@skipz.bsky.social
Ret. computing teacher (as of 6/2022) living with my wife in West Brattleboro VT. Blue clear through! I stand for Women's rights! BLM! LGBTQIA+! VOTE BLUE IN EVERY ELECTION! I stand with Ukraine! Transgender Rights are Human Rights! 2026 Midterm #Bluewave
Hello, Blooees! It's 25F (-4C) and overcast in West Brattleboro VT USA on 2/16 at 4:44AM. Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon, with a high of 39F (4C). A few flurries or snow showers possible. Winds light and variable.
16.02.2026 09:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is bigger than anything we can imagineβΌοΈ
16.02.2026 07:58 β π 178 π 94 π¬ 10 π 4What kind of disgusting monster assaults a person with a disability on her way to a doctorβs appointment and detains her? ICE
@drplantel.bsky.social
04.02.2026 23:41 β π 198 π 46 π¬ 3 π 1I'll get the cover off the pool, if anyone wants to go for a dip!
15.02.2026 19:21 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If Haliburton, Kyrie and AD (I know) had normal injury luck, the Pacers and Mavs would be in the playoff/play-in mix, and the Jazz would have little risk of conveying a protected pick to OKC. Everything else would be the same and no one would be crying
14.02.2026 22:02 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Beating the stress of the Trump era with an agenda of joy. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
14.02.2026 22:30 β π 670 π 104 π¬ 15 π 6Subscribe to my Defending Democracy podcast. It's available for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
14.02.2026 22:42 β π 530 π 170 π¬ 4 π 0NEW: @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I discuss republican clandestine spying, weaponization of the Justice Department, and failures of Pam Bondi. Never any paywalls, and you can subscribe for free. www.muellershewrote.com/p/heather-co...
14.02.2026 23:01 β π 2312 π 725 π¬ 43 π 20βI am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husbandβs car. Iβm terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,β she said. βThis is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we donβt have Dmytro with us..."
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
We must preserve the solid Scots-Irish American culture of the MacHopi and FitzCree clans.
15.02.2026 17:55 β π 1694 π 146 π¬ 280 π 41Enraging that this took a court order:
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
"Trump doesnβt believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think itβs a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...β
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Trumpedo is scared shitless that many world leaders want the entire Epstein files released. He darenβt go to Munich.
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Anyone not thinking this is a concentration camp needs to think again.
I think @wajali.bsky.social was clear. He acknowledges the current fight, but asks @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to lead on the long term goal of abolishing ICE. I donβt understand the leaderβs reticence on that very simple, and frankly moderate position.
15.02.2026 08:52 β π 5083 π 1450 π¬ 701 π 137My father died 10 years ago today. I still miss him. He was a good man. He was a loving husband and father. He was loyal and kind to his friends. He contributed to his community. Ed Reich would have loathed Donald Trump. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-my-father-and-the
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