Bess Hambleton
@somanymoving.parts
Tea drinker, word lover, recovering lawyer, and maybe even sometimes a writer https://somanymoving.parts
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An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
In Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest Trump
They saw the Holocaust, WWII and Vietnam, and these senior protesters on Philly's Main Line have seen enough of Trump.
www.inquirer.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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me: coughs up cold-related gunk from my lungs, spits into tissue
the cat: there's a perfectly good sheepskin rug ~right there~
the cat: there's a perfectly good sheepskin rug ~right there~
April 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
me: coughs up cold-related gunk from my lungs, spits into tissue
the cat: there's a perfectly good sheepskin rug ~right there~
the cat: there's a perfectly good sheepskin rug ~right there~
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Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.
Target can't get its footing after its DEI program demise and a 40-day boycott against the retailer. Foot traffic at stores is down for the eighth consecutive week
For the week that began March 17, foot traffic fell 5.7% YoY for Target, according to data from Placer.ai.
fortune.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.
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I spoke with activist and educator @daniel-hunter.bsky.social about the current terrain of resistance under Trump and Musk, and how we can stay focused amid the chaos. "This is a really important time for some experiments," Daniel said.
Finding Your Stride in the Struggle
“This is the moment to find a new gear,” says organizer Daniel Hunter.
organizingmythoughts.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I spoke with activist and educator @daniel-hunter.bsky.social about the current terrain of resistance under Trump and Musk, and how we can stay focused amid the chaos. "This is a really important time for some experiments," Daniel said.
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
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Grover is quoting the inimitable @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social today!
February 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Grover is quoting the inimitable @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social today!
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you can look at this and say we're divided or you can look at this and say that a majority of americans oppose every one of these things
Americans are deeply divided when it comes to the details of President Trump's sweeping crackdown on immigration, according to a new @npr.org / @ipsosus.bsky.social poll.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
February 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
you can look at this and say we're divided or you can look at this and say that a majority of americans oppose every one of these things
It's true!! My "favorite Muppet" survey question has been validated! forms.gle/TGiJq6u9yJkF...
February 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's true!! My "favorite Muppet" survey question has been validated! forms.gle/TGiJq6u9yJkF...
Status: We are currently living through an era of Reliability of Information Crisis, or the RIC era, which feels like an appropriate acronym when everydangbody is getting metaphorically rick-rolled by misinformation or AI hallucination on a regular basis.
Proposal: ...
Proposal: ...
February 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Status: We are currently living through an era of Reliability of Information Crisis, or the RIC era, which feels like an appropriate acronym when everydangbody is getting metaphorically rick-rolled by misinformation or AI hallucination on a regular basis.
Proposal: ...
Proposal: ...
I hope you too share the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life 💖
Today’s poem is “Make the Ordinary Come Alive” by William Martin.
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I hope you too share the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life 💖
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So bizarre that this isn't considered a national crisis, especially by politicians on the left. We're sleepwalking into an environment where like 80% of available information is right-wing propaganda and the rest is behind a paywall.
You’d expect the rate at which newspapers eliminated jobs would taper off to exponential decay at some point, but no. They just keep firing people like they expect to go to 0 humans employed by 2030
January 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM
So bizarre that this isn't considered a national crisis, especially by politicians on the left. We're sleepwalking into an environment where like 80% of available information is right-wing propaganda and the rest is behind a paywall.
This is excellent.
With another wave of glowing media profiles of Trump supporters and "you out-of-touch elites just don't get his enduring appeal" op-eds, good time to re-up my @thebulwark.bsky.social piece "The Media Still Doesn't Get Biden Voters (and barely even tries)."
They're the national majority.
They're the national majority.
The Media Still Doesn’t Get Biden Voters
And barely even tries.
plus.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM
This is excellent.
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."
Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
January 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."
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Pretty sure I accidentally took a picture of a jumping spider having an existential crisis.
January 15, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Pretty sure I accidentally took a picture of a jumping spider having an existential crisis.
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