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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Wow, ok, this put a huge lump in my throat this morning. You know the 4 US soldiers who died in Lithuania? (Video in linked post.) HUNDREDS of Lithuanians showed up to pay their respects. Rump played golf.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Apparently not trusting me to make my 3rd cup of coffee & return to the couch without getting distracted with some adulting, James decided to supervise.

A cat is waiting on the counter next to a Nespresso machine.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“But it was assigned Gulf of Mexico at birth…”

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Congressman Buddy (not making that up) introduced a bill to “acquire” Greenland and rename it “Red, White, and Blueland.” This is like in Despicable Me when Gru decides to steal the moon. Just cartoon villain things.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

More of this look, please. (This is his CoS right when he announced his plans for Mar-a-Gaza.)

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“We’re in the middle of an authoritarian administrative coup.” — OR Senator Jeff Merkley on Threads today. It is not ENOUGH, but it is IMPORTANT that our elected officials name what is happening. If yours hasn’t yet, this would be a great subject for a phone call.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is a child’s understanding of international trade.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

From @mhdksafa: “If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.”

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If you’re a creative who isn’t sure if you’re “doing enough” in this moment, read this (and remember Frederick the Mouse):

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

So, uh … we’re just … letting this go? I mean, it’s not a thing that matters to me, generally speaking … but in this particular case, it seems … bad.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

For no particular reason, I’d love to share this Key & Peele sketch with you today: www.instagram.com/reel/DFIrFW9...

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

DEI𝗔. The A stands for “accessibility” and they’re apparently going after that, too.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Anyone else notice that the “anti-DEI” stuff coming from the administration is anti-DEIA—emphasis on my part on the A? Do you know what that stands for, what they’re attacking next? Accessibility.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’m kinda busy freaking out about Google deleting Biden from the list of US presidents (they “fixed” it at 4am) & Trump saying last night that MSNBC “shouldn’t even have a right to broadcast” but every morning, I wake up early to have cat snuggling & scrolling time. Here’s James. He’s not worried.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Thrilled to be able to go to the “Queer Resistance Art Show” at Bishop & Wilde in NW Portland tonight—even more thrilled there was a line around the block to get in!

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Well, one silver lining of today: I found a B & N gift card, looked up the amount, and it has $30 on it! Not independent, but hey, free books! #girlmath I’m doing it to support the authors! I guess I should have specified it was a personal silver lining.

Picture is of a Barnes & Noble gift card.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Just some light holiday afternoon reading.

Picture is of a book, “Surviving Autocracy” by Masha Gessen.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

From Cecile Richards’ family, something he she said a lot over the past year: “It’s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: ‘When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?’ The only acceptable answer is: ‘Everything we could.’”

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Normally I’m optimistic, but I can’t stop thinking about the flashback in The Handmaid’s Tale when June and her husband finally decide to try to flee Gilead … only to discover that they’ve left it too late & now they’re stuck in the theocratic authoritarian state their country has become.

Two adults and a child fleeing through the woods.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

“Trump, who repeatedly campaigned on shutting #TikTok down, says he will issue order Monday delaying TikTok ban.” FTFY, @cnn.com.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I have been out of coffee in my cup for 15 minutes, but I have a cat in my lap, so …

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Name a better-qualified doctor than Dr. Oz.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I like @thestorygraph.com. Black-owned, data-driven. You can import your data from Goodreads & import books by scanning the bar code. Makes cool charts!

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Agree. Unfortunately I’m not encouraged by past actions.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Trump’s FCC Director nominee. I shudder to think what the 45 regime considers “in the public interest” (or worse, what is not in the public interest).

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Now that’s how you write headlines (too bad it didn’t make it to the title in the link preview).

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Nope. I must still be asleep—somebody pinch me.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

They’re calling it DOGE. Musk is like a 6-year-old child who just got put in charge of a candy manufacturing plant: giddy with crazy ideas that he’ll implement until the whole thing burns down.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

In the process of moving my books from downstairs, where I unpacked them, to upstairs, where we’ve decided to put big bookshelves, I stumbled across this #HillaryClinton Presidential Playset someone gave me in the run up to the 2016 election. Setting it up was surprisingly satisfying.

A paper doll set with Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Getting ready for my Halloween party tonight

Pictures of Halloween snacks including mini witches brooms, skull pizzas, and ghostly pretzel sticks in a skull bowl.

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Andrea J. Phillips @andreajphillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Upset about what’s happening in your local school district (or want to stop Moms for Liberty from gaining a foothold)? Contact a local school board candidate & offer to drive for them while they knock doors. It’s the EASIEST volunteer job and it makes it 10x more efficient for the candidate.

Two women standing outside on a beautiful fall day; one is holding campaign materials.

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