Mary Walker Rieder
@marywalkerrieder.bsky.social
Mom, Grandma, Librarian, Genealogist. 🤱🏼 👩🏫 📚 💻
6th generation Wisconsinite. Grew up in Grafton, currently living in La Crosse on the Mighty Mississippi. Reading increases understanding and empathy. Fact checking is not censorship. FREADOM!!!
6th generation Wisconsinite. Grew up in Grafton, currently living in La Crosse on the Mighty Mississippi. Reading increases understanding and empathy. Fact checking is not censorship. FREADOM!!!
Yep, here we are, history repeating itself—unless we stop this in its tracks.
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Yep, here we are, history repeating itself—unless we stop this in its tracks.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
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Some people are sure “snowflakes” when it comes to American history!
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Some people are sure “snowflakes” when it comes to American history!
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
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Some people are sure “snowflakes” when it comes to American history!
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Some people are sure “snowflakes” when it comes to American history!
Ladies & gentlemen who are residents of Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District—your Representative in action. Guess he really is Trump’s Little B*tch! Remember this in November, 2026!
July 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ladies & gentlemen who are residents of Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District—your Representative in action. Guess he really is Trump’s Little B*tch! Remember this in November, 2026!
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Ready for tomorrow!
June 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ready for tomorrow!
Even Mother Nature is protesting tRump’s parade! 🤣
June 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Even Mother Nature is protesting tRump’s parade! 🤣
Bernie is on the phone at our Town Hall!
April 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bernie is on the phone at our Town Hall!
Pretty soon we’ll be burning books, too! 🤬
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? (Gift Article)
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pretty soon we’ll be burning books, too! 🤬
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March 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Well, it looks pretty. I don’t want to try shoveling it, though, and don’t want to think about how many tree branches are going to come down. 😞
March 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Well, it looks pretty. I don’t want to try shoveling it, though, and don’t want to think about how many tree branches are going to come down. 😞
Getting into good trouble at Rep Mark Pocan’s Town Hall in Viroqua! Unsurprisingly, our actual Rep, Derrick Van Orden didn’t show. He’s awfully scared of a bunch of constituents for having been a Navy Seal…
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Getting into good trouble at Rep Mark Pocan’s Town Hall in Viroqua! Unsurprisingly, our actual Rep, Derrick Van Orden didn’t show. He’s awfully scared of a bunch of constituents for having been a Navy Seal…
Ah, winter in Wisconsin in mid-March! Global warming? Oh, THAT’S not a thing! 🤦🏼♀️
March 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ah, winter in Wisconsin in mid-March! Global warming? Oh, THAT’S not a thing! 🤦🏼♀️
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I don’t wanna!! 🥶
February 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I don’t wanna!! 🥶
Genie friends--look at this! The David Rumsey Map Collection!
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant to Enhance Booksnake App for Immersive Archival Research
From USC Dornsife: A $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant has been awarded to a team led by Sean Fraga, assistant professor (teaching) of environmental studies and history at the...
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February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Genie friends--look at this! The David Rumsey Map Collection!
My evening—a full moon (or darn close) behind a snow-blown flag, beautiful roses from my son, and some night visitors foraging for seeds and corn to keep warm during this cold night as traffic goes by on the highway behind them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
My evening—a full moon (or darn close) behind a snow-blown flag, beautiful roses from my son, and some night visitors foraging for seeds and corn to keep warm during this cold night as traffic goes by on the highway behind them.
Reposted by Mary Walker Rieder
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
I really needed this cute picture today. Hope it helps you, too! 🥰
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I really needed this cute picture today. Hope it helps you, too! 🥰
You said it, Tim! Let's throw his arse in jail!
February 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
You said it, Tim! Let's throw his arse in jail!
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This! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Reposted by Mary Walker Rieder
Reposted by Mary Walker Rieder
Who else thinks we really need an upside-down American flag emoji right now?
February 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Who else thinks we really need an upside-down American flag emoji right now?
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This. Make it hard for the Republicans to destroy the country.
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This. Make it hard for the Republicans to destroy the country.