That One Girl
@ponderingpen.bsky.social
I'm an artist, writer, dog mom to a Papillion. Art teacher in an ELA classroom (for now). I like pretty things, sad music and shiny rocks. Trying to figure things out, usually failing, but always learning things along the way. 💙 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
It is not a fight with our neighbors, it has ALWAYS been a fight against the oligarchs.
They bleed us dry & destroy our lives, bodies & planet to feed their GREED.
We must join together to take these monopolies & oligarchs down, reverse Citizen's United, & focus on PEOPLE and planet over profits.
They bleed us dry & destroy our lives, bodies & planet to feed their GREED.
We must join together to take these monopolies & oligarchs down, reverse Citizen's United, & focus on PEOPLE and planet over profits.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It is not a fight with our neighbors, it has ALWAYS been a fight against the oligarchs.
They bleed us dry & destroy our lives, bodies & planet to feed their GREED.
We must join together to take these monopolies & oligarchs down, reverse Citizen's United, & focus on PEOPLE and planet over profits.
They bleed us dry & destroy our lives, bodies & planet to feed their GREED.
We must join together to take these monopolies & oligarchs down, reverse Citizen's United, & focus on PEOPLE and planet over profits.
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Name a more talented natural politician who has come onto the scene in recent years.
What a great ad.
(Hey, GOP, calm down. Unlike previous object of birther hysteria, Mamdani was actually born in East Africa.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ps...
What a great ad.
(Hey, GOP, calm down. Unlike previous object of birther hysteria, Mamdani was actually born in East Africa.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ps...
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money... but we STILL need your time!
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Name a more talented natural politician who has come onto the scene in recent years.
What a great ad.
(Hey, GOP, calm down. Unlike previous object of birther hysteria, Mamdani was actually born in East Africa.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ps...
What a great ad.
(Hey, GOP, calm down. Unlike previous object of birther hysteria, Mamdani was actually born in East Africa.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ps...
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Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
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“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it's just a cage. Besides, you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
Fuck, Pratchett scratches my justice itch so hard.
Fuck, Pratchett scratches my justice itch so hard.
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it's just a cage. Besides, you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
Fuck, Pratchett scratches my justice itch so hard.
Fuck, Pratchett scratches my justice itch so hard.
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Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
September 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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Blumenthal: They’ve exhausted the 120 days for Alina Habba, and so they’ve tried to make her acting US Attorney. But the statutes simply don’t authorize that. A judge has concluded she is without authority for any of the actions she’s taken. Everything she’s done could be challenged.
September 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Blumenthal: They’ve exhausted the 120 days for Alina Habba, and so they’ve tried to make her acting US Attorney. But the statutes simply don’t authorize that. A judge has concluded she is without authority for any of the actions she’s taken. Everything she’s done could be challenged.
Hey-- breathe & stay grounded, avoid doomerism & calls for escalation (peaceful resistance ALWAYS works better, history is VERY clear on this!), and make sure you are protecting your nervous system from dysregulation. Get connected to your community. Don't obey in advance, fear is their weapon. SUFB
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hey-- breathe & stay grounded, avoid doomerism & calls for escalation (peaceful resistance ALWAYS works better, history is VERY clear on this!), and make sure you are protecting your nervous system from dysregulation. Get connected to your community. Don't obey in advance, fear is their weapon. SUFB
Hank makes some good points -we should make sure we get very much ahead of this & plan for as many possible misunderstandings as we fight for the American People @progressdems.bsky.social @democrats.org @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...
Electricity is About to be Like Housing
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hank makes some good points -we should make sure we get very much ahead of this & plan for as many possible misunderstandings as we fight for the American People @progressdems.bsky.social @democrats.org @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...
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We all need an occasional reminder, so listen up. Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We all need an occasional reminder, so listen up. Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.
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Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
August 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
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Sending troops into US cities against their will.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sending troops into US cities against their will.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Just walking around the hellscape that is my Chicago neighborhood this morning
August 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just walking around the hellscape that is my Chicago neighborhood this morning
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It pisses me off that gay people are hated mostly because of some poorly translated ancient outdated book full of other bullshit idiots base their entire lives on. Religion is a curse, man.
August 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It pisses me off that gay people are hated mostly because of some poorly translated ancient outdated book full of other bullshit idiots base their entire lives on. Religion is a curse, man.
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🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social
🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social
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There are good things happening. Don't lose that.
NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month.
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses - Bolts
Fewer than 250 voters cast a ballot in a South Tucson recall election this month targeting the mayor and two allies in city council. The three officials, Mayor Roxy Valenzuela... Read More
boltsmag.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There are good things happening. Don't lose that.
Remember to find joy, be gentle with yourself, and take care of your body, mind and soul. We need you. You are important. You are loved. Never, ever, EVER forget that.
August 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Remember to find joy, be gentle with yourself, and take care of your body, mind and soul. We need you. You are important. You are loved. Never, ever, EVER forget that.
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Huh. Go figure.
The folks trumpeting how much AI is going to save companies were - gasp! - wrong!
But they're probably right that we need to push it into schools. Yeah, that should be fine.
#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky
www.techspot.com/news/109148-...
The folks trumpeting how much AI is going to save companies were - gasp! - wrong!
But they're probably right that we need to push it into schools. Yeah, that should be fine.
#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky
www.techspot.com/news/109148-...
MIT report says 95% of AI implementations don't increase profits, spooking Wall Street
Sell-offs in numerous tech companies dragged global markets downward this week after a report from MIT's NANDA initiative estimated that almost no AI startups have achieved measurable...
www.techspot.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Huh. Go figure.
The folks trumpeting how much AI is going to save companies were - gasp! - wrong!
But they're probably right that we need to push it into schools. Yeah, that should be fine.
#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky
www.techspot.com/news/109148-...
The folks trumpeting how much AI is going to save companies were - gasp! - wrong!
But they're probably right that we need to push it into schools. Yeah, that should be fine.
#AIIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky
www.techspot.com/news/109148-...
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DC residents are aggressively pushing back against Trump's phony narrative about their city. Some are doing videos that show off beautiful parts of DC. Many others are aggressively documenting the daily reality of the sudden occupation. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Reality bites
DC residents are flooding social media with critical reality checks on Trump's takeover scheme. Local news is also doing important on the ground reporting.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
DC residents are aggressively pushing back against Trump's phony narrative about their city. Some are doing videos that show off beautiful parts of DC. Many others are aggressively documenting the daily reality of the sudden occupation. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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If Trump pardons convicted child rapist Gislane Maxwell, they will absolutely officially be the pedophile defender party.
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
August 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If Trump pardons convicted child rapist Gislane Maxwell, they will absolutely officially be the pedophile defender party.
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
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Democrats need to be demanding entry into ICE facilities, and when denied take it to court.
They need to show up en mass to a few places… do it. Video:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/non-emerge...
They need to show up en mass to a few places… do it. Video:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/non-emerge...
Non Emergency But Important Video: ICE Facilities
Good evening.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Democrats need to be demanding entry into ICE facilities, and when denied take it to court.
They need to show up en mass to a few places… do it. Video:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/non-emerge...
They need to show up en mass to a few places… do it. Video:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/non-emerge...
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