can.
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"How Much Would Buying the Sudetenland Cost?" Chancellor Hitler wants to acquire the territory from Czechoslovakia, which says it's not for sale. Dealbook asked experts how they'd approach the deal
February 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"How Much Would Buying the Sudetenland Cost?" Chancellor Hitler wants to acquire the territory from Czechoslovakia, which says it's not for sale. Dealbook asked experts how they'd approach the deal
Prince Harry was one of the people who dropped the puck to start the Leafs game tonight. I did not expect these two special interests to intersect. A delightful surprise.
February 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Prince Harry was one of the people who dropped the puck to start the Leafs game tonight. I did not expect these two special interests to intersect. A delightful surprise.
Tuning into the Tampa - Detroit game has been a very fun choice.
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tuning into the Tampa - Detroit game has been a very fun choice.
This is Bester. He wants you to call your representatives about the coup in progress. He tried to do it himself, but he can't figure out how to use the phone.
February 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is Bester. He wants you to call your representatives about the coup in progress. He tried to do it himself, but he can't figure out how to use the phone.
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Most of the people reading this have a sense of how bad things are right now.
So for encouragement, here's a thread with examples of folks fighting back.
So for encouragement, here's a thread with examples of folks fighting back.
February 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Most of the people reading this have a sense of how bad things are right now.
So for encouragement, here's a thread with examples of folks fighting back.
So for encouragement, here's a thread with examples of folks fighting back.
Both of my senators are on this list, so I guess I'll spend my lunch break ranting to their voicemail.
Props to the 24 Dems who voted for Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary:
Alsobrooks, Baldwin, Bennett, Cantwell, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, King, Klobuchar , Padilla, Peters, Rosen, Schatz, Schiff, Schumer, Shaheen, Warner, Warnock, Welch, and Whitehouse
Alsobrooks, Baldwin, Bennett, Cantwell, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Hickenlooper, Kaine, Kelly, King, Klobuchar , Padilla, Peters, Rosen, Schatz, Schiff, Schumer, Shaheen, Warner, Warnock, Welch, and Whitehouse
NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
January 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Both of my senators are on this list, so I guess I'll spend my lunch break ranting to their voicemail.
I stopped drinking over 10 years ago. This past month has been one of the hardest since the 2020 lockdowns. I know alcohol will only make things worse, and I'm firm in my commitment not to drink. That doesn't make it easier.
January 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I stopped drinking over 10 years ago. This past month has been one of the hardest since the 2020 lockdowns. I know alcohol will only make things worse, and I'm firm in my commitment not to drink. That doesn't make it easier.
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Over on the other site Elon Musk said that DOGE stopped $50M of condoms from being delivered to Gaza which Trump the repeated several times but it turns out that was the number for all contraceptive support from USAID everywhere on Earth, of which none went to Palestinians.
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Over on the other site Elon Musk said that DOGE stopped $50M of condoms from being delivered to Gaza which Trump the repeated several times but it turns out that was the number for all contraceptive support from USAID everywhere on Earth, of which none went to Palestinians.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
What even is this timeline? Gods above.
Google said it would rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to President Trump’s executive order.
People in Mexico will see the Gulf of Mexico, while those outside the two countries will see both names, the company said.
People in Mexico will see the Gulf of Mexico, while those outside the two countries will see both names, the company said.
Google Maps says U.S. users will see Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico
Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to Trump’s executive order.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What even is this timeline? Gods above.
A very good write up of what exactly went down between the Trump regime and Colombia yesterday.
Ok so if I understand yesterday's short-lived diplomatic crisis, Colombia (who has accepted plenty of deportation flights before) objected to the inhumane treatment of the deportees and thus refused to accept anymore until conditions improved. Trump freaked out and imposed sanctions & tariffs and 1/
January 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A very good write up of what exactly went down between the Trump regime and Colombia yesterday.
Today's mini-project: reorganized the chest freezer.
January 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Today's mini-project: reorganized the chest freezer.
Today I made cupcakes, because I am finding joy where I can.
January 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today I made cupcakes, because I am finding joy where I can.
The system I need to do my job is down, so I'm reading until it's available again.
January 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The system I need to do my job is down, so I'm reading until it's available again.
I need to stay busy, and I'm also struggling to focus, so I'm crocheting lots of squares. They can be coasters or trivets or documentation of my attempts to keep myself from sliding into total despair.
January 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I need to stay busy, and I'm also struggling to focus, so I'm crocheting lots of squares. They can be coasters or trivets or documentation of my attempts to keep myself from sliding into total despair.
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If a country OTHER than the United States banned a form of media and then brought it back under government control, we'd be decrying their attacks on the free press and referring to it as "state-controlled TikTok."
Just saying.
Just saying.
January 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If a country OTHER than the United States banned a form of media and then brought it back under government control, we'd be decrying their attacks on the free press and referring to it as "state-controlled TikTok."
Just saying.
Just saying.
Got coffee with my best friend, did some housework, and made a peach coffee cake. It's a good Sunday.
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Got coffee with my best friend, did some housework, and made a peach coffee cake. It's a good Sunday.
Why yes, I did just call my boss and say I'm seeing signs of burnout in myself and would like to take tomorrow off. It may not seem like much, but it's huge progress in terms of my self-care. I'm incredibly proud.
January 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Why yes, I did just call my boss and say I'm seeing signs of burnout in myself and would like to take tomorrow off. It may not seem like much, but it's huge progress in terms of my self-care. I'm incredibly proud.
My yarn winder arrives today, so I will get to spend the weekend converting my stash from skeins and hanks to cakes. I'm so excited.
December 6, 2024 at 3:06 PM
My yarn winder arrives today, so I will get to spend the weekend converting my stash from skeins and hanks to cakes. I'm so excited.
Grateful for having a deep pantry and the capacity to help others.
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Grateful for having a deep pantry and the capacity to help others.
We leave for Thanksgiving in less than 36 hours and I have not even started packing. Yikes.
November 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM
We leave for Thanksgiving in less than 36 hours and I have not even started packing. Yikes.
Everyone has so many stupid questions today, and I have absolutely no patience for them.
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Everyone has so many stupid questions today, and I have absolutely no patience for them.
The snow is so lovely. I should be curled up with a book and a cup of tea. Instead, I'm putting life insurance policies into reduced paid up status. Way less appropriate for what should be a cozy day.
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
The snow is so lovely. I should be curled up with a book and a cup of tea. Instead, I'm putting life insurance policies into reduced paid up status. Way less appropriate for what should be a cozy day.