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Heather M

@haethre.bsky.social

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she/her Mama, writer, cinephile, news junkie, voracious reader, patron of the arts—just persisting through these precedented times.

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · Feb 6

“There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
-Adama, Battlestar Galactica

#ice #deportation #wethepeople

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 6h

Truth. My kids were 6 and 4 when the pandemic started. Now 11 and 9. Keeping their hope and belief in humanity alive has been the hardest thing.

Conor P. Williams @conorpwilliams.bsky.social · 6h

Man, keep an eye on the middle-aged working parents in your lives. The early 40-somethings who dragged their lives, families, and careers from Trump 1.0 to the other side of the pandemic only to arrive in this chaos. I don’t know a lot of ppl in that cohort keeping it particularly together.

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 6h

If our careers survived😟

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 16h

Trump tearing down the White House to erect a gauche Ferrero Rocher ballroom has sent me over the edge.

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 17h

”NPR reached out to the White House for a response to Loggins' specific objections…In reply,
White House spokesperson Davis R. Ingle did not respond to NPR's questions but sent NPR an image…captioned: ‘I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED.’”

www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...

Trump's fake video featured 'Danger Zone.' Musician Kenny Loggins wants it scrubbed

The "Danger Zone" singer is asking for his performance to be deleted from a fake "King Trump" video that the president posted to Truth Social on Saturday.

www.npr.org

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

once Veruca Salt has all she wants, she’ll still keep screaming for more
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has launched seven deadly strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...

www.iowapublicradio.org

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Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social · 1d

Someone robbing the Louvre with nothing but chainsaws, a ladder, and parallel parking was not on my 2025 bingo card

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

Now to make sure all these people VOTE!

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

I'm worried he's considering a dynasty...Eric, Ivanka, Barron....etc.

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, need more Jeff Buckley now.

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

batshit crazy

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump, 79, Posts Menacing Video Threatening a Never-Ending Presidency

MAGA followers couldn’t get enough of the idea of Trump being president “4EVA.”

www.thedailybeast.com

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 1d

Jeff Buckley’s voice is so sublime it makes me cry. Every time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaL...

I Know It's Over (Live at Sony Studios in New York, NY - April, 1995)

YouTube video by Jeff Buckley - Topic

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 2d

I want to know what the CIA thinks about this.

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 2d

This is why we can’t ever give in to stereotypes!

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 2d

Scored at an antique store yesterday—first edition!

Cover of James Baldwin’s “The Evidence of Things Not Seen”

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

How someone treats minimum wage service workers tells you a lot about them

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2d

I've never met a good person who went out of their way to belittle waiters

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday at an antique store, I found an immaculate first edition of James Baldwin’s “The Evidence of Things Not Seen.” This is the first page. Also acquired: a library copy of Jane Goodall’s Book of Hope, which are perfect read together. #jamesbaldwin #janegoodall #hopeandaction #booksky

Two quotations on a page: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” -St. Paul “A dog starved at his master’s gate/Predicts the ruin of the state.” -William Blake

Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 2d

Notable that they say “protest-related.” It would be very easy for them to count any arrests in the area as being protest-related. They made a point not to!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

So no terrorism then?

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 3d

South Korea: #NoKings! Thousands of people came to show support to the US democracy!

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 3d

prisonbookprogram.org/donate-books...

Donate Books – Prison Book Program

prisonbookprogram.org

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t bother arguing with someone who has “Pro-White” in their bio.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 4d

Historian here No Kings is the most American thing you could say and the people opposing it simply don’t believe in our republic or constitutional democracy.

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Heather M @haethre.bsky.social · 3d

I got to see him play in Tokyo before he hit the big time ❤️