I don't understand how anyone who has ever had to fight their health insurance company to get them to pay for contracted, lifesaving care, or anyone in #MedicalDebt, or anyone who has had to forgo necessary medications or care that aren't covered, can think that #immigration is the biggest problem this country faces.  Who is actually harming you and your family? The corporate media will keep you angry at all the wrong people. #USPolitics #HealthInsurance #NothingMakesSense


“Republican women gleefully exploit sexual violence, crying giant crocodile tears over rape and other gendered violence, when in reality, they do everything they can to screw over actual victims.” By nostr:npub1xl4za5hgxenv72asd987pz0lvlkjus2ehydfc09ytrzqrd6teemq9ltyta

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/12/women-dont-care-about-rape-victims/


The disrespect I have no choice but to put up with makes me sharply intolerant of the disrespect I do not have to put up with.


I think I’m the problem here.


Just had an interesting phone call with a retired #attorney friend who is on a mission to teach every #judge in the US to identify veiled #SovereignCitizen rhetoric in their courtroom and respond appropriately instead of letting pro se defendants waste time, clog up the courts, and run up costs. I don’t understand why judges don’t already know this, but since they don’t, I’m glad my friend is on the case. She’s a 70-something 3x cancer survivor, and she’s not here for anyone’s nonsense! #LawFedi


nostr:npub1ct57qzxsw290dmvghg6cqqww7hd5sxfvpnkk593arsz0y6sgfg5q4630u7 But at least we’re not in a cult.


“What made him vulnerable? Partly, he blames his #education. ‘I wasn’t taught how to assess information or how to do research,’ he says. ‘I don’t think I lacked intelligence but I was very naive about politics and how the world actually works.’”
#InformationLiteracy

Escape from the rabbit hole: the #conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/04/escape-from-the-rabbit-hole-the-conspiracy-theorist-who-abandoned-his-dangerous-beliefs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


nostr:npub1a4602y8ezqk72y809qs0j3q3g52fgrynjwmzw0qgy0564z93xpxqgya6zk Yep! Still chugging along there and trying to find ways to be happy in the interim! Thanks for counting down with me! ;-)


nostr:npub1ch8h6w93rmltshal675mfez70exm0y05sctgtuq0zcv57uqf2pdsuhmjfs I learned a bit as a child, but not enough to be confident. I'm going to try some pajama pants the next slow weekend, and if I can make that work, I'm going to try some comfy pants I can wear to work.


If I learn to sew, I could have comfy pants in any color or pattern I want. I'm just sitting here with this powerful knowledge.


Dug up some documents I created in 2006 on teaching research skills and information literacy in high schoosl, and despite everything that has changed, I'm shocked at how relevant most of it still is. I really thought we'd have a handle on teaching these skills by now!


Text: “Even the speaker of the house was surprised when the leopards ate his face.”

https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/111/173/636/076/393/351/original/76723a4a74c4b7c2.jpeg


Kevin McCarthy's thought bubble:
"I don't GET it! Nancy made it look EASY!"


“Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, makes a pitch to Democrats: ‘I recognize that my friends have a very complex partisan personal and political calculations to make. I wouldn’t presume to give them any advice about that,’ he said. But he warns them: ‘Think long and hard until you plunge us into chaos.’l

I’m sorry—WHO is plunging WHOM into chaos????????

The Chaos Conference has some words of wisdom for us all. These people.


Achievement unlocked: flu shot.


nostr:npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c I’m going to guess that you’re watching whatever my son is yelling at the TV about downstairs!


nostr:npub1nuprzcjrhxjp5h5kcx5fd8vpxeashera8shv9q3pp8c6mhfamx3slq9uxw I would bet money that this is already being endlessly forwarded by  people don’t realize it’s The Onion.


nostr:npub1knzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqpac73p An ADJUNCT!!! I’m glad the Nobel comes with a substantial cash award.


nostr:npub1t7mnu9ndgj9aqgett0zasz2nj8kztqsu5s2tjv4kx5l73c8m7vqsy3h3sa nostr:npub1a84tmgpk7wgwypwgud3jcl89jsletefts6cd0mpnacceyy50u72s4kwlgu Pelosi made it look easy!


nostr:npub1t7mnu9ndgj9aqgett0zasz2nj8kztqsu5s2tjv4kx5l73c8m7vqsy3h3sa Yeah, I know. I’m not going to get to laugh this hard.


I will never stop laughing if Kevin McCarthy’s incompetence results in Hakeem Jeffries being voted Speaker of the House.


nostr:npub1xsymv0rcpcxj360a5274hx2l8d46lhfrz82w0ra3e0kneqkwkxysyxcevg nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx “celebrates”


nostr:npub1vas644t8csldup2urawml7lzuxmqhr43pelcvlzk540neflwhvwqpparfr I want them all, although I don’t know exactly what I’d do with them, other than fill my fountain pens and amuse myself.


Looking at ink samples is soothing.
https://www.gouletpens.com/products/best-selling-sheeners-ink-sample-set


nostr:npub1mdfaxa48x3ra3hx7zmn7smws9fsqn7ckcrqx4gkaz28nat9gdnvqrvxh8c Amazing shot!


Lol! I always say that my ideas of what people do for a living come from a Richard Scarry book! When I write characters with jobs in offices, I have to ask my friends who work in the private sector to explain to me what exactly people with these jobs do all day.

From: nostr:npub1dpk59cym72e20rj5kzth35hzqt6vlp0u26yk62qxpn5metv3stfq0wwczc
https://mastodon.social/@mcnees/111155752790443209


I never pay attention to the #shutdown stuff anymore because they usually work it out without any input from me. Shutdowns are extraordinarily unpopular. Nobody in Congress really wants one except the lunatic fringe. So I don’t need to read or listen to hours of analysis gaming out the possibilities. That’s one chunk of time I feel free to reclaim.


nostr:npub13vqa7560vjny2yczqa7jfxejhtvg6davc0u3xhm4rnawzkf673vsl206zw I love this!


nostr:npub192rpywnnvcp3dcp7fzscu3c6ftk70wf8re0emg6n67hqqmq8s6sstt6pt8 Alas, I have not.


If I were facing 91 criminal charges and lived on hamburgers, Diet Coke, and spite, I'm pretty sure I'd be dead already.


“Trump…was repeating the automaker line that industry is benevolent and it's #unions that are the problem: ‘You're striking for wages but your jobs are only going to be here for two or three years if you're lucky.’”
“‘Your current negotiations don't mean as much as you think,’ Trump said, continuing his theme that workers themselves are not to be trusted, but that they need his guiding hand to know what is good for them.”nostr:npub1xl4za5hgxenv72asd987pz0lvlkjus2ehydfc09ytrzqrd6teemq9ltyta
#UawStrike #labor
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/28/a-study-in-contrasts-biden-stands-with-auto-workers-while-looks-down-upon-them/


nostr:npub1euuzgycyf2sm39zl75m6f4ysz3rjds04crcjz4nsuxev6v9ll9ls9rzt0g nostr:npub1t7mnu9ndgj9aqgett0zasz2nj8kztqsu5s2tjv4kx5l73c8m7vqsy3h3sa That’s not clear yet. That is one possible outcome.


Especially if it turns out that $250 million is his actual net worth.


The ruling yesterday doesn’t take Trump’s businesses away from him. It’s not like civil forfeiture. Only in the most extreme case could he be forced to sell them, and it’s not at all clear that would be the outcome, anyway. And he still gets to keep the money if he sells it. I wonder if people were getting a little overexcited yesterday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/nyregion/trump-fraud-lawyers.html?unlocked_article_code=gsi7KeQZR7Sf960t4Re0MCtU_XnECPoRNlaWt8OWRs2qRMaKleKad7jzvEK2mcgyd1bOBXITcnm3lhGI0-n-zDJRDkPE-WvpJuh2W60YItKl8BiNwn18FXL_Ib_XA8mltfagw5vnS8F4KUC59ysaHLv694bA4UQq-HeKm1PFZleqvOE7Oqp64Oe-AKYZba9KHj6N0VvagzupgmuOrceueB6rqvcnL0h7QWo7PvWYOxq6OIYnERkOtYce6lSAQKcTYBsAWFB3ZdI4CFOevxTYz6i8BjgiFHkFWIGZth9iLYtQd3r0Kn7dukbTmrpNcmOqkbCWRqrhrz-V_FTOuK8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


nostr:npub15daq2gc68hwdmedt9pw54tuw6dlcfzgw8wht8m532qlnll525tpq22vyfz That’s exactly how I feel about it.


Unfortunately, we have school superintendents and Boards of Education who believe the same thing. A five-minute conversation with a history teacher could clear that up for them, but they will never ask.

From: nostr:npub1wfe9ac90mlz755e9mm5mqufthg9cg6kqclpum00jfv6drvhxthgqwzkewj
https://historians.social/@tkinias/111139710905595219


I think maybe Stephen Colbert will have a joke or two about the indictments that have happened in his absence.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/late-night-talk-shows-return-post-wga-strike-1235733847/


I have to write seven letters of recommendation for it fantastic students that any college would be lucky to have. I’m definitely not writing that about any of them!


nostr:npub1j23049fak06q7qqp4enmp6t2hspjl78h2s7dxva8skpck6v3z8qqltcrgz My rule is that I never invest in anything I don’t understand. And I never understood how NFTs could have any value.


How not to write a college letter of recommendation.
"This kid is about what you would expect."


nostr:npub1ftsyhhswcey96ch8ja4n4zztu6qautve6nj8hjf3m93hdws92vnsute2q0 I’m listening to the last book again and wondering how the Library will operate now, without the forces that were steering it before, especially if the senior librarians can’t acknowledge the truth to themselves. I will enjoy pondering that!


Julie Goldberg

#Teacher, #librarian, #writer, #reader. #Neurodivergent. Former NY State Senate candidate. Advanced degrees in #literature, #education, and #library & information science, but none of them are doctorates so it doesn't count. I teach students to understand and make strong arguments because it's the best I can do now for #democracy and the #climate. I love #journalists, #historians, #scientists, and other truth-seekers. Oh, and I've written two novels and raised two children. She/her


nostr:npub1x45rggqlwscw4ay069ug7gne5rqql7csjwpjcy858fttcfr2m9kq0hpa5r You’re not required to think about them until Friday.


Any shirt can be no-iron if you refuse to iron anything.


nostr:npub1yrd7u8e34ypqzlc8qzr07dxeku2m7ceqdym900qhm67r0kazccqq4302mv Lol! Whatever works!


Once, years ago, I described my #ExecutiveFunction thusly:
Normally, it's slinking around dusty antique bookstores and dark cafes. It doesn't answer its cell phone. It doesn't send a postcard. It follows its own mysterious schedule and the promptings of its own inscrutable heart.


nostr:npub1fz72fc0cu4pkqnxhm6ugzad2j3eeyqkyet9a4a2u78xmcelx09xqjhjvtl This is the content I’m here for.


Trending topics here leave a lot to be desired. I want to know what people are talking and thinking about, and I refuse to believe that so many of you are thinking about windows every Friday.


Trans people are incredibly brave. I think one reason they get so much bullying is that others are jealous of their courage to be so deeply and publicly themselves. Most people aren’t, about so many aspects of themselves. The world is keeping secrets and trying to fit in and burying their pain, and trans people are like, “No. Fuck that. Life is too short.”


nostr:npub1e7aspere8akg58hg66mfhejpfpvhqza3rx2gpuh68xlz0w020ujqr0sq82 Safety first!


nostr:npub1e7aspere8akg58hg66mfhejpfpvhqza3rx2gpuh68xlz0w020ujqr0sq82 You know you want to.


nostr:npub1wj5ja4ey6rk3j4wccjtqwca7vvx5nca6jypkt825rfwrq0f9u78s68m5a4 Thank you!


“How long can a democracy last when its elected leaders live in fear of physical violence from their constituents?” Never thought I’d be interested in anything Mitt Romney had to say, but I’m not sorry I read this.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/


Pro-Russia U.S. right-wingers should be having a tough week explaining to the press and public why they are joining Kim Jong-on in supporting Putin’s assault on Ukraine, rather than siding with our allies in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty. But they are so rarely called on to explain themselves.


A friend I see occasionally, who has serious health problems and is often rather isolated, sent me a Facebook message today that said “Departing.” I panicked, thinking that he was about to die and was letting me know. I dropped everything and called him, then quickly understood that he was in the car, in sound health and cheery mood, on his way (but running late) to visit someone else named Julie and had been trying to let her know that he had left his house. That was scary!


nostr:npub192rpywnnvcp3dcp7fzscu3c6ftk70wf8re0emg6n67hqqmq8s6sstt6pt8 No idea.


Genuinely good #health advice. Gift link.

https://wapo.st/3Lkp5Dl


Trying very hard to be okay these days.


It would take a Constitutional amendment to fix this for the President, VP, SCOTUS Justices, Senators and Congresscritters, but we need mandatory retirement by age 80. One of the many problems in our democracy is that long-term incumbency is an enormous political advantage. A long-serving person with a huge campaign chest and nearly universal name recognition is almost impossible to beat. Gerontocracy is the result, and it’s not serving us well.


nostr:npub187z4zq0gmlzs3hmgj398ynrfurjltu6xm5nvdmuv8c2c0vqdnygqjml5at I needed a rest day today, and I’m surprised to learn that the positive effects seem to have carried over from the previous three mornings! Glad to hear your afternoons are working for you!


nostr:npub1vfa3fqylseewdgv0235wwvshtvxfuvejmrj4c2n37xdw9gf7fl5seypg2d I have QT function in the IceCubes app.


Lots of good news here! Gift link. #electricvehicles #CleanEnergy

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/clean-energy-us-fossil-fuels.html?unlocked_article_code=eCoRgQG-uiYmavq5Dr_waLay0klMoJBGQDsjofWAjS4xEfhhpFgbwbi4lfpph_goGCt0c5aJdabT7a6g4DwC44Zxw5p9Y0try3_QnYGz6OFbCv2wC_TRjAOzO6bEf_YZlkZBtW11FWIqRc2A9b8yIqjQ2shG6QCVrf7EB7peht1L5OHAiMeYMaoXKqvWUnmXwZM4S_K_o41AZlRDZ1JBcsa97t0jQC3tRYaeK8MKgsaOZjh9Z18rJeDxqQPLzwvjp-gtSDtrr00WNEcLRyTFfrLQKF3g6ZzYv5M9p1lRmiST_0KgdvzpS2HI0oYJ9x0VgRnFysqQtcInVWS0vfJfeIw6giYz7XPgkm3RYaD-qu5kZ2_2ovc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Reality has a way of getting the last word.