Yesterday I and about 250 of my fellow constituents attended an empty chair townhall for my US Rep MI2 J Moonlenaar in at the Flat River Community Library in Greenville, MI. He refuses to meet with us. #resist #votethemout

I am posting the resistbot as a separate post. From my ELA teacher friend and I we have a resitbot....because of course we do! This tells congress and each of our/your state officials to protect our libraries from this latest EO Please sign & share resist.bot/petitions/PB... #booksky #💙📚 #resist

1/2 The loud 🍊is coming for our libraries...because of course he is #booksky #💙📚 #GiftArticle from the NYT. It focuses on Voice of America and Radio Free Europe but it lists the 7 agencies cut. I will post a the list and a resistbot in 2/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...

We have another resistbot to email the people who are supposed to represent you. Please sign and share

Protect our Great Lakes - #FireMusk

If you want to tell POTUS, your Congress & state Legislative members we MUST honor the 1994 agreements we made with Ukraine when they agreed to give up nuclear weapons I have a resitbot to do that. Please sign & share 🌻Slava Ukraini 🌻 resist.bot/petitions/PJ...

If you are concerned about climate data, safe water, protections of drinking water or in general the cuts at NOAA I have a resistbot. resist.bot/petitions/PO...

Welp they did it. US House just passed the budget with the enormous Medicaid cut. The vote was 217 to 215 with 3 empty seats. It still has some hurdles in the Senate. This is the break down of how each House member voted. We NEED to win at least 2 of those seats www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🌱Its still winter in MI but we are starting seeds. Its an ALL the basil kind of day. The picture of bowls full of basil are from last year. Ready for spring #gardensky 🌱🪴

Another opportunity to use resistbot to tell your congress critters vote NO on the SAVE Act #resist

The SAVE Act requires the name on your photo ID matches your birth certificate proving you were born in the US, This disenfranchises anyone who has changed their name - in large part women. Please tell your Congress members to vote NO on the SAVE act. resist.bot/petitions/PF...

Musk and Bannon are battling for control of MAGA world. Bannon is the propaganda expert. Musk has the $. Any bets on who wins? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. #giftarticle www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Since it didn't show up with the map of the 17 states that are suing posting it again.Mom of a kid with an IEP & HS teacher for 504 plan supports.I have a resistbot to contact your governors and state legislators. Please sign and share. #dosomething #resist #CripTheVote resist.bot/petitions/PO...

Another mom with another resistbot. I sent this one along also for my state legislators #resist #dosomething #CripTheVote

17 GOP state AG's are suing the fed to remove section 504 from special education law. #DoSomething #Resist #CripTheVote If you live in a pink state you can contact your AG/Governor directly. For EVERYONE my ELA teacher friend and this 504 support have a resistbot for this resist.bot/petitions/PO...

I am in

Follow along #DoSomething

I was signature 25. Please sign and share #resitbot

So that whole "thoughts and prayers" instead of policy and health care doesn't work so well

Another resistbot to force Musk to testify before Congress. Please sign and share resist.bot/petitions/PJ...

American friends who care about funding the NIH I have a resistbot to sign. Please sign and share #Science 🧪💉https://resist.bot/petitions/PSOOLQ?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1HKdflsw4isgGnhG9uvgrLmv0fkPrMmDGUm8g__G3-NUBVFhoNq2WtZaA_aem_nvhzjQxqOzzrFZTw-IWmTQ

#BookSky #📚💙#LunarNewYear Year of the Snake 🐍🎆 Just a HS Social Studies teacher and School Librarian talking about books by Asian American authors telling Asian American stories. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner youtu.be/zsYlxBUpI_c?...

#Dogsofbluesky #pittiesofbluesky #AdoptdontShop #Rescue It’s been so cold this week in west Michigan even my dogs want to wear layers

It is pants under my pants and socks under my socks weather

It was above freezing and there was a yellow orb visible in the sky today. That is FABULOUS for January in West Michigan ☀️

A school librarian & a support teacher with a fellow book nerd who has read ALL the 📚written by Nicola Yoon. This is an immigrant story and a coming of age story. It is also a love story. We all highly recommend The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon☀️💫 #booksky #📚💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1z8...

Post dinner puppy pile #Dogsofbluesky #pittiesofbluesky

A school librarian & a 504 disability support teacher talking about Own Voices Disability- The First Thing About You & Diet Soda Club by Chaz Hayden. Books are mirrors,windows,& sliding glass doors -doors with ramps that are wheelchair accessible #booksky #📚💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOD...

If you are in west Michigan allow extra time and care on your morning commute

This +40 packets already pulled out to start is the number of seed packets my husband & I have…of just tomatoes 🍅 🌱 #gardening

It is winter outside in Michigan but hope springs eternal. So begins the garden as we start seeds. “A seed is a plant in a box with a packed lunch” Thor Hanson author Triumph Of The Seeds 🌱 #Gardening

Just a history teacher & a school librarian here with 4th in a series of📚 talks about WWII and why Nazis are bad- The Blitz. 1 nonfiction-The Splendid And The Vile by Erik Larson& 1 historical fiction-The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. We highly recommend these books. #booksky #📚💙 youtu.be/QrdB0sRCLw8

Vaccines are amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just a history teacher and a school librarian discussing a book about refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war. The Bee Keeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. 🐝 #booksky #📚💙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jygr42Ox540

Silly facts…

When the 🦁’s are the #1 seed heading into the American 🏈 playoffs you KNOW hell must be freezing over

Because doesn't EVERY 🍰👩‍🍳bake a cake like a life sized 🏈player standing on his head? Amon Ra St. Brown ...in cake...'cause why not? 🦁 #DetroitVsEverone #RestoreTheRoar www.wzzm13.com/article/news...

Better living through pharmaceuticals

The New Year’s Attacks open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

@jennycolgan.bsky.social I just finished reading this delightful book and I am now an American who is completely smitten with Edinburgh, Scotland. Thank you for writing such lovely novels. #Booksky #📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

We were all ready to go to 🛏️ -especially Baxter but Effie was ready to party-& by party I mean bark at the 🎆 & people 📣 outside. Baxter went outside with her for a last 1am potty, Benadryl was dispensed via 🥜🧈 & we are now all in 🛏️Happy New Year to all & to all a good night.✨ #Dogsofbluesky #pitties

I understand the assignment

My goal was 80 I met it in late fall so I upped it to 90. I landed at 110. Setting next year's goal at 90? maybe ...100? I would love to chat about any of the books on my list that I read. Please post in the comments #booksky #📚💙 www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...

I feel seen

Nothing says Happy New Year 2025 like sparkling cider & photobombing dogs #dogsofbluesky

🦁 40 ⛏️34 …whew! #DetroitVsEveryone

I wonder how many who voted for the GOP candidate understood they were really voting for a immigrant South African apartheid supporting colonial Nazi Russian oligarch? Asking for the 77 million of my neighbors who voted for this car that is bursting into flames 🔥 before it gets out of the garage

New sweaters, balls, bully sticks Baxter and Effie enjoy the holiday. #DogsOfBluesky #PittiesofBluesky #Rescue #AdoptdontShop

These are my Jólabókaflóð" books 📚one audio & one digital. The audio book is free for download for audible members. Mind Candy + Chocolate 🍫 Happy reading. #booksky 📚💙