RidgewayGirl
@ridgewaygirl.bsky.social
Books, Cats, Politics, More Books.
Rights aren’t pie. Letting everyone have them doesn’t reduce your own.
Rights aren’t pie. Letting everyone have them doesn’t reduce your own.
The water heater died and I thought that replacing it today would be great as I could use the day to make all the pies and preps for tomorrow, which would have been great, but did you know that there is no water while the water heater is being replaced?
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The water heater died and I thought that replacing it today would be great as I could use the day to make all the pies and preps for tomorrow, which would have been great, but did you know that there is no water while the water heater is being replaced?
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TN! get out there and vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social ! 🩵💙🩵💙
Reminder: For voters in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, November 26 is the last day to vote early in person.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
TN! get out there and vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social ! 🩵💙🩵💙
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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Oh, you brave iconoclasts, coming out against pie. Who is as cool as you? Nobody.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh, you brave iconoclasts, coming out against pie. Who is as cool as you? Nobody.
Thanksgiving is THIS Thursday and if you didn’t pay attention until now, finding a turkey might be a challenge, speaking from personal experience.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanksgiving is THIS Thursday and if you didn’t pay attention until now, finding a turkey might be a challenge, speaking from personal experience.
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this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Are people who can’t park between the lines ashamed of not being able to the easiest part of driving a car or are they blissfully unaware of their own ineptitude?
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Are people who can’t park between the lines ashamed of not being able to the easiest part of driving a car or are they blissfully unaware of their own ineptitude?
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Heckuva piece by Will Bunch.
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
#politics
archive.ph/5xVXe
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
#politics
archive.ph/5xVXe
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Heckuva piece by Will Bunch.
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
#politics
archive.ph/5xVXe
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
#politics
archive.ph/5xVXe
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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Read my full story here!
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Read my full story here!
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
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New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Hey, a consequence!
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hey, a consequence!
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Keep in mind as you read through this list of violence and human rights abuses and lies perpetrated by ICE and CBP across Chicagoland that only 2.6% of the people they abducted off our streets even had criminal records of any kind (and that 2.6% includes minor stuff too). 👇
Good overview of what has happened in Chicago since Operation Midway Blitz started in early September.
What to know about immigration enforcement raids in Chicago after 3 months
As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids begin their third month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here’s what to know.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Keep in mind as you read through this list of violence and human rights abuses and lies perpetrated by ICE and CBP across Chicagoland that only 2.6% of the people they abducted off our streets even had criminal records of any kind (and that 2.6% includes minor stuff too). 👇
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
It has got to be so weird to be taking a class from him right now. I'd say it must be hard for him to step into the lecture hall each time, but those emails establish an astonishing lack of self-awareness.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It has got to be so weird to be taking a class from him right now. I'd say it must be hard for him to step into the lecture hall each time, but those emails establish an astonishing lack of self-awareness.
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters and local residents stood up to defend a solitary flower vendor who was being searched by Border Patrol and federal goons in a wooded area.
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters and local residents stood up to defend a solitary flower vendor who was being searched by Border Patrol and federal goons in a wooded area.
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & everyone dies
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & a few survive
-- enemies to lovers on ice skates (Cutting Edge specific)
-- period drama with a lot of yearning
-- courtroom drama
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & everyone dies
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & a few survive
-- enemies to lovers on ice skates (Cutting Edge specific)
-- period drama with a lot of yearning
-- courtroom drama
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & everyone dies
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & a few survive
-- enemies to lovers on ice skates (Cutting Edge specific)
-- period drama with a lot of yearning
-- courtroom drama
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & everyone dies
-- ragtag team of misfits battles overwhelming odds & a few survive
-- enemies to lovers on ice skates (Cutting Edge specific)
-- period drama with a lot of yearning
-- courtroom drama