Vicki Winslow
@vwinslow.bsky.social
Quaker writer living in rural North Carolina. Fiction, random thoughts, occasional country songs, and needle-felted critters at https://vickiwinslow.substack.com/. No DMs.
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North Carolina unfortunately is no stranger to natural disasters, and building better infrastructure saves lives. I thank Attorney General Jackson for taking action to preserve our $200 million to protect our water and sewer systems, bridges, and more from floods and wildfires.
North Carolina attorney general wins lawsuit against FEMA
Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that North Carolina won its lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
wlos.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
North Carolina unfortunately is no stranger to natural disasters, and building better infrastructure saves lives. I thank Attorney General Jackson for taking action to preserve our $200 million to protect our water and sewer systems, bridges, and more from floods and wildfires.
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If I ever publish a novel, this should be the epigraph.
This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If I ever publish a novel, this should be the epigraph.
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Just so you don't momentarily panic when you see his name tomorrow, it's Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday.
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just so you don't momentarily panic when you see his name tomorrow, it's Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday.
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Hey, Twin Cities. Do you know of any holiday singalong events that are open to the public and also kinda small enough that I might actually connect with some people? It’s okay if it’s church-based, and also if it isn’t.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey, Twin Cities. Do you know of any holiday singalong events that are open to the public and also kinda small enough that I might actually connect with some people? It’s okay if it’s church-based, and also if it isn’t.
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It’s nice they put him high enough to see out
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s nice they put him high enough to see out
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Pretty sure it's mostly just the White House Press Chorus now...
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pretty sure it's mostly just the White House Press Chorus now...
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which is to say the perspective of doubt, which is to say the perversion of time, which is to say the perfection of angles, which is to say the perspicacity of tunnels, which is to say the perspiration of armpits, which is to say the perforation of eardrums, which is to say the peroxide of hydrogen
Only 17 pages in and I am winded.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
which is to say the perspective of doubt, which is to say the perversion of time, which is to say the perfection of angles, which is to say the perspicacity of tunnels, which is to say the perspiration of armpits, which is to say the perforation of eardrums, which is to say the peroxide of hydrogen
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SHARE NOW: Texas just got a whole lot louder. Jasmine Crockett is running for the United States Senate and Republicans should be terrified. She’s smart, fearless, relentless, and she doesn’t back down from anybody. This is the matchup Texas deserves. Let’s go.
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
SHARE NOW: Texas just got a whole lot louder. Jasmine Crockett is running for the United States Senate and Republicans should be terrified. She’s smart, fearless, relentless, and she doesn’t back down from anybody. This is the matchup Texas deserves. Let’s go.
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This is how it is done…
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos. | Politico
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos. | Politico
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is how it is done…
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos. | Politico
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos. | Politico
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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If you only read one thing about the Pantone Color of the Year, it *must* be this!
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you only read one thing about the Pantone Color of the Year, it *must* be this!
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How to find a person detained by ICE or Border Patrol in Louisiana
Here is a list of phone numbers, locations, and detention centers, along with information that can help families locate anyone who is detained. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Here is a list of phone numbers, locations, and detention centers, along with information that can help families locate anyone who is detained. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
How to find a person detained by ICE or Border Patrol in Louisiana
Here is a list of phone numbers, locations, and detention centers, along with information that can help families locate anyone who is detained.
www.wwltv.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
How to find a person detained by ICE or Border Patrol in Louisiana
Here is a list of phone numbers, locations, and detention centers, along with information that can help families locate anyone who is detained. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Here is a list of phone numbers, locations, and detention centers, along with information that can help families locate anyone who is detained. | WWL
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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"From my cavern of envy, I present to you Rant #42.
My wife has each one numbered, you see.
This one concerns the barren cupboard of my life—self-pity
at how we can’t even dream of buying a parking space
in the neighborhoods where we once lived…"
—from "Real Estate Blues" by Alexander Levering Kern
My wife has each one numbered, you see.
This one concerns the barren cupboard of my life—self-pity
at how we can’t even dream of buying a parking space
in the neighborhoods where we once lived…"
—from "Real Estate Blues" by Alexander Levering Kern
Real Estate Blues
A poem by Alexander Levering Kern.
www.friendsjournal.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"From my cavern of envy, I present to you Rant #42.
My wife has each one numbered, you see.
This one concerns the barren cupboard of my life—self-pity
at how we can’t even dream of buying a parking space
in the neighborhoods where we once lived…"
—from "Real Estate Blues" by Alexander Levering Kern
My wife has each one numbered, you see.
This one concerns the barren cupboard of my life—self-pity
at how we can’t even dream of buying a parking space
in the neighborhoods where we once lived…"
—from "Real Estate Blues" by Alexander Levering Kern
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The Lost Jockey | René Magritte
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Lost Jockey | René Magritte
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We in the South are preparing to return the Sun to the people of the Northern Hemisphere and will stand ready to sing it on its way.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We in the South are preparing to return the Sun to the people of the Northern Hemisphere and will stand ready to sing it on its way.
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"When I consider the short extent of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space that I fill or even see, engulfed in the infinite immensity... I am terrified and astounded to find myself here and not there."
- Blaise Pascal, 1670
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- Blaise Pascal, 1670
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November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"When I consider the short extent of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space that I fill or even see, engulfed in the infinite immensity... I am terrified and astounded to find myself here and not there."
- Blaise Pascal, 1670
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- Blaise Pascal, 1670
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my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
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The Ethnic Cleansing President
Project 2025’s plans on immigration may be driven by a desire to preserve the power of a shrinking white population. But Trump just reinforced his desire to make the U.S. more ethnically homogeneous by deporting anyone "not a net asset."
digbysblog.net/2025/11/28/t...
Project 2025’s plans on immigration may be driven by a desire to preserve the power of a shrinking white population. But Trump just reinforced his desire to make the U.S. more ethnically homogeneous by deporting anyone "not a net asset."
digbysblog.net/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Ethnic Cleansing President
Project 2025’s plans on immigration may be driven by a desire to preserve the power of a shrinking white population. But Trump just reinforced his desire to make the U.S. more ethnically homogeneous by deporting anyone "not a net asset."
digbysblog.net/2025/11/28/t...
Project 2025’s plans on immigration may be driven by a desire to preserve the power of a shrinking white population. But Trump just reinforced his desire to make the U.S. more ethnically homogeneous by deporting anyone "not a net asset."
digbysblog.net/2025/11/28/t...
"As the first general secretary of the National Consumers League, Florence Kelley, put it: 'To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.'”
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"As the first general secretary of the National Consumers League, Florence Kelley, put it: 'To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.'”
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Yes
Mother's Finest
Rod Stewart
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Yes
Mother's Finest
Rod Stewart
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Yes
Mother's Finest
Rod Stewart
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Yes
Mother's Finest
Rod Stewart
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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