Laura Schaefer
@laura1865s.bsky.social
North Carolinian. Homeschool Mom of 3 teens. All around awesome wife (read as: stubborn 😉). Caregiver. History & Travel aficionado. Sometimes crafter. Fan of “Timeless”, which you absolutely should watch.
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"I love time travel!"
"Since when?"
"Tomorrow."
"Since when?"
"Tomorrow."
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"I love time travel!"
"Since when?"
"Tomorrow."
"Since when?"
"Tomorrow."
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Notice how quickly “we want our nation to uphold Christian values” turns into “it’s not the government’s job to feed the hungry or help the poor!” which are actually things Christ taught his followers to value.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Notice how quickly “we want our nation to uphold Christian values” turns into “it’s not the government’s job to feed the hungry or help the poor!” which are actually things Christ taught his followers to value.
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How can autistic adults thrive in life?
This should be at the heart of autism researchers, not what causes autism.
But instead.. 2025.. and I still keep seeing all the same things that's labeled as negative or a barrier from these researchers, that is disappointing to say the least.
Come on now.
This should be at the heart of autism researchers, not what causes autism.
But instead.. 2025.. and I still keep seeing all the same things that's labeled as negative or a barrier from these researchers, that is disappointing to say the least.
Come on now.
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can autistic adults thrive in life?
This should be at the heart of autism researchers, not what causes autism.
But instead.. 2025.. and I still keep seeing all the same things that's labeled as negative or a barrier from these researchers, that is disappointing to say the least.
Come on now.
This should be at the heart of autism researchers, not what causes autism.
But instead.. 2025.. and I still keep seeing all the same things that's labeled as negative or a barrier from these researchers, that is disappointing to say the least.
Come on now.
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
--MLK, "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
--MLK, "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
--MLK, "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
--MLK, "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.
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I could say I was boycotting ABC but the fact of the matter is I literally cannot remember the last time I actually watched an ABC show over the air
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I could say I was boycotting ABC but the fact of the matter is I literally cannot remember the last time I actually watched an ABC show over the air
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One thing about rights is that they only exist if you fight for them. If you just capitulate to authoritarian demands they are worthless.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
One thing about rights is that they only exist if you fight for them. If you just capitulate to authoritarian demands they are worthless.
Spent a wonderful night celebrating my oldest kid’s 18th birthday!
The @thedailyshow.com was fabulous & guest @leahlitman.bsky.social was spectacular. I’m looking forward to reading her book “Lawless” when I get home.
A big shoutout to #thedailyshow staff for making everything run so well.
The @thedailyshow.com was fabulous & guest @leahlitman.bsky.social was spectacular. I’m looking forward to reading her book “Lawless” when I get home.
A big shoutout to #thedailyshow staff for making everything run so well.
June 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Spent a wonderful night celebrating my oldest kid’s 18th birthday!
The @thedailyshow.com was fabulous & guest @leahlitman.bsky.social was spectacular. I’m looking forward to reading her book “Lawless” when I get home.
A big shoutout to #thedailyshow staff for making everything run so well.
The @thedailyshow.com was fabulous & guest @leahlitman.bsky.social was spectacular. I’m looking forward to reading her book “Lawless” when I get home.
A big shoutout to #thedailyshow staff for making everything run so well.
Elizabeth Van Lew’s story is far from “untold”. But she is probably my favorite historical person to tell people about and people are always surprised. So I’m happy that Van Lew is getting even more press, because I really think she should be well known even outside of historical circles.
I get why publishers love the "untold story" framing, but I still really hate it.
Whether this book is a good re-telling of Elizabeth Van Lew's story, I don't know.
But the idea that it's "untold" is insulting to the historians who've told it many times before.🗃️
Whether this book is a good re-telling of Elizabeth Van Lew's story, I don't know.
But the idea that it's "untold" is insulting to the historians who've told it many times before.🗃️
Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew defined courage fighting for what she believed
Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.
www.foxnews.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Elizabeth Van Lew’s story is far from “untold”. But she is probably my favorite historical person to tell people about and people are always surprised. So I’m happy that Van Lew is getting even more press, because I really think she should be well known even outside of historical circles.
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That feeling when you are hungry for dinner but you know that you are the person who needs to make dinner.
May 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
That feeling when you are hungry for dinner but you know that you are the person who needs to make dinner.
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Not that this is the only reason to advocate but true
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Not that this is the only reason to advocate but true
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Raise your hand if you have someone in your life that you love and care about who has autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
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April 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Raise your hand if you have someone in your life that you love and care about who has autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
🙋♀️
(please RT/share)
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(please RT/share)
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I need to make dinner.
Again.
Every night. Dinner.
Who came up with that?
Again.
Every night. Dinner.
Who came up with that?
April 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I need to make dinner.
Again.
Every night. Dinner.
Who came up with that?
Again.
Every night. Dinner.
Who came up with that?
Today in Raleigh, my first protest! Probably not the last. My feelings about that are complicated, but I’m glad to have exercised my constitutional rights today.
#NoKings
#NoKings
April 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today in Raleigh, my first protest! Probably not the last. My feelings about that are complicated, but I’m glad to have exercised my constitutional rights today.
#NoKings
#NoKings
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Actual autism is not the rfk story. Eugenics is.
There is *no type of person* that is a burden to be eradicated. One of the ways Trumpers benefit from being loose with words is bc it defines the narrative and makes counter arguments sound academic.
Do not eradicate people. Do not abdicty people.
There is *no type of person* that is a burden to be eradicated. One of the ways Trumpers benefit from being loose with words is bc it defines the narrative and makes counter arguments sound academic.
Do not eradicate people. Do not abdicty people.
April 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Actual autism is not the rfk story. Eugenics is.
There is *no type of person* that is a burden to be eradicated. One of the ways Trumpers benefit from being loose with words is bc it defines the narrative and makes counter arguments sound academic.
Do not eradicate people. Do not abdicty people.
There is *no type of person* that is a burden to be eradicated. One of the ways Trumpers benefit from being loose with words is bc it defines the narrative and makes counter arguments sound academic.
Do not eradicate people. Do not abdicty people.
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“Sewing your own clothes to avoid tariffs” seems like a good idea until you realize it’s very expensive, takes a ton of time, and just about every component — from fabric and thread to sewing machines — are made abroad. I do think this is a great time to learn how to mend clothes, though!
April 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Sewing your own clothes to avoid tariffs” seems like a good idea until you realize it’s very expensive, takes a ton of time, and just about every component — from fabric and thread to sewing machines — are made abroad. I do think this is a great time to learn how to mend clothes, though!
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COURAGE BEGETS COURAGE
April 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
COURAGE BEGETS COURAGE
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
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Reading updates on this story about the group-chat military strikes in Yemen, and remembering that I have to use two-factor authentication to order a burrito.
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reading updates on this story about the group-chat military strikes in Yemen, and remembering that I have to use two-factor authentication to order a burrito.
I have been in fandom group chats with better operational security than this. Not in anyway a comfortable conclusion.
And, of course, also chats that leaked like sieve, but they were about TV, not national defense.
And, of course, also chats that leaked like sieve, but they were about TV, not national defense.
March 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I have been in fandom group chats with better operational security than this. Not in anyway a comfortable conclusion.
And, of course, also chats that leaked like sieve, but they were about TV, not national defense.
And, of course, also chats that leaked like sieve, but they were about TV, not national defense.