Julie F
@juliefitzpat.bsky.social
Public librarian, wife, mother, gardener, birder, cat mom. Love music, history, journalism & politics. Proud AFSCME member; union strong!
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Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
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'Glasgow Girls' Margaret & Frances Macdonald, 'The Christmas Story', title page of an Illuminated manuscript of the same title, 1895 #WomensArt
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
'Glasgow Girls' Margaret & Frances Macdonald, 'The Christmas Story', title page of an Illuminated manuscript of the same title, 1895 #WomensArt
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Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia #WomensArt
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia #WomensArt
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There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
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Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974
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That is not the name of this institution.
Its name was fixed by our Congress, in law, and that law has not been repealed or struck down.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Dictatorial contempt for United States law will harm every Conservative and Liberal American.
Its name was fixed by our Congress, in law, and that law has not been repealed or struck down.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Dictatorial contempt for United States law will harm every Conservative and Liberal American.
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
That is not the name of this institution.
Its name was fixed by our Congress, in law, and that law has not been repealed or struck down.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Dictatorial contempt for United States law will harm every Conservative and Liberal American.
Its name was fixed by our Congress, in law, and that law has not been repealed or struck down.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Dictatorial contempt for United States law will harm every Conservative and Liberal American.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Why is SNL on at 9 pm on a Wednesday?
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Why is SNL on at 9 pm on a Wednesday?
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
One less beautiful soul in this world today. What a voice. Rest in peace, Raul Malo.
youtu.be/1KON6wTonUM?...
youtu.be/1KON6wTonUM?...
What A Crying Shame
YouTube video by The Mavericks - Topic
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December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
One less beautiful soul in this world today. What a voice. Rest in peace, Raul Malo.
youtu.be/1KON6wTonUM?...
youtu.be/1KON6wTonUM?...
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New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva!
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva!
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Hepatitis B infection in infancy (almost half of all HepB is caught in childhood) is associated with a 90% chance of becoming a chronic infection (ie the body can never clear the virus), and is highly likely to progress to liver failure and liver cancer.
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
💬Viewpoint: Eliminating universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccination risks an estimated 8% increase in annual perinatal #HepatitisB infections in the US, increasing preventable chronic disease burden. ja.ma/3Me0zHh
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hepatitis B infection in infancy (almost half of all HepB is caught in childhood) is associated with a 90% chance of becoming a chronic infection (ie the body can never clear the virus), and is highly likely to progress to liver failure and liver cancer.
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
Vaccinating at birth has reduced this by 99%
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So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
This Year, Remember To Thank The Unseen Guests At Our Thanksgiving Table
Thank you for feeding us.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
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The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
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TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Edward Theodore Compton (British, 1849-1921). In the Bernese Highlands/Oberland (1901, watercolor).
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Edward Theodore Compton (British, 1849-1921). In the Bernese Highlands/Oberland (1901, watercolor).
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠