Marny
@marnyburke.bsky.social
🎧🌳 I love ambient music, my garden, and women’s equality. Here to uncork my internal dialogue
My annual reminder
Don’t forget to watch Ziggy’s Gift this Christmas to help stir some love in your heart ❤️
https://youtu.be/nXY-PM2fgog?si=31jKuupfJYDq_JFr
https://youtu.be/nXY-PM2fgog?si=31jKuupfJYDq_JFr
December 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My annual reminder
I’ll take this foggy, misty and mild Christmas Day walk anytime over a cold and snowy one
December 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’ll take this foggy, misty and mild Christmas Day walk anytime over a cold and snowy one
I don’t care that I haven’t shaven in three weeks. 70°….shorts were worn
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I don’t care that I haven’t shaven in three weeks. 70°….shorts were worn
Buddah bowls be damned! Made bacon and my great grandmother’s gingerbread waffles (plus my addition of Bailey’s whipped cream)
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Buddah bowls be damned! Made bacon and my great grandmother’s gingerbread waffles (plus my addition of Bailey’s whipped cream)
I was just talking with someone about all the silent damage that has been done beyond the headlines, and the years it will take to right this. Public sector-academic partnership removes dominant profit bias found in the total privatization of R&D
Not only is his lab silent, but he's aware that without public funding, he'll have to turn to commercial sources.
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.
Tragic.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
www.statnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I was just talking with someone about all the silent damage that has been done beyond the headlines, and the years it will take to right this. Public sector-academic partnership removes dominant profit bias found in the total privatization of R&D
CBS, get Abiquiu out of your mouth. Last thing this land needs is a bunch of neocons
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world. "Sunday Morning" pays a visit.
A New Mexico monastery where the silence calls
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world. "Sunday Morning" pays a visit.
cbsn.ws
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
CBS, get Abiquiu out of your mouth. Last thing this land needs is a bunch of neocons
Merry Christmas! Best news I've heard all year
BREAKING: Frank White III has led the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority since 2022. The KCATA board decided to not renew his contract amid high tensions between the agency and Kansas City, and a looming fiscal cliff that has threatened service cuts multiple times this year.
Kansas City’s transit agency is getting rid of its CEO after years of budget problems and route cuts
Frank White III has led the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority since 2022. The KCATA board decided to not renew his contract amid high tensions between the agency and Kansas City, and a looming fiscal cliff that has threatened service cuts multiple times this year.
www.kcur.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Merry Christmas! Best news I've heard all year
What used to be all contained within iTunes, now to sync a MP3 purchase (or iTunes purchase) into my phone, I have to download the new Devices and Apple Music apps to my laptop, add the track to my playlist via iTunes, then sync to Music, then sync to my phone via Devices
Apple can suck eggs.
Apple can suck eggs.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What used to be all contained within iTunes, now to sync a MP3 purchase (or iTunes purchase) into my phone, I have to download the new Devices and Apple Music apps to my laptop, add the track to my playlist via iTunes, then sync to Music, then sync to my phone via Devices
Apple can suck eggs.
Apple can suck eggs.
When you are between two plants, pick one, swear you can hear the one left behind crying, then go back to the store an hour later to buy the second one out of guilt
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When you are between two plants, pick one, swear you can hear the one left behind crying, then go back to the store an hour later to buy the second one out of guilt
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
Let’s make 2025 even shittier
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Let’s make 2025 even shittier
Estate sale score. I wish I could have met who lived in that house, bet she was a cool, cool lady
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Estate sale score. I wish I could have met who lived in that house, bet she was a cool, cool lady
This is great news for the most beautiful and spiritual place on earth. All of Abiquiu is sacred—hopeful it forever avoids the scenic and environmental devastation of the Black Place/Lybrook area
Georgia O'Keefe's Ghost Ranch land to be preserved
The plans to preserve the 6,000 acres of New Mexico landscapes and vistas made famous by Georgia O'Keeffe are set to be permanent.
www.kob.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is great news for the most beautiful and spiritual place on earth. All of Abiquiu is sacred—hopeful it forever avoids the scenic and environmental devastation of the Black Place/Lybrook area
Bought my Dad this great advent calendar. Different bird each day and pressing the inside of each window is a recording of the bird’s song
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bought my Dad this great advent calendar. Different bird each day and pressing the inside of each window is a recording of the bird’s song
This is so lovely, frost-on-the-windowpane serenade
*Acclaimed Californian harpist Nailah Hunter unites with debuting theremin player Alia Mohamed for a hauntingly minimalist performance of Harold Budd’s "The Pavilion of Dreams". leavingrecords.com/the-pavilion-of-dreams
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is so lovely, frost-on-the-windowpane serenade
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Read the room, Corinth Hen House! Now is not the time! They took away my joy, replacing the Jelly Belly dispenser with a kombucha and cold brew “Apothecary”
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Read the room, Corinth Hen House! Now is not the time! They took away my joy, replacing the Jelly Belly dispenser with a kombucha and cold brew “Apothecary”
Reposted by Marny
Senate Republicans are trying to pass a back door national abortion ban tied to #healthcare subsidies!
“The #Senate must stop playing politics with women’s lives.” - National NOW President, Kim Villanueva
now.org/media-center...
“The #Senate must stop playing politics with women’s lives.” - National NOW President, Kim Villanueva
now.org/media-center...
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Senate Republicans are trying to pass a back door national abortion ban tied to #healthcare subsidies!
“The #Senate must stop playing politics with women’s lives.” - National NOW President, Kim Villanueva
now.org/media-center...
“The #Senate must stop playing politics with women’s lives.” - National NOW President, Kim Villanueva
now.org/media-center...
I think I'm going to commission Danial Ryan to create my new LinkedIn header
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I think I'm going to commission Danial Ryan to create my new LinkedIn header
The airlines’ legal argument that a seat labeled ‘window seat’ doesn’t guarantee a window. The wall view is my hell
United responds to passengers’ lawsuit over windowless ‘window seats’ as lawyer bashes airlines ‘word games’
United defends lawsuit over windowless seats amid lawyer’s criticism
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The airlines’ legal argument that a seat labeled ‘window seat’ doesn’t guarantee a window. The wall view is my hell
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The fuck is conservative feminism
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The fuck is conservative feminism
Every Admin decision is driven by a great corporate lobbyist. In this case, AI traffic control
BREAKING: Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among the 40 that will see flights cut due to the government shutdown.
Most major US airports are among 40 targeted by shutdown-related flight cuts
Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the U.S. are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Every Admin decision is driven by a great corporate lobbyist. In this case, AI traffic control
Proud of my former NoVA community who got out the vote today 💙
JUST IN: Spanberger, a former congresswoman, flips the governor's mansion from red to blue after campaigning against the Trump administration's federal layoffs and tariffs.
Democrat Spanberger wins Virginia governor race with message on DOGE, cost of living
Spanberger, currently in the U.S. House, flips the governor's mansion from red to blue after campaigning against the Trump administration's federal layoffs and tariffs.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Proud of my former NoVA community who got out the vote today 💙
Small wins locally but adds to tonight’s mandate
Kansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said Tuesday that he didn't gather enough support from his Republican caucus to force a special session.
kansasreflector.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Small wins locally but adds to tonight’s mandate
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Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball