Carol K. 〽️💙💛
@catherderaa.bsky.social
Here for the cats, books, gardens, architecture, art, sports and news. It’s a good day if I’ve learned something I didn’t know before.
“Behind the cloud, the sun is still shining.”
“Behind the cloud, the sun is still shining.”
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Carol K. 〽️💙💛
@catherderaa.bsky.social
· Jun 18
A conversation with a friend tonight reminded me of Octavia Butler’s wonderful “Parables” near-future series. Written in the 1990’s, it’s incredibly prescient. The verse below, from Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, p.191 struck me as particularly relevant. #Earthseed
Replace ”Toddler” with “Trump” and tell me I’m wrong.
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Replace ”Toddler” with “Trump” and tell me I’m wrong.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
An American hero.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
An American hero.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Sir, only you could make everything 92% better… 😅
December 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sir, only you could make everything 92% better… 😅
Rob Reiner was a good man with a treasured legacy.
Donald tRump is neither.
Donald tRump is neither.
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rob Reiner was a good man with a treasured legacy.
Donald tRump is neither.
Donald tRump is neither.
Sherrone/UM is story #1 on the NBC news tonight. Complete with police audio.
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sherrone/UM is story #1 on the NBC news tonight. Complete with police audio.
A brilliant spark of light for our dreary times. Take a break and enjoy!
This is neither here nor there, but because this came up in a random conversation yesterday, and sometimes I think everyone could use a distraction of something fun and entertaining mixed in with your doomscrolling, here is the best card trick ever performed on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Kc...
Dani DaOrtiz at Fool US 2022 (the act that Penn and Teller didn’t even try to figure out.)
YouTube video by dani daortiz
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December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A brilliant spark of light for our dreary times. Take a break and enjoy!
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Fareed Zakaria: As the populist right trashes meritocracy, it is replacing it with something older, cruder and more corrosive: a naked plutocracy — rule by the very rich. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Populists are replacing meritocracy with something far worse
Undermining expertise is a pretext for consolidating power among the ultra-wealthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fareed Zakaria: As the populist right trashes meritocracy, it is replacing it with something older, cruder and more corrosive: a naked plutocracy — rule by the very rich. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
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I needed to draw this picture
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I needed to draw this picture
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OR, Trump Admits His Tariffs Caused Grocery Prices to Rise.
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
OR, Trump Admits His Tariffs Caused Grocery Prices to Rise.
💯
"It is implausible. It's impossible. It's not true. And it's made up. And this utter detachment from reality... has become an increasing part of their economic policy. If you can't see the reality... you can't design the right policy to correct the real problems that exist."
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
💯
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🚨 NEW: ADP report: U.S. LOST an average of 11,000 jobs per week in October 2025.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨 NEW: ADP report: U.S. LOST an average of 11,000 jobs per week in October 2025.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
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Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
If he’s talking, he’s lying…
"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'"
In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'
Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.
zeteo.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If he’s talking, he’s lying…
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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
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1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
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"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
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🧵🧊✈️ ICE AIR – TUE 14 OCT 2025
⚠️ HEADS UP DETROIT‼️
👉 ICE Air inbound to Willow Run
Eastern 737 – Tail: N668CP 👀
Follow this thread for updates ⤵️
⚠️ HEADS UP DETROIT‼️
👉 ICE Air inbound to Willow Run
Eastern 737 – Tail: N668CP 👀
Follow this thread for updates ⤵️
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🧵🧊✈️ ICE AIR – TUE 14 OCT 2025
⚠️ HEADS UP DETROIT‼️
👉 ICE Air inbound to Willow Run
Eastern 737 – Tail: N668CP 👀
Follow this thread for updates ⤵️
⚠️ HEADS UP DETROIT‼️
👉 ICE Air inbound to Willow Run
Eastern 737 – Tail: N668CP 👀
Follow this thread for updates ⤵️
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As Heather Cox Richardson points out, creating Columbus Day to push back against the Second Klan during an era of anti-Italian violence & lynching (a subset of anti-Black Jim Crow violence) was good, just as challenging the way we remember how Columbus advanced Indigenous genocide is also good.
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As Heather Cox Richardson points out, creating Columbus Day to push back against the Second Klan during an era of anti-Italian violence & lynching (a subset of anti-Black Jim Crow violence) was good, just as challenging the way we remember how Columbus advanced Indigenous genocide is also good.