Elizabeth
Here I am.
White, straight, married, LISTENING and learning. Voted blue all the way down. Deeply distressed by election and immediate aftermath.
Interested in following art, writing, photography, weather, storm chasing, animals (esp cats). And politics
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- I was previewing quiz questions for 6th graders tomorrow. “How do you know a site is trustworthy?” One of the possible answers is “The address ends in .edu or .gov.” Sadly, no longer correct.
- Reposted by ElizabethEvery year at Candlemas, great drifts of snow-drops bloomed across Old Fox's village; miraculous, unadorned, pilt into the pale February sunlight from the dark, moleish earth below. In the churchyard around the graves and by the yew trees, across the green, in cottage gardens and under wayside oaks,
- Reposted by ElizabethAt the core of devastation can we,should we search for hope, and if we do isn’t that in itself an act of great courage?
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- I think this is my favorite of @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social ‘s work. I see layers of meaning.
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- I saw something unusual on the freeway today… police lights ahead of me that I assumed was a traffic stop. Cars ahead were slowing. I slowed down, changed lanes. As I passed the cop, I saw that he (she?) was following 3 kids on #ebikes! About 20 mph. Shepherding to the next exit, over a mile.
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- Whatever happened there was violent. Are there any videos from the event?
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- Couple ahead of me in refrigerator aisle at Costco: She: should we get two or three? (Holds up a double pack of bacon.) He: Three. I’ll just die with a heart full of bacon grease. She: (laughs) He: And f— the liberals. (Pause…) For that matter, f—-the democrats. 1/2
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- Reposted by ElizabethIt’s not often I’m stopped in my tracks by the beauty of a potato, but come on !!!!!
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- Reposted by Elizabethjust a reminder: if fire hydrants near where you live are buried in snow after this week’s storms, it’s a mitzvah (and a gooooood workout!) to dig out around that hydrant so fire crews can get to it faster if need be.
- Reposted by ElizabethThis is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
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- Kristi Noem: I was just following orders. Where have we heard that before?
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- Join so you can read this! Sad and solemn and moving. Wolf, I did this on 9/11, beating a stroke on a Native American drum for each name, but there were too many names for one reader.
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- Reposted by ElizabethFormer FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
- I can highly recommend ModPo. I was there for the first year and it was marvelous. Al Filreis has figured out how to do seminar-style courses online and make them work. (Seminar rather than lecture.) youtu.be/sOyKK7ueW6I?...
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- Reposted by ElizabethSpoke to folks in Kharkiv and Kyiv - people are freezing to death while being bombed daily for hours. It’s a humanitarian crisis. Tweets of “how incredibly strong Ukrainians are” and “prayers” aren’t enough. They need help. Now.
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- Reposted by ElizabethReminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE. House Democrats who voted to fund ICE: - Tom Suozzi (D-NY) - Henry Cuellar (D-TX) - Don Davis (D-NC) - Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) - Laura Gillen (D-NY) - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) - Jared Golden (D-ME)
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- Reposted by ElizabethSo important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
- I am very much afraid altNOAA is right. We are already in the kidnapping, beatings, murders and incarceration phase.
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- Reposted by ElizabethAlso, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
- Reposted by ElizabethWe’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
- I want to make one!
- Reposted by ElizabethToday’s moment of calm is my pair of Wren icons resting on a shelf. The branch they perch on reads across both triptychs One wren is singing the other gathers lichen for his nest. Male Wrens build up to 5 nests allowing the female to choose her favourite. A gentleman of the bird world
- The recipe looks wonderful.
- Reposted by ElizabethToday’s moment of calm. Take a deep breath and count to seven. Then enjoy my Chorus of Wrens Singing in the Peas
- Reposted by Elizabethin case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- Reposted by ElizabethNuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
- Reposted by ElizabethAre we paying attention yet, America?
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- It snowed in January. Therefore #climatechange is a hoax.
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- 5th grader: I have a friend who tried to read that book and he told me one page had a swear word! He points to a short stack of books. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Me: That’s why we aren’t reading it with 5th grade. (Well. One of several reasons.)
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- Reposted by ElizabethWhistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
