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Ruth Spanos

@rspanos.bsky.social

670 followers 340 following 900 posts

She/her. Mom of a college student. Wife. School Speech-Language Pathologist. Small town Mayor. Grateful for my life and lack of attention from the world at large. Opinions totally my own. Wish I could make the world better for everyone.

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 3h

Same in Ohio.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 3h

This was as we were walking along the road…no sidewalks.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 3h

On my way home from Bainbridge Ohio. Lots of thumbs up from passing motorists. One driver gave us the finger and turned as if to run us over (not at all close to doing it though).

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 21h

Don’t forget about the plagiarism! And the lack of giving credit/sourcing for anything.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe they think he's the anti Christ? Don't some of them think that they'll get raptured sooner if the anti Christ gets to be in charge of stuff?

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StrictlyChristo 🐸❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6d

Starting October 14th, the Trump administration will ban Non-Binary+Intersex people (including citizens) from entering/leaving the country (via plane) through CBP passport changes
www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 7d

I think it refers to trying to cut a rope or similar thing that is suspended in air. If it is not under tension, it’s extremely difficult to cut with a knife. When pulled taut, it can be slashed more easily.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 8d

As others have said:

I don't want technology to write for me so I have more time to do the laundry, I want technology to do the laundry for me so I have more time to write.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 9d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 8d

Ham sandwich indeed! (Apparently there’s a saying about a good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich).

The thing is…is there actually anyone competent left in the DOJ?

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 9d

When they wake up they will find all their personal belongings have intertwined

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 9d

I was going to say Sondheim, then remembered he wasn’t living anymore and got sad.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 9d

Huh?

Johnson should be the subject of the sentence.

Please stop framing everything through partisanship.

Everyone who lives in her district is losing their representation….not just Democrats.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 9d

If only Kagan had understood the problem better.

Would she allow therapists to explore curing a patient’s cancer or lupus through talking? Would that be freedom of speech?

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 9d

@npr.org: About 1 in 100 children in the U.S. is born with a congenital heart defect. But for babies or young kids with the most serious ailments, there is no artificial heart specifically designed for them.

Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 9d

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

via @npr.org

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 9d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 10d

My grandfather in law remembered watching silent movies but also got to see Jurassic Park. He lived to be 92.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 11d

There’s a ton of money in cultivating an audience of the most gullible people…it’s the most popular demographic for advertisers.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 14d

Then you can't fire the people with seniority and hire a bunch of new people.

Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 14d

So…maybe…ICE should stop acting as an irregular force that doesn’t conform to things like identifying themselves?

And…if they’re traumatized…then they should NOT be engaging in law enforcement with the public.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 14d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15d

Republicans cheer and engineer shutdowns because shutdowns erode people's faith in government, and that benefits the corporations and billionaires who want to push government of the way, so they can amass more power and wealth.

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 15d

Dogs are smarter than that.