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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · 2h

My kids godmother called Aunt. My husband ex-sister in law is his Titi forever. My best friends are Aunties. And Prima covers more people than I can possibly count who aren't cousins.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 4h

Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?

Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 4h

In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.

Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."

Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · 1d

Donated this morning, received email that they could buy 60 dozen eggs with what I gave. Those of us who can, should.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 25d

In memoriam...

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well there's a puddle outside on the sidewalk...

Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Aug 30

Frog-ing is ripping your work out. Rip rip rip-it ....frogging

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CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · Jul 8

Ward Sutton's "Sickos" cartoon but it's Ea-Nasir

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Jun 11

My kid said to their teacher who used it "how embarrassing for you". I may have encouraged that behavior.

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Jun 7

Gross. No thank you.

Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · May 28

As a Union County driver...yes. It's bad bad here.

Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · May 28

You know how when shelters get dogs that have been abused, the dogs always have food aggression and if you touch their food bowl while they’re eating, they might your hand off?

That’s how NJ drivers are about the lane they’re driving in.

Only it’s worse. . .

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · May 21

King Leopold: We must end human suffering in the Congo.

George Pearkes @peark.es · May 21

what

*NETANYAHU: WE MUST PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · May 9

This just made my day

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · May 8

deep dish communion wafers are going to be a bitch

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The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · May 6

Is AI a good thing?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 4

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · Apr 28

Booker is trying to break the Senate record previously held by Strom Thurmond for confirming Republican nominees.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Apr 28

Booker's protests and speeches are basically meaningless if he's going to keep voting like this

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Apr 28

These Dems just joined the GOP to vote to advance David Perdue as ambassador to China:

Booker
Coons
Duckworth
Gallego
Hassan
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · Apr 14

I can’t watch Gayle go to space for things-I-saw-in-the-fourth-grade reasons.

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Apr 13

My kid is named after a bird, and my cat is named Steve.

Jason Goes to Hell @benedictsred.bsky.social · Apr 13

White people will name a child Moonbeam and then have a cat named Earl.

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Apr 6

Nods. A good container saved is a nice warm feeling (oh no, a plastic bread bag that's been rewashed many times just magically appeared in my kitchen)

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Apr 6

Same, and it's like I can feel all of it snapping back into place more every day. I'm actually annoyed I don't have metal coffee cans to store stuff in.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Apr 1

"So I confess that I have been imperfect, I confess that I have been inadequate to the moment, I confess that the Democratic Party has made *terrible* mistakes that have given lane to this demagogue." - @corybooker.com

More of this, honestly, please. Acknowledge it. Please.

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our first daffodil of the year.

Partial open daffodil in front of dark pink blooming heather, rain drops on both, grey sky, pink house in background

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Mar 22

The problem with the "break up the US and let red states do their own thing" take I keep seeing is that a plurality of Black Americans live in red states. Trans people live in red states. Indigenous people live in red states. Disabled people live in red states.

Your plan for them is...what exactly?

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Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Mar 23

I have my grandma's, my mom still has her grandma's.

Heather @itsashrubbery.bsky.social · Mar 22

Exactly that.