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THAT Amber

@buriedbybooks.bsky.social

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Romance/mystery book blogger, Sierra Nevada dweller, history nerd, & whiner about late season snow storms. Music belongs in public schools. Same User Id everywhere

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · Mar 12

Why I hate Gavin Newsom: a thread
In 2021, our county experienced a catastrophe. The Dixie Fire started in July, and by the beginning of August had burned hundreds of thousands of acres and the towns of Canyondam, Indian Falls, and Greenville.

A huge smoke plume along a ridge with flames visible at the bottom. Trees are in the foreground

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 3h

Oh that would have been cool. Haven’t been to a drive in since the 80s.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 3h

It. Does! LOL.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 13h

Howard the Duck

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 15h

Name a FIlm you saw at a Drive In Theater.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

This is our local elementary school. I hope you will consider supporting it! Thank you! www.donorschoose.org/project/insp...

Inspiring Young Rural Readers, a project from Mrs. Miller

Help me give my students access to new books in our rural Northern California school library. I do not have an operating budget and solely rely on fundraising, grants and donors to bring new books ...

www.donorschoose.org

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 22h

Besides the fact that membership goes up to age 40, and these are not kids, this is not some random group chat. It’s a group chat of an organization that recruits people to run for office as Republicans.

RECRUIT
Recruit new members, involve them with the Republican Party, and build a strong network of young conservatives across the country.
TRAIN
Train the next generation of party leaders, candidates, campaign staff members, and grassroots activists.
ELECT
Elect Republicans from the top to the bottom of the ballot and encourage more Young Republicans to run for office.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

They also ruined her instrument. It’s in pieces in the mud.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a cat laying on a table with the word nope written on the bottom .

ALT: a close up of a cat laying on a table with the word nope written on the bottom .

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely liked Jerry Brown. Didn’t agree with him on lots of stuff, but he wasn’t phony. Gavin is such a naked opportunist.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it’s because the GOP keeps running far right candidates. If they ran a pro-choice candidate in the recall, Newsom would probably have lost. We all hate him.

I don’t know many CA voters who actually think he’s good at his job.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

My most unhinged historical opinion is that learning dates is a bad way to teach and learn history.

You should know enough to put events in a timeline, but knowing exact dates is pointless. You can look that stuff up.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

He’s been dead to me since 2021, but I know others keep forgetting how bad he is.

I support the trolling as an enemy of my enemy kind of thing, but he’s untrustworthy and vapid.

Partially sentient hair gel.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. He makes some spectacularly stupid veto decisions.

News on the insulin bill kind of buried the fact that he vetoed an earlier version because he thought it would undermine state efforts to make our own. Which hasn’t materialized.

2 years of people rationing insulin bc he’s an asshat.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Oh honey. I’m so very sorry.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Oldest sends me the coolest stuff. www.themusicman.uk/ndlova-choir...

Ndlova Youth Choir’s Glorious isiZulu Version of Bohemian Rhapsody Transforms Queen Classic

In luxurious gold and black costumes infused with traditional Pan-African influences, the Ndlovu Youth Choir created a stunning visual to go with their latest music video. Having brought their own…

www.themusicman.uk

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Setting aside NYT's centrist "flaw" assertion, something JGL never actually says, this is a very good video. JGL is must more aggressive in this video about AI companies being manipulative, craven assholes.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 16d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Example number 10,001 why Newsom sucks.

Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint. He says California is “well positioned” to support the AI-driven data center boom, and he is reluctant to impose “rigid reporting requirements.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 2d

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong left a devastating wake of flooding and destruction in remote coastal cities. Our teams will be serving first responders and impacted families.

We’ll share more information soon. #ChefsForAlaska
📸 ABC News

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

He’s the one with the IPad. Has a program that lets him scan in music and turn pages with a foot pedal. Plus make notes with the Apple Pencil. It’s very cool & the wind isn’t an issue for outdoors.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Oldest went to UOP Homecoming to play with the alumni band. Had a blast. The back of his head made their socials 😂

A group of musicians of various ages seated in front of a director with a baton.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

I like to remind people about lifetime limits and the refusal of insurers to sell coverage to people with preexisting conditions.

The ACA has issues. But those 2 things alone make it worth saving and fixing.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Watched Weapons over the weekend. What a creepy movie. I liked it, but it was creepy.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

There are a lot of other states with these caps. Newsom vetoed the last attempt. diabetes.org/tools-resour...

State Insulin Copay Caps | ADA

Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have capped insulin copayments for state-regulated commercial health insurance plans. Some states have also included this provision for state employee h...

diabetes.org

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

California just passed an insulin price cap bill for copays.

It was unopposed.

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

He was so awful and smug.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 2d

Although I do enjoy the fact that if you search for Joe Lieberman and the ACA, all of the top results immediately blame him for the death of the public option.

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