@blueridgegurl.bsky.social
Sunny by nature but no need to push it.
Pinned
I was finishing E. Jean Carroll's new book when I a firefly lit up next to me. Just as I was thinking, "How wonderful," Simon leaped up, grabbed it in his meaty paws and ate it. It's a cruel breed.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social Questionnaires often include the Q: "You're having a dinner party with 3 guests. Who would you invite?" And so many of answers include you. Who would YOU invite to your dinner party?
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social Questionnaires often include the Q: "You're having a dinner party with 3 guests. Who would you invite?" And so many of answers include you. Who would YOU invite to your dinner party?
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
A good time to revisit this beauty. Odom's voice is spectacular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8T...
Seriously - This American Life, Sara Bareilles, and Leslie Odom, Jr.
YouTube video by This American Life
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A good time to revisit this beauty. Odom's voice is spectacular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8T...
Trump tells Zelensky to fold or "fight his little heart out." Where is the world, particularly Europe which could be next? Especially when its people have shown such courage and belief in their country. Where is everybody?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/22/trump-zelensky-russia-plan/
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump tells Zelensky to fold or "fight his little heart out." Where is the world, particularly Europe which could be next? Especially when its people have shown such courage and belief in their country. Where is everybody?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/22/trump-zelensky-russia-plan/
We're on our own. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We're on our own. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
Review: A Chinese Classic Comes to Spectacular Operatic Life
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
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We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
My beautiful da, Shock: WWII, Boatswain Mate, Destroyer Escort USS Foss.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My beautiful da, Shock: WWII, Boatswain Mate, Destroyer Escort USS Foss.
Remember the "giant sucking sound" Ross Perot talked so much about? I'm hoping it'll be the sound of private jets from Teterboro as the billionaires flee NYC for um, Florida.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember the "giant sucking sound" Ross Perot talked so much about? I'm hoping it'll be the sound of private jets from Teterboro as the billionaires flee NYC for um, Florida.
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Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
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TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Hello out there? Isn't this alarming?
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hello out there? Isn't this alarming?
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
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The best part about the school voucher scam? Private religious schools use vouchers to recruit athletes.
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The best part about the school voucher scam? Private religious schools use vouchers to recruit athletes.
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
They are defunding public schools to make their football teams better…
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If I ever write a hard-boiled noir mystery, this would be the first sentence of the book
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If I ever write a hard-boiled noir mystery, this would be the first sentence of the book
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.