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@kpengelly.bsky.social

educator, local politics evangelist

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I'm so mad/sad.

26.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone should be required to transcribe one of their conversations, it's HUMBLING.

16.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
America's Richest People Are Not its Most Generous

America's Richest People Are Not its Most Generous

Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.

At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:

Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600

Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.

www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

16.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 952    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 134

"I refuse." This is it. There's no reason we should accept a narrative of an already settled future which marginalizes humans and individual agency. No one wants this. No one asked for it.

19.12.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 882    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Please @kristenwelker.bsky.social, please stop letting lying men direct the pace of their interview. You should have interrupted J* V**** every time he lied, you don’t need to let anyone finish their lie

12.10.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a small brown dog leaps up from behind a pile of crunchy brown leaves. her eyes and mouth are open wide, and her big floppy ears are extended out like wings to either side.

a small brown dog leaps up from behind a pile of crunchy brown leaves. her eyes and mouth are open wide, and her big floppy ears are extended out like wings to either side.

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

22.09.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17844    πŸ” 2345    πŸ’¬ 295    πŸ“Œ 232

Pritzker is doing a great job of both framing and prebunking.

Framing β€” he’s giving a way of understanding what the administration is trying to do by giving a different American narrative.

Prebunking β€” he’s warning people about the disinfo, the false narrative, the Trump people will use.

04.09.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

The reason you don't give ground on trans rights - beyond the simple morality of it being wrong to do so - is because you don't give ground on rights period, and if you're willing to let it slide for one marginalized group it means everyone else is just a matter of price

03.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2604    πŸ” 617    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 13

white women need to keep doing this shit.

26.07.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5690    πŸ” 1420    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 41
death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood

death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood

β€œkeep politics out of kids movies”

disney in 1973:

20.07.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11558    πŸ” 2500    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 110

β€œand every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably

27.06.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4235    πŸ” 1015    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20

Toldya.

12.06.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6705    πŸ” 976    πŸ’¬ 390    πŸ“Œ 171

Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.

12.06.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4013    πŸ” 1167    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 48

gosh why

11.06.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let This Radicalize You Chapter Six:

10.06.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:

1-877-447-4487

09.06.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 22317    πŸ” 11324    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 349

since they're likely to be shut down before I get to go I say yes

27.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Last of Us has become WAY too scary πŸ„

15.05.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Opposun skunk racoon

Opposun skunk racoon

Americas starter PokΓ©mon

27.04.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14848    πŸ” 3416    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 223

After E2 of Last of Us, I might be ready!?

25.04.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the reminder to watch!

25.04.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

24.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 66656    πŸ” 16122    πŸ’¬ 1537    πŸ“Œ 648
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London bus stop near Amazon HQ πŸ”₯

18.04.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 36503    πŸ” 7731    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 268

I screamed!

14.04.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security

Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.

10.04.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 30729    πŸ” 6575    πŸ’¬ 3079    πŸ“Œ 1351

With the help of four Democrats, House Republicans just voted to pass H.R. 22 β€” one of the biggest threats to voting rights that we’ve seen in a generation. If you’re represented by Reps. Case (HI-01), Cuellar (TX-28), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), or Golden (ME-02), they need to hear from you today.

10.04.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 976    πŸ” 467    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 48

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

03.04.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 32716    πŸ” 5306    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 211