ABakker
@abakker63.bsky.social
Sourdough bread baker. Hope College Basketball fan. Cubs fan. Fever fan. Pacers fan. Trying to keep my laugh and joy. Democrat. Grandma. Grows lemon trees from seed. Creative Idea generator and problem solver. #BakkersGottaBake
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Got in the car and drove for 10 minutes. Pitt radio broadcast gave the score of the game zero times. This is a huge pet peeve of mine with radio broadcasters. You can never give the score enough times. People are listening in bits and pieces. Give the score. GIVE THE SCORE.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Got in the car and drove for 10 minutes. Pitt radio broadcast gave the score of the game zero times. This is a huge pet peeve of mine with radio broadcasters. You can never give the score enough times. People are listening in bits and pieces. Give the score. GIVE THE SCORE.
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My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
Do we really need more stuff?
A proposal for a recycled economy
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
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Actually, MLB should have had Bad Bunny play the World Series years ago since at least four players on every team use one of his songs as their walk-up music
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Actually, MLB should have had Bad Bunny play the World Series years ago since at least four players on every team use one of his songs as their walk-up music
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Jack White brings out Eminem
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Jack White brings out Eminem
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Not enough people are talking about how the themes of Wicked are playing out before our eyes - silencing of professors, erasing of history, etc. Piggy back on this Wicked hype to teach some people about history & open their eyes!!
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Not enough people are talking about how the themes of Wicked are playing out before our eyes - silencing of professors, erasing of history, etc. Piggy back on this Wicked hype to teach some people about history & open their eyes!!
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“Wicked: For Good” beat the preview screening totals of two big superhero hits this year: “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which ruled the summer box office.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Earns Huge $30.8 Million In Previews—Best Of 2025, Flies Past ‘Wicked’ Part One
“Wicked: For Good” beat the preview screening totals of two big superhero hits this year: “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which ruled the summer box office.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Wicked: For Good” beat the preview screening totals of two big superhero hits this year: “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which ruled the summer box office.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season
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The school system is still built around a 1950s fantasy where one parent (i.e. the mom) is home and is available for non-instructional days off, midday pick-ups, early dismissals, and weeklong winter breaks. Most families don’t live that reality anymore.
www.fastcompany.com/91436785/sch...
www.fastcompany.com/91436785/sch...
The school calendar wasn’t built for working parents and it shows
Until the workplace and the school system sync up, parents will keep paying the price in time, money, and peace of mind.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The school system is still built around a 1950s fantasy where one parent (i.e. the mom) is home and is available for non-instructional days off, midday pick-ups, early dismissals, and weeklong winter breaks. Most families don’t live that reality anymore.
www.fastcompany.com/91436785/sch...
www.fastcompany.com/91436785/sch...
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Here is my one-point plan for dealing with the epidemic of young male alienation: Put down the phone and talk to humans.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here is my one-point plan for dealing with the epidemic of young male alienation: Put down the phone and talk to humans.
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Privileged perpetrators. Virginia Giuffre and others have told their stories repeatedly, under oath, at great personal cost. And yet the focus constantly shifts to defending the powerful men rather than seeking justice for those who were exploited as children.
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Privileged perpetrators. Virginia Giuffre and others have told their stories repeatedly, under oath, at great personal cost. And yet the focus constantly shifts to defending the powerful men rather than seeking justice for those who were exploited as children.
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I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
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I was today years old when I learned Bunny Wailer and Marcia Griffiths of Bob Marley's I Threes backing singers brought the world the "Electric Slide."
Wow.
Wow.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I was today years old when I learned Bunny Wailer and Marcia Griffiths of Bob Marley's I Threes backing singers brought the world the "Electric Slide."
Wow.
Wow.
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Remember DNC, it doesn't matter who you run, Fox news will call them a socialist. You could endorse the corpse of Ronald Reagan and their first segment would be "Extreme socialist Reagan picked by Soros to destroy America"
Stop caring what fox news says, and listen to your base. It clearly works.
Stop caring what fox news says, and listen to your base. It clearly works.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Remember DNC, it doesn't matter who you run, Fox news will call them a socialist. You could endorse the corpse of Ronald Reagan and their first segment would be "Extreme socialist Reagan picked by Soros to destroy America"
Stop caring what fox news says, and listen to your base. It clearly works.
Stop caring what fox news says, and listen to your base. It clearly works.
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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Biggest takeaway last night?
Democrats could learn from Mamdani's media team.
Democrats could learn from Mamdani's media team.
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Biggest takeaway last night?
Democrats could learn from Mamdani's media team.
Democrats could learn from Mamdani's media team.
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Zohran Mamdani overcoming a nationwide smear campaign from both sides of the establishment once again proves that there is no substitute for simply being the person you say you are.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Zohran Mamdani overcoming a nationwide smear campaign from both sides of the establishment once again proves that there is no substitute for simply being the person you say you are.
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Well done, Americans in Virginia, New Jersey and of course New York. Yes, being progressive and optimistic can win elections.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Well done, Americans in Virginia, New Jersey and of course New York. Yes, being progressive and optimistic can win elections.
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More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
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The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
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A great day for New York, a city for everyone, except: people who don’t take their backpacks off on the subway, tourists and families who walk down the street in a horizontal line, people who stop in the middle of the street to look at their phones, you guys unfortunately have to go
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A great day for New York, a city for everyone, except: people who don’t take their backpacks off on the subway, tourists and families who walk down the street in a horizontal line, people who stop in the middle of the street to look at their phones, you guys unfortunately have to go
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"Do you think the Democratic Party should follow the lead of Abigail Spanberger or Zohran Mamdani?"
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Do you think the Democratic Party should follow the lead of Abigail Spanberger or Zohran Mamdani?"
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?