Lija, only the j is silent
@lijag.bsky.social
Passionate healthcare advocate. Proud Minnesotan.
I led a caravan to Canada to buy insulin.
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I led a caravan to Canada to buy insulin.
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Pinned
Yes! Find a protest, any cause that you believe in, and go. Took my 81 year old, WWII Latvian refugee father to his first ever protest today in support of Ukraine. He cried most of the rally. It was food for my soul.
She will always be my favorite senator because she's never afraid of speaking the truth.
Senator Mike Lee pretended he was on the phone to avoid being confronted by @smith.senate.gov after he mocked assassination victims this weekend. She made sure he heard what she had to say.
June 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
She will always be my favorite senator because she's never afraid of speaking the truth.
I'd vote for Latvia if I could, but since I can't -- go Sweden!
🇱🇻 Eurovision 2025 🇸🇪
🇱🇻 Eurovision 2025 🇸🇪
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'd vote for Latvia if I could, but since I can't -- go Sweden!
🇱🇻 Eurovision 2025 🇸🇪
🇱🇻 Eurovision 2025 🇸🇪
April 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Because paying the most for medications wasn't enough; he wants us to pay even more. Fuuuuucccckkkkk.
Per White House pool: “Were going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals,” Trump said.
He said that will bring pharmaceutical production back to the United States.
He said that will bring pharmaceutical production back to the United States.
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Because paying the most for medications wasn't enough; he wants us to pay even more. Fuuuuucccckkkkk.
A new verb just entered the collective vocabulary: To Tanya.
(White Lotus reference)
(White Lotus reference)
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A new verb just entered the collective vocabulary: To Tanya.
(White Lotus reference)
(White Lotus reference)
Good news for my colleague, Sam, but it's still being appealed by the administration.
Following a court order from a federal judge in Maryland, the U.S. Department of Education reinstated teacher training grants this week to the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas.
Trump administration reinstates teacher training grants at UMN, St. Thomas, pending appeal
Following a court order from a federal judge in Maryland, the U.S. Department of Education reinstated teacher training grants this week to the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas.
www.mprnews.org
March 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good news for my colleague, Sam, but it's still being appealed by the administration.
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I've worked at the White House for both Democrat and Republican Presidents and I've never seen this kind of mishandling of classified info. It's sloppy at best and puts the military involved in these sensitive operations at risk.
Let me explain why. 🧵
Let me explain why. 🧵
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I've worked at the White House for both Democrat and Republican Presidents and I've never seen this kind of mishandling of classified info. It's sloppy at best and puts the military involved in these sensitive operations at risk.
Let me explain why. 🧵
Let me explain why. 🧵
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By Como Lake, four Parkview Avenue residents have filed for an emergency injunction against the city of St. Paul. Their goal? Stopping the city from tearing down 13 mature trees on Monday. By Friday evening, the city asked the contractor to stand down. www.twincities.com/2025/03/21/p...
Parkview Avenue residents file emergency injunction against St. Paul to save their trees
Thirteen trees had been scheduled for removal on Monday.
www.twincities.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
By Como Lake, four Parkview Avenue residents have filed for an emergency injunction against the city of St. Paul. Their goal? Stopping the city from tearing down 13 mature trees on Monday. By Friday evening, the city asked the contractor to stand down. www.twincities.com/2025/03/21/p...
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👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
I don't disagree that the US university business model was/is fragile, but surely not for this reason?
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
March 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
Moving rally at the Minnesota State Capitol today calling to defend freedom from the USA to Ukraine! 🇺🇦
March 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Moving rally at the Minnesota State Capitol today calling to defend freedom from the USA to Ukraine! 🇺🇦
With this administration, maybe it's better for Minnesota kids if education is controlled by the state? I mean, I know this would be terrible in some other states, but can anyone comment on whether this actually would be bad here in MN? Assuming no loss of funding, but maybe that's not a safe bet?
Trump: "Department of Education, maybe more so than any other place, has a lot of people that can be cut. They're number one, not showing up to work; number two, not doing a good job ... we have a dream. We're gonna move education into the states."
March 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With this administration, maybe it's better for Minnesota kids if education is controlled by the state? I mean, I know this would be terrible in some other states, but can anyone comment on whether this actually would be bad here in MN? Assuming no loss of funding, but maybe that's not a safe bet?
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I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
And there it is... the tariffs are to punish the "globalists." Is this when we start packing our bags?
BARTIROMO: Can you give us a sense of whether or not we're gonna get clarity for the business community?
TRUMP: The tariffs could go up as time goes by.
BARTIROMO: So that's not clarity.
TRUMP: For years the globalists have been ripping off the United States.
TRUMP: The tariffs could go up as time goes by.
BARTIROMO: So that's not clarity.
TRUMP: For years the globalists have been ripping off the United States.
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And there it is... the tariffs are to punish the "globalists." Is this when we start packing our bags?
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I’m thinking of writing a movie screenplay where two countries meet and enjoy a whirlwind trade war that lasts just one day, but it’s a day they’ll never forget.
March 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m thinking of writing a movie screenplay where two countries meet and enjoy a whirlwind trade war that lasts just one day, but it’s a day they’ll never forget.
Refreshing my feed during my break at a Title 1 school in Saint Paul. Trying to figure out what dismantling the Department of Education may mean to the school, teachers, and kids that I love. This all continues to suck. 😞
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Refreshing my feed during my break at a Title 1 school in Saint Paul. Trying to figure out what dismantling the Department of Education may mean to the school, teachers, and kids that I love. This all continues to suck. 😞
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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
What's with all the man bling at the Oscars? Bejeweled brooches, pocket squares... I'm hoping @dieworkwear.bsky.social will help us understand the trend and who did it well.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What's with all the man bling at the Oscars? Bejeweled brooches, pocket squares... I'm hoping @dieworkwear.bsky.social will help us understand the trend and who did it well.
Yay, the Oscar goes to Flow!! 🇱🇻 Proud moment for Latvia!
March 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Yay, the Oscar goes to Flow!! 🇱🇻 Proud moment for Latvia!
In June of 1941, my great-uncle Paulis Ozols (#7) was arrested and tortured to death by the Russians occupying Latvia. His "crime" was speaking out against the communists in his role as the director of a dairy cooperative.
March 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In June of 1941, my great-uncle Paulis Ozols (#7) was arrested and tortured to death by the Russians occupying Latvia. His "crime" was speaking out against the communists in his role as the director of a dairy cooperative.
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In the capitalist system we live in, taking action by withholding spending is an important tool.
But! Please remember that local micro businesses are not the same as the corporations and oligarchs harming our country. A bad Friday of sales would cause actual harm to small shops like ours.
But! Please remember that local micro businesses are not the same as the corporations and oligarchs harming our country. A bad Friday of sales would cause actual harm to small shops like ours.
February 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
In the capitalist system we live in, taking action by withholding spending is an important tool.
But! Please remember that local micro businesses are not the same as the corporations and oligarchs harming our country. A bad Friday of sales would cause actual harm to small shops like ours.
But! Please remember that local micro businesses are not the same as the corporations and oligarchs harming our country. A bad Friday of sales would cause actual harm to small shops like ours.
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It can’t hurt to go to your doc right now and check your titers (antibodies) for all your childhood vaccines.
A quick blood draw and they can see if your body still has the necessary antibodies to fight.
And if not you can get your vaccines updated.
I did it recently, it was super easy.
A quick blood draw and they can see if your body still has the necessary antibodies to fight.
And if not you can get your vaccines updated.
I did it recently, it was super easy.
February 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It can’t hurt to go to your doc right now and check your titers (antibodies) for all your childhood vaccines.
A quick blood draw and they can see if your body still has the necessary antibodies to fight.
And if not you can get your vaccines updated.
I did it recently, it was super easy.
A quick blood draw and they can see if your body still has the necessary antibodies to fight.
And if not you can get your vaccines updated.
I did it recently, it was super easy.
You can tell a true Minnesotan, not by their mention of the Halloween blizzard, but by their response of "March Madness" to a comment about the weather being nice in February.
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You can tell a true Minnesotan, not by their mention of the Halloween blizzard, but by their response of "March Madness" to a comment about the weather being nice in February.
I've taught with Sam Carlson and he would be an incredible, and much needed, special ed teacher. The loss of future teachers like Sam would be a huge loss.
The University of St. Thomas has lost two teacher prep grants and the U of M has lost another in recent weeks as part of the Trump administration’s cuts aimed at DEI initiatives. The cuts come as Minnesota school districts are facing a teacher shortage.
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Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social
St. Thomas, UMN lose teacher training grants due to Trump DEI cuts
The University of St. Thomas has lost two teacher prep grants and the University of Minnesota has lost another in recent weeks as part of the Trump administration’s cuts aimed at DEI initiatives. The ...
sahanjournal.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I've taught with Sam Carlson and he would be an incredible, and much needed, special ed teacher. The loss of future teachers like Sam would be a huge loss.