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Britteny Cioni-Haywood

@ak-firecracker.bsky.social

Economist. Educator. Alaskan. An eye on the future. Runs on sarcasm, caffeine, and logic. Resides on Lingít Aaní. They/them.

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Black and white cat hidden in green leaf plants

Black and white cat hidden in green leaf plants

Happy Caturday!! #caturday #blueberrythecat

27.04.2025 01:33 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fuck that! I have no interest in giving up rights my mother and grandmothers fought for. I am not property.

25.04.2025 03:42 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I will be one of the panelists this year. If you have questions or things you think I should cover please leave them in the comments.

13.04.2025 18:04 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Two blueberry blossoms covered in small droplets of rainwater. The blossoms are light pink in color and have small oval green leaves at their tops. There is also a reddish brown stem running diagonally across the photo frame.

Two blueberry blossoms covered in small droplets of rainwater. The blossoms are light pink in color and have small oval green leaves at their tops. There is also a reddish brown stem running diagonally across the photo frame.

A pretty picture for Sunday.

13.04.2025 18:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Get weird! Be feral!!

11.04.2025 06:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“These are normal, everyday people who are saying I’ve had enough. I’ve seen institutions fall. I’ve seen universities, I’ve seen businesses, I’ve seen law firms not stand up, not support our liberal democracy. So what am I going to do as an individual?”

“That’s what tomorrow is about.” - Ezra

05.04.2025 02:05 — 👍 8134    🔁 2690    💬 201    📌 156
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Lithuanians in Vilnius paid more respects to the 4 American troops who died in Lithuania than Donald Trump…who ran off to go golfing.

04.04.2025 13:07 — 👍 3621    🔁 1329    💬 148    📌 113
Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”

Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”

03.04.2025 22:34 — 👍 1738    🔁 390    💬 24    📌 19
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Why does he shake his head, like he is saying no, when he speaks? Maybe because he knows this is all utter bullshit?!

03.04.2025 02:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Headline that reads FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

Headline that reads FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

Completely agree! Cattle are designed to digest grass but we fatten them up on corn in feedlots. We have one recall after another. And now we are gutting the FDA.

03.04.2025 02:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I should follow up with Congress could fix this but I have serious doubts that they will take action.

03.04.2025 02:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The complete lack of basic economics is astounding! This is going to hurt so many. The US losing it’s leadership role in the economy will have so many ripple effects throughout the US and globally.

03.04.2025 02:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Millions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.

30.03.2025 21:02 — 👍 3886    🔁 1122    💬 78    📌 49
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Hugs to all the decent people who have remained Humane throughout this train wreck.

We have strength in our numbers and our voices. They know it. And they are afraid of us.

Let us not disappoint by maintaining our power and preserving our freedom.

They can expect us.

30.03.2025 04:49 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Silhouette of a black cat in an open window. Mountains and evening sky in the background

Silhouette of a black cat in an open window. Mountains and evening sky in the background

Happy Sunny Saturday!
#Caturday #Alaska

30.03.2025 04:54 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kakistocracy!

25.03.2025 02:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our self-serving senator is a slavish MAGA coward.

He needs to be reminded and reminded often that he works for us and not his political party or a convicted felon.

#akleg #akgov #alaska

16.03.2025 03:56 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A black and white photo of a black and white cat. The cat is partially hidden by a post.

A black and white photo of a black and white cat. The cat is partially hidden by a post.

I haven’t posted much lately. It has been an incredibly busy couple of months working on the school district budget. Done for the moment. Happy Caturday #caturday

16.03.2025 00:54 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Senator Murkowski is scheduled for March 18 at 11 am.

15.03.2025 17:27 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Photo of a meeting schedule for Senator Sullivan’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature on March 20, 2025 at 11 am

Photo of a meeting schedule for Senator Sullivan’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature on March 20, 2025 at 11 am

March 20 at 11am.

15.03.2025 17:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A great op-ed from Alaska Historical Society calling on the BOR to rescind their motion.

UA board of regents is willfully complicit with a lawless administration www.newsminer.com/opinion/comm...

05.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 31    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 2

Very bad indeed!

05.03.2025 06:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.

02.03.2025 16:46 — 👍 25365    🔁 10122    💬 809    📌 691
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

28.02.2025 22:15 — 👍 31022    🔁 10549    💬 1058    📌 689
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This man is the leader of the free world.

28.02.2025 23:52 — 👍 12754    🔁 2732    💬 259    📌 122
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    From the depths / Wm. Balfour-Ker.

Summary

    Print shows a lavish social event in a large ballroom attended by the well-to-do; the party is disrupted when a fist erupts through the floor, beneath which are the struggling masses of the less fortunate who provide the foundation support on which the wealthy rest.

Names

    Ker, William Balfour, artist

Created / Published

    c1906.

Title From the depths / Wm. Balfour-Ker. Summary Print shows a lavish social event in a large ballroom attended by the well-to-do; the party is disrupted when a fist erupts through the floor, beneath which are the struggling masses of the less fortunate who provide the foundation support on which the wealthy rest. Names Ker, William Balfour, artist Created / Published c1906.

Yessssss.

25.02.2025 00:53 — 👍 8235    🔁 1421    💬 88    📌 58

Rule of law, stable institutions, an independent central bank, and a functioning democracy create the environment for a healthy and robust economy. It is all under attack at the moment.

16.02.2025 18:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

14.02.2025 04:25 — 👍 83901    🔁 26006    💬 760    📌 899
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

10.02.2025 22:06 — 👍 4125    🔁 1511    💬 168    📌 227

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