Ruth Radetsky
@ruthradetsky.bsky.social
Books, bicycling, bread, knitting, and, once upon a time, travel. I am a daughter and granddaughter of refugees from Nazi Germany, and I have learned from history.
Puts new meaning in, "There's lies, damn lies, and then there's statistics."
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/why-economists-are-criticizing-trumps-nominee-to-oversee-data-on-jobs-and-inflation
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/why-economists-are-criticizing-trumps-nominee-to-oversee-data-on-jobs-and-inflation
Why economists are criticizing Trump's nominee to oversee data on jobs and inflation
President Donald Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni's nom...
www.pbs.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Puts new meaning in, "There's lies, damn lies, and then there's statistics."
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/why-economists-are-criticizing-trumps-nominee-to-oversee-data-on-jobs-and-inflation
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/why-economists-are-criticizing-trumps-nominee-to-oversee-data-on-jobs-and-inflation
Nancy Pelosi voted against Rep. Al Green's resolution to impeach the president for bombing Iran. (She voted to table the resolution.) San Francisco, we can do better!
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nancy Pelosi voted against Rep. Al Green's resolution to impeach the president for bombing Iran. (She voted to table the resolution.) San Francisco, we can do better!
I am an old lady. I don't remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, though I was already a toddler when it happened. I think the Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight now than it has ever been in my lifetime.
#Doomsday #DontBombIran
#Doomsday #DontBombIran
June 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I am an old lady. I don't remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, though I was already a toddler when it happened. I think the Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight now than it has ever been in my lifetime.
#Doomsday #DontBombIran
#Doomsday #DontBombIran
"Congress shall make no law respecting ... the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#NoKings
#NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"Congress shall make no law respecting ... the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#NoKings
#NoKings
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
Filed amicus brief in 5th Circuit arguing courts facing current "invasion" claims under the Alien Enemies Act should heed history's lesson: when the govt claimed invasion to justify racial discrimination in 1942, military intelligence knew no such threat existed. www.eric-muller.net/wmm-v-trump-...
June 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Filed amicus brief in 5th Circuit arguing courts facing current "invasion" claims under the Alien Enemies Act should heed history's lesson: when the govt claimed invasion to justify racial discrimination in 1942, military intelligence knew no such threat existed. www.eric-muller.net/wmm-v-trump-...
May 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Devastated to learn that as of March 31 my pension fund, CalSTRS, owns $2 million of Trump Media, parent company to Truth Social. It might not be much in a $350 billion portfolio, but why would a teachers' pension fund invest in an anti-education social media platform?
May 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Devastated to learn that as of March 31 my pension fund, CalSTRS, owns $2 million of Trump Media, parent company to Truth Social. It might not be much in a $350 billion portfolio, but why would a teachers' pension fund invest in an anti-education social media platform?
All Ears
5/15/25 - Paying attention to the world as it is
jasonanthony.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
Postal Service leaders on Friday selected David Steiner, a member of FedEx’s board, to be the country’s next postmaster general.
Postal Service Selects FedEx Board Member as Next Postmaster General
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Postal Service leaders on Friday selected David Steiner, a member of FedEx’s board, to be the country’s next postmaster general.
In Sacramento, waiting for the CalSTRS board meeting to start.
May 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In Sacramento, waiting for the CalSTRS board meeting to start.
"To produce a new smartphone requires hundreds of pounds of fossil fuels, dozens of pounds of chemicals, and at least one ton of water... A smartphone needs approximately a car's worth of materials in weight to manufacture."
from Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp
from Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"To produce a new smartphone requires hundreds of pounds of fossil fuels, dozens of pounds of chemicals, and at least one ton of water... A smartphone needs approximately a car's worth of materials in weight to manufacture."
from Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp
from Waste Wars, by Alexander Clapp
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
This is America.
April 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is America.
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
#TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)
Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!
Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) or email "Board@CalSTRS.com".
Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!
Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) or email "Board@CalSTRS.com".
Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#TeslaTakedown at #CalSTRS board mtg, Wed., May 7, 11:15 am (100 Waterfront Pl., W. Sacramento)
Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!
Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) or email "Board@CalSTRS.com".
Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
Tell CalSTRS to sell its $1B of TSLA!
Comment in person or by phone (866-236-6010) or email "Board@CalSTRS.com".
Details:
www.calstrs.com/files/d163c7...
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Joy of Cooking, 1975 ed., by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Joy of Cooking, 1975 ed., by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
March 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Joy of Cooking, 1975 ed., by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Joy of Cooking, 1975 ed., by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
COs working in a WW2 Japanese internment camp. Sadly, very timely.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
COs working in a WW2 Japanese internment camp. Sadly, very timely.
March 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
COs working in a WW2 Japanese internment camp. Sadly, very timely.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
COs working in a WW2 Japanese internment camp. Sadly, very timely.
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
Scoop today in the Times of India based on emails received by foreign students in the USA:
"Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
"Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism - The Times of India
US News: Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus act.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Scoop today in the Times of India based on emails received by foreign students in the USA:
"Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
"Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Book of Kells, by R. A. Mac Avoy. Time travel, Ireland and a quest.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Book of Kells, by R. A. Mac Avoy. Time travel, Ireland and a quest.
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Book of Kells, by R. A. Mac Avoy. Time travel, Ireland and a quest.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Book of Kells, by R. A. Mac Avoy. Time travel, Ireland and a quest.
Reposted by Ruth Radetsky
Florida bill to allow teens to work all night and go to school all day moving forward. Florida striving to become the first state to negate all child labor laws.
Florida bill to allow teens to work overnight hours on school days moves forward
The proposal, which builds on the 2024 law, sparked heated debate, with critics of the plan saying it would lead to exploitation of children and proponents calling it a "parental rights" issue.
www.cbsnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Florida bill to allow teens to work all night and go to school all day moving forward. Florida striving to become the first state to negate all child labor laws.
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Falling Off the Roof, poems by Karen Lindsey. >>> Abraham Lincoln and the Pig.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Falling Off the Roof, poems by Karen Lindsey. >>> Abraham Lincoln and the Pig.
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Falling Off the Roof, poems by Karen Lindsey. >>> Abraham Lincoln and the Pig.
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Falling Off the Roof, poems by Karen Lindsey. >>> Abraham Lincoln and the Pig.
Words fail me.
Trump's pick for ambassador to South Africa was part of a coalition that opposed the fight against apartheid that hosted hearings featuring Jesse Helms and a man linked to the apartheid regime's military. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight to End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Words fail me.
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
March 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The challenge: Post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen