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KarolynSchalk

@karolynschalk.bsky.social

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I afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted. Nature, gardens, sustainable economics, dogs, cats, and humor. Retired technology executive. She/her.

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KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 8h

1) not everything Pritzker is doing will be immediately visible to the public 2) the state police are often responsible for the governor’s personal security. It might take a bit of time to put in place protection so Pritzker can hold them accountable

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 8h

I’ll stick with dotard.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 12h

More like a total immersion into utter idiocy.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 12h

I wonder if this crap is AI generated slop

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 12h

I want to create a new religion so I can build an altar to Cheesearenda.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 19h

His lies, mendacity, hypocrisy, and all around disingenuousness are showing

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 19h

The king is butt ugly

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 19h

The bigger the statue, the better it looks when the peasants topple it.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 19h

Higher education in its best form is a thought laboratory that lets students immerse, and experiment with ideas, and practice using them. When done right it prepares you for most jobs, and more importantly, to be a person always interested in learning, and able to think critically.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 19h

This is truth. Do what you can to nourish your spirit, burnish your hope, comfort your community. Gird your confidence in mutuality. Show up to protests, or otherwise bear witness. #NoKings #democracy

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 20h

i thought Ezra Levin, one of the organizers of the No Kings gatherings, made such an important profound point yesterday. He said, "Our enemy here is not Trump, our enemy is fatalism and nihilism and cynicism."
Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

Tots and pears

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

Another f-cked up tech company and CEO

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, wearing a black suit, speaks to an audience. A headline reads: "Salesforce Pitched ICE on Services to Recruit More Staff, Documents Show." Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

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KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

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KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

Only the ideologically poisoned, and spiritually bankrupt could believe something like this rot.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

Disgust is not a strong enough word to describe my thoughts, and feelings. It’s an awful kind of death porn, demeaning to the deceased, and those watching.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 1d

Pieces of information are not “knowledge”. Knowledge is having a toolkit of techniques, and the understanding, and practice to know what to use, when to decide which information is appropriate for the result you’re after. Quality education functions as a thought laboratory.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 2d

I eliminated NBC news from my viewing list eons ago.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic is a joke.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 2d

Should I know who Whitney Cummings is for any practical reasons?

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson is a fake human being

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 4d

Because she has no conscience.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 4d

You’ve obviously never been on the receiving end of an “Okay boomer” speech in which someone who doesn’t know your history of activism tells you everything is your fault. And all you want is for them to have a future that doesn’t suck.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 5d

Offer him a keg of beer, and to payoff some of his credit card debt

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 5d

True that, when it comes to being on the hustings. Do you know if this age group is engaging in other ways, calling, letter writing, and the like? My kid is in that age cohort, and thinking of having a family, and she is out there trying to protect a hypothetical future.

KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 5d

In Cincinnati many of the persons showing up are grandmothers, and the general category senior citizens. What worries me as an oldster is how few 35-45 year olds I see. Glad to put my sorry old ass on the line, wish I could be certain of some younger folks to take the baton.

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