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Gen X Skippy
@genxskippy.bsky.social
Gen X, blue Texan, Austin FC and Arsenal Gooners ⚽️fan, wanna be knitter/crocheter, okay at pickleball, breast cancer survivor dragon boater 🐉, Mah Jong 🀄️, girl Mom fighter for reproductive rights, huge fan of The Tragically Hip, casual reader 📚
Equity ARC students and retired military band members, watching your performance and interviews this evening on CBS. Shameful that the opportunity to play due to federal gov’s quashing DEI initiatives. Shameful! I am proud of you all! www.cbsnews.com/news/playing...
Playing in harmony, despite the president's DEI executive order
Veteran military musicians stepped in after President Trump's executive order banning DEI programs throughout the government forced the cancellation of a planned Marine Band collaboration with teens.
www.cbsnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#dragonboat #dcpaddlers anyone with a history of #cardiothoracic surgery? Had emergency open heart surgery 12/13, wondering what recovery back to water might look like or if it’s even possible. Thank you!!
December 22, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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So damn true 💯
November 27, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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November 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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The kids aren’t enrolled in local public schools, so the nonprofit @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social—founded in 2019—teaches them reading, math, and art in addition to bringing food and coordinating medical services.
She Fled Mexico as a Child. Now, She Teaches Migrant Kids in Tamaulipas.
“When I see a mom with her child trying to cross, it's like I see myself in her.”
www.texasobserver.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Dragon boat paddling BC survivors 15-19 years from diagnosis. Queens! (First row, second from right, proud and blessed to be in that stage!) #KCDragonBoatFestival2024
November 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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This is the way …..
I'm really excited to share some news about our @propublica.org @texastribune.org collaboration!! In the new year, we will be launching a new initiative to work with five newsrooms in the state to cover an issue of importance to Texans.
November 26, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Threads is an echo chamber on the left, Twitter on the Right, I hope this stays a sane normal place where some disagreement can be politely explored. Too much to ask??
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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A good, short article about the history of fluoride in America - and the constant tension between public goods and private rights:

wapo.st/3Z4Tmw4 (gift link)
The fluoride fights are a decades-old cultural war America can’t quit
The fluoride wars go back to the 1940s, when opponents called it a conflict over civil rights, not public health.
wapo.st
November 24, 2024 at 4:27 AM
NWSL Championship: Will Washington Spirit or Orlando Pride win?

Super excited about tomorrow’s final. Just can’t decide who to root for, Marta or Rodman.
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Should I paddle today?
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I found dragon boat 🐉 peeps here on Bluesky , my heart ❤️ is full!
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Don’t take your 👀s off of Tulsi.
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Watched the last 2 inaugurations. Let’s save the government from some needless inefficient spending and cancel the upcoming one. I mean, what’s the point of the oath and stuff?
November 20, 2024 at 1:06 AM
My copy of #OurHiddenConversations by Michele Norris just arrived, our local ATX book club selection for December.
Excited to dig in to this unique collection of stories, essays, and photos…windows into race and identity in today’s America.
November 19, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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November 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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May your day be spent reading a really great book.
November 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Behold! My first homemade chocolate babka! Before and after. #baking #challahbaking
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
This is 🔥
Life tip: Nobody is stopping you from putting a dot on the top of your USB cables

It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it
November 17, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Just sitting’ here waiting to find out what White House admin appointment the My Pillow Guy gets this week.
a cartoon of a man holding a pillow with the words " a ever thought that something that was perfectly "
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a pillow with the words " a ever thought that something that was perfectly "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Met Michele Norris @msnbc.com.web.brid.gy on the streets of Austin today. What a nice and genuine person! Thank you for all you do as a journalist and author Michele!
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 PM