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09.02.2026 02:26 β π 15878 π 2811 π¬ 663 π 1419@jancarr.bsky.social
Author of kids' books, including numerous picture books + BUDDY AND BEA chapter book series; Balletomane; Socialist heart rep: Andrea Cascardi, www.transatlanticagency.com Author website: https://www.jancarr.net/
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09.02.2026 02:26 β π 15878 π 2811 π¬ 663 π 1419If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
27.01.2026 16:45 β π 17317 π 6921 π¬ 501 π 330Because .... Cat.
26.01.2026 17:39 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noemβs impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
24.01.2026 19:11 β π 20840 π 3301 π¬ 428 π 96What are we doing?
22.01.2026 14:33 β π 2000 π 936 π¬ 172 π 80Ice needs to be abolished
22.01.2026 01:24 β π 6510 π 1977 π¬ 288 π 88Excellent article. Def worth the read.
19.01.2026 21:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.
18.01.2026 22:16 β π 9438 π 2826 π¬ 356 π 99"internal bleeding"
16.01.2026 16:07 β π 4659 π 781 π¬ 211 π 25βLifelessβ¦ foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.β
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldnβt breathe.
Grew up Catholic. Can confirm.
15.01.2026 23:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs me. I gave all my money to the wine mom gangs
14.01.2026 00:37 β π 1058 π 107 π¬ 37 π 5Yes. That was great, and gutsy!
12.01.2026 15:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mark Ruffalo always brings it. And onstage, Nikki Glazer and Wanda Sykes. But those winning awards remained eerily silent, as if cowed and muzzled, while throughout the country, thousands took to the streets.
12.01.2026 14:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0While Rome burns. Which there was very little acknowledgement of by anyone winning an award.
12.01.2026 14:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university.
Now any student can just scrawl βthe Bible says this is wrongβ on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
17.12.2025 21:23 β π 9528 π 1913 π¬ 389 π 140Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
27.11.2025 15:11 β π 482 π 333 π¬ 31 π 71As youβre preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
I'm usually the only one, or one of 2 or 3. But the 2 times Covid snuck into my household, it was because of contact with people who just got off flights.
07.11.2025 05:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
31.10.2025 18:45 β π 2554 π 1029 π¬ 115 π 217When is The View going to have me on the show or are they just going to continue to let an abuser spout lies on their show?
06.10.2025 23:06 β π 684 π 146 π¬ 15 π 6incredible damage to NYC community--Bluestockings was an incredible bookstore, but also the place that would eagerly welcome local high school kids who didn't feel safe having LGBTQ support gatherings on campus, sell your insane zine and treat you like an author, host highbrow panels, devastating
23.09.2025 16:37 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0Brilliant.
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