Just Me
@rstwohee.bsky.social
Dog-lover, puzzler, and an adequate cook. I rescue / return old family photos. Genealogy is my passion. I love a good family mystery. Doing the tech support thing these days -- and loving it.
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Trump’s lies are designed to wear you down. But here's what they don't understand — weariness is not surrender. We can be tired and still show up. “We’re not going to let him win by losing faith in our ability to fight back,” @marcelias.bsky.social says.
And the law-breaking propaganda machine continues to destroy any vestige of decency and decorum in the US. www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
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A brilliant response to trump's rant about NATO not "being there for the US". thinc.blog/2026/05/24/o...
One Aussie Response to Trump’s Greenland Greed
This week another despicable Trump post threatening Greenland, and by extension, Denmark and NATO Robert Fella on X: This Australian’s reply to #Trump’s rant about “NATO not being there…
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All the centrist/conservative Democrats who wanted to allow Abrego Garcia and everyone else Trump sent to CECOT to rot in a slave camp should be embarrassed with themselves and think deeply before saying anything about anything.
Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
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I am obsessed with this video and can't imagine what it took to choreograph this piece. #gener8ion #StormII www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_m...
GENER8ION - STORM starring Yung Lean
YouTube video by GENER8ION
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This government is putting us in so much danger… youtube.com/shorts/WRihh...
Ebola Outbreak
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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ACA premiums up to 26% Deductibles hitting record highs Millions can't afford health care And 1.2 million dropping coverage entirely because of the rising costs This is what happens when Republicans are in charge of your health care
Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates - KFF Health News
An uptick in people skipping Obamacare premium payments in many states suggests the Affordable Care Act’s rising costs — driven partly by lower subsidies to help people buy plans — are hitting home fo...
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“Trump gets to redraw maps in his states, but the Democrats cannot do the same? What is happening to our democracy?" @jimacosta.bsky.social 💯🎯
To be honest, I think even without bringing religion into it, you can question the idea of building a gold statue of someone. I greatly admire many, many people; I cannot think of one I think it would be un-weird to honor with a gold statue.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Can someone please explain to me why Kristi Noem is still living on the taxpayers’ dime in a Coast Guard house on a D.C. military base? She was fired TWO MONTHS ago. She better start packing her bags.
Kristi Noem’s successor grilled over why she lives in waterfront Coast Guard home
Representative Robert Garcia wrote that ‘Noem must pack her bags and go,’ in a fiery statement
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Trump’s reckless policies are driving up prices for every American. But here’s the thing: this Republican Congress could stop him at any moment. They’ve decided not to, and we’re all paying for it—literally.
High oil prices due to the Iran war weigh on everything from the gas pump to consumer goods
As the Iran war enters its third month, consumers are paying for its disruption of worldwide energy production.
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Evangelical influencer Meg Basham, an admirer of Christian Nationalist big mouth pastor Doug Wilson, doesn’t want the Pope to weigh in on US government policy. The religious wars are heating up. 1/
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4mo agoNon-Catholic rightwing talking heads slowly starting to put a voice to anti-Catholicism advocacy.
Witness the elegance of the swimming Feather Star, a crinoid that dates back to the Ordovician era, over 480 million years ago. A true marvel of evolution in our oceans.
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
Hey @schumer.senate.gov - it truly is well past time to retire. Do something good for the Democratic party and the country and step aside.
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Chuck Schumer Is a Terrible Democratic Leader With Terrible Judgement on Candidates" When it comes to Senate candidates, the Democratic leader rarely picks well – and both the party and the country suffer, writes @ryanlcooper.com for Zeteo.
MAGA holds a protest with a few thousand people in DC and they attack the capital and brutally assault police officers. Millions upon millions of Democrats hold 3100+ protests nationwide without incident. That tells you all you need to know.
Ahhh American Airlines... gotta love that deception. If you're so transparent about part of the "flight" being a bus ride, why are so many people surprised? Can we not tell the truth vs. forcing people to read 5pt tiny print? www.msn.com/en-ie/travel...
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The government doesn’t disclose how many Americans are detained, even briefly, during immigration enforcement. But last fall, when ProPublica found that at least 170 U.S. citizens had been detained, at least 20 of them were children. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Democrats in the House and Senate are digging into the treatment, detention and sometimes even deportation of American children at the hands of immigration agents. Families featured in ProPublica’s re...
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One thing I didn’t expect is that BlueSky would become a adense network of mycology. Scratch a user, find a a Basidiomycete. Decades ago I wandered on my fungal foray, lost & alone. Now many walk the path & see the beauty of our planet*
BIG Tex! 🤠 Not the lil one.@kingofdskreets.blacksky.app · 4mo agoWatching mushrooms grow is such a beautiful and otherworldly experience.
last fall Ezra Klein and the "abundance" folks used the delays in this program to insist Democrats can no longer build anything and just love bureaucracy, but since the Trump admin hijacked the program, caused massive delays, and tried to steal half the funds, they haven't made a peep about it since
Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle
We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual s…
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Astonishing. The goal of our war is now to undo the effect of the war we started. Gosh, if only we could rewind to, say, four weeks ago when the Strait of Hormuz was open and normal!
Aman Batheja@amanbatheja.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe “main goal” of the Iran War may have changed, reports Washington Post: “Israeli officials said securing the [Strait of Hormuz] for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.”
Has anyone asked Utah Senate Mike Lee about this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
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The impasse on the appropriation for DHS is over ICE funding. And yet, you don’t hear Republicans trying to sell the importance of funding ICE. They talk about TSA, the Coast Guard, and every other agency, but never mention the one that is the source of the problem. Wonder why?
New: I spoke to eight people facing years in prison for a protest at a church where a top ICE official is a pastor. They described arrests meant to intimidate: Battering rams, shackles, trophy photos. “We’re being criminalized...for standing up for what is right”: www.huffpost.com/entry/cities...
The Anti-ICE Protest That Could Sideline A Generation Of Activists
Eight activists arrested in Minnesota told HuffPost how it feels to be targeted by Donald Trump’s war on dissent — and they have a warning.
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