Cheryl Aruda
@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social
Gravelicious soul/blues singer, great foodmaker, mighty decent songwriter, kinda funny, too! New England lesbian w/o a Subaru.
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
CBS took a segment about El Salvador's CECOT off tonight's
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
i guess we should just all share the PBS FRONTLINE & PROPUBLICA documentary on CECOT
youtu.be/Lku5h9xjrqc
youtu.be/Lku5h9xjrqc
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
CBS took a segment about El Salvador's CECOT off tonight's
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
@60minutes.bsky.social broadcast.
So, instead, here's a PBS Frontline episode about the notorious prison.
(Psst...if you can, while you watch, throw a rural local PBS station a few bucks... Maybe in Bari's name?)
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lucky ME!
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
Pizza dough, caramelized onion, garlic confit, UN-lean ground beef, ALL thawed at same time in the frij...
Rolled garlic/onions into the dough, let it rerise, divvied into slider rolls.
Made 4 sliders, topped em w caramelized onions/mayo, 2 per roll-YUM!
(Ate 1 before posting. HAD to.)
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Never let it be said I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Never let it be said I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!
I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds
Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
@neeratanden.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
@neeratanden.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
Newsnight w/ AbFab on @cnn.com:
Ben: I'll expand...
Offscreen woman, quietly:
Don't expand...
Eesh! You're better Ma'ams than I am, Gunga Dins!
Head's exploding @ the interruptitudinousness of it all!
#PleaseAbbyNoMoreBen
#NoBenOnNewsnight
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
[Good news]
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
Native Plant Trust has now banked 10 million seeds of native New England plants, including rare & endangered ones 🌱
And they got $1.5 million more funding to continue this work 💪
When the present seems so unstable, it's good to think about a native plant-i-ful future
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
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Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
of COURSE I forgot the thingies.....
🍥🥗🍜
🍥🥗🍜
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.
Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!
@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Aspire to be the bird who always sings, who lifts the spirits of others, even on your bad days.
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So happy for her!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Speaking of which: In 1968 MAD Magazine ran a poem about CBS censoring The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's worth revisiting in light of <gestures vaguely to all of this.>
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
This couplet is especially apt:
"Don't pan the man who's bottle-tanned
Quit the wit that bites the hand..."
Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Band Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tbh pulling a chris murphy and redirecting part of your campaign war chest to a food bank would be nice. Like thats essentially an ad buy in areas that ad buys usually wouldnt have impact
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Pepperoni Pizza-rrito,
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
September 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Pepperoni Pizza-rrito,
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...
- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla
- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)
-1 hunk o'pepperoni
-Pam Spray
Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
LIVE 🔴
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
LIVE 🔴
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
Boston Ma — We’re seeing reports that a federal judge ruled that Pres Trump UNLAWFULLY terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to @harvard.edu and that he can NO LONGER cut off research funding to Harvard.
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
LIVE 🔴
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
LIVE 🔴
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
We're seeing reports of a campus-wide shelter-in-place order at UMassLowell - Search underway for a suspect carrying a long weapon seen in the Riverview Suites area (South Campus) in the 1200 blk Middlesex St - No reports of SHOTS FIRED
Avoid Area ⚠️
(local media)
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Reposted by Cheryl Aruda
LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
LGBTQ people and our history will never be erased, and the lives taken at Pulse will never be forgotten.