Maria Thompson
@writercpa.bsky.social
Gov't employee (for another 12 months or 12 minutes, depends on what they say next), writer, gardener, CPA with a passion for books - why I serve as Treasurer for Baltimore Science Fiction and curate its Little Free Library charter 155682
I like figure skating. I was even thinking of finding my TV (it's under the books somewhere) to watch the Olympics. But I have no desire to support NBC in any way or shape after the decision to edit the audio so Americans could not hear JD Vance being booed.
www.the-sun.com/sport/159084...
www.the-sun.com/sport/159084...
NBC release statement over editing crowd boos of JD Vance from Winter Olympics
NBC has been forced to release an urgent statement after claims about its Winter Olympics broadcast. A statement has been released after claims that boos aimed at Vice President JD Vance, 41, were …
www.the-sun.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I like figure skating. I was even thinking of finding my TV (it's under the books somewhere) to watch the Olympics. But I have no desire to support NBC in any way or shape after the decision to edit the audio so Americans could not hear JD Vance being booed.
www.the-sun.com/sport/159084...
www.the-sun.com/sport/159084...
"Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear."
Now NBC joins Fox, CBS, WashPo, and the rest of the media bowing at the knee of The Regime. They are now as useful as Putin's Pravda.
Thank God for social media & other nations. Do we need a shortwave?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Now NBC joins Fox, CBS, WashPo, and the rest of the media bowing at the knee of The Regime. They are now as useful as Putin's Pravda.
Thank God for social media & other nations. Do we need a shortwave?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear."
Now NBC joins Fox, CBS, WashPo, and the rest of the media bowing at the knee of The Regime. They are now as useful as Putin's Pravda.
Thank God for social media & other nations. Do we need a shortwave?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Now NBC joins Fox, CBS, WashPo, and the rest of the media bowing at the knee of The Regime. They are now as useful as Putin's Pravda.
Thank God for social media & other nations. Do we need a shortwave?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@apnews.com Don't be part of the problem by suggesting these young people should be silenced by the fear of retribution, especially from the Bully-in-Chief.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump
U.S. Olympians are beginning to face backlash for speaking out about domestic politics at the Milan Cortina Games.
apnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
@apnews.com Don't be part of the problem by suggesting these young people should be silenced by the fear of retribution, especially from the Bully-in-Chief.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
An old fashioned basin with boiled water added would be a better bet.
Ice cold doesn't begin to cover it. The temperature of water in your pipes is the same as the ground its passing through. Hypothermia is not recommended.
Ice cold doesn't begin to cover it. The temperature of water in your pipes is the same as the ground its passing through. Hypothermia is not recommended.
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 AM
An old fashioned basin with boiled water added would be a better bet.
Ice cold doesn't begin to cover it. The temperature of water in your pipes is the same as the ground its passing through. Hypothermia is not recommended.
Ice cold doesn't begin to cover it. The temperature of water in your pipes is the same as the ground its passing through. Hypothermia is not recommended.
I did not sign up for Federal officers who kick small dogs and deny life-saving medications to children.
This is their idea of making America healthy? By giving us all trauma from watching these events and having so little we can do to fix them.
Letters to Congress!!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is their idea of making America healthy? By giving us all trauma from watching these events and having so little we can do to fix them.
Letters to Congress!!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I did not sign up for Federal officers who kick small dogs and deny life-saving medications to children.
This is their idea of making America healthy? By giving us all trauma from watching these events and having so little we can do to fix them.
Letters to Congress!!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is their idea of making America healthy? By giving us all trauma from watching these events and having so little we can do to fix them.
Letters to Congress!!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Why? Because we can - at every step of the supply chain for this event.
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Why? Because we can - at every step of the supply chain for this event.
That's not a monopoly. It is copyright owners, people who created the works, receiving proper compensation.
KidRock & his confederates are big people who know how the rules work. There are staff people whose jobs are obtaining rights for performances. You can't be in the music business & not know
KidRock & his confederates are big people who know how the rules work. There are staff people whose jobs are obtaining rights for performances. You can't be in the music business & not know
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
That's not a monopoly. It is copyright owners, people who created the works, receiving proper compensation.
KidRock & his confederates are big people who know how the rules work. There are staff people whose jobs are obtaining rights for performances. You can't be in the music business & not know
KidRock & his confederates are big people who know how the rules work. There are staff people whose jobs are obtaining rights for performances. You can't be in the music business & not know
Reposted by Maria Thompson
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
We've lost all sense of public decency and modesty. No questions needed.
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
We've lost all sense of public decency and modesty. No questions needed.
#WriterBeware
Do not fall for phony "contests" that are nothing but stings to grab ownership of your work!
As Harper's shows big names do not equal ethics!
Always read the rules carefully!
Right to first publication only for winners and everything else is your property unless compensated.
Do not fall for phony "contests" that are nothing but stings to grab ownership of your work!
As Harper's shows big names do not equal ethics!
Always read the rules carefully!
Right to first publication only for winners and everything else is your property unless compensated.
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
#WriterBeware
Do not fall for phony "contests" that are nothing but stings to grab ownership of your work!
As Harper's shows big names do not equal ethics!
Always read the rules carefully!
Right to first publication only for winners and everything else is your property unless compensated.
Do not fall for phony "contests" that are nothing but stings to grab ownership of your work!
As Harper's shows big names do not equal ethics!
Always read the rules carefully!
Right to first publication only for winners and everything else is your property unless compensated.
The political operations of our DNI when she is not investigating state & local elections. Does she even have a clue about what her job should be?
Not DEI because that looks at qualifications & the only one for this government is personal loyalty to The Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Not DEI because that looks at qualifications & the only one for this government is personal loyalty to The Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The political operations of our DNI when she is not investigating state & local elections. Does she even have a clue about what her job should be?
Not DEI because that looks at qualifications & the only one for this government is personal loyalty to The Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Not DEI because that looks at qualifications & the only one for this government is personal loyalty to The Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Congress needs to haul him in and ask questions. What is in the files shows serious lapses in judgement and candor. This is not acceptable for someone tasked with negotiating on behalf of our nation.
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Congress needs to haul him in and ask questions. What is in the files shows serious lapses in judgement and candor. This is not acceptable for someone tasked with negotiating on behalf of our nation.
It started as an effort to improve interfaith relations, literally, "A pastor, a rabbi, & a priest"...on tour from the '20s. Race came later...
It was a important effort to create bridges & understandings between people that we need more than ever.
Let's bring it back.
theworld.org/stories/2018...
It was a important effort to create bridges & understandings between people that we need more than ever.
Let's bring it back.
theworld.org/stories/2018...
Whatever became of National Brotherhood Week? - The World from PRX
In the mid-20th century, National Brotherhood Week was a huge public relations campaign in the US aimed at promoting tolerance and brotherhood as American virtues. Most people don't remember it anymor...
theworld.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It started as an effort to improve interfaith relations, literally, "A pastor, a rabbi, & a priest"...on tour from the '20s. Race came later...
It was a important effort to create bridges & understandings between people that we need more than ever.
Let's bring it back.
theworld.org/stories/2018...
It was a important effort to create bridges & understandings between people that we need more than ever.
Let's bring it back.
theworld.org/stories/2018...
The joys of Agile! Make it up as you go!
February 7, 2026 at 8:32 AM
The joys of Agile! Make it up as you go!
The blank check version of budget management. You assume your client has limitless resources? If the job is so "unknowable," it belongs in a research lab. If you can't identify a clear scope w deliverable end products using technology in which you claim expertise, you don't know what you're doing.
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The blank check version of budget management. You assume your client has limitless resources? If the job is so "unknowable," it belongs in a research lab. If you can't identify a clear scope w deliverable end products using technology in which you claim expertise, you don't know what you're doing.
And with no vetting, a pardon was issued for this man with outstanding charges.
Seems DOJ is clueless about who really are the Worst of the Worst.
Seems DOJ is clueless about who really are the Worst of the Worst.
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
And with no vetting, a pardon was issued for this man with outstanding charges.
Seems DOJ is clueless about who really are the Worst of the Worst.
Seems DOJ is clueless about who really are the Worst of the Worst.
One of the most serious charges of wrong doing on Wall Street is failure to supervise. "He wasn't following my orders" is not an excuse.
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
One of the most serious charges of wrong doing on Wall Street is failure to supervise. "He wasn't following my orders" is not an excuse.
I'm in love with this color!
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I'm in love with this color!
"The slashing of US foreign assistance was followed by cuts by the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and other developed nations..."
We have nutbars running The Regime. What are their excuses?
We have nutbars running The Regime. What are their excuses?
Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe
emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-...
emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-...
Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe - emptywheel
The same week we got new figures of how many deaths -- 9.4 million, of which 2.5 million would be young children -- Marco Rubio's destruction of US foreign aid may cause, we got new details on the slu...
emptywheel.net
February 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
"The slashing of US foreign assistance was followed by cuts by the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and other developed nations..."
We have nutbars running The Regime. What are their excuses?
We have nutbars running The Regime. What are their excuses?
Now that's a duck with style!
So, apparently this is a Black Crested Duck and is supposed to be a domestic breed
It's out here with these wild ducks tho, so... I guess someone's pet got freaky with a downtown duck
It's out here with these wild ducks tho, so... I guess someone's pet got freaky with a downtown duck
February 7, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Now that's a duck with style!
"A staffer did it"...problem with racists is the lack of a spine.
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"A staffer did it"...problem with racists is the lack of a spine.
Flying teddy bear! A great mother's day picture possibly never photographed before because the flying foxes move fast and the pups provide little contrast against mom.
Great story of how this photo was made.
Great story of how this photo was made.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Flying teddy bear! A great mother's day picture possibly never photographed before because the flying foxes move fast and the pups provide little contrast against mom.
Great story of how this photo was made.
Great story of how this photo was made.
Sports in DC eliminate all the other divisions of people as they root for their hometown professional teams in every league: Commanders-NFL, Capitals-NHL, Wizards-NBA, Nationals-MLB & D.C. United-MLS.
How does a city so sports mad live w/o sports coverage from its hometown @washingtonpost.com?
How does a city so sports mad live w/o sports coverage from its hometown @washingtonpost.com?
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Sports in DC eliminate all the other divisions of people as they root for their hometown professional teams in every league: Commanders-NFL, Capitals-NHL, Wizards-NBA, Nationals-MLB & D.C. United-MLS.
How does a city so sports mad live w/o sports coverage from its hometown @washingtonpost.com?
How does a city so sports mad live w/o sports coverage from its hometown @washingtonpost.com?