Like 75% of our phone calls end this way. And I have 2 sisters and we talk all the time.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

5 year old just ran into the house and said, "can I go over to (the 8 yo across the street's) house ok thanks bye love you" without giving me a chance to respond and then slammed the door behind her. How is she more of a teenager than the 12 yo? I'm sure it will get easier, right? 🫣

It's Fine But It's Not Great: A Sandwich Generation Saga

Doing this puzzle has been a good use of my time this weekend. The world is falling apart around us, and I'm dying inside. But I'm also doing one of my favorite things - making order out of chaos.

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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Let’s add rounded up four Native Americans, put three of them in one of their “detention” camps, moved them to an undisclosed location, said they would not reveal anything about them until the tribe signed an immigration agreement with ICE. Kidnapping and extortion.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

Easy. Childbirth.

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

My 12 year old's spotify age is 88, probably because of all the classic jazz he listens to. Makes me so, so proud ❤️🥹

I love it when I hear a loud crash or thump from the other side of the house and I hear my 5 year old yell, "it's ok, nothing broke!!" Having kids is wild

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Today's momming / #carryshitolympics: returning the bass drum to the middle school

Northern lights (and city lights) from NCAR. And my kiddo taking pics with dad's camera #Boulder #NorthernLights

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

My 7th grader is dressed as a pile of laundry for Halloween 😆😜

Got an air purifier so naturally my kids are trying to fart on it. 🙃

Her church must have a different Bible than mine...

The employee who was dealing elephant tranquilizers has been fired. If you booked a party at the zoo, make sure to bring your own drugs from home.

Got the wordle in 2 and there were 2 yolks in my egg this morning. It's either going to be an amazing day or something terrible is about to happen...

Psst: a pint of ice cream fits inside a quart-sized yogurt container. Put a piece of masking tape on the lid and label it "chicken broth" - your family will never find it 🩵

The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.

Announcement: dinner tonight will be cheese and carrots. I will not be taking questions at this time.

Announcement: I am also retiring due to an indifference to running

@libbyshannon.bsky.social - was this you or your husband 😜

I love how most of my phone conversations with my sisters end with, "shit - I gotta go" (click) ❤️

Today in A+ parenting: I let my 12 yo ride in an airplane with a stranger. And my 4 yo rode her bike around the neighborhood by herself looking for me while I was walking the dog (the 12 yo was supposed to be watching her)

@libbyshannon.bsky.social - does your resident map girl have an opinion on this Q? 😉

My husband has a sticker on his bike that says, "one less car." I want one for the cargo bike that says, "one less minivan"

"Mom - pretend you're not my grown-up and I'm allowed to go to grandpa's house by myself." Soon enough, babygirl. Also, everyone should have access to safe biking and pedestrian infrastructure

Traffic calming

Treasurer at the Goodwill! 12 yo was very confused about this 🙃

What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky. So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵

This morning's monthly flood warning siren test is hitting hard.

A bold claim from someone carrying an LL Bean Boat Tote

Good morning, @libbyshannon.bsky.social! Not sure if you can contribute to this, but I feel like you'd certainly appreciate it

I'm thinking about getting an arcade claw machine. Everything that gets left laying around the house would go in it. My kids (and sometimes the neighborhood kids) would then need to earn mom-bucks or use their own money to win back their belongings

The almost 12 year old just told me Ring Around the Rosey is about the plague? He is generally smarter than me but?

on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.

My almost 12 year old thinks today is Mother's Day. And I'm going to ride this wave as long as possible.

@libbyshannon.bsky.social This looks fun!

“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis

Today's #carryshitolymics was a team effort: two extra preschoolers and their bikes!