Jane M Schreck
@janemschreck.bsky.social
Retired English professor, would-be novelist, frequent bicyclist, and fan of Wendell Berry and hotdish. Newly on Substack.
What's hotdish? See my Substack post called "Hotdish and Hot Takes" (https://janemschreck.substack.com/p/hotdish-and-hot-takes).
What's hotdish? See my Substack post called "Hotdish and Hot Takes" (https://janemschreck.substack.com/p/hotdish-and-hot-takes).
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Jane M Schreck
@janemschreck.bsky.social
· Jul 13
Hotdish and Hot Takes
I have lived my whole life in the Upper Midwest, so for me, the term “hotdish” has always referred to food.
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This is beautiful.
On Renee Nicole Good
What gets lost when power rushes to justify itself is the ordinary truth of a life.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is beautiful.
This stinks. Trumps actions. Not my post.
The Peace President Takes Us to War
Seemingly no plan for what happens next
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January 6, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This stinks. Trumps actions. Not my post.
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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
Please hurry back!
Just read today's news and am starting to second guess this choice. Please fix everything before I land in the U.S.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Please hurry back!
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Today was a banger for stupid crap
RFK jr vs childhood vaccines
Trump administration vs nato
Tomorrow could at least theoretically be worse
RFK jr vs childhood vaccines
Trump administration vs nato
Tomorrow could at least theoretically be worse
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Today was a banger for stupid crap
RFK jr vs childhood vaccines
Trump administration vs nato
Tomorrow could at least theoretically be worse
RFK jr vs childhood vaccines
Trump administration vs nato
Tomorrow could at least theoretically be worse
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I am proud to announce that the state has reached economic agreements with the vast majority of our public sector employee unions.
January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I am proud to announce that the state has reached economic agreements with the vast majority of our public sector employee unions.
Working well.
Wendell Berry and the Nature of Work
Finding meaning in work well done
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December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Working well.
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Republicans want to make it harder and inconvenient for people to get to the polls.
Many people are starting to pay attention to this. #Vote2026
Many people are starting to pay attention to this. #Vote2026
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Republicans want to make it harder and inconvenient for people to get to the polls.
Many people are starting to pay attention to this. #Vote2026
Many people are starting to pay attention to this. #Vote2026
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thedemocraticcoalition
A president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner does not deserve to lead the free world.
A president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner does not deserve to lead the free world.
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
thedemocraticcoalition
A president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner does not deserve to lead the free world.
A president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner does not deserve to lead the free world.
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OPINION by @hayesbrown.bsky.social:
"It’s impressive how little the GOP managed to get done legislatively despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress."
READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/cong...
"It’s impressive how little the GOP managed to get done legislatively despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress."
READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/cong...
Opinion | Congress has gotten bad at being Congress
Mike Johnson and John Thune have presided over an unproductive trifecta, despite Republicans running Congress and Trump in the White House.
www.ms.now
December 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
OPINION by @hayesbrown.bsky.social:
"It’s impressive how little the GOP managed to get done legislatively despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress."
READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/cong...
"It’s impressive how little the GOP managed to get done legislatively despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress."
READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/cong...
It may be winter, but there is always reason for hope.
Solstice and Aristotle
Bring us into the light!
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December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It may be winter, but there is always reason for hope.
What are we thinking here! Wake up! This is like killing survivors at sea—it’s the textbook example of unethical behavior! Or to quote my daughter: “That’s some Nazi shit right there!”
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
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December 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What are we thinking here! Wake up! This is like killing survivors at sea—it’s the textbook example of unethical behavior! Or to quote my daughter: “That’s some Nazi shit right there!”
You know how I feel about the brilliant Justin Wolfers!
"The president spent the last few months talking about the past.
Now all they can do is talk about the future.
What aren't they talking about?
What's happening right now."
...Sometimes you learn the most by noticing what politicians don't say.
Now all they can do is talk about the future.
What aren't they talking about?
What's happening right now."
...Sometimes you learn the most by noticing what politicians don't say.
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You know how I feel about the brilliant Justin Wolfers!
This is well done.
Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
Just so we are clear:
With thanks to Indigenous Revolution
🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNR2fJA4c/
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December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is well done.
Cold hearts melting? We can hope.
Lessons from Indiana
Empathy and Agency, with a Side Dish of Hope
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December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cold hearts melting? We can hope.
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13 years since that unspeakable day in Sandy Hook. 13 years of growing a movement to make sure kids feel safe everywhere. 13 years of heroes living with pain and grief yet still speaking truth to power.
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
13 years since that unspeakable day in Sandy Hook. 13 years of growing a movement to make sure kids feel safe everywhere. 13 years of heroes living with pain and grief yet still speaking truth to power.
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Not extending ACA subsidies means millions of our people will have to choose between seeing the doctor and buying groceries or paying rent. GOP cruelty is not good for public health.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Not extending ACA subsidies means millions of our people will have to choose between seeing the doctor and buying groceries or paying rent. GOP cruelty is not good for public health.
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An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
Woke as an aspiration!
Disgusted (@ellenmitchell2)
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December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Woke as an aspiration!
A classic of literature with truths for today.
Les Misérables in Our Own Time
Mercy in a loaf of bread
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December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A classic of literature with truths for today.
Every accusation seems to be a confession, right?
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every accusation seems to be a confession, right?
This is good news. We need to find a way for this good man to serve.
Former Democratic congressman Colin Allred is dropping out of the Senate race in Texas and will instead run for a new congressional district, which covers part of the Dallas area and was formed by Republican-led redistricting.
Allred drops Senate bid in Texas, will instead run for redrawn House seat
The former Democratic congressman, who lost his 2024 Senate bid to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), says a bruising Senate primary could threaten party unity.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is good news. We need to find a way for this good man to serve.
You all know I think Justin Wolfers is great!
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You all know I think Justin Wolfers is great!
Lots going on in this post.
Thanksgiving Lies and Leftovers
Some thoughts on history
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December 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Lots going on in this post.