Sketchette
@sketchette.bsky.social
Anti-Nazis | pro democracy | pro constitution | idealist | polyglot | pragmatist | mom to humans and a kitty | artist | loves flowers | making ADHD work for me somehow | no bots | no trolls | no DMs | no christofascism |
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“Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. It’s totally funded by payroll tax levied on employer/employee. If you reduce the outgo of Social Security, that money would not …reduce the deficit…Social Security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or lowering the deficit.”
~Ronald Reagan
~Ronald Reagan
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. It’s totally funded by payroll tax levied on employer/employee. If you reduce the outgo of Social Security, that money would not …reduce the deficit…Social Security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or lowering the deficit.”
~Ronald Reagan
~Ronald Reagan
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September 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Spain is on fire. Italy, Greece, Portugal — all burning. We have had summer fires before, but never like this. This is climate breakdown in real time. It is killing people, animals, and our future. DAMN the climate deniers. DAMN those who know and could do but do NOTHING www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures pass 40C
The heatwave has led to red alerts being issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans.
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Spain is on fire. Italy, Greece, Portugal — all burning. We have had summer fires before, but never like this. This is climate breakdown in real time. It is killing people, animals, and our future. DAMN the climate deniers. DAMN those who know and could do but do NOTHING www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Recently turned in a deeply researched draft of a book on What AI Actually Is and reader, this is 100% correct
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
They’re literally advertising it.
July 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Recently turned in a deeply researched draft of a book on What AI Actually Is and reader, this is 100% correct
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
It seems really bad that Musk was allowed to install Starlink internet service across the White House campus back in March.
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Pro tip: add -AI to every Google search and it will exclude all AI interference with the information you seek
June 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pro tip: add -AI to every Google search and it will exclude all AI interference with the information you seek
SHAME ON Blue Cross Blue Shield MA @bluecrossma.bsky.social @bcbsm.bsky.social !!!!!
My friend’s husband is suffering from rapidly progressing ALS. Blue Cross Blue Shield refuses to cover a wheelchair for him. It’s absolutely enraging.
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
madeleine c sampson on X: "my wonderful 55 yo husband has ALS. He can barely walk & has had ~50 falls. shockingly, @BCBSMA DENIED his doctors request for a wheelchair TWICE. Please RETWEET. (he has bought insurance from @BCBSMA for 20+ years for 50+ employees--he has paid them plenty)" / X
my wonderful 55 yo husband has ALS. He can barely walk & has had ~50 falls. shockingly, @BCBSMA DENIED his doctors request for a wheelchair TWICE. Please RETWEET. (he has bought insurance from @BCBSMA for 20+ years for 50+ employees--he has paid them plenty)
x.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
SHAME ON Blue Cross Blue Shield MA @bluecrossma.bsky.social @bcbsm.bsky.social !!!!!
My friend’s husband is suffering from rapidly progressing ALS. Blue Cross Blue Shield refuses to cover a wheelchair for him. It’s absolutely enraging.
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
madeleine c sampson on X: "my wonderful 55 yo husband has ALS. He can barely walk & has had ~50 falls. shockingly, @BCBSMA DENIED his doctors request for a wheelchair TWICE. Please RETWEET. (he has bought insurance from @BCBSMA for 20+ years for 50+ employees--he has paid them plenty)" / X
my wonderful 55 yo husband has ALS. He can barely walk & has had ~50 falls. shockingly, @BCBSMA DENIED his doctors request for a wheelchair TWICE. Please RETWEET. (he has bought insurance from @BCBSMA for 20+ years for 50+ employees--he has paid them plenty)
x.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My friend’s husband is suffering from rapidly progressing ALS. Blue Cross Blue Shield refuses to cover a wheelchair for him. It’s absolutely enraging.
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
Please share her post, even though it’s on X.
They deserve shaming!!!
x.com/madeleinesam...
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The top 1% own 40% of stocks, while the bottom 40% of Americans own almost none.
Stop measuring the health of the economy by how well the stock market is doing, and start measuring it by how well working families can afford food, housing, healthcare and education.
Stop measuring the health of the economy by how well the stock market is doing, and start measuring it by how well working families can afford food, housing, healthcare and education.
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The top 1% own 40% of stocks, while the bottom 40% of Americans own almost none.
Stop measuring the health of the economy by how well the stock market is doing, and start measuring it by how well working families can afford food, housing, healthcare and education.
Stop measuring the health of the economy by how well the stock market is doing, and start measuring it by how well working families can afford food, housing, healthcare and education.
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I don't often lack words for what I'm seeing, but I am absolutely without words: TX-03 Congressman really just quoted Joseph Goebbels and then walked out of the committee like he hit a home run.
Oh just Texas Congressman Keith Self directly quoting Joseph Goebbels during a congressional hearing….what planet are we on smh
April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don't often lack words for what I'm seeing, but I am absolutely without words: TX-03 Congressman really just quoted Joseph Goebbels and then walked out of the committee like he hit a home run.
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"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now‼️
23andMe "announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe’s financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy “consumer alert” about it Friday."
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23andMe "announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe’s financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy “consumer alert” about it Friday."
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March 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now‼️
23andMe "announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe’s financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy “consumer alert” about it Friday."
gift link: wapo.st/4kUsBEF
23andMe "announced Sunday it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe’s financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to issue an unusual privacy “consumer alert” about it Friday."
gift link: wapo.st/4kUsBEF
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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I cannot overstate just how badly Chuck Schumer misjudged the moment.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I cannot overstate just how badly Chuck Schumer misjudged the moment.
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Fact :
Most people are 2 paychecks away from being evicted , with their jobs being uncertain sure doesn't help !!!
#FascistPig 🐖
Most people are 2 paychecks away from being evicted , with their jobs being uncertain sure doesn't help !!!
#FascistPig 🐖
March 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Fact :
Most people are 2 paychecks away from being evicted , with their jobs being uncertain sure doesn't help !!!
#FascistPig 🐖
Most people are 2 paychecks away from being evicted , with their jobs being uncertain sure doesn't help !!!
#FascistPig 🐖
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Thank you to @thecity.nyc for reporting on this morning’s protest where 100+ New Yorkers called on @schumer.senate.gov to vote no on the House GOP budget www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/14/p...
Anger Grows at Sen. Chuck Schumer in Protests Outside His Brooklyn Home
The Democratic Senate minority leader suddenly decided to back the GOP’s spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
www.thecity.nyc
March 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you to @thecity.nyc for reporting on this morning’s protest where 100+ New Yorkers called on @schumer.senate.gov to vote no on the House GOP budget www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/14/p...
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Your assignment if you choose to accept it
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Your assignment if you choose to accept it
Another green card holder with a clean criminal record and legal status was detained and is being held under terrible conditions. Fabian Schmidt (34) from Germany was detained at the airport in Boston and is being held indefinitely.
Picture of his with his mom, who is pleading for help on FB.
Picture of his with his mom, who is pleading for help on FB.
March 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another green card holder with a clean criminal record and legal status was detained and is being held under terrible conditions. Fabian Schmidt (34) from Germany was detained at the airport in Boston and is being held indefinitely.
Picture of his with his mom, who is pleading for help on FB.
Picture of his with his mom, who is pleading for help on FB.
We need a whole new party. One that unites us in the basics.
The "Service Party" or something. One that values and supports all who serve the country and the people. That includes many fields: Veterans and current military and police, but also education, health care and environmental protection...
The "Service Party" or something. One that values and supports all who serve the country and the people. That includes many fields: Veterans and current military and police, but also education, health care and environmental protection...
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We need a whole new party. One that unites us in the basics.
The "Service Party" or something. One that values and supports all who serve the country and the people. That includes many fields: Veterans and current military and police, but also education, health care and environmental protection...
The "Service Party" or something. One that values and supports all who serve the country and the people. That includes many fields: Veterans and current military and police, but also education, health care and environmental protection...
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Customer Service is dead.
Profit is all that counts in all walks of life, it seems.
I feel like we're under constant attack and have to ward off attempts of companies to get as much out of us as they can, rather than the other way around.
Customer Service is dead.
Profit is all that counts in all walks of life, it seems.
I feel like we're under constant attack and have to ward off attempts of companies to get as much out of us as they can, rather than the other way around.
March 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Customer Service is dead.
Profit is all that counts in all walks of life, it seems.
I feel like we're under constant attack and have to ward off attempts of companies to get as much out of us as they can, rather than the other way around.
Customer Service is dead.
Profit is all that counts in all walks of life, it seems.
I feel like we're under constant attack and have to ward off attempts of companies to get as much out of us as they can, rather than the other way around.
