Vicki Madden
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Vicki Madden
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Teacher, very slow writer, lover of libraries & trains. Words in A Public Space and The New York Times. Rewilding my 1/3 acre garden, mending and darning socks and my little corner of the world

Also I help school leaders.
truenorthbk.org
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Thank you for posting this. In 48 hours, Sanebox has made me much saner.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And the cap, which is a dollar amount, not a perc of income, has not been raised in decades.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Brussel Sprouts with Hazelnut Brown Butter from this book -- (I am not currently with the book so I cannot post a pic of the recipe.) It can be served at room temperature which makes it great for kitchen that is busy with last-minute gravy-making and turkey carving.
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reposted by Vicki Madden
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Also I turned off smart features in Gmail so they wouldn’t use Gemini to use all my “content” so now I lost the sorting out or promotions and socials. Enshittification continues.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These were rhetorical questions! Sorry for lack of clarity—I should have left the comment under his post
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why does she say she is not an amazing person? Why trash talk her?
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wild!
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don’t have any more info but came from someone trustworthy
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
FYI around the same time Hegseth sent out a memo saying sexual harassment was no longer a thing and if women wanted to serve, they had to handle things.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The idea that watching your baby through a surveillance device is an intimate connection is so fucked up I don’t even know where to begin.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM