Carolyn Williams
@oldernbolder.bsky.social
Writing a young adult dystopian novel, building a food-forest, riding horses. My household contains four generations of family and most days we all still like each other. Lover of big ideas and democracy. Prone to quoting LOTR and Taylor Swift.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Wow. Pixar- amazing rendition
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wow. Pixar- amazing rendition
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I spoke with Betty. She was very emotional and asked me to tell you that “she would love to give each one of you a great big hug.” We’re so close to changing her life. If you can give $5 or $10, it would be awesome. If not, I completely understand, but a repost is free. Thanks very much.
I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I spoke with Betty. She was very emotional and asked me to tell you that “she would love to give each one of you a great big hug.” We’re so close to changing her life. If you can give $5 or $10, it would be awesome. If not, I completely understand, but a repost is free. Thanks very much.
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Chris’s whole post is amazing, including this, from E.B. White:
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Chris’s whole post is amazing, including this, from E.B. White:
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
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NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
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Some days the stupidity is so concentrated that I just feel like giving up on the idea of humanity.
The vast majority of homeowners with fire insurance never file a claim but we don't say fire insurance is a bad idea. Having the insurance *is* using the system. And I think that people actually understand this *because everyone needs health insurance*
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some days the stupidity is so concentrated that I just feel like giving up on the idea of humanity.
Yes, there's one thing we all know from every high school movie ever is that standing up to bullies only makes them stronger.
Every single one of these fucks is corrupt.
Bought and paid for To KILL PEOPLE.
Bought and paid for To KILL PEOPLE.
SENATOR ANGUS KING: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. It actually gave him more power."
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yes, there's one thing we all know from every high school movie ever is that standing up to bullies only makes them stronger.
Chuck is no Nancy Pelosi.
WATCH — @deanobeidallah.bsky.social : “This is the end of Chuck Schumer.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Chuck is no Nancy Pelosi.
Exactly. I know Dems are always gonna be Dems (I'm like this too so I get it) but Jesus help us, sometimes read the room.
And this is why I said Schumer's offer and then this vote were catastrophically stupid. They not only destroyed the leverage Dems had, it changed the headline from GOP cruelty to Dem weakness and ineptitude.
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Exactly. I know Dems are always gonna be Dems (I'm like this too so I get it) but Jesus help us, sometimes read the room.
Call, call, call. And share everywhere!
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Call, call, call. And share everywhere!
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Urgent need for food
We are a title 1 school
With the funding about to get cut we are going to have many hungry students
Please help with snacks or easy meals for our families
This is going to be an urgent need
#resist #proudblue #democrat #bluecrew #bluewave #teacher
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We are a title 1 school
With the funding about to get cut we are going to have many hungry students
Please help with snacks or easy meals for our families
This is going to be an urgent need
#resist #proudblue #democrat #bluecrew #bluewave #teacher
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Urgent need for food
We are a title 1 school
With the funding about to get cut we are going to have many hungry students
Please help with snacks or easy meals for our families
This is going to be an urgent need
#resist #proudblue #democrat #bluecrew #bluewave #teacher
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
We are a title 1 school
With the funding about to get cut we are going to have many hungry students
Please help with snacks or easy meals for our families
This is going to be an urgent need
#resist #proudblue #democrat #bluecrew #bluewave #teacher
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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so what you're saying is the centrist brunchlord substack punditry's claims that Dems have to shift further right to win is complete bullshit
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
so what you're saying is the centrist brunchlord substack punditry's claims that Dems have to shift further right to win is complete bullshit
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Huge wins in NJ, NY, VA, PA, CA collectively indicate that a bold repudiation of MAGA politics has taken hold. An honest headline might read: “Democrats are in array”..The rending-the-garments, down-in-the-dumps attitude about party’s future is due for adjustment
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Democrats in ‘Array’
What Tuesday’s Democratic sweep means
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Huge wins in NJ, NY, VA, PA, CA collectively indicate that a bold repudiation of MAGA politics has taken hold. An honest headline might read: “Democrats are in array”..The rending-the-garments, down-in-the-dumps attitude about party’s future is due for adjustment
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
This race is a microcosm of everything you need to know about politics in the United States. Can a hell of a good politician and charismatic person beat Big Money?
whatever you think about his policies, hard to deny that he is one hell of a talented politician
Locked in with @arimelber.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This race is a microcosm of everything you need to know about politics in the United States. Can a hell of a good politician and charismatic person beat Big Money?
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼Bingo
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼Bingo
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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BREAKING:
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING:
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.
In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.
Just stop this crap now. There is no comparison. And if there are more people on this one day, that just shows how few white people were brave enough (or non-racist enough) to show up in the 50s and 60s. Stop it.
Seeing people say that "by the numbers" Stancil is right about No Kings being bigger than the civil rights mvt. But no. That's not how any of this works.
It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.
It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just stop this crap now. There is no comparison. And if there are more people on this one day, that just shows how few white people were brave enough (or non-racist enough) to show up in the 50s and 60s. Stop it.