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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 5h

Because rest is good. And necessary. And this girl has been hustling a lot for a good long time. As Lorde says "it's time to slow it down; whatever that means." 4/end

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 5h

Something that is closer to my heart and something with daily evidence of impact - public librarianship. But, today, before that next train leaves the station, I'll spend some time with my master gardener colleagues making pine cone birdfeeders at a local festival. And then...I'll do nothing. 3/

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 5h

And the lead up to the beginning of my new chapter as youth librarian in a branch of our local public library. It's been about a decade since I was super hands on with this type of librarianship, and I'm excited and nervous. And I'm tired of the transition from administration and software to... 2/

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 5h

I'm looking forward to that time when I can remove "transition period" from my description of life. This past week has been the final wind down of my time as a contractor and significant contributor in my open-source community of practice, a hella lotta teaching responsibilities... 1/

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes, your performance improvement plan gets lit. It will be interesting for him to "not see" the point and "not see" himself as a major leader of problems.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

"The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents..."

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 3d

This is "he spelled potato wrong" level shit.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 3d

If RFK Jr. and the HHS don't get sued by Johnson and Johnson, I'll begin to question the moral arc of the universe.

I am preemptively filled with gratitude to the generations upon generations who will invoke RFK Jr.'s name with loathing and disdain until he is forgotten outright.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4d

Texas suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant because of an unproven link to autism. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/...

Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims

This lawsuit comes a month after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.

www.texastribune.org

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4d

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.

Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 4d

Dafug is this guy even talking about? If you're a democrat, you hate cars?

Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 5d

Just throwing this unoriginal but very important idea out there - ICE needs to be completely disbanded. Not defunded (well, yes - that too). It needs to be obliterated. Those who chose to take jobs with that agency need to answer for that for the rest of their careers. They are fascist enforcers.

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 5d

This appears to be a great resource for mutual aid.
www.mutualaidhub.org?utm_source=c...

Mutual Aid Hub

Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Join these important efforts, offer resources, or submit needs requests.

www.mutualaidhub.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

In Gary, Indiana this morning—

Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.

This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Get rid of Mike Johnson. Now. Get Congress working again. Now. Begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and his entire cabinet right now. Otherwise, the next step is going to be a military coup, and then we will have civil war. That's what's next.

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JoeA64 @joea64.bsky.social · 7d

For the record, $130 million is almost literally a tiny drop in the bucket. The U.S. military payroll biweekly is some $23 billion (the latest budget request is $600 billion). This ostensible gift amounts to a bit more than 0.5% of the biweekly payroll.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 8d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 8d

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 8d

I mean, the president could also play "dress up and act like a human being with care for other human beings" along with "how to be a leader with integrity and not a smash and grab wannabe mafioso cum pedophile nepobaby." These are fun games. I've heard. If we're playing games.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

MORNING JOE: Are you comfortable with Trump's bailout of Argentina?

SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: The president here is playing chess and not checkers. This is an opportunity to make a friend, to help an ally out.

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3

It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

n.pr

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 8d

Ugh. And the PoS “not my man Mitch” gets some kind of redemption arc now? No.

Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 8d

Ex-Gov Mitch Daniels is the only high-profile Republican I’ve seen, thus far, who is publicly offering support to Republican members of the state Senate who don’t want to participate in Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms by redrawing congressional boundaries in a way that predetermines the results:

Trump and Vance Hit Unexpected Snag in Indiana

This is your TPM evening briefing.

wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com

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J. M. Carmel @jmcarmel.bsky.social · 9d

With Universal Healthcare and Universal Basic Income, small businesses and the arts would flourish in this country as never before. People could choose meaningful work over drudgery. We would protect the nation from the coming AI storm.

It would be a Renaissance.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 9d

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 8d

This morning I was completely filled with rage. I’m still so angry about my friend being laid off. I’m beyond describing my emotions as they relate to the events in this country and this world. And so I laser etched this image by Cupcake Alchemist onto watercolor paper and inked it with ink pencils.

Hand colored print showing knife piercing crescent moon surrounded by mushrooms, stars, raindrops, and vines with texts that says “no spoons left, only knives.” Designed by Cupcake Alchemist and laser engraved on watercolor paper.

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 9d

Our impotent legislature, complicity supreme court, and overtly illegal and purposefully destructive administration are setting the stage for even more atrocities visited upon the people of the United States. 3/3

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Ruth @ruthdavis.bsky.social · 9d

The status of approximately 750,000 federal employees who are either furloughed or working without pay (yes, that's a thing) even as SNAP benefits have been paused nationally literally means that our broken federal government is starving people. 2/

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