Mary Arneson
@livewombat.bsky.social
Liberal, urban farmer, pollinator gardener, retired physician, eclectic cyclist (tandems, velomobiles, folders, recumbents, trikes, quads), cat-, dog-, and parrot owner, non-fiction reader, public health and vaccine proponent, German/Dutch reader nonfluent
If we accept the White House claim that Trump's signature on the Epstein birthday book letter is a forgery, there is no signature anywhere that is valid. Therefore, every mail-in ballot can be thrown away.
September 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If we accept the White House claim that Trump's signature on the Epstein birthday book letter is a forgery, there is no signature anywhere that is valid. Therefore, every mail-in ballot can be thrown away.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS, Bloomington, MN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
NO KINGS, Bloomington, MN · Indivisible
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS, Bloomington, MN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis. May 13th. A US Army helicopter has been circling over south Minneapolis for more than two hours. Planes have continued to land and take off at the MSP airport during this time. The helicopter is flying much higher than the usual medical and local police helicopters.
May 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis. May 13th. A US Army helicopter has been circling over south Minneapolis for more than two hours. Planes have continued to land and take off at the MSP airport during this time. The helicopter is flying much higher than the usual medical and local police helicopters.
I'm planning to join the one-day warning action, buying nothing on Friday, February 28th.
The oligarchy can't force anyone to consume. It is vulnerable to mass action. They need the compliant masses to do the most basic tasks and buy their stuff.
Send a message on the 28th: compliance ends now.
The oligarchy can't force anyone to consume. It is vulnerable to mass action. They need the compliant masses to do the most basic tasks and buy their stuff.
Send a message on the 28th: compliance ends now.
February 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm planning to join the one-day warning action, buying nothing on Friday, February 28th.
The oligarchy can't force anyone to consume. It is vulnerable to mass action. They need the compliant masses to do the most basic tasks and buy their stuff.
Send a message on the 28th: compliance ends now.
The oligarchy can't force anyone to consume. It is vulnerable to mass action. They need the compliant masses to do the most basic tasks and buy their stuff.
Send a message on the 28th: compliance ends now.
Reposted by Mary Arneson
Paying tariffs on even small mail-order purchases or gifts from outside the US used to be a big hassle for recipients and the post office or other carriers -- much improved by eliminating the requirement for items under $800. Look what Trump has done now to make life miserable!
The funniest part of the new tariffs is they’ve removed the de minimis exemption for small packages, even from Canada. If a mom sends a birthday gift from Windsor to Detroit they’ve gotta pay 25% tariffs on it lol. Just unimaginable stupidity.
February 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Paying tariffs on even small mail-order purchases or gifts from outside the US used to be a big hassle for recipients and the post office or other carriers -- much improved by eliminating the requirement for items under $800. Look what Trump has done now to make life miserable!
A year ago, Elon Musk and others were raging over the FAA's promotion of hiring people with disabilities FOR JOBS THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO DO. These same cost-cutters are pushing to force Medicaid recipients to just get a job.
Helping qualified applicants past hiring barriers is good policy.
Helping qualified applicants past hiring barriers is good policy.
January 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A year ago, Elon Musk and others were raging over the FAA's promotion of hiring people with disabilities FOR JOBS THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO DO. These same cost-cutters are pushing to force Medicaid recipients to just get a job.
Helping qualified applicants past hiring barriers is good policy.
Helping qualified applicants past hiring barriers is good policy.
Reposted by Mary Arneson
Things to say instead of “during the pandemic”:
- Earlier in the pandemic
- When people were taking covid precautions
- Earlier in the pandemic
- When people were taking covid precautions
November 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Things to say instead of “during the pandemic”:
- Earlier in the pandemic
- When people were taking covid precautions
- Earlier in the pandemic
- When people were taking covid precautions
Reposted by Mary Arneson
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Reposted by Mary Arneson
Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Reposted by Mary Arneson
Introducing myself with pictures of my dog and 2 cats. Hobbies: gardening, cycling (tandems, recumbents, trikes, quads, folding bikes & more), birdwatching/feeding, ice luminaries, and butterflies. Retired MD, with background in public health. Liberal. Some fluency in German and a little in Dutch.
November 14, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Introducing myself with pictures of my dog and 2 cats. Hobbies: gardening, cycling (tandems, recumbents, trikes, quads, folding bikes & more), birdwatching/feeding, ice luminaries, and butterflies. Retired MD, with background in public health. Liberal. Some fluency in German and a little in Dutch.