Rom Wilder
@knitpeace.bsky.social
Retired teacher, writer, she/her, LGBTQIA+, Harris-Walz, all (almost) things fiber, kindness.
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Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
Heather Cox Richardson and Joyce Vance make me think of the women who knitted codes into scarves in World War II. I admire these women - Richardson and Vance - as scholars, and wish I could also share an evening of knitting with them.
youtube.com/shorts/Gx4Rf...
youtube.com/shorts/Gx4Rf...
This Grandma Hid D-Day Secrets in Her Knitting and Fooled the Nazis
YouTube video by Ikemefuna History TV
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Heather Cox Richardson and Joyce Vance make me think of the women who knitted codes into scarves in World War II. I admire these women - Richardson and Vance - as scholars, and wish I could also share an evening of knitting with them.
youtube.com/shorts/Gx4Rf...
youtube.com/shorts/Gx4Rf...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
You said on today’s podcast with JF, “You go create your havoc over there. I’m going to make a better world.” Thank you. That reminded me to focus on the incredibly beautiful souls who are doing exactly that. And there are millions them/you.
How will a precious little brown skinned child in Chicago EVER get over having their hands zipped together in the middle of the night by masked “military men”? My heart breaks for these kids. For this country.
October 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
How will a precious little brown skinned child in Chicago EVER get over having their hands zipped together in the middle of the night by masked “military men”? My heart breaks for these kids. For this country.
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An idea:
August 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
An idea:
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April 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...
georgiarecorder.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
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About 1 in 5 Republicans has confidence that Vladimr Putin will do the right thing regarding world affairs. This poll result suggests that millions of people think a dictator whose army murders children and rapes women is really a good guy. Right-wing propaganda is poisoning American minds.
Republican Opinion Shifts on Russia-Ukraine War
Republicans are less likely than last year to say Russia is an enemy and to say the U.S. has a responsibility to help Ukraine defend itself.
www.pewresearch.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
About 1 in 5 Republicans has confidence that Vladimr Putin will do the right thing regarding world affairs. This poll result suggests that millions of people think a dictator whose army murders children and rapes women is really a good guy. Right-wing propaganda is poisoning American minds.
I hope Rachel Maddow decides to continue her commentary beyond day 100!!
April 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I hope Rachel Maddow decides to continue her commentary beyond day 100!!