Mmchurchman
@mmchurchman.bsky.social
Liberal grandmother, knitter, tennis player, Episcopalian, musician, baseball fan (Nationals), exerciser, Master Naturalist, reader, optimist (against all odds)
Why doesn't anyone note that in addition to plastering his name on the Kennedy Center, Trump has also painted all the iconic stately bronze columns a garish bright white that doesn't go with the white marble walls?
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Why doesn't anyone note that in addition to plastering his name on the Kennedy Center, Trump has also painted all the iconic stately bronze columns a garish bright white that doesn't go with the white marble walls?
I thought someone had to be dead for a while before a building could be named for them, but DJT is dead inside so maybe that counts.
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I thought someone had to be dead for a while before a building could be named for them, but DJT is dead inside so maybe that counts.
If air travel were like this today, I might not have to choose comfort clothes for travel.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If air travel were like this today, I might not have to choose comfort clothes for travel.
My daughter, Emily Kobayashi, is quoted in this article, as the head of Gavi's HPV vaccination initiative. I'm proud of her, and of my son-in-law Dan (the Expatriarch substack) who made her career accomplishments possible.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
US funding cuts imperil global efforts to eliminate cervical cancer | CNN
Maina Modu, an immunization officer in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, lost his wife, Hauwa, to cervical cancer in 2011. She was one of the 349,000 women globally who die from the preventable canc...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My daughter, Emily Kobayashi, is quoted in this article, as the head of Gavi's HPV vaccination initiative. I'm proud of her, and of my son-in-law Dan (the Expatriarch substack) who made her career accomplishments possible.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/h...
What i was saying
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What i was saying
The income of the very rich goes mostly free of income taxes because it is derived from the kinds of wealth not taxed like earned payroll income is.
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The income of the very rich goes mostly free of income taxes because it is derived from the kinds of wealth not taxed like earned payroll income is.
I am stunned tp learn that 1 in 8 Americans use SNAP benefits to have enough to eat. There is something fundamentally wrong in our economy where obscene wealth is concentrated in a few people and many jobs don't pay enough to provide the basic essentials of food and shelter.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I am stunned tp learn that 1 in 8 Americans use SNAP benefits to have enough to eat. There is something fundamentally wrong in our economy where obscene wealth is concentrated in a few people and many jobs don't pay enough to provide the basic essentials of food and shelter.
There's a female umpire calling balls and strikes at the MLB game I'm watching. They've admitted women to their ranks just when they're on track to be replaced by robots.
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There's a female umpire calling balls and strikes at the MLB game I'm watching. They've admitted women to their ranks just when they're on track to be replaced by robots.
While it's great that Many States are stepping up to fill in gaps in safety net and civil rights protections created by Federal withdrawal, do we really want to live in a country where our most basic rights and protections depend completely on where we live?
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
While it's great that Many States are stepping up to fill in gaps in safety net and civil rights protections created by Federal withdrawal, do we really want to live in a country where our most basic rights and protections depend completely on where we live?
So what was Big Balls doing on 14th st at 3 AM when he was subject of an attempted carjacking by two 15 year old from Maryland, which DC Police quickly intervened to stop? And this is why Trump imposed martial law on DC? At risk of appeaing foil hatted, sounds like a set up to me.
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So what was Big Balls doing on 14th st at 3 AM when he was subject of an attempted carjacking by two 15 year old from Maryland, which DC Police quickly intervened to stop? And this is why Trump imposed martial law on DC? At risk of appeaing foil hatted, sounds like a set up to me.
Instead of sending in armed Federal forces to eradicate homeless individuals from DC, how about increasing access to health care, including mental health, feeding the hungry, and providing new supportive housing with the sane $$$$.
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Instead of sending in armed Federal forces to eradicate homeless individuals from DC, how about increasing access to health care, including mental health, feeding the hungry, and providing new supportive housing with the sane $$$$.
I began my 37 year Federal career in 1976 as a field data collector for BLS. I have no doubt that BLS continues to exercise the same rigorous technical approach to statistical sampling and data collection that I glimpsed in my one year there.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Labor statistics agency aims to calm furor after Trump fires commissioner
The interim head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics emailed staff members, passing along a message from fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I began my 37 year Federal career in 1976 as a field data collector for BLS. I have no doubt that BLS continues to exercise the same rigorous technical approach to statistical sampling and data collection that I glimpsed in my one year there.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
I remember Kent State, May 4, 1970, when the National Guard shot 4 innocent student protesters. Do we really want to go there again?
The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
June 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I remember Kent State, May 4, 1970, when the National Guard shot 4 innocent student protesters. Do we really want to go there again?
Once again I am proud of my church for taking a stand.
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Once again I am proud of my church for taking a stand.
I bought two pairs of tennis shoes I don't need yet in anticipation of terrifying caused shortages and price hikes in the coming year.
Starting to see the screenshots of tariff increases on social stories and posts followed by 🤔. The beginning of the beginning is here.
May 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I bought two pairs of tennis shoes I don't need yet in anticipation of terrifying caused shortages and price hikes in the coming year.
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will the new pope emerge with a Cubs or White Sox cap
May 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
will the new pope emerge with a Cubs or White Sox cap
Even the smallest performing arts organizations are facing financial crises after pulling themselves back together after the pandemic. Contribute generously to your favorite local choruses, theater companies, orchestras, etc. Music and the other arts are essential to our humanity.
While Trump fundraises on Les Misérables for $2M a ticket at the Kennedy Center, arts grants are being canceled across America. This isn’t just defunding culture, it’s cutting off the lifelines of community, creativity & belonging. Support your local arts. They need us now more than ever.
Art for the People, Grift for the Powerful
While Trump fundraises on Les Misérables, he’s dismantling the NEA.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Even the smallest performing arts organizations are facing financial crises after pulling themselves back together after the pandemic. Contribute generously to your favorite local choruses, theater companies, orchestras, etc. Music and the other arts are essential to our humanity.
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As a May 4 birthday girl, I endorse this message
May 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As a May 4 birthday girl, I endorse this message
After my birthday dinner marking the end of a decade, a dramatic rainbow appeared, and this morning a robin built a nest just outside my second story bathroom window where I'll be able to watch her every morning while I brush my teeth. So despite my fears, the year leading to 80 holds promises.
May 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
After my birthday dinner marking the end of a decade, a dramatic rainbow appeared, and this morning a robin built a nest just outside my second story bathroom window where I'll be able to watch her every morning while I brush my teeth. So despite my fears, the year leading to 80 holds promises.
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House sparrows go completely silent and disappear from my yard whenever a hawk flies over. They don’t help the hawk.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
April 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
House sparrows go completely silent and disappear from my yard whenever a hawk flies over. They don’t help the hawk.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
I wish US voters were as smart as birds.
Do these caves come in human size?
March 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do these caves come in human size?
Tongue in cheek history of Cyprus
Want to learn 6,000 years of Cypriot history and another 6,000 of prehistory in 10 minutes? Well, this will mostly confuse you, but you can read it anyway and at least learn about the pygmy hippo and dwarf elephant. #Cyprus
6,000 years of Civilization and All I Got was this Lousy Partition
KEYS to Cyprus
expatriarch.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Tongue in cheek history of Cyprus
Just another bunch of experts! Who needs experts? Those of us who aren't threatened by other's hard won expertise.
NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
March 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just another bunch of experts! Who needs experts? Those of us who aren't threatened by other's hard won expertise.
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