Pretty Places & Spaces
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Pretty Places & Spaces
@jilljoyce.bsky.social
Just here to share the pretty things I see in our world.
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On FB, I posted this fact sheet (left) from the White House's own website, with a comment: "Update, it's not going very well."

Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡
February 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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No other state in the nation imports more goods to Canada than the Land of Lincoln, and Illinois is one of the Top 5 states in exports to both Canada and Mexico.

All together, Illinois exports support 800,000 jobs – jobs now at risk thanks to Trump’s Tax on Working Families.
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyone’s protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it “the moral blindness” of those who “persuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There
Once legal rights begin to fall, they fall for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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A reminder: the GWBush Admin built a prison at Gitmo not because of its size or facilities, but on the theory that because it was not in the US, US laws would not apply, and because US didn't recognize Cuban sovereignty over it Cuban law didn't either. It's a stateless, lawless zone of impunity.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“Replied the press secretary: ‘I'll check back on that and get back to you.’”
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Coercion? Illusion of choice?
Trump admin memo sent to federal officials offering “Fork in the Road” (actual words used) decision between deferred resignation or remaining on despite possibility of termination later. Document provided to me by U.S. official
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Omaha green space.
December 27, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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My husband is cleaning out his beer cellar, one old bottle at a time.
Drink It Or Dump It
Since 2011, I’ve been collecting beers from brewers across the US. They are in my cellar, which doesn't do anyone any good, so I'm going to drink them. You're invited to experience them with me. This ...
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December 24, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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I think LORD OF THE RINGS being a story in which, canonically, it is entirely possible for evil to triumph in the temporal world, and in fact more likely than not that it will, but also that reality should not change the meaning of your moral values, is an underrated part of what makes it so good.
December 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Couldn’t be cozier.
December 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Happiest of hours at Vol. 39, Chicago.
December 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM