Nora Thompson
@noraleet.bsky.social
Retired Michigan teacher relocated to Virginia to spend my days mostly singing, gardening, drawing, and fishing with my 4 inspiring grandchildren. Defender of their future. #RVA
Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3 (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)
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December 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
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Happy Hanukkah
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
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At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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@ucs.org has released a letter you can write to your Congressperson to save @ncar-ucar.bsky.social
Share your voice on the significant value of this bedrock climate and weather insitution. Your story matters!
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Share your voice on the significant value of this bedrock climate and weather insitution. Your story matters!
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Protect the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Write today and urge your members of Congress to oppose the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR.) Your message to Congress will help protect NC...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@ucs.org has released a letter you can write to your Congressperson to save @ncar-ucar.bsky.social
Share your voice on the significant value of this bedrock climate and weather insitution. Your story matters!
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Share your voice on the significant value of this bedrock climate and weather insitution. Your story matters!
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It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the CFPB would eviscerate longstanding fair lending and consumer protections in three dangerous ways:
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December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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"Who is condemning Trump’s continuing attacks on women? Virtually no one...But if no one stands up to Trump during his public forays into unacceptable behavior... who will stop it when it happens in private? And what will we become?"
"Who is condemning Trump’s continuing attacks on women? Virtually no one...But if no one stands up to Trump during his public forays into unacceptable behavior... who will stop it when it happens in private? And what will we become?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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"Who is condemning Trump’s continuing attacks on women? Virtually no one...But if no one stands up to Trump during his public forays into unacceptable behavior... who will stop it when it happens in private? And what will we become?"
"Who is condemning Trump’s continuing attacks on women? Virtually no one...But if no one stands up to Trump during his public forays into unacceptable behavior... who will stop it when it happens in private? And what will we become?"
Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat that disappeared onto freight truck - CBS News share.google/zp2nN6AM3432...
Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat that disappeared onto freight truck
For nearly a decade, Francine the cat was a constant presence in the garden department at a Lowe's in Richmond, Virginia. Then one day, a few months ago, she vanished. Steve Hartman tells the story of...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat that disappeared onto freight truck - CBS News share.google/zp2nN6AM3432...
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and thanks to the New Yorker, worth every penny of its subscription price, to make this profound essay available to all without a paywall. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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“How is it that NO ONE in the press corps stands up when Trump slanders a reporter?”
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Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“How is it that NO ONE in the press corps stands up when Trump slanders a reporter?”
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
I saw this at the library today. It's a sad day when we have to write books for children about lockdowns and hiding from the possibility of a school shooter. The author did a beautiful job & the pictures were lovely but it's the topic that just breaks my heart. We've got to change what's happening.
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I saw this at the library today. It's a sad day when we have to write books for children about lockdowns and hiding from the possibility of a school shooter. The author did a beautiful job & the pictures were lovely but it's the topic that just breaks my heart. We've got to change what's happening.
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
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It’s important to remember that community care doesn’t have to come in the form of $100s in donations or dropping off pallets of food.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It’s important to remember that community care doesn’t have to come in the form of $100s in donations or dropping off pallets of food.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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SNAP benefits are going to be paused on November 1. If you are able, now is a good time to give to food banks, food pantries, or local mutual aid groups.
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
SNAP benefits are going to be paused on November 1. If you are able, now is a good time to give to food banks, food pantries, or local mutual aid groups.
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Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.
Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.
Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.
Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.
Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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Francine IN THE CITY
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Finding Francine: How Lowe’s brought a beloved cat home to Richmond
Finding Francine: How Lowe’s brought a beloved cat home to Richmond
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October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Francine IN THE CITY
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"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."
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Francine, a beloved cat known to employees and customers at Lowe’s at 1640 W. Broad St., is missing.
Francine the Lowe's cat is missing
Francine, a beloved cat known to employees and customers at Lowe’s at 1640 W. Broad St., is missing.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Francine, a beloved cat known to employees and customers at Lowe’s at 1640 W. Broad St., is missing.
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The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...