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
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...
#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
#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!!
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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
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.
Gonna miss this guy 😔
It’s hard not to appreciate this guy. on.forbes.com/6010tRh1I
Buttigieg Is Pushing Out Billions In Grants Before Trump Takes Over
The Transportation Secretary said the department will keep dispersing funds from Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for road, airport, bridge and rail projects “until the closing bell.”
on.forbes.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Gonna miss this guy 😔
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
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
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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
This is the way …..
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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
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??
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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)
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
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)
wapo.st/3Z4Tmw4 (gift link)
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.
Super excited about tomorrow’s final. Just can’t decide who to root for, Marta or Rodman.
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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.
Super excited about tomorrow’s final. Just can’t decide who to root for, Marta or Rodman.
Should I paddle today?
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Should I paddle today?
I found dragon boat 🐉 peeps here on Bluesky , my heart ❤️ is full!
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I found dragon boat 🐉 peeps here on Bluesky , my heart ❤️ is full!
Don’t take your 👀s off of Tulsi.
"I think he's a distraction from the real dangerous pick."
'Smokescreen': Strategist warns Matt Gaetz isn't the nominee America should fear
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), embroiled in scandals surrounding an ethics report into allegations of child sex trafficking and other offenses, is grabbing headlines as Republicans scramble to decide ...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Don’t take your 👀s off of Tulsi.
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
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?
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.
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
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.
Excited to dig in to this unique collection of stories, essays, and photos…windows into race and identity in today’s America.
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May your day be spent reading a really great book.
November 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM
May your day be spent reading a really great book.
Behold! My first homemade chocolate babka! Before and after. #baking #challahbaking
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Behold! My first homemade chocolate babka! Before and after. #baking #challahbaking
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
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
This is 🔥
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
Just sitting’ here waiting to find out what White House admin appointment the My Pillow Guy gets this week.
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
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!