The Wendy Lady
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The Wendy Lady
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Reader, traveler, and educator.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I finally have a word to describe what I've been feeling.
Bonus points if you use this word in your next 'Out Of Office' reply.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is worth a read if you want to feel slightly better about the current state of the world.
If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
February 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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New button just dropped.
February 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Please use the link to oppose HB 1038, which is currently in committee. It's blatantly anti-trans and attempts to, once again, allow the government to make decisions that should be between an individual and their doctor. app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038
Washington State Legislature - Public Bill Comments
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February 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And here comes the concentration camp. I really thought it would take longer than 2 weeks to get here.
President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of people who can’t be sent back to their home countries.
Trump wants to hold up to 30,000 detained migrants at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what to know
President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold…
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January 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm not sure about Stage 2, but Stages 1, 3, & 4, possibly 5, and definitely 6 are clearly happening to trans people and immigrants, right now, in the USA. Stand up for the people you know & care about, or there will be no one left to stand up for you! hmd.org.uk/learn-about-...
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | The ten stages of genocide
Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances which occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place. The ten stages of genocide are; classificati...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Time to read it again?
📖 On this day in 1813 Pride and Prejudice was published whilst Jane Austen was living in this very House.

🎉 We now know this day as #PrideandPrejudiceDay, and celebrate this globally beloved novel!
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We must never forget.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jan 27
Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.
Auschwitz holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation
Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.
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January 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not that I shop there very often, but that will now become never.
Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack from conservative activists and, as of this week, the White House.
Target says it is ending its DEI goals and programs, citing an 'evolving external landscape'
Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come…
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January 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack from conservative activists and, as of this week, the White House.
Target says it is ending its DEI goals and programs, citing an 'evolving external landscape'
Discount store chain Target said Friday that it would join rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come…
buff.ly
January 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WA voters: HB 1296 will protect students from gender discrimination, prevent schools from outing students to parents, and allow students to enroll without a fixed address, among other things. There will be a hearing in Olympia on Jan 23. Submit your PRO position here: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
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January 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM