@smallbutfeisty.bsky.social
I dig books, educating, finding patterns from history, Dave Matthews Band, NJ, the Oxford comma, and Volkswagen. Find the Firedancers on my VW. Mom of 2 great humans. Still feisty.
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Teaching has really cut into my reading time, and for that, I am very resentful.
August 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Teaching has really cut into my reading time, and for that, I am very resentful.
I stumbled on this book on some "preparing for autocracy" book list, but this one is hitting too close perhaps and I have to put it down. Has anyone successfully read Prophet Song and can encourage me? #booksky
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I stumbled on this book on some "preparing for autocracy" book list, but this one is hitting too close perhaps and I have to put it down. Has anyone successfully read Prophet Song and can encourage me? #booksky
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The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr
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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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BREAKING: Donald Trump says he's directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants in the U.S. illegally.
Trump directing the opening of Guantanamo Bay detention center to hold migrants in US illegally
President Donald Trump says he’s directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump says he's directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants in the U.S. illegally.
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"Unless this war [WWII] sounds the death knell to the old Anglo-American empire. . . of exploitation for the profit and power of a monopoly capitalist economy, it will have been fought in vain."
#tdih 1941 A. Philip Randolph calls for March on Washington
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-...
#tdih 1941 A. Philip Randolph calls for March on Washington
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-...
Jan. 25, 1941: A. Philip Randolph and March on Washington
A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, made the official call for a march on Washington, with the demand to end segregation in defense industries.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Unless this war [WWII] sounds the death knell to the old Anglo-American empire. . . of exploitation for the profit and power of a monopoly capitalist economy, it will have been fought in vain."
#tdih 1941 A. Philip Randolph calls for March on Washington
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-...
#tdih 1941 A. Philip Randolph calls for March on Washington
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-...
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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It’s fun trying to find that line between “I need to remain vigilant of the horrors afoot” and also “oh no my heart is racing and my jaw is making weird creaky sounds and I can taste pennies.”
January 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It’s fun trying to find that line between “I need to remain vigilant of the horrors afoot” and also “oh no my heart is racing and my jaw is making weird creaky sounds and I can taste pennies.”
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The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
apnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
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Today, we are publishing new guidance and resources from the New Jersey Department of Education to help schools safeguard students.
Every child deserves the right to attend school without fear. nj.gov/education/se...
Every child deserves the right to attend school without fear. nj.gov/education/se...
nj.gov
January 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today, we are publishing new guidance and resources from the New Jersey Department of Education to help schools safeguard students.
Every child deserves the right to attend school without fear. nj.gov/education/se...
Every child deserves the right to attend school without fear. nj.gov/education/se...
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When we are powerless to impact the outside world, we can spend time working on our internal world.
Don’t let despair about the world stop you from improving yourself.
The future You might be exactly what the outside world needs.
There’s always something you can do.
Don’t let despair about the world stop you from improving yourself.
The future You might be exactly what the outside world needs.
There’s always something you can do.
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When we are powerless to impact the outside world, we can spend time working on our internal world.
Don’t let despair about the world stop you from improving yourself.
The future You might be exactly what the outside world needs.
There’s always something you can do.
Don’t let despair about the world stop you from improving yourself.
The future You might be exactly what the outside world needs.
There’s always something you can do.
I gave blood on Sunday for one contribution to National Day of Service and also re-started this. I hope I finish before it's due this time. #BookSky
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I gave blood on Sunday for one contribution to National Day of Service and also re-started this. I hope I finish before it's due this time. #BookSky
Same.
Sometimes i listen to BBC World Service radio to just listen to the beautiful British accents not knowing or caring what they are talking about at all.
January 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Same.
And until I figure out this app, I guess I'll just post things I like in the hopes the right people find me. Here are the goodest dogs.
January 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
And until I figure out this app, I guess I'll just post things I like in the hopes the right people find me. Here are the goodest dogs.
Another thing I did yesterday was a run in the cold. Who am I?
January 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Another thing I did yesterday was a run in the cold. Who am I?
Yesterday and today, I made a thing. It has bubbles, the best part of a pizza. I hope Sourdough number 3 is great but I didn't give it as much attention as the others.
January 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yesterday and today, I made a thing. It has bubbles, the best part of a pizza. I hope Sourdough number 3 is great but I didn't give it as much attention as the others.