It’s almost a year till the midterms. Dems (including the candidates!) have plenty of time to draft and vet healthcare and immigration solutions, among others. Get started now! We need specific platforms if you want our votes. Republicans can do the same, including rejecting Tr*mp.

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

I'd never consult the White House website these days. If I needed to know something specific on the national level, I'd go to my senators' or House rep's office (all 3 are Dems).

SinC is an incredibly supportive community...well worth it to join. Make sure to join your local chapter, too!

Because there will always be new teens, and every generation of teens thinks their teen-years music was the best. Me? 80s all the way.

My corgi-cattle dog mix resembles this remark.

This!

I thought it would be much harder to give up Target than it has been. Only thing that will make me go back is a change in their policies.

I can't help wondering what Sr would think of Jr.

@indivisiblercsd.bsky.social, if San Antonio can do it with a wax figure, Rapid City can do it with the new statue downtown.

Sometimes, we all have to be Frog.

One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes: “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.” More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

Same...but I wish there was more engagement here. I often feel like I'm shouting into the void on Bluesky. I miss the comments and community on FB and IG, but I'm inactive (for the most part) on both platforms these days.

Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.

A reminder to: 1) not shop today; get outside instead; 2) if you do shop, shop small and indie; 3) I'm participating in #RABFAN & giving 100% of my November profits for copies of Anyone But Her purchased anywhere except Amazon to @foodbankrockies.bsky.social, plus 30% of my Amazon profits.

20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.

My son and I both went with our hearts today in our respective pickem pools: for the Packers and against the Chiefs. (We are equal opportunity Packers and Broncos fans.) We'll see if it pays off. #GoPackGo

Happy Thanksgiving from my family and me, including the pups!

I'm already tired of this. Will we get this for December holidays, too? The reality is, turkey prices are down due to no avian flu and more supply. And you can get prepackaged/bundled crap and maybe save a little $$. But "grocery prices are down from a year ago!" is utter BS. Do better, NPR.

Thank you, Chuck, for saying I want to say to every freaking leaf-blowing asshole out there, even those with electric leaf-blowers because while they're marginally better for the environment, all of your other points are 100% true. Not sure I hate any human invention as much as I hate leaf-blowers.

"And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here." From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379 #poem #booksky #writing

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand” Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡

Yep

Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

Update on my spice rack: - Everything useful - Nothing past its prime - All useless clutter gone Exactly what we hope for when a new Congress is sworn in in January 2027.

He had his flaws like everyone else...but he truly seemed to have the country's interests at heart. Have you read @stephenking.bsky.social 's 11/22/63? Fascinating take on what might have happened if JFK's assassination was prevented.

Ouch!

Loving that the big monitors on the sides of the stage at Remove the Regime say, "Congress, this is on you."

Sorry, NYT -- but what the actual fuck???

I love Rapid City (son is in college there, at South Dakota Mines), but tragically, this corner is also the location of our favorite Rapid hotel, the historic Alex Johnson. Guess I will be giving lots of one-finger salutes from now on.

Not so tuff, it turns out. This was Day 1 (of 1). #DogSky #Dogs

The spice cabinet is out of hand, with many hangers-on who have been there way past their prime. Time for a clearing-out. Kind of like Congress...

Not my cat -- this was at book club last night -- but I cannot stop laughing at this pic. #CatSky #Cats

I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.

Time for a news-y edition of The What If Journal -- a couple of special announcements, and just some fun and inspiring times in NYC. (No Mamdani sighting, sadly.) thewhatifjournal.substack.com/p/a-couple-o...

An even better super duper fun fact? A certain alternative supports indie bookshops.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Not sure how many more almost-losses (or worse, losses) against mediocre teams that I can take this season from the Green Bay Packers. #HeartAttackPack

I adore this. We need more Mamdanis in charge.

And that sharp bark. Before we adopted our corgi-cattle dog rescue, we had little experience with corgis and were unaware of the bark. My ears have still not forgiven me. But dammit, she is cute.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this so-called cozy cottage book stand (AKA, the latest in ruin-your-books functionality) was designed by the same evil person who, “to achieve a uniform look,” suggested turning all books to a spines-inward position on one's bookshelf.

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

They're glad I'm home. I'm glad, too. Love NY, but happy to have made it back to Denver late last night.

Priorities.

While in #NYC this week, I searched in vain for #Mamdani merch in the souvenir shops…alas, none to be found. I'm sure it's only a matter of time…guess I was there a wee bit too soon after his historic victory.

Leaving #NYC after a lovely few days. Lots of walking, saw my niece's choir sing at Carnegie Hall, fun times with family. It always does my soul good to come to NY.

This is lovely to see. My grandmother used to make Temari balls. She wasn't Japanese, but she learned how from Japanese friends. She had them hanging all over her house. I still have a few of them.

And I'll say it again: ‪If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening. He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.