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Eileen à la Gauche

@eileenalagauche.bsky.social

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* Agent of Chaos * Observer of the Beautiful, the Strange, and the Everyday * Lover of Life and Languages * Interconnected and alternately Terrified / Fascinated by All Of It * Line-Stepper-Over * Challenger of Boundaries * Intense * Demander of Justice *

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · 22d

Wishing a happy sixty-third birthday to someone who can't get past her hurt and childish jealousy to love me. Maybe this year will bring you the joy you deserve and the peace you seek.

Your baby sister will always be ready for a relationship, should you choose to try. Love you!

#HappyBirthday

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Sep 29

@qasimrashid.com The D300 BoE president is being vilified for sharing her initial (unkind) reaction, then explaining how her opinion shifted after reading your piece on empathy (which she shared)? Please consider signing and sharing this petition in support of Nancy. chng.it/FGKCZTPDH9

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Support Unfairly Attacked D300 BOE Member, Nancy Zettler

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Sep 29

Please consider signing this petition in support of our school board president. She is being vilified for saying that her initial reaction was unkind, and then she read a post by Qasim Rashid and shifted her opinion to a more mature and empathetic place. chng.it/FGKCZTPDH9

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Support Unfairly Attacked D300 BOE Member, Nancy Zettler

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Sep 18

"Let your poets keep a-singing about the Springtime gay,
And the blossoms and the flowers in the merry month of May—
But the early Autumn splendor, with its sweet September days,
Eclipses boasted Springtime in a thousand kind of ways!"

George W. Doneghy

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Sep 11

But "our God-given right" to WHAT, exactly? Defend ourselves against a tyrannical government? WHEN ARE THE HEROS WITH ALL THE GUNS GOING TO START THAT PART?!

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jul 17

If that were truly the standard, then we'd live in a very different world, wouldn't we. 🥺

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jul 17

Vacation is nice, but I miss my dog. Time to go home.
#HomeIsWhereMyDogIs
#RedboneCoonhound #BlueHeeler #ShelterMutt #Home #Dog #AdoptDontShop

The smartest doggo to ever exist (a medium sized black & tan dog, with a white patch with black spots on her chest) is seated on a brown wood floor, looking attentively at the person holding the camera.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jul 15

Christian Nationalists-- What happens to your faith if your nation fails? Is your Christ weak if the market fluctuates? What if a court decides against your wishes? Does Christ lose when you've tied your politics to your faith?

Interfaith Alliance @interfaithalliance.org · Jul 15

Colbert on Christian nationalism: “This is not a Catholic nation because the Catholic Church is not about nations.”

🎙: The Spiritual Life podcast with @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jul 5

I prefer Leviticus 19:33-34 to Germany 1933-34, but that's just me.

#NotReallyFree

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thermoregulation lessons from the local turkey vultures, as they spread their wings in their horaltic pose.

See also: Staying cool when you're super hot

#HeatDome #Canicule

A pair of turkey vultures perched on the roof of an old barn spread their wings to cool off on a very hot late afternoon. The weathered wood of the barn is partially covered by a green vine growing towards the peak.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · Jun 19

What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Jun 20

Maybe one should be moved to Canada and one to Mexico. Both are lovely places fully capable of hosting such events, but the symbolism would be impossible to miss.

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 17

Make... America... Great... --Ohhhh, the GREAT Depression, the Dust Bowl Era, the absolute desperation, the homelessness, the food lines, the wealthy inequality, the ... [trails off reciting disasters]

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 16

Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago after the Haymarket "Affair" to force laborers back to work, despite being refused by the IL gov. I'm to suspect that Lady Liberty was a bit of a rebuke from the country that ferociously protects the right to strike and to protest.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 16

He will always be able to truthfully claim that he earned a degree from NYU, even if the uni refuses to confer it.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 14

I know you can't see it, but whatever you're waiting for, hoping for, or praying for is right around the bend.

#KeepGoing #Persevere #Outlive #Outlast

A dirt path has been worn into the ground. The path leads into a woodland prairie partially obscured by early morning fog. Young trees and shrubbery are budding out, blooming, or showing off their spring greenery.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 14

Sir, this **isn't** a Wendy's.

This is your lane! and you're the driving the damned bus!! right off a cliff!!! that you engineered!!!!

#WhoIsInCharge #Wendys #SpeakerJohnson

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 12

Prairie trillium was a stunning sight to see this morning in the bright sunshine peeking through the tree canopy in the quiet woods. Fun little fungi in there, too.
#Photography #Wildflowers #Trillium #Red #WoodlandBeauty

A bright red flower perches atop three bright green leaves with darker spots, all mounted on a delicate light green stem.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · May 6

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · May 5

Wondering why Emily Feiner was dragged out of Mike Lawler’s town hall by NY State Troopers?

She had the *audacity* to ask, “What’s your red line? When will you defend the Constitution you swore to uphold?” One question & she’s accosted.
Free speech?
Not under Lawler.
@emilyjaynef.bsky.social

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 5

Yes! Verification is essential! The woman in the video was wearing a badge that said STAFF, but while this person resembles a known staff member, we must verify.

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 5

They certainly have body cams, though. Is that covered by FOIA in NY?
Also, that staffer in the back left corner of the video (saying the video must stop) should be easy to identify.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 5

Those state troopers are wearing body cams, so that footage should be released to her lawyer in discovery. It may be subject to FOIA, but I'm no expert, especially in NY. Also, that staffer should be easy to identify- could be Erin Crowley, seen here in her LinkedIn bio, but needs confirmation.

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Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · May 5

Hit the three dots on the main post. Choose the option to share. Then choose where to share.

Eileen à la Gauche @eileenalagauche.bsky.social · Apr 25

I hope you find this space to be a place where your voice is not just safe, but welcomed.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Apr 17

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

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