Anne Lamott
@annelamott.bsky.social
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Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
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How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
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simonwdc.bsky.social
Trump is turning our military away from our historic partnership with Europe towards a new enemy - blue America.
annelamott.bsky.social
Here is the gift link to a new piece I wrote for this mornings Washington post. You don't need to be a subscriber:
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Opinion | Loving the nickel life
Could it be true that I was born for a time like this?
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annelamott.bsky.social
Here’s my new piece at the Washington Post. You don’t have to subscribe although you have to give them your email: wapo.st/4iY3aAf
annelamott.bsky.social
WRITERS: come hear the legendary writer Elissa Altman and me discuss her new book Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create. Tomorrow, Thursday night, 3/13 at 5:00 PT. Think of it: permission to write what has always been inside you. m.facebook.com/AnneLamott/
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katzish.bsky.social
Very laugh-til-you-cry: WaPo Opinions declined a chagrined column by American icon and reader fave @annelamott.bsky.social—in fairness, it is NOT an ode to the free market—so she took it to the LAT. There, of course, it was auto-countered by AI…calling for REVOLUTION www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Los Angeles Times — AI responses to an Anne Lamott column: 
Different views on the topic
• Critics might argue Lamott's focus on individual spiritual renewal dangerously minimizes the urgency of structural political action, particularly given her dismissal of Musk/Trump conflicts as comic fodder rather than existential threats to democracy!61.
• Her analogy comparing national crises to
12-step programs ("trust and surrender") could be seen as passive compared to direct challenges to power structures, echoing critiques that 12-step models prioritize personal acceptance over systemic change 3116]
• While Lamott cites 1960s anti-war protests as evidence small actions create change, opponents note today's polarized media landscape and authoritarian leanings require more confrontational tactics than her proposed "community organizing" and boat-building symbolism 41161.
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kurtandersen.bsky.social
A DIFFERENT WAY ONLY I KNOW, ONLY I KNOW. Trump: “Ukraine wants to make a deal because I don’t think they have a choice. I also think Russia wants to make a deal because in a certain different way—a different way that only I know, only I know—they have no choice.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=of8f...
I am Oz
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Agreed. Hope there's a list in the morning. Hooray for the disruptors.
leahgreenberg.bsky.social
my take on all this: the folks who smuggled in signs, booed and chanted, walked out - those are the folks to watch here. they're the ones who pushed back
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chasemit.bsky.social
Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
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gtconway.bsky.social
#Emails2DOGE
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normeisen.bsky.social
Five things I accomplished last week:

1. Sued Musk & DOGE (repeatedly)

2. Got Musk blocked out of Treasury

3. Sued Trump (repeatedly)

4. Helped persuade SCOTUS to leave anti-Trump injunction in place

5. Got booked @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social

Join us at 9 AM ET Sunday morning to discuss!
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dprzygoda.bsky.social
Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14.

Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
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jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Please don't say that no one is doing anything. We're waiting for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov to catch up with their constituents.
redsonja.bsky.social
Union Square rally.
People rallying in Union Square NYC Union Square rally.
annelamott.bsky.social
Stories hold us together. Stories teach us what is important about life, why we are here and how it is best to behave, and that inside us we have access to treasure, in memories and observations, in imagination.
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leahlitman.bsky.social
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!

she shouts into the void
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karaswisher.bsky.social
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Exactly
mcuban.bsky.social
He is going to say "pinky swear you will protect our border. And buy more booze and stuff from us. "

They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory

Trumpenomics
fintwitter.bsky.social
Trump: i’m speaking with Trudeau tomorrow morning and Mexico tomorrow morning too