@mefellows.bsky.social
Buddhist. Single mother of 3 adult, homeschooled children. Dilettante. Majored in Soviet American Relations. MA in Women’s Studies in Religion (Russian Witch Trials). Environmentalist. Leftist. Realtor. Widow.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
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I spent most of my 22-years in the Army as an aviator in and out of line units flying OH-58's and UH-60's.We lost more aircrews in peacetime training accidents than combat. It's a very dangerous business. Having the President smear them as their families are freshly mourning is unforgivable.
January 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I spent most of my 22-years in the Army as an aviator in and out of line units flying OH-58's and UH-60's.We lost more aircrews in peacetime training accidents than combat. It's a very dangerous business. Having the President smear them as their families are freshly mourning is unforgivable.
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Make the connection.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Make the connection.
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
I see lots of advice about how to help after the fires.
From my experience, I’d say:
You can’t help perfectly.
Help anyway!
From my experience, I’d say:
You can’t help perfectly.
Help anyway!
January 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I see lots of advice about how to help after the fires.
From my experience, I’d say:
You can’t help perfectly.
Help anyway!
From my experience, I’d say:
You can’t help perfectly.
Help anyway!
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🔥⚡️🪷🐦🔥🐦🔥🐦🔥🪷⚡️🔥
January 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
🔥⚡️🪷🐦🔥🐦🔥🐦🔥🪷⚡️🔥
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“.. The economic fallout from the California wildfires is massive. .. vulnerabilities in community banks may pick up, given the [commercial real estate] exposures .. and their involvement in underwriting home mortgage insurance.”
Fed Watch Advisors
Fed Watch Advisors
January 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“.. The economic fallout from the California wildfires is massive. .. vulnerabilities in community banks may pick up, given the [commercial real estate] exposures .. and their involvement in underwriting home mortgage insurance.”
Fed Watch Advisors
Fed Watch Advisors
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California Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has wisely launched a website to combat disinformation about the fires: www.californiafirefacts.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
California Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has wisely launched a website to combat disinformation about the fires: www.californiafirefacts.com
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CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don’t know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event,” said one expert.
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage | CNN
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
www.cnn.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don’t know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event,” said one expert.
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A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance. It was empty when the Palisades fire exploded.
Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline and empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance. It was empty when the Palisades fire exploded.
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January 6 was a revolt against the future. The future will prevail
the.ink/p/january-6-...
the.ink/p/january-6-...
January 6 was a revolt against the future. The future will prevail
A reflection, four years on
the.ink
January 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
January 6 was a revolt against the future. The future will prevail
the.ink/p/january-6-...
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Still, the continual sanitization of Jan 6 includes a key claim: "It wasn't an armed insurrection."
That's FALSE.
Three years ago @markfollman.bsky.social and I collaborated on a video investigation that revealed how rioters came to the Capitol armed and ready. From 2021, watch here:
That's FALSE.
Three years ago @markfollman.bsky.social and I collaborated on a video investigation that revealed how rioters came to the Capitol armed and ready. From 2021, watch here:
NEW EVIDENCE: Trump Rioters Brought Guns to the Capitol
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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January 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Still, the continual sanitization of Jan 6 includes a key claim: "It wasn't an armed insurrection."
That's FALSE.
Three years ago @markfollman.bsky.social and I collaborated on a video investigation that revealed how rioters came to the Capitol armed and ready. From 2021, watch here:
That's FALSE.
Three years ago @markfollman.bsky.social and I collaborated on a video investigation that revealed how rioters came to the Capitol armed and ready. From 2021, watch here:
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Hey bluesky! I love ya, but what's up with all the follow request from people who's profiles read like a dating app or OF solicitation?
Where/when I engage here, I enjoy it, but finding my old community from that other site is a major struggle. >.<
Help please? #bluesky 🙏
Where/when I engage here, I enjoy it, but finding my old community from that other site is a major struggle. >.<
Help please? #bluesky 🙏
December 7, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Hey bluesky! I love ya, but what's up with all the follow request from people who's profiles read like a dating app or OF solicitation?
Where/when I engage here, I enjoy it, but finding my old community from that other site is a major struggle. >.<
Help please? #bluesky 🙏
Where/when I engage here, I enjoy it, but finding my old community from that other site is a major struggle. >.<
Help please? #bluesky 🙏
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@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social on Trump returning to power at 78, while the beating he took defending the Capitol from Trump's Jan 6 mob cost him his job at 42: "It’s hard to witness a rich white man get rewarded for treachery while I’m punished for fulfilling my duty." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
Opinion | What I Saw on Jan. 6 Still Haunts Me (Gift Article)
Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social on Trump returning to power at 78, while the beating he took defending the Capitol from Trump's Jan 6 mob cost him his job at 42: "It’s hard to witness a rich white man get rewarded for treachery while I’m punished for fulfilling my duty." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
It is so important to factor in the rising cost of home insurance into purchase budgets. Insurance prices will likely keep going up rapidly.
December 30, 2024 at 9:13 PM
It is so important to factor in the rising cost of home insurance into purchase budgets. Insurance prices will likely keep going up rapidly.
Happy Holidays of Love, Justice, Peace and Light❣️
Such a beautiful Hanukkah message from Lydia Cornell:
"As we approach lighting out first Hanukkah candle, let us remember this photo, taken in 1931 and the fact that our light DID outlast the nazi flag.
Love and light will always triumph over darkness and hate. Happy Hanukkah."
"As we approach lighting out first Hanukkah candle, let us remember this photo, taken in 1931 and the fact that our light DID outlast the nazi flag.
Love and light will always triumph over darkness and hate. Happy Hanukkah."
December 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Happy Holidays of Love, Justice, Peace and Light❣️
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"Rape Club" Prison in California: U.S. Gov't to Pay Record $116M to 103 Women Who Sued over Abuse
“Rape Club” Prison in California: U.S. Gov’t to Pay $116M to 103 Women
“When you’re in prison, the retaliation starts. … I don’t think my judge sentenced me to go through this.” The U.S. government has agreed to pay a record-breaking amount of nearly $116 million...
www.democracynow.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
"Rape Club" Prison in California: U.S. Gov't to Pay Record $116M to 103 Women Who Sued over Abuse
Is it just me, or does this photo of an eclipse behind the Washington Monument seem like allegory?
December 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Is it just me, or does this photo of an eclipse behind the Washington Monument seem like allegory?
This is huge. Why am I just hearing about it? The ERA could become part of the constitution. My Mom started working on ratification when she was my daughter’s age. It is past time!
ICYMI: The ERA cleared the final hurdle for ratification in 2018. Trump & Bill Barr blocked its certification.
Biden has until 1/20 to fix that; if he doesn't, there will be little standing between Trump & his plans to strip the civil rights of women & LGBTQ+ folks.
Actionable steps ⬇️ + pls share!
Biden has until 1/20 to fix that; if he doesn't, there will be little standing between Trump & his plans to strip the civil rights of women & LGBTQ+ folks.
Actionable steps ⬇️ + pls share!
Biden Publish the ERA
www.bidenpublishtheera.org
December 16, 2024 at 6:53 PM
This is huge. Why am I just hearing about it? The ERA could become part of the constitution. My Mom started working on ratification when she was my daughter’s age. It is past time!
Word of the day: Adiaphorization
December 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Word of the day: Adiaphorization
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🔴 Greenpeace: An oil spill from two Russian tankers in the Black Sea, carrying up to 5,000 tons of oil each, threatens a new environmental disaster.
💬 “This accident will be one of the largest man-made disasters in the Black Sea waters.”
💬 “This accident will be one of the largest man-made disasters in the Black Sea waters.”
December 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
🔴 Greenpeace: An oil spill from two Russian tankers in the Black Sea, carrying up to 5,000 tons of oil each, threatens a new environmental disaster.
💬 “This accident will be one of the largest man-made disasters in the Black Sea waters.”
💬 “This accident will be one of the largest man-made disasters in the Black Sea waters.”