Liza Martin (she/her)
@quicktolaughter.bsky.social
contemplative sarcoma caregiver, widowed
raised by a pack of wild librarians
Western NC/Atlanta
My hope is in the youth. 🔥❤️🏆❤️🔥
raised by a pack of wild librarians
Western NC/Atlanta
My hope is in the youth. 🔥❤️🏆❤️🔥
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bsky.app
Hey y’all follow my amazing niece Olivia. She worked for the Harris campaign and is about to start an internship. We can say we knew her back in the day!
My hope is in the youth 💙🏆🏆
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
My hope is in the youth 💙🏆🏆
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
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It’s so messed up. women should be warned, it is very dangerous to be pregnant in places like Georgia, Mississippi, etc. Seek life in another State.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
![More responses to Hannah’s post
MarianaMontu @MontuMariana • 10h
Similar to 45's unsubtle aversion to covid testing: if no one can test for infection, then the numbers of those infected decrease notably.
Never forget 45's pandemic proclamation to the world: I take no responsibility.
No data, no wrongdoing, no responsibility: the maga way.
Blind Willies @williesband • 9h reposted an earlier post of their own [to show Mississippi is also dangerous for women with a link to a NY Times article] x.com/williesband/st..
Blind Willies @williesband • 8/2/22
"Mississippi embodies a national pattern:
States that have banned abortion, or are expected to, have among the nation's weakest social services for women and children, and have higher rates of death for infants and mothers." nytimes.com/
2022/07/28/ups...
In Mississippi, which brought the abortion case that ended Roe v.
Wade before the Supreme Court, Gov. Tate Reeves vowed that the state would now "take every step necessary to support mothers and children."
Today, however, Mississippi fares poorly on just about any measure of that goal. Its infant and maternal mortality rates are among the worst in the nation.
State leaders have rejected the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, leaving an estimated 43,000 women of reproductive age without health insurance. They have chosen not to extend Medicaid to women for a full year after giving birth. And they have….](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l4r67lpj5sb6ai3zp7fzjbbi/bafkreicxee7idfqn4rg3f5slpso6hc6egis5sszqh6b5junbduvphk2xmy@jpeg)
November 23, 2024 at 2:00 AM
It’s so messed up. women should be warned, it is very dangerous to be pregnant in places like Georgia, Mississippi, etc. Seek life in another State.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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I have thought about this a lot. At this particular moment, we have to be all in on explaining in the clearest terms possible what is happening, who is responsible, & the consequences to anyone who will listen.
What we are losing is too great not to do everything possible to save it.
What we are losing is too great not to do everything possible to save it.
Re: sci-comm you ingest: how much open condemnation of administration & anti-science American culture is helpful?
I debate this constantly, *trying* to inform & not alienate the people who need to hear it MOST but I have also fucking HAD it. Frog pot is at a roiling boil & some ppl won't listen
I debate this constantly, *trying* to inform & not alienate the people who need to hear it MOST but I have also fucking HAD it. Frog pot is at a roiling boil & some ppl won't listen
August 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I have thought about this a lot. At this particular moment, we have to be all in on explaining in the clearest terms possible what is happening, who is responsible, & the consequences to anyone who will listen.
What we are losing is too great not to do everything possible to save it.
What we are losing is too great not to do everything possible to save it.
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Also: "A lot of trust is built at the local level, with your friends and family.
Let them know you’re getting the COVID shot and tell them about the potential advancements of mRNA technology.
There are these real conversations we can all have within our communities that will make a difference."
Let them know you’re getting the COVID shot and tell them about the potential advancements of mRNA technology.
There are these real conversations we can all have within our communities that will make a difference."
August 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Also: "A lot of trust is built at the local level, with your friends and family.
Let them know you’re getting the COVID shot and tell them about the potential advancements of mRNA technology.
There are these real conversations we can all have within our communities that will make a difference."
Let them know you’re getting the COVID shot and tell them about the potential advancements of mRNA technology.
There are these real conversations we can all have within our communities that will make a difference."
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SENATOR TELLS AMERICANS
‘DON’T HANG AROUND ILLEGALS' TO AVOID DEPORTATION
‘DON’T HANG AROUND ILLEGALS' TO AVOID DEPORTATION
July 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
SENATOR TELLS AMERICANS
‘DON’T HANG AROUND ILLEGALS' TO AVOID DEPORTATION
‘DON’T HANG AROUND ILLEGALS' TO AVOID DEPORTATION
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up)
DAY 16 JULY 2025
These Tumultuous Times
The horrors of ICE
The vile disgust of tRump/Epstein
Tonight I thought you would enjoy some decency and love
Did you know Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson have a podcast
"IMO"
Their latest guest ⬇️💙⬇️
(sound up)
DAY 16 JULY 2025
These Tumultuous Times
The horrors of ICE
The vile disgust of tRump/Epstein
Tonight I thought you would enjoy some decency and love
Did you know Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson have a podcast
"IMO"
Their latest guest ⬇️💙⬇️
July 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up)
DAY 16 JULY 2025
These Tumultuous Times
The horrors of ICE
The vile disgust of tRump/Epstein
Tonight I thought you would enjoy some decency and love
Did you know Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson have a podcast
"IMO"
Their latest guest ⬇️💙⬇️
(sound up)
DAY 16 JULY 2025
These Tumultuous Times
The horrors of ICE
The vile disgust of tRump/Epstein
Tonight I thought you would enjoy some decency and love
Did you know Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson have a podcast
"IMO"
Their latest guest ⬇️💙⬇️
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He was 15 in 1955 when the words of Rosa Parks and Dr. King inspired John Lewis to make good trouble. 10 years later he marched across the bridge, was beaten by cops, for exercising his 1st Amendment rights. We pick up his torch and fight #GoodTroubleLivesOn
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2b...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2b...
John Lewis' legacy of 'Good Trouble:' Nonviolent protests and 'redeeming the soul of America'
YouTube video by Tennessean
m.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
He was 15 in 1955 when the words of Rosa Parks and Dr. King inspired John Lewis to make good trouble. 10 years later he marched across the bridge, was beaten by cops, for exercising his 1st Amendment rights. We pick up his torch and fight #GoodTroubleLivesOn
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2b...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2b...
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
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Put all the “DEI” folks who got let go onto a new network and I’d watch the shit out of it.
February 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Put all the “DEI” folks who got let go onto a new network and I’d watch the shit out of it.
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Elon Musk's decision to end all humanitarian assistance around the world is currently killing people. People who were midway through 6 month treatments of Tuberculosis have stopped getting their medication. America just gave up their fight on controlling the deadliest disease in human history.
What's at Stake
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Elon Musk's decision to end all humanitarian assistance around the world is currently killing people. People who were midway through 6 month treatments of Tuberculosis have stopped getting their medication. America just gave up their fight on controlling the deadliest disease in human history.
Y’all. Go watch it.
Macklemore just dropped an anthem on YouTube. Unable to share but go watch it NOW.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Y’all. Go watch it.
I made a Mardi Gras wreath- I bought the houndstooth ribbon, and everything else is just random repurposed stuff. Felt good.
February 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I made a Mardi Gras wreath- I bought the houndstooth ribbon, and everything else is just random repurposed stuff. Felt good.
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The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
This is giving Putin on a horse energy.
this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is giving Putin on a horse energy.
Can I get links and advice on how to utilize Bluesky, because y'all, shit is hitting the fan.
I’m a nimble little mountain goat on Facebook. I can find out anything: friends, local, weather, big picture…I need that skill here, asap, & also new skills for our current dumpster fire situation.
I’m a nimble little mountain goat on Facebook. I can find out anything: friends, local, weather, big picture…I need that skill here, asap, & also new skills for our current dumpster fire situation.
February 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Can I get links and advice on how to utilize Bluesky, because y'all, shit is hitting the fan.
I’m a nimble little mountain goat on Facebook. I can find out anything: friends, local, weather, big picture…I need that skill here, asap, & also new skills for our current dumpster fire situation.
I’m a nimble little mountain goat on Facebook. I can find out anything: friends, local, weather, big picture…I need that skill here, asap, & also new skills for our current dumpster fire situation.
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Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
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An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I’ve been very down and in the dump. There have been a few friends who stayed with me to ensure I survived the weekend.
All I can say is thank you. You know who you are.
And for those of you who are down this quote helped me.
Good Night 🫶🏽🙏🏽
All I can say is thank you. You know who you are.
And for those of you who are down this quote helped me.
Good Night 🫶🏽🙏🏽
February 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’ve been very down and in the dump. There have been a few friends who stayed with me to ensure I survived the weekend.
All I can say is thank you. You know who you are.
And for those of you who are down this quote helped me.
Good Night 🫶🏽🙏🏽
All I can say is thank you. You know who you are.
And for those of you who are down this quote helped me.
Good Night 🫶🏽🙏🏽
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Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world.
Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends.
www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...
Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends.
www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...
Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport
As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...
www.kwch.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well said, Pete Buttigieg
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Round one goes to Team America.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
January 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Round one goes to Team America.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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