Judy Dante
@jumadastl.bsky.social
Mom, wife, freelance designer, St. Louis Blues fan, avid traveler, food enthusiast, novice wino, political junkie, compulsive helper.
Wonderful! Rick Steves is the best, and his values are more true blue American than those politicians who claim they are.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wonderful! Rick Steves is the best, and his values are more true blue American than those politicians who claim they are.
This conversation is so great, and helped ease my frustration with how impossible it is to convince those on the other side of the politic spectrum with logic, reason, and facts. My fave part is David with a few hallelujah-type “Yesss!!” replies.
Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This conversation is so great, and helped ease my frustration with how impossible it is to convince those on the other side of the politic spectrum with logic, reason, and facts. My fave part is David with a few hallelujah-type “Yesss!!” replies.
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While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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Potential broad-spectrum antiviral. Shows efficacy against some of the worst shit. Utterly amazing news.
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Potential broad-spectrum antiviral. Shows efficacy against some of the worst shit. Utterly amazing news.
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
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I used to retweet this periodically at The Bad Place because it's the perfect timeline cleanse. Now here. You're welcome.
youtu.be/bS6KWNB5NEo?...
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Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub
YouTube video by Viral Reddit
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February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I used to retweet this periodically at The Bad Place because it's the perfect timeline cleanse. Now here. You're welcome.
youtu.be/bS6KWNB5NEo?...
youtu.be/bS6KWNB5NEo?...
Murderbot, always speaking such wisdom.
I could play it back to listen in on the whole conversation but I could also punch myself in the head with a sampling drill and I was not going to do that, either.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Murderbot, always speaking such wisdom.
Sold!
Not related to the Garfield thing, but if you're on the fence about Death by Lightning, it's in the small but solid genre of TV known as "Nick Offerman drunk while wearing ill-fitting hats"
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sold!
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Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
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The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
What Martha says. In St. Louis, join me in donating to the St. Louis food bank here: https://stlfoodbank.org/
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What Martha says. In St. Louis, join me in donating to the St. Louis food bank here: https://stlfoodbank.org/
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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This administration is really generous with the visual metaphors
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This administration is really generous with the visual metaphors
Yikes, this Blues game. It’s like the puck has Blues repellent on it. No one can get a good handle on it, it’s bouncing over sticks. And LA is all over it: Luckily Binner is being Binner and keeping them in it. #stlblues
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Yikes, this Blues game. It’s like the puck has Blues repellent on it. No one can get a good handle on it, it’s bouncing over sticks. And LA is all over it: Luckily Binner is being Binner and keeping them in it. #stlblues
WOW. Spectacular!
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
WOW. Spectacular!
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Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
September 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
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When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.
So eloquent, so powerful. 🔥 🌎
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So eloquent, so powerful. 🔥 🌎
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The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
I really wish that after almost everything tomBrady says during games he’s announcing, I immediately say “shut up tombrady”. 😂 And tombrady is how I always refer to him, as if it’s his first name. 🤷♀️ #irrationalhatred #rationaldislike
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I really wish that after almost everything tomBrady says during games he’s announcing, I immediately say “shut up tombrady”. 😂 And tombrady is how I always refer to him, as if it’s his first name. 🤷♀️ #irrationalhatred #rationaldislike