Religion is a convenience of the deplorable. #taxchurch
Married to the love of my life. Love discussing politics. Never MAGA, blue all the way, Democrat forever. Love gardening n quilting. No cruelty to animals.
547 followers 535 following 737 posts
view profile on Bluesky
Religion is a convenience of the deplorable. #taxchurch
Here's a ray of sunshine in a very dark world Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
WHEN YOU TRY TO BLAME YOUR DIAPER TOSS ON A.I. 📫Feel Free to Repost📫 🎞Join For All Daily Clips🎞
Education is a process that is never finished. If we keep looking, we can keep learning more and more about the sacred topics and trends that are important to us, and in doing so, we can make our personal and group practices deeper and more meaningful. www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...
Out there on one of last week’s hikes…taking a break from the insanity. #hikeyourownhike
A good read about a terrible person Russ Vought.
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time. #CaptainAmerica
Jesse Watters accidentally declared that the Fox News merch is made in China. So much for America First and made in the U.S.A.
🚨Regarding the #Pentagon and #SpaceForce announcements: Reps @rokhanna.bsky.social (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) are holding a press conference tomorrow, 9/3, 10:30am, with ten victims of Epstein’s sex trafficking. Link to watch live: youtube.com/live/q6fUosr... 🗣️ Release the Epstein files
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
Rudy Giuliani getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom is like giving Jeffrey Dahmer the Taster's Choice Award: a mockery, embarrassment, and true testament as to what this administration values.
China on Tuesday issued a notice outlining new tax support measures targeting state assets transferred to supplement the country's social security funds, as part of broader efforts to strengthen the financial sustainability of China's social security system amid an aging population.
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Good one. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s not right and Krasnov gets away with it.
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Beautiful flowers. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy Tuesday everyone. Beautiful day here.
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Another Amen
“I refuse to accept this is normal.” - JB Pritzker. Amen, governor. Amen.
Yes, and they are also building farms for the specific purpose of helping the environment as well as investing in renewable fuel. Nobody is saying they’re perfect, just that what they are doing in this specific case is good.
The Land of Odin is doing a better job of caring for our planet that Christian Evangelicals here in America who treat it like a literal landfill
and this is all that matters. Government exists to produce public welfare, not glamour projects like Neom or sand islands shaped like a globe.
They also treat their people like actual People.
At least they are smart w. it unlike the gulf states. They invest heavily in renewables and have one of the largest wealth funds in the world.
3/… Yes, it is correct to point out Norway is hypocritically a petro state, however it doesn’t negate the great properties of seaweed as 1 of a thousand solutions to our existential pollution crisis!
2/... mitigate greenhouse gas emissions - boosts marine biodiversity, as seaweed forests provide shelter & food for marine life. - can be processed into carbon-neutral biofuels such as ethanol or biogas, since the CO₂ released when burned equals the amount the seaweed absorbed during growth.
#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy. - don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources - naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping 1/...
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
#wordle1536 Wordle 1,536 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tuesday and a 5 win
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
LAPD sergeant falsely claimed press are NOT exempt from dispersal orders a direct violation of both California law (PC 409.7) as well as a federal restraining order.
Graham Greene So long to a great actor a master of the craft
“Do you have to swear to get your point across?” Yes the fuck I do.
Hello 5.5k followers. If you live in Seattle please speak up and show up to the September 12th Comp Plan hearing and tell the Mayor and council you want to allow more housing types in wealthy areas of Seattle. Follow HDC on Instagram for more info.
The vainest motherfucker on the planet is disintegrating into the Crypt Keeper. He knows we are seeing his bloated, bruised, ashy, diaphoretic Silly Putty face, arms, and cankles. He knows good people crave the day he shakes off his mortal coil. Malignant narcissist hell. Keep. On.
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
They're trying to be friends... 😊 #dog #dogday #cat #catday #bluesky
Los Angeles, CA Music Festival 9/1/25
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition today to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Massie now needs to persuade 216 additional House members to sign it.
Democratic officials of a certain age: Follow Rep. Nadler’s example. He is a legend. And now he’s doing what’s right for the nation and the party, leaving at the top of his game, letting younger members lead.
Farewell to a busy and growthful summer. Feeling as confident in my body as ever.
In addition to learning complex protocols, cords, plugs, lights and keys, operators became an integral part of their customers’ lives, particularly in smaller communities. They were, literally and figuratively, the connection between individuals and the rest of the world. /end
Callers connected to an operator at a central office, who plugged a cord into the proper circuit to complete the call. It was complicated, physically demanding work. Operators had to be detail-oriented, make quick decisions, remember names and handle criticism. /6
Operators were essential in the early days of the telephone, before the advent of automated exchanges. Dial telephones were invented in the 1930s but took many years to become widespread. A few rural communities did not have them until the early 1970s. /5
Initially, the telephone company hired boys as operators, starting with George Willard Croy in January 1878. Boys had been successful as telegraphy operators but tended to be impatient and were prone to cursing and pranks, qualities unacceptable for live contact with callers. /2
A few hours after Emma Nutt began her job at the telephone company, her sister Stella began working there, becoming the second female telephone operator and the first two sisters in the occupation. However, Stella only worked there for a few years. /3
Nutt was patient and had a soothing, cultured voice that earned an overwhelmingly positive response from callers, confirming Bell’s instinct to hire her. Nutt reportedly memorized every number in the New England Telephone Co. directory, making her extremely efficient. /4
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator, an occupation that would soon be dominated by women. Alexander Graham Bell hired Nutt to work for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Co., where she spent her entire 35-year career. /1
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
The US debt is nearly $38 Trillion. The idiots at the White House claimed they brought in $8 trillion in tariff revenue in <8 months. The US debt has increased in that time. It’s all lies, lies, lies.
Los Angeles - Black mayor D.C. - Black mayor Chicago - Black mayor Baltimore - Black mayor San Francisco - Just lost a Black mayor Seattle - Black/Japanese mayor New York - Black mayor (technically) and Letitia James We gotta stop with the "Democratic Run cities" bullshit and see what it is
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Canada. It hurts us but it’s sticking it to Krasnov.
And proud of it!
Labor Day is a time to honor workers- and to fight for them. A strong workforce makes a strong Social Security system.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Wealth taxes NOW. It’s patriotic to do your part and fund society for the workers you exploit in order to get this rich. #taxtherich
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
www.cbsnews.com/news/congres...
Free DC! ✊🏼 #dc #notofascism #arresttrump
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Ken Paxton thinks he’s not only above man’s law but also God’s law. He’s an adulterous lowlife, a thief and conman but he wants the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools. Sorry piece of 💩💩💩💩💩.
If only they would actually follow them instead of displaying them on government property.
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Congratulations
Finally, 10 months after graduation, I accepted a job offer. I can now officially call myself a real Electrical Engineer
If the GOP is cool with going to the “war department” then you know they just have no independent thought left. Just betas
Congress is back — and a laundry list of thorny issues threatens to complicate the funding fight.
"The AIDS epidemic was a society-altering catastrophe, one that inspired legions of future doctors—gay and straight alike—to pursue careers in infectious disease. Today they make up a disproportionate share of the specialty’s senior ranks."
It’s odd that the president would need to give an Oval Office address about something as arbitrary (albeit idiotic) as moving Space Force or renaming the DoD. I have to assume he’s doing it because he knows the world thinks he’s hiding.
👊💙👊💙👊💙👊💙
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Netflix ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: 💰 $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight 📺 A deal for Sesame Street — new episodes and the full archive free to watch. That’s how you pick a side.
Release the Epstein files.
😂😂😂‼️ I'm. With. Him. @governor.ca.gov ⬇️
Support the Victims⬇️
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
So dumb. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans" (She was not elected)
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Well. He’s puffier and oranger than usual. His hair is insane. But that seems pretty normal to me.
Marti (@busybee79.bsky.social) reply parent
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yoga - you mean Doga surely?? Doggy Yoga who knew...🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
garci32 (@garci32.bsky.social) reposted
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) told Fox that people are going to be outraged when they hear what the 10 Epstein victims have to say at his press conference with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) These victims haven't spoken for decades. When Epstein got that lenient plea deal, no one talked to the victims !!!
BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two. Every day, we inch closer to fascism.
America heartbroken to discover president somehow still alive