Jan Alexander

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social
Follow them and sign up to take action when the Muskettes attack a federal service office near you.
www.savepublicservices.com

Horrendous. Bill Gates's foundation could finance the entire gap in medical care but of course no private foundation, not even Gates, should have to do this.

Horrific. Reporters are beginning to collect the names of specific people that Musk and Trump have killed by abruptly terminating USAID—in this case Pe Kha Lau, a Burmese woman living in Thailand

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The first 10 people who sign up on the link below before Feb. 28 will receive a free copy of Ms. Ming's Guide to Civilization. One Grand Prize winner will receive 10 free copies to give to your book club. readinggroupchoices.com

Thank you to the dynamo women of the Manchester, VT book club for a fun-filled afternoon and a stimulating discussion of Ms. Ming's Guide to Civilization. @regalhouse.bsky.social

Thank you to the dynamo women of the Manchester, VT book club for a fun-filled afternoon and a stimulating discussion of Ms. Ming's Guide to Civilization. @regalhouse.bsky.social

More songs for the resistance. From Duncan Christy.
www.isthisamerica.info?fbclid=IwY2x...

Home Celebrating Local Business and Musical Diversity WKZE-FM has been proudly independent since we made our debut on the airwaves in 1987. Back then, the station was based in Sharon, CT, from where our br...

The Resistance needs a soundtrack. Thank you to WKZE.com for playing Shame, Shame, Shame by Lake Street Dive this afternoon and reminding me that toxic masculinity can be defeated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO1r...

And the moral arc of the universe will bend toward justice one day.

This is brilliant!! 😂✊🏼

Even Newsmax says so: L.A. will never recover if Trump starts deporting people

www.newsmax.com/world/global...

It's the Fear, Stupid: Why Biden’s FDR-Size Aspirations Fell Short When Joe Biden entered office four years ago, FDR comparisons were everywhere. We at the Roosevelt Institute even briefly asked our followers to guess whether a quote belonged to FDR or Biden. As we c...

It's the inequality and the fear that comes with knowing that Elon Musk's fortune isn't going to trickle down to you. What FDR and Eleanor communicated and Biden didn't: www.firesidestacks.com/p/its-the-fe...

I'm going to be observing Martin Luther King Day. Especially ecause we need the moral arc of the universe to bend toward justice ASAP!

YouTube video by Sharon Israel “Whirlwind” The 2025 Hudson Valley New Year’s Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza.

Whirlwind, the Hudson Valley New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza in Saugerties, NY is the subject of Sharon Israel's Planet Poet-Words in Space show podcast. Originally aired on WIOX radio.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmG...

Happy Christmakah!

Happy Christmakah!

Looking bug-eyed at what's just outside.

The Ekphrastic Review the ekphrastic review: visual art and writing, ekphrastic poetry, ekphrastic flash fiction, ekphrastic prose, ekphrastic essays, writing and literature responding to visual art

2 amazing paintings by Harriett Forman Barrett, my flash fiction as accompaniment, on the Ekphrastic Review today.

www.ekphrastic.net

Reasons behind the shooting aside, I can imagine Republicans suddenly getting serious about gun control because a CEO was shot.

Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment Where have all the good vibes gone?

So glad @pkrugman.bsky.social is starting a column on Substack. His farewell column in @nytimes.com was full of talking points: eg. billionaires feel insufficiently admired. We need to help these poor souls understand why money can't buy love!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

Raise your hand if you suspect that even responsible media organizations are already terrified of Trump.

Thank you Joe Walsh. Sane America must resist.

Time Doesn’t Count

It's March in December in my very short story "Time Doesn't Count." Please feel free to comment at the bottom. flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/12...

If you're in the Hudson Valley on New Year's Day come escape at Whirlwind, the annual New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza.

Wednesday • January 1st, 2025 • 1:00-7:00 pm
The Local • 16 John Street • Saugerties • NY • 12477

Free admission, wine and beer available for purchase

We are now officially living in a country in which the president is above the law. Be very afraid.

Special counsel Jack Smith drops criminal case against Trump for 2020 election subversion Smith said he consulted with Justice Department officials about whether an ongoing prosecution against a person elected president might continue.

A complete outrage. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

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Done!

Welcome to Bluesky. A thought for those who came seeking a social media refuge: The Orange Menace wants his foes to be miserable. Have you found ways to be happy in spite of knowing that Doomsday is coming?