A new book (thanks @honestdogbooks.bsky.social for the great recommendation!), live music in the park, a view of Lake Superior and Madeline Island from the balcony, and a Spotted Cow—can’t imagine a more wonderful way to spend an evening.
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Books, beers, gymnastics, dogs (especially my little goober 💛)
Hey #UglyDogs I’m going to be in Bayfield, WI tomorrow for the day/night. Aside from visiting @honestdogbooks.bsky.social (the primary reason for this trip) what else should I do/eat/see? Especially looking for food/beer recommendations! Thanks friends!!
Yes, this is my sewer district. Yes, I am proud of that fact.
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District@neorsd.org · last yr.something to think about
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings. Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
OF ALL THE FUCKING PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE EVOKING BLACK LIBERATION PREACHERS ON THE SENATE FLOOR, I WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED CORY BOOKER, BUT HERE HE IS BEING A DEMOCRAT TALKING POWERFULLY ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND SERVICE AND FIXING A FLAWED DEMOCRACY, FUCK
Guess it’s time to update my AP Government slides on Congress and the filibuster 🤗. So impressed with @booker.senate.gov and the stand that he is taking. We have more work to do, but we can do it.
“Where does the Constitution live? On paper or in our hearts?” — @booker.senate.gov
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
@booker.senate.gov talking about Alice Paul 18+ hours into this filibuster is warming my cynical government teacher heart right now!!
I’m not crying, you’re crying. (Okay, maybe I’m crying 💙)
Blair Braverman@blairbraverman.bsky.social · last yr.Y'all. ❤️ #uglydogs
Wow! The #UglyDogs are amazing!
Igivearod Fundraising Drive@igivearod.bsky.social · last yr.The #igivearod2025 totals are in! This drive in honor of Quince Mountain's #Iditarod run brought in a record $138,646, breaking the previous 2019 record of $127,500. This brings the sum total of all #igivearod drives to an amazing $525,720 to support Alaska school projects and organizations.
I gave to this one as well #UglyDogs The parachute is so much fun—and such a great way to develop gross motor skills for kids! #igivearod
KD @kdluvsdogs.bsky.social · last yr.Hey #UglyDogs as of right now, there are 5 campaigns up on Donors Choose. The total to finish off these 5 is $2,486. They are all good, but here’s my favorite. I loved the parachute when I was a kid. www.donorschoose.org/igivearod25
Justin is home and playing with some of the dogs. Their caption was “just a buncha happy dogs playing with snowballs” #uglydogs #rerunkennel
This whole list identifies so well the issues with the ITC—many of which would not be difficult to fix if the CEO and the ITC actually wanted to #uglydogs
Espy@esp1371.bsky.social · last yr.So, here is my list of issues with the Iditarod, or more precisely the ITC. It's actually a short list in some ways because everything comes down to accountability and transparency. They do their level best not to have either of those things about any decision the ITC makes about the race. 1/
A big awwoooo for @quincemountain.bsky.social and all his loved one 💙
One thing is clear after watching that disaster of a meeting - jd vance is a repulsive, obnoxious, whiny, sneering little suck-up. An absolutely nasty, unpleasant and utterly unlikable freak. He literally makes everything worse.
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania has indirect rate of 70%, but they probably didn’t want to list that atop Harvard because defunding a children’s hospital might be perceived as problematic. This is devastating
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.These overhead rates are negotiated. Lowering it unilaterally to 15% is another way to destroy science in the US. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Given how many NCAA Gymnastics meets are covered on @espn.com networks, it’d be really cool if I could follow #NCAAgym scores and results on the ESPN app like I do for other sports. #gymternet
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
Never thought I’d go from teaching about Nazis to fighting actual Nazis in my lifetime, but here we are.
In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
Vance’s view is basically the direct opposite of what Jesus says in the parable of the Good Samaritan and elsewhere.
Nute@nutedawn.bsky.social · 2y agoI mean yes, there is such a concept in Christianity. It appears quite notably in the letters of Paul, for instance, where it’s a concept he *relentlessly* argues against, and in the Gospel where it’s a concept Jesus very much repeatedly scorns. So it is technically in there!
Over on the other site Elon Musk said that DOGE stopped $50M of condoms from being delivered to Gaza which Trump the repeated several times but it turns out that was the number for all contraceptive support from USAID everywhere on Earth, of which none went to Palestinians.