Maxine Schmidt

@maddow.msnbc.com
No Kings Day at Write Angles writers' conference! Franny Choi inspired us with her kkeynote!

Episode 2 of “Keeping Hope Alive” features Dr. Sunny Shukla, Chief Medical Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

He talks about the challenges health care providers face, his commitment to protecting and caring for patients, + how volunteering builds community + hope.

Watch: youtu.be/20kvXlPCacA

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

This Week in the World: Trump's D.C. Takeover Shows Threat of Militarism at Home and Abroad | Friends Committee On National Legislation We are deeply alarmed by President Donald Trump’s authoritarian moves this week to deploy troops into Washington, D.C. and seize control of the district’s police.This is unprecedented, unnecessary, un...

President Trump's D.C. takeover is part of a broader, disturbing pattern of authoritarianism and militarism that we have seen from this administration -- both at home and abroad.

www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Highlights Salary Disparities Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights the disparities around how much time it takes Black women to earn as much as their white male counterparts.

Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Did you know that Black women have to work 191 EXTRA DAYS into the year in order to earn as much as white men? 191 EXTRA days. #blacksky

This is #TheDoubleTax.

I think a little weirdness is essential to being a Quaker, partly because recognizing a bit of divinity in others is weird these days, sadly.

IDF missile launchers illegally transported over Ireland Weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.

Silkway Airlines illegally transported missile launchers for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) F-35 fighter jets through Irish territory – just weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.

www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...

I have always been taught that patriotism is all about making your country better, not uncritically supporting it while ignoring its flaws and crimes.

Remember Breanna Taylor?

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS

The Saartjie Journal is accepting submissions for our first ever Summer 2026 issue. We accept poems, short stories, and visual art by black women creatives.

Visit saartjiejournal.org/submit for submission guidelines.

#AddToBlackSky
#booksky

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I will surely come up with something thoughtful to say about the proposal to cut NASA's science budget in half, and especially one that reminds everyone that the cosmos is worth our curiosity and NASA explores it quite cheaply but also, FUCK FUCK FUCK, that's a major cut to climate change science 🧪

Right, because Grandma is on X.

This is corruption, plain and simple.

Text banking from Massachusetts tonight.

THIS from @repmcgovern.bsky.social 👇

Lily is my student!!! She is doing awesome things—please follow her and NTLCC!

I went with an English friend to Voodoo Donuts for her first maple-bacon donut. She was skeptical-- "We don't do savory and sweet together." After the first bite, I could see her brain chemistry changing behind her eyes.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.

2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0

Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth

Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary

Words Without Borders Announces Third Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.

Early-career literary translators, here is a grant for you! You could apply for it and get some help bringing a precious translation baby into this world!

ON JANUARY 20TH, READ MLK! READ ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT! READ ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION! READ ABOUT JIM CROW!

You want to do something for the good of history? Do something constructive and learn from the ancestors.

I have muted
the name
of that man
who's orange

for which
you were probably
telling
me updates

Forgive me
he’s so atrocious
I'm tired
and so mad