Heather M
@haethre.bsky.social
she/her
Mama, writer, cinephile, news junkie, voracious reader, patron of the arts—just persisting through these precedented times.
Mama, writer, cinephile, news junkie, voracious reader, patron of the arts—just persisting through these precedented times.
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Heather M
@haethre.bsky.social
· Feb 6
“There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
-Adama, Battlestar Galactica
#ice #deportation #wethepeople
-Adama, Battlestar Galactica
#ice #deportation #wethepeople
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
Hosting friends for brunch today—after Thanksgiving, it’s like hair of the dog, food version. Keep the bowels moving. (Mimosas, Blueberry lemon scones, egg sausage casserole, biscuits w/homemade WHITE gravy as God intended).
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hosting friends for brunch today—after Thanksgiving, it’s like hair of the dog, food version. Keep the bowels moving. (Mimosas, Blueberry lemon scones, egg sausage casserole, biscuits w/homemade WHITE gravy as God intended).
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Look it's simple, we want less stress and we want to be able to afford things again and we want to feel like the rewards we were once promised for a lifetime of hard work still exist and also we want Wishbone back and those are the things we want
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Look it's simple, we want less stress and we want to be able to afford things again and we want to feel like the rewards we were once promised for a lifetime of hard work still exist and also we want Wishbone back and those are the things we want
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
I had my students read “The Husband Stitch.”
There’s no satisfaction as a bookseller greater than leading a lovely young person who asked for Ayn Rand toward Carmen Maria Machado instead.
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I had my students read “The Husband Stitch.”
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
I haven’t ruled out the possibility that gravity is just a figment of my imagination either, but I still manage not to launch myself off skyscrapers.
Posted on CDC website of the richest nation on earth, people.
These are lies: vaccines do not cause autism and there are actual millions of data points demonstrating the lack of correlation.
The parents and children of every kid harmed by these lies should sue
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
These are lies: vaccines do not cause autism and there are actual millions of data points demonstrating the lack of correlation.
The parents and children of every kid harmed by these lies should sue
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I haven’t ruled out the possibility that gravity is just a figment of my imagination either, but I still manage not to launch myself off skyscrapers.
If you have to find a meaningful difference between assaulting a 9 year-old and assaulting a 14 year-old, you’re enabling pedophilia.
www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you have to find a meaningful difference between assaulting a 9 year-old and assaulting a 14 year-old, you’re enabling pedophilia.
www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
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Well well well, a conspiracy to persecute using the DOJ and committing crimes to steal private info…
Every accusation is a confession
Every accusation is a confession
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Well well well, a conspiracy to persecute using the DOJ and committing crimes to steal private info…
Every accusation is a confession
Every accusation is a confession
The news right now feels like everything everywhere all at once, so I appreciated this overview:
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
Where each of Trump's National Guard deployments and related court battles stand
While courts have halted the use of troops in Portland and Chicago, operations are well underway in other cities. Most recently, the Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. has been extended through next...
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The news right now feels like everything everywhere all at once, so I appreciated this overview:
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
I finally saw MOONLIGHT and it is definitely in my top five movies of all time. What a transcendent experience.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I finally saw MOONLIGHT and it is definitely in my top five movies of all time. What a transcendent experience.
Brandi Carlile: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Seems relevant given all the discussion about SNAP & late stage capitalism. If you don’t have to constantly worry about prices, take a public bus, sit in a public library, observe! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-...
Are Rich People More Likely to Be Selfish and Mean?
Research suggests that wealthy people are more likely to be mean and selfish. Why is this?
www.psychologytoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Seems relevant given all the discussion about SNAP & late stage capitalism. If you don’t have to constantly worry about prices, take a public bus, sit in a public library, observe! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-...
I wish people who complain about LLMs would stop using them for ANYTHING. Where there is no demand, there is no supply. “Testing them out” for shits and giggles while opposing them ideologically makes no sense.
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I wish people who complain about LLMs would stop using them for ANYTHING. Where there is no demand, there is no supply. “Testing them out” for shits and giggles while opposing them ideologically makes no sense.
I really enjoyed "Steve" on Netflix. It might be Cillian Murphy's best work. Such a gorgeous, heart-wrenching film.
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I really enjoyed "Steve" on Netflix. It might be Cillian Murphy's best work. Such a gorgeous, heart-wrenching film.
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I don’t think enough people are talking about the beauty
of NYC electing its first Muslim mayor the day Dick Cheney died. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
of NYC electing its first Muslim mayor the day Dick Cheney died. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don’t think enough people are talking about the beauty
of NYC electing its first Muslim mayor the day Dick Cheney died. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
of NYC electing its first Muslim mayor the day Dick Cheney died. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
“It is terribly boring to have to say it—again—but it is the White flight and not the Black arrival that alters, or demolishes, property values. This arrival and departure is pure heaven for financiers and speculators: a ghetto is a source of great profit.” -James Baldwin
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“It is terribly boring to have to say it—again—but it is the White flight and not the Black arrival that alters, or demolishes, property values. This arrival and departure is pure heaven for financiers and speculators: a ghetto is a source of great profit.” -James Baldwin
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Trump is angrily posting in all caps from a gold toilet and it makes me so happy. Progressives won tonight!
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Trump is angrily posting in all caps from a gold toilet and it makes me so happy. Progressives won tonight!
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
I told my history professor (but optimistic) husband that Trump would institute a military state within a year. I hate that I was right.
On January 1st, Trump will be placing a “Quick Reaction Force” in every U.S. state.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
On January 1st, Trump will be placing a “Quick Reaction Force” in every U.S. state.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I told my history professor (but optimistic) husband that Trump would institute a military state within a year. I hate that I was right.
On January 1st, Trump will be placing a “Quick Reaction Force” in every U.S. state.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
On January 1st, Trump will be placing a “Quick Reaction Force” in every U.S. state.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
We’ve hosted four sleepovers in the past month for the kiddos, and I can honestly say I like all their friends. It’s a great relief to know your kids choose their friends well!
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We’ve hosted four sleepovers in the past month for the kiddos, and I can honestly say I like all their friends. It’s a great relief to know your kids choose their friends well!