RetiredWriter
@mudita88.bsky.social
In the process of awakening. Unapologetic Liberal but disillusioned with the two-party system. Enthusiastic about travel, crochet/fiber arts, health-care reform, reading all kinds of books, and writing down my thoughts, which I sometimes share.
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- FAA grounds all flights in and out of El Paso for 10 days
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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where is ICE is going next in the US? everywhere
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February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
where is ICE is going next in the US? everywhere
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Wow! I like her
Vermont US Representative Becca Balint being interviewed by Drop Site News shortly after reviewing more, unreleased Epstein files saying
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Wow! I like her
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls - Brilliant piece offering truth, solutions & hope #politics #felon47 #oligarchy #changecoming
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls - Brilliant piece offering truth, solutions & hope #politics #felon47 #oligarchy #changecoming
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
My kid could do that. My mind has been opened! Making the inner world into an abstract work. A new way of thinking. #art #artists #abstractart #visualarts
open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
My kid could do that
On abstract art
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February 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
My kid could do that. My mind has been opened! Making the inner world into an abstract work. A new way of thinking. #art #artists #abstractart #visualarts
open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
Absolutely
Posting something that blatantly racist, or allowing a staffer access to the president’s account with no indication it’s not him posting something that blatantly racist are both impeachable offenses.
The fact Republicans refuse to impeach him makes them complicit in all his crimes.
The fact Republicans refuse to impeach him makes them complicit in all his crimes.
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Absolutely
Fastened To A Dying Animal: The narcissistic wound of hobbled imperium. Worth reading as always—brilliant #politics #currentevents #generalstrike #whatnext #resistance #fightback open.substack.com/pub/philrock...
Fastened To A Dying Animal: The narcissistic wound of hobbled imperium
Cosplaying authoritarian wingnuts, Zionist billionaire media shakedowns, and Trump’s shambling toward neurological Götterdämmerung
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February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Fastened To A Dying Animal: The narcissistic wound of hobbled imperium. Worth reading as always—brilliant #politics #currentevents #generalstrike #whatnext #resistance #fightback open.substack.com/pub/philrock...
The Loaf, with Tim Kreider timkreider.substack.com?r=2hron&utm_... I found Tim's Substack via Austin Kleon. I like what I see so far. You might also.
The Loaf, with Tim Kreider | Substack
What you think about when you don't have to think about anything else. Click to read The Loaf, with Tim Kreider, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
timkreider.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The Loaf, with Tim Kreider timkreider.substack.com?r=2hron&utm_... I found Tim's Substack via Austin Kleon. I like what I see so far. You might also.
The lightness of steel - Good blog to follow. #art #artists #arteducation #sculpture open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
The lightness of steel
I am very lucky to be working in an art museum.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The lightness of steel - Good blog to follow. #art #artists #arteducation #sculpture open.substack.com/pub/artonthe...
Some truth-telling. Good article
This is such a lovely piece. And it quotes heavily and links to other lovely pieces. I just read them all, and they were all just what I needed to read. Thank you, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @anamariecox.bsky.social, and @adamserwer.bsky.social for the gritty optimism.
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Some truth-telling. Good article
From Ryan Holiday. We need more people to realize this. ryanholiday.net/you-have-to-...
This Is Why You Have To Care (I Can't Believe I'm Having To Write This Again) - RyanHoliday.net
It’s a complicated issue. Maybe it doesn’t affect you directly. Maybe you’ve got a lot going on in your own life or your own community. Maybe you’d rather not think about it. Maybe you’d rather no...
ryanholiday.net
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Ryan Holiday. We need more people to realize this. ryanholiday.net/you-have-to-...
Good analysis of recent events in MN & latest polling re: satisfaction with the orange menace & his toadies. #minnesota #alexpretti #ice #politicalunrest www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/a-highly-c...
A Highly Combustible Moment
Where things stand after Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
www.wakeuptopolitics.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Good analysis of recent events in MN & latest polling re: satisfaction with the orange menace & his toadies. #minnesota #alexpretti #ice #politicalunrest www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/a-highly-c...
Troubling
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Troubling
This article answered a lot of questions about the situation in Minnesota. You may also find it helpful. #politics #minnesota #socialunrest #iceoverreach #ice
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This article answered a lot of questions about the situation in Minnesota. You may also find it helpful. #politics #minnesota #socialunrest #iceoverreach #ice
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Portrait of Alex Pretti Defending his city - Rage & grief expressed beautifully in this portrait by Molly Crabapple. #artasactivism #neverforget #ice #senselessacts open.substack.com/pub/mollycra...
Portrait of Alex Pretti Defending his city
Drawing out of rage
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January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Portrait of Alex Pretti Defending his city - Rage & grief expressed beautifully in this portrait by Molly Crabapple. #artasactivism #neverforget #ice #senselessacts open.substack.com/pub/mollycra...
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I was just sent this screenshot.
The regime is using its own government-sponsored violence to try to gain access to Minnesota's voting rolls.
They've taken a state hostage and essentially said "Give us your voter rolls, or the shootings continue."
The regime is using its own government-sponsored violence to try to gain access to Minnesota's voting rolls.
They've taken a state hostage and essentially said "Give us your voter rolls, or the shootings continue."
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I was just sent this screenshot.
The regime is using its own government-sponsored violence to try to gain access to Minnesota's voting rolls.
They've taken a state hostage and essentially said "Give us your voter rolls, or the shootings continue."
The regime is using its own government-sponsored violence to try to gain access to Minnesota's voting rolls.
They've taken a state hostage and essentially said "Give us your voter rolls, or the shootings continue."
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They keep showing us who they are.
Murdering our citizens for peacefully exercising their rights, ignoring our laws, gaslighting us for demanding justice…
They think their brutality will cower us into silence.
Into obeisance.
They clearly don’t know who we are.
They will.
Murdering our citizens for peacefully exercising their rights, ignoring our laws, gaslighting us for demanding justice…
They think their brutality will cower us into silence.
Into obeisance.
They clearly don’t know who we are.
They will.
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
They keep showing us who they are.
Murdering our citizens for peacefully exercising their rights, ignoring our laws, gaslighting us for demanding justice…
They think their brutality will cower us into silence.
Into obeisance.
They clearly don’t know who we are.
They will.
Murdering our citizens for peacefully exercising their rights, ignoring our laws, gaslighting us for demanding justice…
They think their brutality will cower us into silence.
Into obeisance.
They clearly don’t know who we are.
They will.
If you're interested in art as activism, this scholarly paper may be for you. Validates & educates. (My attempt at art as activism) #socialjustice #activism #politics #art #artists eajournals.org/gjahss/wp-co...
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
If you're interested in art as activism, this scholarly paper may be for you. Validates & educates. (My attempt at art as activism) #socialjustice #activism #politics #art #artists eajournals.org/gjahss/wp-co...
Don't throw away your unused Metro cards or other loyalty cards you collect. See how to turn them into art #reclaimedobjects #collage #mixedmedia #assemblage #art #artists #creativity www.thecreativefactor.co/articles/lon...
Long Live the MetroCard: The Story Behind Juan Carlos Pinto’s Underground Art — The Creative Factor
The MetroCard may no longer be in use, but its legacy lives on in the works of Juan Carlos Pinto, a Brooklyn-based artist whose material is the recycled MTA card.
www.thecreativefactor.co
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Don't throw away your unused Metro cards or other loyalty cards you collect. See how to turn them into art #reclaimedobjects #collage #mixedmedia #assemblage #art #artists #creativity www.thecreativefactor.co/articles/lon...
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We need this kind of leadership from the Dems
I want to know more but I'm actually impressed a member who has only been in office since 2023 did this.
After taking the first step to impeach Kristi Noem in December, I am leading 71 of my colleagues demanding the House Committee on Judiciary start the investigation hearings into her impeachable offenses.
January 21, 2026 at 1:29 AM
We need this kind of leadership from the Dems
Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On – Modern Daily Knitting
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January 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Great advice here. Love especially the suggestion to visit thrift stores & hardware stores to explore "junk" and weird objects. Many more good ideas as well. #art #creativity #blocked #artists www.itsnicethat.com/features/for...
Shut your laptop! Ways to find inspiration offline
We asked seven creatives to set mini-briefs to get you motivated and spark your creativity in the new year.
www.itsnicethat.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Great advice here. Love especially the suggestion to visit thrift stores & hardware stores to explore "junk" and weird objects. Many more good ideas as well. #art #creativity #blocked #artists www.itsnicethat.com/features/for...