Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
@mreilly.bsky.social
Librarian, Secret Agent (according to an flight seat mate), animal lover especially elephants, dogs, and pandas. I like wine. Dream jobs panda wrangler, elephant washer, & dog rescuer. NO DMs unless permission is granted.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
First, the federal government getting its economic data from DoorDash is a bit alarming.
Second, people who use DoorDash pay an average of $63 for a meal from McDonald's. Sort of an odd place to look to gauge sensitivity to the cost of food.
Second, people who use DoorDash pay an average of $63 for a meal from McDonald's. Sort of an odd place to look to gauge sensitivity to the cost of food.
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
First, the federal government getting its economic data from DoorDash is a bit alarming.
Second, people who use DoorDash pay an average of $63 for a meal from McDonald's. Sort of an odd place to look to gauge sensitivity to the cost of food.
Second, people who use DoorDash pay an average of $63 for a meal from McDonald's. Sort of an odd place to look to gauge sensitivity to the cost of food.
Banks become richer, while people become poorer. Seems on brand for trump. A person who takes one of these mortgages pays 87% more in interest than on a 30-year loan.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
Trump just floated a 50-year mortgage. Is that a good idea? | CNN Business
Most first-time homebuyers in the United States take out 30-year mortgages. Under a new proposal from the Trump administration, they may soon have an even longer loan option.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Banks become richer, while people become poorer. Seems on brand for trump. A person who takes one of these mortgages pays 87% more in interest than on a 30-year loan.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
I would rather we are majorly inconvenienced by air travel as long as people keep their healthcare and SNAP benefits.
Mom and I have been stuck in the Atlanta airport for 7 hours now. She has been I trooper. I, on the other hand, am exhausted and cranky.
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I would rather we are majorly inconvenienced by air travel as long as people keep their healthcare and SNAP benefits.
Mom and I have been stuck in the Atlanta airport for 7 hours now. She has been I trooper. I, on the other hand, am exhausted and cranky.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Mom and I have been stuck in the Atlanta airport for 7 hours now. She has been I trooper. I, on the other hand, am exhausted and cranky.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
Everybody is so desperate for that interstellar comet to be an alien ship, what if it's just cake?
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Everybody is so desperate for that interstellar comet to be an alien ship, what if it's just cake?
The importance of down ballot voting.
New in PN: Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win
"Guess everyone got tired of waiting for $2 gas & decided to skip right to transgender for everyone! But across the US, there were dozens of significant down-ballot races where Dems cleaned up in ways that bode well for the future"
"Guess everyone got tired of waiting for $2 gas & decided to skip right to transgender for everyone! But across the US, there were dozens of significant down-ballot races where Dems cleaned up in ways that bode well for the future"
5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win
Ride the blue wave.
www.publicnotice.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The importance of down ballot voting.
Please don't be Tampa! 🤞
Shit!
Shit!
Fox & Friends displays a graphic of the 40 airports where flights will be reduced starting today during interview with Sean Duffy
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Please don't be Tampa! 🤞
Shit!
Shit!
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”
— Howard Zinn
— Howard Zinn
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”
— Howard Zinn
— Howard Zinn
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
WHOMST AMONGST US TBH
CASE CLOSE
CASE CLOSE
fisher was reunited with his best friend today and got so excited he pooped all over the floor 🫡
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
WHOMST AMONGST US TBH
CASE CLOSE
CASE CLOSE
Me picking up Mom at the door of the hotel:
Me: Hey little girl! Want a piece of candy? You just have to get in my car.
Mom: I'll take a piece of candy.
😂
Me: Mom, you're not supposed to take candy from strange people.
Mom: Michele, it's candy!
Me: Hey little girl! Want a piece of candy? You just have to get in my car.
Mom: I'll take a piece of candy.
😂
Me: Mom, you're not supposed to take candy from strange people.
Mom: Michele, it's candy!
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Me picking up Mom at the door of the hotel:
Me: Hey little girl! Want a piece of candy? You just have to get in my car.
Mom: I'll take a piece of candy.
😂
Me: Mom, you're not supposed to take candy from strange people.
Mom: Michele, it's candy!
Me: Hey little girl! Want a piece of candy? You just have to get in my car.
Mom: I'll take a piece of candy.
😂
Me: Mom, you're not supposed to take candy from strange people.
Mom: Michele, it's candy!
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
WTAF
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump’s Food Stamp Freeze
“Can’t follow the law when a judge says fund the program, but have to follow the rules exactly when they say don’t help poor people afford food,” one lawyer said.
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-te...
“Can’t follow the law when a judge says fund the program, but have to follow the rules exactly when they say don’t help poor people afford food,” one lawyer said.
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-te...
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
www.commondreams.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
WTAF
Mom's travel walker fits in airplane overhead compartments and under the seat. It fits under a two person restaurant booth. Amazing flight attendants and restaurant hostesses. Best $125 I've spent for travel.
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Mom's travel walker fits in airplane overhead compartments and under the seat. It fits under a two person restaurant booth. Amazing flight attendants and restaurant hostesses. Best $125 I've spent for travel.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
I do not agree Oz.
No part of it has passed.
People are still dying of acting infection. People are suffering with Long Covid. People have no idea what this has done to our bodies for the rest of our lives.
And we have never collectively mourned.
And look at us now.
Oz, you are wrong.
No part of it has passed.
People are still dying of acting infection. People are suffering with Long Covid. People have no idea what this has done to our bodies for the rest of our lives.
And we have never collectively mourned.
And look at us now.
Oz, you are wrong.
Dr Oz: “I think we all agree that Covid has passed”.
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I do not agree Oz.
No part of it has passed.
People are still dying of acting infection. People are suffering with Long Covid. People have no idea what this has done to our bodies for the rest of our lives.
And we have never collectively mourned.
And look at us now.
Oz, you are wrong.
No part of it has passed.
People are still dying of acting infection. People are suffering with Long Covid. People have no idea what this has done to our bodies for the rest of our lives.
And we have never collectively mourned.
And look at us now.
Oz, you are wrong.
That OH lawmakers felt they had to propose this bill is scary.
"Ohio Says Nohio
Ohio lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban people from marrying AI or robots.
The bill also says that AI systems can't own property or make legal decisions on behalf of people."
Credit: Market Briefs
"Ohio Says Nohio
Ohio lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban people from marrying AI or robots.
The bill also says that AI systems can't own property or make legal decisions on behalf of people."
Credit: Market Briefs
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
That OH lawmakers felt they had to propose this bill is scary.
"Ohio Says Nohio
Ohio lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban people from marrying AI or robots.
The bill also says that AI systems can't own property or make legal decisions on behalf of people."
Credit: Market Briefs
"Ohio Says Nohio
Ohio lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban people from marrying AI or robots.
The bill also says that AI systems can't own property or make legal decisions on behalf of people."
Credit: Market Briefs
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
My Mom has dementia. Time change sincerely makes our lives hell for many many weeks.
It can be havoc for some people with dementia, too. My mother-in-law's medical team spent a lot of work finetuning the time for her daily seroquel dose to prevent the worst of her extreme distress associated with sundowning, so you can imagine the lack of joy with which I greeted time change season.
"researchers estimate that permanent standard time would prevent some 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people having obesity."
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My Mom has dementia. Time change sincerely makes our lives hell for many many weeks.
Mama and I are watching War Games. Hmmmm... seems a little forecasting. Machine learning to avoid nuclear war. Sound familiar?
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Mama and I are watching War Games. Hmmmm... seems a little forecasting. Machine learning to avoid nuclear war. Sound familiar?
Some people workout. Some people go to the gym. Some people run. Some people attend classes. I have my Mama. She is my exercise program.
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Some people workout. Some people go to the gym. Some people run. Some people attend classes. I have my Mama. She is my exercise program.
Mom: oh, we are having salad. ☹️
Me: It's from Olive Garden.
Mom: I love their salads.
Me to myself: Olive Garden salads = good. All other salads = bad.
Me: It's from Olive Garden.
Mom: I love their salads.
Me to myself: Olive Garden salads = good. All other salads = bad.
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Mom: oh, we are having salad. ☹️
Me: It's from Olive Garden.
Mom: I love their salads.
Me to myself: Olive Garden salads = good. All other salads = bad.
Me: It's from Olive Garden.
Mom: I love their salads.
Me to myself: Olive Garden salads = good. All other salads = bad.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
Reposted by Michele - Librarian Secret Agent
It’s rich that those whose salaries have not been impacted by the shutdown have the temerity to disparage those fellow citizens dependent on nutritional assistance.
I think people should not go hungry in this country. Most of us - we are all one paycheck from disaster.
I think people should not go hungry in this country. Most of us - we are all one paycheck from disaster.
October 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s rich that those whose salaries have not been impacted by the shutdown have the temerity to disparage those fellow citizens dependent on nutritional assistance.
I think people should not go hungry in this country. Most of us - we are all one paycheck from disaster.
I think people should not go hungry in this country. Most of us - we are all one paycheck from disaster.