Cheryl M
@cherylm56588591.bsky.social
Voracious reader, constantly curious, fascinated by the natural world and entranced by all things volcano. Lover of 80s music and Celtic French rap group Manau. No DMs
Every country in the world now faces the reality that buying weapons systems from American companies means you went from making the most reliable purchases for many decades to the least reliable in the past 2 years. The US defense industry cannot be trusted by any other country.
The cherry on top of this crap sundae is that when we left Afghanistan in 2021, the torrent of media from @jaketapper.bsky.social & plenty more was in high dudgeon, & led their shows about how we were "leaving behind" so many. Now, we're kicking out hundreds -- maybe they'll have a segment on it.
A few months ago, I was in Dnipro train station. We were waiting for a train after delivering an SUV to a brigade commander. I took this photo of kids play area. Today Russians murdered children who had been playing here. Republicans could stop this. They don’t. If that’s not evil, what is?
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 3d ago🚨 UPD: A Russian jet-powered drone struck a civilian train platform in Dnipro, killing 14 people.
Pope Leo has requested a mail ballot for this year’s midterms. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election
That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
chicago.suntimes.com
He should make an AWESOME witness in Hegseth impeachment trial
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3d agoThe Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post.
Lord, grant me the unearned confidence of a wealthy Trump Republican obsessed with defending the honor of The Cheesecake Factory.
The way the air left my chest in a loudly audible NO. 😭
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3d agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — Stage giant Patrick Stewart, of ‘Star Trek’ and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86. -
Patrick Stewart—because of the roles he played—always seemed like a hero. A grounded, insightful, and brave hero. It’s a tough time to lose a hero. R.I.P. Sir Patrick Stewart
Man, Star Trek fans taking it on the chin this week. Love and sympathy to you all.
Polls Reveal, Essentially, Nothing https://theonion.com/polls-reveal-essentially-nothing-1819574055/
Was so very lucky to see him in a broadway show when I flew cross country to visit sister for Thanksgiving, and we had front row or near front row seats. My first Broadway play. Absolutely amazing.
Scoop from @nancyayoussef.bsky.social - Hegseth canned the J5, which is not good if you're about to resume strikes on Iran, because of friction with Bridge Colby www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth Fires a Top General
The U.S. military may be planning a return to war, but the director of planning is out.
theatlantic.com
Step (briefly) aside, El Nino! Western Washington has its first mountain snow alerts of the season! Could see 4-8" at Stevens Pass into Wednesday and 1-3" at Snoqualmie Pass. Bulk of the snow tonight. emeraldcityweather.com/pacific-nort... #wawx #wasnow #seattle
Storm brings first snow alerts of the season to the Cascades. (Don’t tell El Niño) - Emerald City Weather Blog
We’ve heard all the talk about how with Super El Niño this could be a rather dismal winter season for
emeraldcityweather.com
Needed a comfort patty melt after dropping cat off at vet for c-days and small procedure. Been a tough fortnight for us both.
I want to send a huge THANK YOU to this guy for being upset about the right thing. I’m finding it really hard to respect republicans who had no issue with evil ICE deportations (aka kidnappings) but are turning on Trump because of gas prices.
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. Roosevelt was born OTD in 1858. Image: NPS/Sagamore Hill collection.
Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.
Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.
I watched the live action version of Moana on Friday and it just made the world seem better. Songs were good and Dwayne Johnson as Maui was perfection. Seen the original a few times and enjoyed it but live action does hit a bit differently. A very soothing watch in these troubled times.
BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?
The cat has confiscated my reading chair this morning. He even has his own chair but only mine will do apparently.
I'm only gonna say this once this year, and it is now: the days do not get shorter. Still 24 hours. There is a shorter amount of day with sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter. Changing the clocks does not alter this fact. Take your consternation up with planet Earth and its axis
Trump and Todd Blanche are far more sympathetic to Epstein and Maxwell than to the survivors of their abuse. And now Vivek — followed byTrump and Vance — embraces the enabler of abuse and attacks the survivor. MAGA: Making Abuse Great Again.