Nancy Van Eck
@nvaneck.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Sarcasm is my weapon and humor is my armor. Resist! 💙💙
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It’s almost like Congress doesn’t want the power we gave them when they were elected.
January 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It’s almost like Congress doesn’t want the power we gave them when they were elected.
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Should not have picked up my phone this morning, does anyone know how to undo
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Should not have picked up my phone this morning, does anyone know how to undo
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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“You can’t have a failure of imagination when you’re trying to address these issues. You’ve got to be operating at an appropriate scale.”
Now in its 25th year, a joint federal-state effort to revive the #Florida Everglades evolves as the climate warms. insideclimatenews.org/news/0101202... via @amybgreen.bsky.social
Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms - Inside Climate News
Everglades restoration was designed to replenish the drinking water supply in one of the fast-growing parts of the nation. The same effort may help save South Florida from climate change.
insideclimatenews.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“You can’t have a failure of imagination when you’re trying to address these issues. You’ve got to be operating at an appropriate scale.”
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To everyone but you, Pantone…
Cheers to a more colorful 2026🥂
Cheers to a more colorful 2026🥂
January 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
To everyone but you, Pantone…
Cheers to a more colorful 2026🥂
Cheers to a more colorful 2026🥂
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So far the #Florida mass deportation campaign has scooped up 20,000, including a lot of people with clean records. At a Chili’s in the Key West airport, they arrested 11 people gathered for a family reunion.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com
Florida’s deportation campaign arrests more than 20,000. Some had clean records
Over 20,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida in 2025
www.miamiherald.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
So far the #Florida mass deportation campaign has scooped up 20,000, including a lot of people with clean records. At a Chili’s in the Key West airport, they arrested 11 people gathered for a family reunion.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com
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If you missed it, I wrote a story for Flamingo on the Year in Weird #Florida News: flamingomag.com/2025/12/15/w...
I will be on the MIdpoint radio show on WMNF-FM at 10 am talking about some of #Florida's wackiest headlines in 2025. You can tune in here: www.wmnf.org/events/wmnf-...
MidPoint
In-depth state and local coverage, plus national and international perspectives. Everyday Ethics discussion leads off the show.
www.wmnf.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you missed it, I wrote a story for Flamingo on the Year in Weird #Florida News: flamingomag.com/2025/12/15/w...
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The controversial #Florida black bear hunt appears to have been a flop. www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The controversial #Florida black bear hunt appears to have been a flop. www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
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To make up for cancellations and dwindling ticket sales, Donald Trump announces Roseanne Barr will sing the national anthem before each performance.
December 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
To make up for cancellations and dwindling ticket sales, Donald Trump announces Roseanne Barr will sing the national anthem before each performance.
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
December 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
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The #Florida Keys tourist paradise is besieged by immigration agents: "We’ve never seen anything like this." english.elpais.com/usa/2025-12-... via @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
The Florida Keys tourist paradise is besieged by immigration agents: ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’
The highway connecting the islands to the rest of the United States has become an ‘easy trap’ where authorities set up checkpoints and roadblocks to detain migrants passing through the area
english.elpais.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The #Florida Keys tourist paradise is besieged by immigration agents: "We’ve never seen anything like this." english.elpais.com/usa/2025-12-... via @elpaisamerica.bsky.social
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Most banned book this year is by novelist John Green, who grew up in Central #Florida. pen.org/press-releas...
Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021, Start of Public School Censorship Crisis
PEN America today released the top 52 banned books in public schools since 2021, when the writers and free expression organization began documenting the unprecedented wave of censorship that now impac...
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Most banned book this year is by novelist John Green, who grew up in Central #Florida. pen.org/press-releas...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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I don’t understand how a guy with 360° peripheral vision can’t catch anyone.
December 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I don’t understand how a guy with 360° peripheral vision can’t catch anyone.
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After year of layoffs and shutdowns, Everglades National Park gets a new visitor center (via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social) www.wlrn.org/environment/...
After year of layoffs and shutdowns, Everglades National Park gets a new visitor center
Visitors greeted by a trailer after Hurricane Irma destroyed a temporary center in 2017 now will be welcomed by a storm-resilient modern visitor center with sweeping views.
www.wlrn.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After year of layoffs and shutdowns, Everglades National Park gets a new visitor center (via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social) www.wlrn.org/environment/...
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For our latest episode of the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast, we talked to Laura Engleby, a marine biologist who's an expert on the Rice's whale, a newly identified species that lives year-round in the Gulf -- and is threatened by offshore oil drilling. Dive in! www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/epis...
Episode 284: Rice's Whales - Welcome to Florida
Drawing down the Rodman Reservoir proves how a free-flowing Ocklawaha River would benefit Florida.Free the Ocklawaha!Amazingly, a distinct species of whale lives year-round in the Gulf of Mexico that ...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For our latest episode of the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast, we talked to Laura Engleby, a marine biologist who's an expert on the Rice's whale, a newly identified species that lives year-round in the Gulf -- and is threatened by offshore oil drilling. Dive in! www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/epis...
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The Miami Herald & Tampa Bay Times have blown the lid off scheme in which Gov. Ron DeSastrous funneled more than $35M from child welfare & medical funds toward falsehood-riddled TV ads to defeat pro-abortion & legal weed ballot measures. www.jezebel.com/ron-desantis... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
DeSantis Administration Diverted Medical Funding for Anti-Abortion and Cannabis Ads, Investigation Finds
A huge Miami Herald investigation found $35 million the DeSantis administration allegedly diverted to fight Florida's abortion amendment.
www.jezebel.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Miami Herald & Tampa Bay Times have blown the lid off scheme in which Gov. Ron DeSastrous funneled more than $35M from child welfare & medical funds toward falsehood-riddled TV ads to defeat pro-abortion & legal weed ballot measures. www.jezebel.com/ron-desantis... via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
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Hello friends,
Your librarian here with a tip.
The library has all sorts of cookbooks for you to check out. There are also cooking magazines on the digital app (Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla) that you can read, as well as back issues. You can screenshot recipes.
Happy cooking!
Your librarian here with a tip.
The library has all sorts of cookbooks for you to check out. There are also cooking magazines on the digital app (Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla) that you can read, as well as back issues. You can screenshot recipes.
Happy cooking!
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hello friends,
Your librarian here with a tip.
The library has all sorts of cookbooks for you to check out. There are also cooking magazines on the digital app (Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla) that you can read, as well as back issues. You can screenshot recipes.
Happy cooking!
Your librarian here with a tip.
The library has all sorts of cookbooks for you to check out. There are also cooking magazines on the digital app (Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla) that you can read, as well as back issues. You can screenshot recipes.
Happy cooking!
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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"The records the Times/Herald have been able to obtain show that to pay for ads, DeSantis officials repeatedly tapped into money meant to help vulnerable Floridians. The money came from federal grants...By spending public money on a political effort, several agencies bent the rules."
HOLY COW! #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous diverted $36M in child welfare & medical funds to pay for consultants & ads to defeat an abortion rights amendment & one for legal weed. Much of the state $$$ was intended to assist the needy. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
During the fight to defeat amendments 3 and 4 last year, Gov. DeSantis’ administration spent at least $36.2 million in taxpayer funds.
www.tampabay.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The records the Times/Herald have been able to obtain show that to pay for ads, DeSantis officials repeatedly tapped into money meant to help vulnerable Floridians. The money came from federal grants...By spending public money on a political effort, several agencies bent the rules."
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#Florida school locks down as AI weapons detection system tags...a clarinet www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
a cartoon of squidward playing a clarinet in a room with spongebob pictures on the wall
ALT: a cartoon of squidward playing a clarinet in a room with spongebob pictures on the wall
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December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#Florida school locks down as AI weapons detection system tags...a clarinet www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
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Corps of Engineers celebrates spending 25 years restoring the #Florida Everglades with a program that was supposed to be done in 20 years and now is barely getting started. www.lakeonews.com/okeechobee/s...
USACE celebrates 25 years of CERP with landmark engineering achievements - Lake Okeechobee News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is celebrating 25 years of progress under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan...
www.lakeonews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Corps of Engineers celebrates spending 25 years restoring the #Florida Everglades with a program that was supposed to be done in 20 years and now is barely getting started. www.lakeonews.com/okeechobee/s...
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I recently had an interesting conversation with my doctor...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I recently had an interesting conversation with my doctor...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i
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My best-of-the-year list is up this morning at the NYTBR, books I found to be the “pinnacle of pleasure” in crime fiction reading:
The Best Mystery Novels of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My best-of-the-year list is up this morning at the NYTBR, books I found to be the “pinnacle of pleasure” in crime fiction reading: