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Hilary Friedman @hilaryfriedman.bsky.social · Jan 8
A happy new year.
Black and white cartoon drawing of a crowd of human-like beings, who cower behind the edge of a corner in a hallway, whilst the lead one of them uses a broom handle to toggle open the latch of a door labeled 2025. Unsigned; artist unknown. Color cartoon of a mass of people (some wearing red baseball caps) entering a spaceship in front of a tall, berobed, green alien who is displaying a large book whose cover reads “Project 2025”, whilst a women in the midst of the crowd is jumping up and yelling. The text of her screams reads “IT’S A COOKBOOK!” A three panel color cartoon of two people holding drinks and wearing party hats on New Year’s Eve. In panel one, the text over the blue shirt reads “happy new year” the text over the green shirted person reads “doubt it”. The second panel has no text, the two people stare at each other in silence. The third panel has text over the blue shirted person that reads “survive a new year” the text over the green shirted person reads “you too, friend”, as they touch their champagne glasses to each other in a toast to a sentiment they both agree about. cartoon credited to and copyrighted by cyanide and happiness . Calendar page reads January one behind a dark-haired, rosy-cheeked, white child wearing antique garments, (possibly bed clothes) of blue and holding blue flowers. The text reads “a happy new year”.
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
Setting aside the historical significance, the bunker is *underneath* the east wing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...

🤔
Wikipedia page
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
#TIL the significance of paperclips in occupied Norway in WWII 📎🖇️

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegi...

#thePaperclipResistance
#thePaperclipProtest
#thePaperclipRebellion
#thePaperclipRevolution
#thePaperclipCampaign
#thePaperclipProject
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
#TIL:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrib...
Rerum novarum (1891)/Pope Leo XIII
Quadragesimo anno (1931)/ Pope Pius XI
Centesimus Annus (1991)/ Pope John Paul II
Evangelii gaudium (2013)/Pope Francis
What's Wrong with the World (1910)
The Outline of Sanity (1927)
Utopia of Usurers (1917)/G. K. Chesterton.
Distributism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
🗳️USA States are BANNING Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).

😧 Preemptively legislating *against* creating voting options⁉️ The USA needs to reform elections. Ruling out a widely respected alternative such as RCV is a dangerous maneuver by the parties currently in power!

news.ballotpedia.org/2025/06/04/i...
Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs bill banning RCV – Ballotpedia News
news.ballotpedia.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
Track the progress on Project 2025.

www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
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February 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
archive.org
Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️

Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Whitehouse.gov captures from: 2008 Sept. 15; 2013 Mar. 21; 2017 Feb. 3; and 2021 Feb. 25
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
Another wayback option. 🔄
This is fantastic! 👏👏👏👏

bsky.app/profile/bria...

P.S. - Please support archive.org❣️
February 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
BIRD Flu’s effect on DAIRY:

:: … cows stopped making milk … veterinary researchers identified the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus...

…with pandemic potential, the bird flu’s … evolved to thrive in animals that are more like people … than birds. ::

www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Bird Flu Has Spread Out of Control after Mistakes by U.S. Government and Industry
As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk
www.scientificamerican.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
:: “… you go to an emergency department, you wait … hours, your condition … deteriorates, … told, ‘… we’re sending you home,’” ... “Going home doesn’t sound like a survivable outcome. So at that point you … break down... ‘Let’s put this person on a psych hold.’” ::

time.com/7206080/long...
Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards
The chronic illnesses that make doctors doubt their patients often start after what “should” be a short-lived sickness—like COVID-19.
time.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
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January 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
A happy new year.
Black and white cartoon drawing of a crowd of human-like beings, who cower behind the edge of a corner in a hallway, whilst the lead one of them uses a broom handle to toggle open the latch of a door labeled 2025. Unsigned; artist unknown. Color cartoon of a mass of people (some wearing red baseball caps) entering a spaceship in front of a tall, berobed, green alien who is displaying a large book whose cover reads “Project 2025”, whilst a women in the midst of the crowd is jumping up and yelling. The text of her screams reads “IT’S A COOKBOOK!” A three panel color cartoon of two people holding drinks and wearing party hats on New Year’s Eve. In panel one, the text over the blue shirt reads “happy new year” the text over the green shirted person reads “doubt it”. The second panel has no text, the two people stare at each other in silence. The third panel has text over the blue shirted person that reads “survive a new year” the text over the green shirted person reads “you too, friend”, as they touch their champagne glasses to each other in a toast to a sentiment they both agree about. cartoon credited to and copyrighted by cyanide and happiness . Calendar page reads January one behind a dark-haired, rosy-cheeked, white child wearing antique garments, (possibly bed clothes) of blue and holding blue flowers. The text reads “a happy new year”.
January 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
💙💙 Happy Doctor Who Day❣️

Part 2 (new 'Who): youtu.be/C9uOaDZDT-s

(Doctors #9-#13)

(6️⃣1️⃣ years, and stll counting!)
Honest Trailers - Doctor Who (Modern)
YouTube video by Screen Junkies
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 2:52 AM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
💙💙 Happy Doctor Who Day❣️

Part 1 (old 'Who): youtu.be/TOeloEkQw6I

(Doctors #1-#8)
Honest Trailers - Doctor Who (Classic)
YouTube video by Screen Junkies
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November 24, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
joncooper-us.bsky.social
There are so many amazing people on Bluesky that I’ve updated my Starter Pack to include even more of my favorites. This is a work in progress — I’ll continue to expand this pack over the coming days and weeks. 🦋
go.bsky.app/6pG2Wr8
November 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
Today’s affirmation. ✌🏼&💪🏼

Text: “Trying to find peace in solitude, and power in solidarity.”

Artist: @worry_lines
www.instagram.com/p/DCTbbdRChAy
Text: “Trying to find peace in solitude, and Power in Solidarity.” Artist: @worry_lines https://www.instagram.com/p/DCTbbdRChAy
November 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
TIL: Judy-Lynn (Benjamin) del Rey “The Galaxy Gal”📚✨
This woman, who I never knew existed, may have had as much impact on my formative years as Jim Henson. Could’ve been a role model of a successful woman in the publishing field. I’d only heard of her husband (Lester Del Rey).
youtu.be/bO9oSyR-5UM
📖
How Judy-Lynn del Rey shaped science fiction as we know it today | Short Documentary | RENEGADES
YouTube video by American Masters PBS
youtu.be
November 18, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
rosalarian.bsky.social
Please don't leave disabled people behind in your revolution. Please do not see us as sacrifices for the greater good, or dead weight. Please see our lives as worth saving, too.
November 9, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
rosalarian.bsky.social
There are gonna be disabled folks who can't contribute anything to The Cause. They have no money, no energy, no physical ability, no time. They will need to receive and will never be able to give back. You gotta save them, too. Especially them.
rosalarian.bsky.social Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · Nov 9
Please don't leave disabled people behind in your revolution. Please do not see us as sacrifices for the greater good, or dead weight. Please see our lives as worth saving, too.
November 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
rosalarian.bsky.social
It's honestly breaking my heart, the sheer volume of "I have no money or useful skills, but I don't want to die." I'm reading.
November 9, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Reposted by Hilary Friedman
rosalarian.bsky.social
I've seen a lot of disabled folks in the replies who are trying to justify their survival by offering up what they can contribute. It's not necessarily a bad thing. Humans are social, and most of us WANT to do things that help each other.

But we don't measure human life by usefulness.
November 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
hilaryfriedman.bsky.social
Trying to decide on my first post is daunting. So, I’ll go right for the elephant in the room; the reason that I’m here.

👿 Spoilers…

youtu.be/PxiDoO84zjg

…? Or, possibly — *not*, anymore. 🔥
Eleanor keeps figuring it out (and the one time Jason did) | The Good Place
YouTube video by The Good Place
youtu.be
November 10, 2024 at 5:01 PM