@thespicedlife.bsky.social
On hiatus from my food blog The Spiced Life. Lover of live music, pets (Team Dog), Michigan Wolverines sports and reproductive health care. #GoBlue
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March 2025: "After Trump’s election it was possible to believe that America would merely become indifferent to the NATO countries. It’s now clear that the United States sees these former allies as prey. There can be no mistake about this."
Taking Greenland Seriously
What JD Vance’s speech means for the future of European security.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
March 2025: "After Trump’s election it was possible to believe that America would merely become indifferent to the NATO countries. It’s now clear that the United States sees these former allies as prey. There can be no mistake about this."
Dear @duolingo why can’t you have a button that says pause my streak and all of my activity for a week because I’m having brain surgery? Now I’m being demoted darn it.
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Dear @duolingo why can’t you have a button that says pause my streak and all of my activity for a week because I’m having brain surgery? Now I’m being demoted darn it.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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BJ Barnham is a hell of a song writer and I’m always jealous of songwriters ability to do in a sentence what I can sometimes do in a paragraph.
September 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
BJ Barnham is a hell of a song writer and I’m always jealous of songwriters ability to do in a sentence what I can sometimes do in a paragraph.
@americanaquarium.bsky.social I need a sequel to The World Is On Fire… to feel leas alone, to make sense of this shit and to keep me sane. Pls come back to Pittsburgh after June (I have brain surgery in March). I need an AA concert so effing bad.
March 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
@americanaquarium.bsky.social I need a sequel to The World Is On Fire… to feel leas alone, to make sense of this shit and to keep me sane. Pls come back to Pittsburgh after June (I have brain surgery in March). I need an AA concert so effing bad.
I rarely share MoveOn petitions but this one is a no brainer. sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education
Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...
sign.moveon.org
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I rarely share MoveOn petitions but this one is a no brainer. sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
Hilarious and so true.
I still go out to listen to my favourite music.
It's just now it's playing at the grocery store, not the club.
It's just now it's playing at the grocery store, not the club.
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hilarious and so true.
Music is how I connect with my id and process my emotions. All of which is to say I have music on all day and all night and I couldn’t identify a C note to save my life.
Music fans what’s your favourite note? I’d have to say mine is Middle C. You just can’t beat the classics!
March 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Music is how I connect with my id and process my emotions. All of which is to say I have music on all day and all night and I couldn’t identify a C note to save my life.
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Female, women, black, disability, Latinx, Native American, nonbinary, trans, immigrants, and more - all banned.
Disgusting and terrifying
And yet
We refuse to be erased
#feminist
Disgusting and terrifying
And yet
We refuse to be erased
#feminist
As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump (Gift Article)
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Female, women, black, disability, Latinx, Native American, nonbinary, trans, immigrants, and more - all banned.
Disgusting and terrifying
And yet
We refuse to be erased
#feminist
Disgusting and terrifying
And yet
We refuse to be erased
#feminist
The Next Generation of Immigration Activists Is Growing Impatient
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The Next Generation of Immigration Activists Is Growing Impatient
They’re turning to social media—and building major audiences there—in hopes of rallying more folks against Trump.
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March 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Next Generation of Immigration Activists Is Growing Impatient
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With apologies to every innocent NeverTrumper American manufacturer of alcohol out there, this makes me so happy. Keep it up Canada!
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
March 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
With apologies to every innocent NeverTrumper American manufacturer of alcohol out there, this makes me so happy. Keep it up Canada!
@bigtenplus.bsky.social anyone else getting no volume/sound on b1g+???
March 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@bigtenplus.bsky.social anyone else getting no volume/sound on b1g+???
Hey fellow music lovers don’t forget today is Bandcamp Friday and the entirety of what you pay for your digital download music will go to the artist.
March 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hey fellow music lovers don’t forget today is Bandcamp Friday and the entirety of what you pay for your digital download music will go to the artist.
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This American is most certainly NOT with that embarrassment of a president and vice president. Ridiculous, childish, churlish behavior to an INVITED guest. How dare Secretary Rubio commend their behavior?!
February 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This American is most certainly NOT with that embarrassment of a president and vice president. Ridiculous, childish, churlish behavior to an INVITED guest. How dare Secretary Rubio commend their behavior?!
That was the moment I believe that Vance realized he and Trump were gonna come off looking weak and stupid. Instead they just look like weak, stupid bullies whose presence in the White House will be a mystery to future generations.
Trump and Vance showed a level of crassness and vulgarity never seen before in the White House with a foreign leader and guest. They were the worst kind of ignorant disgusting bully. They’ve turned our nation into a global embarrassment. And a global threat.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
That was the moment I believe that Vance realized he and Trump were gonna come off looking weak and stupid. Instead they just look like weak, stupid bullies whose presence in the White House will be a mystery to future generations.
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An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Transgender Service Members Aren’t the Problem
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Transgender Service Members Aren’t the Problem
The problem is people in high office who can’t recognize bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Transgender Service Members Aren’t the Problem
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Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.
February 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.
I keep thinking that I cannot possibly get more humiliated, mortified and embarrassed as an American citizen. But today, Trump and Vance took that bar and blew it out of the water. I apologize to President Zelensky on behalf of the president and vice president who are nothing but bullies.
February 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I keep thinking that I cannot possibly get more humiliated, mortified and embarrassed as an American citizen. But today, Trump and Vance took that bar and blew it out of the water. I apologize to President Zelensky on behalf of the president and vice president who are nothing but bullies.
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Even if you *agree* with Trump that we should greatly prioritize our own problems, you should support foreign aid. For a fraction of our budget, we can reduce the sorts of problems abroad that can eventually make it to our borders.
What USAID Really Did in Ukraine
Want to reform U.S. foreign aid or criticize its strategic importance? Start by getting the facts right.
www.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Even if you *agree* with Trump that we should greatly prioritize our own problems, you should support foreign aid. For a fraction of our budget, we can reduce the sorts of problems abroad that can eventually make it to our borders.
Don't look away. And even more important, demand better for our veterans. #NIH #FundtheVA #HoldtheDODAccountable
The Silent Battle open.substack.com/pub/grumpyco...
The Silent Battle open.substack.com/pub/grumpyco...
The Silent Battle
A Call to Action for Our Veterans
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February 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Don't look away. And even more important, demand better for our veterans. #NIH #FundtheVA #HoldtheDODAccountable
The Silent Battle open.substack.com/pub/grumpyco...
The Silent Battle open.substack.com/pub/grumpyco...
If starving, toddlers, and preventing the spread of Ebola, have not convinced you then please read this. USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
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USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If starving, toddlers, and preventing the spread of Ebola, have not convinced you then please read this. USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
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Please @starbucks FIGHT THIS www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/b...
The legal war on DEI begins: Missouri sues Starbucks over its diversity programs | CNN Business
Missouri sued Starbucks this week, alleging the chain’s push to hire and promote more people of color and women violated anti-discrimination laws and slowed down coffee orders.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Please @starbucks FIGHT THIS www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/b...
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Vance needs to go home and stay there
The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting
February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Vance needs to go home and stay there
The real lesson of the DOGE racist tweets scandal - Vox
February 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The real lesson of the DOGE racist tweets scandal - Vox