Michele - Librarian Secret Agent

@housedemocrats.bsky.social

Stick to your guns. I just spent an extra $1000 that I really can't afford so others in our country don't suffer hunger or go into medical debt or die from lack of healthcare.

I would rather we are majorly inconvenienced by air travel as long as people keep their healthcare and SNAP benefits.

Mom is doing better than I am.

It's been a mess. Finally got a flight to a city 3.5 hours from our house. I'll rent a car and drive home either tonight or tomorrow

Mom and I have been stuck in the Atlanta airport for 7 hours now. She has been I trooper. I, on the other hand, am exhausted and cranky.

They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.

A little something I picked up for a dollar.

Everybody is so desperate for that interstellar comet to be an alien ship, what if it's just cake?

The importance of down ballot voting.

Please don't be Tampa! 🤞

Shit!

“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”

— Howard Zinn

It is going to be a great day! Mom and I are going to be with both my boys and my grandson today. Joy crying may happen.

Oh would that were so 😂

WHOMST AMONGST US TBH

CASE CLOSE

Me picking up Mom at the door of the hotel:
Me: Hey little girl! Want a piece of candy? You just have to get in my car.
Mom: I'll take a piece of candy.
😂
Me: Mom, you're not supposed to take candy from strange people.
Mom: Michele, it's candy!

Mom would love to go to bed later. She's a night owl. I've had to change her schedule so I could get at least 6 hours of sleep. Sadly, she can't put herself to bed anymore.

Why I instituted a 9pm bedtime. It takes me 30 minutes to get us each ready for bed, so 10pm for me. If I don't chores to finish. I get up at 6:30, the caregivers get her up at 9am.

Does she do the paw and tail up alert? I live it when Murph does it.

I plan to do more of this while holding my grandson.

Murphy vs deer camping weekend. No one was hurt. Just curious.

Layoffs Already Higher Than for Any Full Year Since 2020 Announced US job cuts by quarter

It’s been harder than normal to get a grasp on the US labor market lately, with several agencies that produce key economic data, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, going dark during the government shutdown. Even before that, President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize the US government left holes in the sprawling federal statistical system. But private datasets have helped fill in some of the gaps. A report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas showed almost 950,000 US job cuts this year through September, the highest year-to-date total since 2020—and that was before the heavy October run of announcements. (Excluding that first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, US job cuts in the first nine months have already surpassed full-year layoffs for every year since 2009.) When something is almost the worst since the Great Recession, North says, “that’s not a very encouraging number.”

Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Libra here. I'll apologize even if I didn't do anything wrong...because balance. 😂

😂😂😂

Ah, do I owe you one? I forget these things

I'm a huge fan of this. I buy it by the case. It goes into the laundry and I mix it with an all purpose cleaner and water for every day cleaning & a spray deodorizer and disinfectant.

WTAF

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Mom's travel walker fits in airplane overhead compartments and under the seat. It fits under a two person restaurant booth. Amazing flight attendants and restaurant hostesses. Best $125 I've spent for travel.

Laundry sanitizer and deodorizer are another must.

Wait! Other people don't?