Emmy in Ballard
@emmyinballard.bsky.social
This is Mary. Love democracy, minimalism, my dear departed Westie. Progressive Lutheran living in Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
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The proposed changes reported over the weekend to FDA vaccine approvals are unethical to patients and healthcare providers across our nation.
We have real healthcare delivery issues in need of clear headed leadership. Not this.
@msnowreports.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social
We have real healthcare delivery issues in need of clear headed leadership. Not this.
@msnowreports.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The proposed changes reported over the weekend to FDA vaccine approvals are unethical to patients and healthcare providers across our nation.
We have real healthcare delivery issues in need of clear headed leadership. Not this.
@msnowreports.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social
We have real healthcare delivery issues in need of clear headed leadership. Not this.
@msnowreports.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social
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DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
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They bought less items, but everything is more expensive due to tariffs.
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
They bought less items, but everything is more expensive due to tariffs.
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Jeff Bezos’s new editorial page is deeply concerned about politicians who want to “make a political point of taxing the ultra rich.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Jeff Bezos’s new editorial page is deeply concerned about politicians who want to “make a political point of taxing the ultra rich.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Happy bday Irish-born English scholar/writer C.S. Lewis, b.1898.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with...
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with...
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy bday Irish-born English scholar/writer C.S. Lewis, b.1898.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with...
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with...
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‼️Another night of horror in Ukraine where russian UAVs & missiles, including ballistics, attack peaceful cities, hit residential buildings, killing civilians in their home.
russia is comfortable committing these war crimes, because the world keeps letting them get away with it.
russia is comfortable committing these war crimes, because the world keeps letting them get away with it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
‼️Another night of horror in Ukraine where russian UAVs & missiles, including ballistics, attack peaceful cities, hit residential buildings, killing civilians in their home.
russia is comfortable committing these war crimes, because the world keeps letting them get away with it.
russia is comfortable committing these war crimes, because the world keeps letting them get away with it.
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
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The 2026 park pass is… cringy.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The 2026 park pass is… cringy.
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I live in Ontario, Canada. Our premiums are limited *by law* to $900.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I live in Ontario, Canada. Our premiums are limited *by law* to $900.
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Look at the sample of headlines about the shooter. Only the UK's Guardian notes in the headline that the shooter of the National Guard troops was trained by the CIA. Wonder why US media wants to downplay that?!
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Look at the sample of headlines about the shooter. Only the UK's Guardian notes in the headline that the shooter of the National Guard troops was trained by the CIA. Wonder why US media wants to downplay that?!
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Seen in Ballard, Washington
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Seen in Ballard, Washington
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Weeklong social media breaks associated with improved mental health
A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
Weeklong social media breaks associated with improved mental health - UPI.com
A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
www.upi.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Weeklong social media breaks associated with improved mental health
A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
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WA AG Nick Brown is suing HUD over changes to its homeless housing grant program that could put thousands of currently housed people on the street in the Seattle area alone. The changes eliminate most funding for permanent housing and impose right-wing ideological requirements on programs.
AG Brown sues over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness | Washington State
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is illegally upending supports for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with abrupt changes that wi...
www.atg.wa.gov
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WA AG Nick Brown is suing HUD over changes to its homeless housing grant program that could put thousands of currently housed people on the street in the Seattle area alone. The changes eliminate most funding for permanent housing and impose right-wing ideological requirements on programs.
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Welcome to the Left, James Carville.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Welcome to the Left, James Carville.
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From November 27 through December 1, we're fighting back against corporations like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon and putting our money into businesses that actually care about our communities.
#WeAintBuyingIt
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#WeAintBuyingIt
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November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
From November 27 through December 1, we're fighting back against corporations like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon and putting our money into businesses that actually care about our communities.
#WeAintBuyingIt
🗣️ @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
#WeAintBuyingIt
🗣️ @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?