Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 8hWe did the thing! Make sure you have a plan to vote in the U.S. midterms next month. Vote early if you can, and if you’re doing a mail-in ballot, drop it off at an official ballot dropbox instead of mailing it. I don’t care what anyone says, every vote counts, and democracy is on the line. VOTE. 🗳️ 010
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 10hFYI, this is one of the many, many reasons that almost no one in Chicago—no matter their political affiliation—likes Rahm Emanuel and would absolutely not support any presidential run he makes.inthesetimes.comMental Health Activists Say Rahm Emanuel Exploded at Them: “You’re going to respect me!”The incident came almost three years to the day that another activist died after her mental health clinic was closed by Mayor Emanuel. 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 11hAuto-enrolling millions of children in Trump accounts without any legal disclosures or discussions with their legal guardians feels hella weird.cnbc.comTrump Accounts have auto-enrolled more than 60 million children, Treasury saysMore than 60 million children have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, according to a Treasury Department announcement exclusively provided to CNBC. 010
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Atlantic spoke with more than 40 sources: Weeks before the midterms, Kash Patel is desperate to help Trump's Justice Department deliver numerous indictments on Trump's 2020 election lies just to please Trump. In meetings, Patel has expressed frustration that there have been no new findings.theatlantic.com 591024356
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Look at all my ugly babies! Decided to pull the remaining carrots from our beds yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to harvest quite a few of decent size and shape. Not too bad for our first year growing carrots considering everything I’ve heard about the first year’s yield usually being poor! 🧑🌾 020
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anti-genocide protestors demonstrated in New York to call for an end to Israel's impunity and War Crimes. #3E "We want the US to stop arming Israel," "We will not be silent as our government fully funds a genocide in Palestine" "We demand an end to the impunity and complicity" 4326114
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war. That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price. 16852353
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tomorrow is Dolly Parton Day (9-25)! Make sure to leave out a nice potato dish tonight for her so she blesses your dreams with butterflies, rhinestones, and kindness. 🦋 09227
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My dearest hope for this film is that it drives Elon to leave us all alone, and he finally fucks off to Mars.youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you live in Kane County, Illinois, sample ballots are now available on the County Clerk's website. I would also recommend that you double-check your voter status and make sure you have a plan for voting in the Midterms!clerk.kanecountyil.gov Kane County Elections 012
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 21/09/2026With the things I’ve seen and experienced in nearly 15 years, I deserve hazard pay 1528
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Only total losers will willingly watch Trump TV. 020
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mom: “That’s weird. The neighbors are shooting off fireworks. Why would they do that when it’s pouring outside?” Me: *rushes to phone to check news* 011
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A move straight out of the authoritarian playbook.reuters.comTrump bans media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White HouseU.S. President Donald Trump banned news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House on Friday, complaining about their coverage in a social media post. 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I feel like my entire body has been clenched for the past 15 years at this point. I hate it. 010
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16/09/2026Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle databasetechcrunch.comHackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle databaseThe ShinyHunters gang leaked the files online after saying the Florida state agency did not pay their ransom demand. 0239
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve hikes key interest rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump's demand for cut. 721336300
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Some of these recalls are starting to feel intentionally malicious. Because how the heck do ROCKS suddenly make it into ICE CREAM? Like I’m sure there’s some sort of logical explanation for this one, right? RIGHT?!marthastewart.comIce Cream Urgently Recalled Due to Potentially Dangerous Contamination—What to KnowDanone USA is recalling pints of its So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Cluster Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert due to the potential presence of foreign materials, such as small stones and other hard obj... 053
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s amazing how much evil in this world is done in the name of capitalism (greed), religion (fanaticism), or some jabroni with big feelings who refuses to go to therapy (or prison). 000
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Macklemore thing is more proof that pro-Israel activists have just lost the ability to persuade. All it can do is browbeat anyone opposed to them. That doesn't work when you're -25 in public opinion. 103517410
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My questions for Mitch McConnell: “Does formaldehyde taste better at room temperature or chilled?” “Do you sleep in your coffin alone or does your wife join you?” “How did you convince Satan to let you switch places with Lindsey Graham?” 040
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms. 7809132
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I wonder if they had time to finish installing all the marionette tracks they'll need at the Capitol to make Mitch McConnell look believably alive today. 2121
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It really does feel like Tech Bros are in a weird competition to see who can bring about the extinction of the human race the fastest, and we’re all just unwilling participants when we don’t even want to spectate. 092
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So I do actually want to order this because I think it would be really cool to have a book about the history of U.S. postage, BUT ONLY IF THE MONEY GOES TO THE DAMN POST OFFICE.store.usps.comForever Stamps Book | USPS.comBold and beautiful, Forever Stamps tells the story of United States history, pop culture, and art through hundreds of vibrantly rendered stamps. 000
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Politico @politico.com · 28/08/2026EXCLUSIVE: Mike Johnson is planning to meet with Elon Musk in Texas, according to four people familiar with the meeting. The planned meeting comes as Musk is reportedly considering spending at least $100 million to boost the GOP this fall.politico.comMike Johnson planning to meet with Elon Musk in TexasThe planned meeting Friday comes as Musk is reportedly considering spending at least $100 million to boost the GOP this fall. 291842516
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We will always love you, Dolly. 💖 020
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Canadians wholesomely attacking Trump makes me love them more but also makes the right wing agricultural belt apparatchiks who are being betrayed by Trump everyday look like suckers 241098142
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 24/08/20261/2 His son is serving America aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. His father..19 years in the U.S., a work permit, no criminal record was arrested by ICE while waiting for him to come home. THIS is Trump’s America. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apnews.com/article/uss-...apnews.comHe was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities. 10220301162
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Mom: “Next year, maybe don’t put so many cucumber plants in the garden. We’re barely keeping up with the number of cucumbers you’re picking every day now!” Me: “Mom, we only have one. All these cucumbers are from a single plant.” Mom: 🤯 Me: 😂 010
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Apologies to anyone who submitted themselves to the Accessible Social Experts Directory in the last 6 months. An automation I had set up for the workflow apparently broke at some point, so I wasn't getting alerts for new submissions. I had no idea until someone thankfully emailed me. Technology. 🫠 021
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026In what I'm really hoping is unrelated news, it's recently been reported that the government has been capturing wild horses and selling them to slaughterhouses. meidasnews.comMystery Meat: Trump Refuses to Say Where His New Flood of Foreign Beef Is Coming FromTrump says he has struck a deal to bring 300,000 metric tons of cheaper foreign beef into the United States. There’s one detail he won’t reveal: who the deal is actually with. 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Heroin chic? No. It's 2026. That's heroin BLEAK. 010
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Actress Hayden Panettiere has died, her representative confirms. She was 36 abcnews.com/US/hayden-pa... 33040221431
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026“Developers are capable of incorporating privacy into the principles of inclusive design and using inclusive design to build their tools—particularly those they are going to market to the disability community—limiting the need for trade-offs. With its smart glasses, Meta has done neither…”techpolicy.pressFor Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An AfterthoughtTech companies are using accessibility as a smoke screen to obfuscate the risks of AI wearables, writes Ariana Aboulafia. 59632
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My sanity is being held together by competitive improv dance videos and a new baby Pygmy hippo becoming internet famous every few months. 010
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Welp. Sometime between this morning and now, the rabbits stripped every bean and nearly all the leaves off our seven green bean plants. Now I get why so many home gardeners plant pole beans instead of bush beans. 🥴 020
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026LOLcardsagainsthumanity.comWho wants to help Cards Against Humanity f*** with Elon Musk?We got Musk off our land. Let's build a monument to remind him he's a sad little b**** with no friends. 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Hope even more service members are now waking up to the fact that Trump and his administration do not care about them. That decrepit old man sees them as nothing but battle fodder. Shameful. 011
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's maddening that I still experience imposter syndrome on a near-daily basis while we have the most incompetent assclowns running the country (into the ground) right now. 032
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Karoline Leavitt? More like Karoline Leaving, amiright? I’m sorry, I’m done now. 😅 010
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. 11927135
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Our garden has reached "ask the neighbors if they want any" status. 🙌 090
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Caught two live frogs at the neighborhood pool today after they hopped in the water, so yeah, I was the most popular person for like five minutes for half a dozen children. For whatever reason, they couldn't believe that I had dove under the water to catch them. 🐸 010
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"No one wants to work anymore," cries the CEO who thinks replacing half their workforce with AI is a good idea. 🫠 010
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026How embarrassing it is, for a former superpower, to waste «virtually all» of its stockpile on a war it never actually needed to wage. Wasting in months of meaningless conflict, what will take years to replenish. 4226
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Blocking all the “influencers” who went on the OpenAI summer camp trip was almost as satisfying as not knowing who any of them are. 😅 000
Reposted by Alexa Heinrich (she/her)WIRED @wired.com · 05/08/2026Activist and grassroots organizer Will Lawrence has won the Democratic primary election in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, with a campaign focused on data centers’ regulation and demanding accountability for big tech and AI companies. www.wired.com/story/anti-d...wired.comThe Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan PoliticsClimate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium. 437988
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I can't remember the last time I didn't feel overstimulated or overwhelmed. Hate that for me. 🫠 000
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Screw you, cyclospora. I grew my own! 🥬 050