@oldwomanhermit.bsky.social
Book lover, dragon enthusiast, justice fighter, and tired soul
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Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
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"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Planned ‘No Kings’ protests grow in number after LA militarization: What organizers expect
'The numbers have skyrocketed': protest organizers expect massive crowds nationwide on June 14, including up to 250,000 in Los Angeles.
www.usatoday.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
If you’re ok with this (the treatment of a sitting Senator for doing his job) then YOU are the problem. I love this country more than I love a leader. This is not MY America. Unfriend, unfollow me you f*cking fascists
June 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you’re ok with this (the treatment of a sitting Senator for doing his job) then YOU are the problem. I love this country more than I love a leader. This is not MY America. Unfriend, unfollow me you f*cking fascists
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
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Who wants to tell him?
June 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Who wants to tell him?
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June 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
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“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.”
Huh. You don't say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
Huh. You don't say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.”
Huh. You don't say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
Huh. You don't say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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The right-wing: “Kilmar’s wife once filed a restraining order, so it’s fine he was thrown into a foreign prison.”
Cool story, fascists.
You elected a convicted rapist.
You made an accused rapist Secretary of Defense.
You just let the Tate brothers back into the U.S.
You don’t care about women.
Cool story, fascists.
You elected a convicted rapist.
You made an accused rapist Secretary of Defense.
You just let the Tate brothers back into the U.S.
You don’t care about women.
April 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The right-wing: “Kilmar’s wife once filed a restraining order, so it’s fine he was thrown into a foreign prison.”
Cool story, fascists.
You elected a convicted rapist.
You made an accused rapist Secretary of Defense.
You just let the Tate brothers back into the U.S.
You don’t care about women.
Cool story, fascists.
You elected a convicted rapist.
You made an accused rapist Secretary of Defense.
You just let the Tate brothers back into the U.S.
You don’t care about women.
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If the president can spend a quarter of his days in office golfing, corporations can give workers a four-day work week.
April 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If the president can spend a quarter of his days in office golfing, corporations can give workers a four-day work week.
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If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
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If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).
March 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).
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My Kingdom and more for anyone to realize that awarding yourself a government contract is not a conflict of interest. It's corruption. When the bank teller takes the money out of the cash drawer and puts it in his pocket that's not a conflict of interest either.
March 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My Kingdom and more for anyone to realize that awarding yourself a government contract is not a conflict of interest. It's corruption. When the bank teller takes the money out of the cash drawer and puts it in his pocket that's not a conflict of interest either.
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Florida man Andrew Dutil, 44, was arrested for driving his car, jumping the curb onto the sidewalk, and into a crowd of protesters. "He drove into a crowd of senior citizens," the West Palm Beach protest organizer said. Isn’t this domestic terrorism?
March 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Florida man Andrew Dutil, 44, was arrested for driving his car, jumping the curb onto the sidewalk, and into a crowd of protesters. "He drove into a crowd of senior citizens," the West Palm Beach protest organizer said. Isn’t this domestic terrorism?
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Talked to Tim Walz as he campaigned in Wisconsin. Thought his answer to one Q I'd had for Dems - if you come back in 2028, do you rebuild everything DOGE broke? - was interesting.
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Talked to Tim Walz as he campaigned in Wisconsin. Thought his answer to one Q I'd had for Dems - if you come back in 2028, do you rebuild everything DOGE broke? - was interesting.
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
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Civilization began when we stopped being cavemen hitting each other over the head, and agreed on a social contract to live in families and communities. In order to do that, you have to understand that hurting your neighbors is wrong.
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
On Musk, Empathy, and NPCs
In which we find out that Mary is an even bigger nerd than we thought
substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Civilization began when we stopped being cavemen hitting each other over the head, and agreed on a social contract to live in families and communities. In order to do that, you have to understand that hurting your neighbors is wrong.
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
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Chuck Schumer was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. Eventually the wheel of karma will turn again in the favor of sensible people, but God, am I tired of waiting.
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Chuck Schumer was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. Eventually the wheel of karma will turn again in the favor of sensible people, but God, am I tired of waiting.
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Trumpty-Dumpty is a bull. The American economy is his china shop.
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is a bull. The American economy is his china shop.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
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Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything.
March 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything.
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Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
March 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dear Humans,
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.
You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.
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