Barbara Shepard
@cheezstk.bsky.social
How do I quickly describe my life? I'm a Gen-X SAHM, a fan of fantasy & sci-fi, left-leaning, and horrified. I have worked on websites, I studied biology once upon a time, and I like weird nature facts and history.
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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Exactly right. Why should we respect a president who doesn’t respect the constitution he swore an oath to uphold?
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Exactly right. Why should we respect a president who doesn’t respect the constitution he swore an oath to uphold?
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As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it.
They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.
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Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!' | Common Dreams
Students and professors nationwide rose up against Trump's assault on higher education, including his compact for federal funding.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
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🚨 The "Arrest Him Tomorrow" Moment: After the Mar-a-Lago raid on August 8, 2022, FBI agents recovered highly classified documents—some so sensitive that even national security experts with top clearances couldn't view them. That night, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olson asked his team: "What do
BOMBSHELL: "If It Was Anybody Else, We'd Arrest Him Tomorrow" - FBI Expert on Trump revealed
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November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🚨 The "Arrest Him Tomorrow" Moment: After the Mar-a-Lago raid on August 8, 2022, FBI agents recovered highly classified documents—some so sensitive that even national security experts with top clearances couldn't view them. That night, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olson asked his team: "What do
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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We know that if the tables were flipped, the media would unanimously call this a "red wave" and a huge referendum on the sitting Dem president. Would be the dominant story for months.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We know that if the tables were flipped, the media would unanimously call this a "red wave" and a huge referendum on the sitting Dem president. Would be the dominant story for months.
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What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
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The country we fought our independence against because of their oppressive monarchy has done a better, more public, dare I say more noble job of holding a former prince accountable for Epstein connections than we have our own *president.
We traded their king for a worse one.
We traded their king for a worse one.
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The country we fought our independence against because of their oppressive monarchy has done a better, more public, dare I say more noble job of holding a former prince accountable for Epstein connections than we have our own *president.
We traded their king for a worse one.
We traded their king for a worse one.
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Every so often I repost this photo of Darwin to prove he is the most perfect little man (see alt for more)
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Every so often I repost this photo of Darwin to prove he is the most perfect little man (see alt for more)
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Secretary Kristi Noem said Operation Midway Blitz will continue on Halloween, rejecting Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s request to pause ICE enforcement he says “There is no justification for the terror that these federal agents are inflicting on children.”
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Secretary Kristi Noem said Operation Midway Blitz will continue on Halloween, rejecting Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s request to pause ICE enforcement he says “There is no justification for the terror that these federal agents are inflicting on children.”
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The funny thing about growing up in Southern California is that you see people on TV wearing like coats and cute hats and scarves and it just seems like seasonal costumes.
And then you go to Scotland and go “fuck me but the gloves are 1000% necessary”.
And then you go to Scotland and go “fuck me but the gloves are 1000% necessary”.
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The funny thing about growing up in Southern California is that you see people on TV wearing like coats and cute hats and scarves and it just seems like seasonal costumes.
And then you go to Scotland and go “fuck me but the gloves are 1000% necessary”.
And then you go to Scotland and go “fuck me but the gloves are 1000% necessary”.
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🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
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Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.