Maxine Schmidt
@rattlesnakemac.bsky.social
Double threat: Geologist/Librarian.
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Did you miss last night's Vance’sMondayNiteAcousticPajamaParty? Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=majY...
Vance’sMondayNiteAcousticPajamaParty #280 - MIXED BAG-O-TUNES
YouTube video by Vance Gilbert
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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Did you miss last night's Vance’sMondayNiteAcousticPajamaParty? Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=majY...
@maddow.msnbc.com
No Kings Day at Write Angles writers' conference! Franny Choi inspired us with her kkeynote!
No Kings Day at Write Angles writers' conference! Franny Choi inspired us with her kkeynote!
October 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com
No Kings Day at Write Angles writers' conference! Franny Choi inspired us with her kkeynote!
No Kings Day at Write Angles writers' conference! Franny Choi inspired us with her kkeynote!
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Episode 2 of “Keeping Hope Alive” features Dr. Sunny Shukla, Chief Medical Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
He talks about the challenges health care providers face, his commitment to protecting and caring for patients, + how volunteering builds community + hope.
Watch: youtu.be/20kvXlPCacA
He talks about the challenges health care providers face, his commitment to protecting and caring for patients, + how volunteering builds community + hope.
Watch: youtu.be/20kvXlPCacA
September 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Episode 2 of “Keeping Hope Alive” features Dr. Sunny Shukla, Chief Medical Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
He talks about the challenges health care providers face, his commitment to protecting and caring for patients, + how volunteering builds community + hope.
Watch: youtu.be/20kvXlPCacA
He talks about the challenges health care providers face, his commitment to protecting and caring for patients, + how volunteering builds community + hope.
Watch: youtu.be/20kvXlPCacA
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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President Trump's D.C. takeover is part of a broader, disturbing pattern of authoritarianism and militarism that we have seen from this administration -- both at home and abroad.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
This Week in the World: Trump's D.C. Takeover Shows Threat of Militarism at Home and Abroad | Friends Committee On National Legislation
We are deeply alarmed by President Donald Trump’s authoritarian moves this week to deploy troops into Washington, D.C. and seize control of the district’s police.This is unprecedented, unnecessary, un...
www.fcnl.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
President Trump's D.C. takeover is part of a broader, disturbing pattern of authoritarianism and militarism that we have seen from this administration -- both at home and abroad.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
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Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Did you know that Black women have to work 191 EXTRA DAYS into the year in order to earn as much as white men? 191 EXTRA days. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax.
This is #TheDoubleTax.
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Highlights Salary Disparities
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights the disparities around how much time it takes Black women to earn as much as their white male counterparts.
www.mississippifreepress.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Did you know that Black women have to work 191 EXTRA DAYS into the year in order to earn as much as white men? 191 EXTRA days. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax.
This is #TheDoubleTax.
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Silkway Airlines illegally transported missile launchers for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) F-35 fighter jets through Irish territory – just weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.
www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...
www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...
IDF missile launchers illegally transported over Ireland
Weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.
www.ontheditch.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Silkway Airlines illegally transported missile launchers for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) F-35 fighter jets through Irish territory – just weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.
www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...
www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS
The Saartjie Journal is accepting submissions for our first ever Summer 2026 issue. We accept poems, short stories, and visual art by black women creatives.
Visit saartjiejournal.org/submit for submission guidelines.
#AddToBlackSky
#booksky
The Saartjie Journal is accepting submissions for our first ever Summer 2026 issue. We accept poems, short stories, and visual art by black women creatives.
Visit saartjiejournal.org/submit for submission guidelines.
#AddToBlackSky
#booksky
March 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS
The Saartjie Journal is accepting submissions for our first ever Summer 2026 issue. We accept poems, short stories, and visual art by black women creatives.
Visit saartjiejournal.org/submit for submission guidelines.
#AddToBlackSky
#booksky
The Saartjie Journal is accepting submissions for our first ever Summer 2026 issue. We accept poems, short stories, and visual art by black women creatives.
Visit saartjiejournal.org/submit for submission guidelines.
#AddToBlackSky
#booksky
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I will surely come up with something thoughtful to say about the proposal to cut NASA's science budget in half, and especially one that reminds everyone that the cosmos is worth our curiosity and NASA explores it quite cheaply but also, FUCK FUCK FUCK, that's a major cut to climate change science 🧪
April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I will surely come up with something thoughtful to say about the proposal to cut NASA's science budget in half, and especially one that reminds everyone that the cosmos is worth our curiosity and NASA explores it quite cheaply but also, FUCK FUCK FUCK, that's a major cut to climate change science 🧪
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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THIS from @repmcgovern.bsky.social 👇
🚨 Trump’s speech tomorrow won’t mention this → he wants to slash food assistance for hungry families while handing billionaires another tax break.
Watch my remarks on the state of hunger in America here: youtu.be/_VJGlwotlMk?...
Watch my remarks on the state of hunger in America here: youtu.be/_VJGlwotlMk?...
McGovern Remarks on Hunger in America
YouTube video by Congressman Jim McGovern
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
THIS from @repmcgovern.bsky.social 👇
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Lily is my student!!! She is doing awesome things—please follow her and NTLCC!
Join our movement: ntlcc.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Lily is my student!!! She is doing awesome things—please follow her and NTLCC!
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
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Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary
January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary
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Early-career literary translators, here is a grant for you! You could apply for it and get some help bringing a precious translation baby into this world!
Words Without Borders Announces Third Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders
This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Early-career literary translators, here is a grant for you! You could apply for it and get some help bringing a precious translation baby into this world!
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ON JANUARY 20TH, READ MLK! READ ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT! READ ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION! READ ABOUT JIM CROW!
You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.
You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.
January 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ON JANUARY 20TH, READ MLK! READ ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT! READ ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION! READ ABOUT JIM CROW!
You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.
You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.
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I have muted
the name
of that man
who's orange
for which
you were probably
telling
me updates
Forgive me
he’s so atrocious
I'm tired
and so mad
the name
of that man
who's orange
for which
you were probably
telling
me updates
Forgive me
he’s so atrocious
I'm tired
and so mad
November 15, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I have muted
the name
of that man
who's orange
for which
you were probably
telling
me updates
Forgive me
he’s so atrocious
I'm tired
and so mad
the name
of that man
who's orange
for which
you were probably
telling
me updates
Forgive me
he’s so atrocious
I'm tired
and so mad