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@lghrsmssn.bsky.social
Midwest, Gen X, Cat Lady, Hodgepodge of Books, Prairie, Science, & Learning
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Following you because you posted something insightful I loved. Not much of a poster myself, it’s okay to not follow back. We’ll sort it out later.
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You know who my rural farming and mining great-grandparent's loved?

FDR. The New Deal.

Bring it back.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The Golden Ratio, often represented by the Greek letter ϕ, is approximately 1.618. It appears when a line is divided into two parts such that the ratio of the whole line to the longer part is the same as the ratio of the longer part to the shorter part.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,

it is right.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,

it is a strength.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,

it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Applicable to all things. On a daily basis.
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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September 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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In my latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab , I sat down with Brick of Chicago’s Will Quam.

Meet a man who really loves the bricks of Chicago

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
For Lovers of Brick, Chicago Is a Wonderland
Brick aficionado Will Quam leads tours through the neighborhoods of Chicago to showcase the humble building material that saved the Second City.
www.bloomberg.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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He’s sincerely the dumbest man to ever occupy the office.
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Not a single honest person in this entire administration.

Not one.

Prove me wrong.
"Homan indicated he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office...

"On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills..."

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Students don’t need chromebooks and AI tutors, they need Shakespeare and Jane Austen and the Greek myths, they need the Arthurian Legends and the Arabian Nights, they need constant exposure to nature, fairytales, folklore, poetry and beauty.
August 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Between his crypto ventures, real estate deals, and licensing agreements, Trump and his family have profited off the presidency to the tune of $3.4 billion.

The grifter-in-chief knows no bounds.

We must not become numb to this.
New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
President Donald Trump and his family have made a staggering $3.4 billion off the presidency, according to an analysis b
www.rollingstone.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “I don’t want to hear another Republican in Congress ever again pretend to care about deficits and debt… explain why 🇺🇸 families have to pay $3000 to ride an ambulance when we’re handing out million-dollar tax breaks to the wealthiest.”

Amen. #MedicareForAll
July 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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When the nearest hospital is 60 miles away, every minute matters. Every closure hurts.

The recent spending package signed into law by Trump doesn't just cut funding. It cuts care, safety, & dignity from rural lives.

There's nothing "pro-life" about cutting funding to hospitals.

zurl.co/M5nKI
Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
Drastic cuts to Medicaid and other public health provisions in the new law will mean even less money to rural hospitals, many of which are already at risk of closing.
zurl.co
July 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The Reagan tax cuts increased the deficit by $64B

The W Bush tax cuts increased it by $1.5T

The 1st Trump tax cuts by $2.3T

GOP is once again telling us that tax cuts will not increase the deficit. CBO says $4.6T

"Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again" - GWB
Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Add $4.6 Trillion to the Deficit, CBO Finds | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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State GDP data is in today—& the 0.5% drop in Q1 GDP means only 46 states grew since last year

Fastest: Alabama (3.5%), Arkansas (3.5%), Utah (3.4%), S. Carolina (3.2%), Mississippi (3.1%)

Slowest: Iowa (-.7%), N. Dakota (-.5%), S. Dakota (-.3%), Nebraska (-.2%), Montana (.3%)
June 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And in gratitude for those who made my rights possible.
F. T. S.
Born in 1975, I represent the one generation of women who had rights.

I’m fighting for my daughters and granddaughters.

Fuck this shit.
June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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WATCH: @katmabu.bsky.social blows Jennings’ mind by saying “everyone deserves health care”

Reminder: this is how it is in every other developed nation, where the cruelty of the Republican Party has not killed universal health care on behalf of the insurance companies. #MedicareForAll
June 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.

The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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June 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM