Joan Griffin
joangriffin.bsky.social
Joan Griffin
@joangriffin.bsky.social
Author of Force of Nature.
Reader, Writer, Teacher, Student, Hiker, Traveler, Proud Progressive and #Leguminati.
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BREAKING: Video shows Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally throwing two canisters of tear gas at protesters in Little Village in Chicago earlier this morning. Video via Yani Sotelo on Facebook. (Warning: Strong language)
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.

Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Day 1 Keynote by Dean Eckles: Effect sizes and decisions. How are your effect-size metrics actually decision-relevant, or just convenient to compute? #ic2s2
July 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: They're out there saying 'we just passed a bill to eliminate taxes on tips & taxes on SS benefits.' NONE of that's in the bill. But they deny that they're cutting Medicaid. So they want credit for popular stuff that isn't in the bill but ignore the deeply unpopular stuff.
March 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Donald Trump openly admits he’s aiding Russia in its genocidal invasion of Ukraine. He's depriving them of air defenses so they'll "settle" (surrender). He cynically declares, "I won't provide air defense because I want to stop death" as Russia increases its attacks nationwide targeting civilians.
March 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles.

Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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🤦🏼‍♀️
February 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I would say this one by Stephen Miller, puts us there.
He's also showing his hand.♥️♠️♦️♣️🃏
😉
February 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Elon Musk spent $40 million in Super Bowl ads to attack USAID.

Tell Congress that for pennies on the dollar, foreign aid is a deal we can’t afford to lose.

Call your members of Congress and demand action.

Here’s the number to call:
(202)224-3121

Please pass it on.

Save Foreign Aid.
February 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I was at a local store getting passport photos for an upcoming trip. Ahead of me in line was a young couple with a child. They were getting passport photos for the child, not themselves. They spoke limited English, and were obviously immigrants. They were setting up Plan B...
January 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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57% of all forest land in California is under federal jurisdiction, including the #HughesFire burning in the Angeles National Forest.

We're offering mutual aid and support to the federal government to help contain the blaze and we are deeply grateful for the crews keeping our communities safe.
January 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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CRUELTY IS THEIR GOAL.
January 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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They're going to obliterate the economy
"Gregory K. Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in El Centro, called the sweeps 'Operation Return to Sender.'”

The RW is weaponizing Border Patrol against farmworkers.

75% of the workforce didn't show up. Kids didn't go to school.

Forget the price of eggs. Worry about not having fruits & vegetables.
"A surprising immigration raid in Kern County foreshadows what awaits farmworkers and businesses" 🐆 calmatters.org/economy/2025...
January 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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“[Women] are less likely to have criminal records, accounting for just 30% of juvenile arrests, according to data from the Justice Department. They're also outpacing men in higher education, with nearly half of women aged 25 to 34 holding bachelor's degrees compared to 37% of men.”
January 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Lemme get this straight.

Mexico is sending firefighters to help California.

Canada has sent firefighters to help California.

Where TF is the GOP?
January 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Crockett: We added four million people, they were people of color, Texas got two new seats… somehow, the way that they do their Republican math in the state of Texas, that amounted to new white Republican seats. They love to use our bodies to apportion us in an inaccurate way
December 5, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Oh, look, two men who've never served anyone but themselves have big feelings about taking care of our nation's veterans. FUCK THEM.
Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516 billion in government savings. It includes DRAMATIC CUTS to Veterans Affairs health care, the National Institutes of Health, Head Start, the FBI, and many other vital programs.
December 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Icing, indeed! Love this new book trailer of my book, Force of Nature, narrated in audio form by @annacrowe.bsky.social
Icing on the cake!! Glorious to narrate the audiobook of this gorgeous story, but I’m all swoony over being the voiceover for the book trailer! @joangriffin.bsky.social
#audiobook #booktrailer #memoir #adventure #narrator #author

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Force of Nature | Official Book Trailer
Get this book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Force-Nature-Three-Women-Tackle/dp/1685132812 "Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows." –Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing Water Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy of dancing among midnight moonshadows. For a month, they live immersed in vast natural beauty, tackle the trail's physical demands, and find camaraderie among an ensemble cast of eccentric trail characters. Together, they are pulled forward toward the trail's end atop the highest peak in the High Sierra, Mt. Whitney, and the culmination of their transformative journey. Force of Nature is equal parts gripping adventure tale, personal memoir, and vivid nature writing. #johnmuir #booktrailer #johnmuirtrail
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December 5, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Icing on the cake!! Glorious to narrate the audiobook of this gorgeous story, but I’m all swoony over being the voiceover for the book trailer! @joangriffin.bsky.social
#audiobook #booktrailer #memoir #adventure #narrator #author

bit.ly/41oMxbl
Force of Nature | Official Book Trailer
Get this book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Force-Nature-Three-Women-Tackle/dp/1685132812 "Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows." –Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing Water Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the thrill of walking through a towering waterfall, and the joy of dancing among midnight moonshadows. For a month, they live immersed in vast natural beauty, tackle the trail's physical demands, and find camaraderie among an ensemble cast of eccentric trail characters. Together, they are pulled forward toward the trail's end atop the highest peak in the High Sierra, Mt. Whitney, and the culmination of their transformative journey. Force of Nature is equal parts gripping adventure tale, personal memoir, and vivid nature writing. #johnmuir #booktrailer #johnmuirtrail
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December 5, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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This is what Oligarchy looks like.
December 1, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 18, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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For real.
November 15, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.

I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.

Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
BlueSky for Beginners
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM