Reposted by Averie MaddoxLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Join me for the tiniest 45-second tour of Hampton Court Palace - to find out some of the ways we can put women back into the story of the past! It’s something I’ve tried to do in my new book QUEENS AND KINGS, AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY, which you can get here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/quee... 313410
Reposted by Averie MaddoxMike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every bit of data we're seeing says this environment looks like 1974 for Republicans. That's the year after Watergate, the Nixon pardon, and the oil shock, when Democrats won 291 House seats. 9849
Reposted by Averie MaddoxKristin McFall @kristinmcfall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Longtime friend of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. www.huffpost.com/entry/former...huffpost.comFormer GOP Rep Sentenced To 10 Years For Secret Venezuela LobbyingAttorneys for David Rivera plan to appeal and in June applied for a presidential pardon. 168
Reposted by Averie MaddoxNew York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#Zuckerberg shaped #Trump’s "voluntary" #AI accord, which has companies setting their own safety controls and use of internal monitoring. No binding rules or penalties. Raising skepticism of whether #self-regulation is enough for a highly profit-driven industry. www.semafor.com/article/09/3...semafor.comExclusive: How Zuckerberg shaped Trump’s AI industry pledgeThe Meta CEO started thinking about what became the Tuesday White House pact during last week’s state dinner, a source familiar told Semafor. 033
Reposted by Averie MaddoxAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026for the second straight day, Trump -- face drooping -- is struggling to stay awake during a televised event 1221252277
Reposted by Averie MaddoxBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"JVL likes to say it’s great to watch bad things happen to bad people. But to understand just how bad of shape we’re in as a country, consider this: It’s not clear that this humiliation will hurt Schmitt’s aspirations to higher office in the slightest." www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...thebulwark.comEric Schmitts the BedPlus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI. 2523240
Reposted by Averie Maddoxbowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amazing that Sen Eric Schmitt managed to revitalize Sen Amy Klobuchar's career. 0174
Reposted by Averie MaddoxAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 540159994459
Reposted by Averie MaddoxRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021111827
Reposted by Averie MaddoxThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026“Test-takers will be expected to safely merge onto the highway and then successfully weave their getaway vehicle through traffic while being tailed at high speeds by the police.” — William Deiboldt, California DMV spokespersontheonion.comCalifornia DMV Adds Highway Chase To Road TestSACRAMENTO, CA—Saying the newly instituted changes better reflected the realities of modern driving, officials at the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Friday that they had added a hig... 26104389
Reposted by Averie MaddoxMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The 100 milliseconds between you and the world – Oliver Sacks on perception www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/02/o...themarginalian.orgThe One Hundred Milliseconds Between the World and You: Oliver Sacks on Perception“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and … 0121
Reposted by Averie MaddoxCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 25/09/2026This Supreme Court will go down in history as the court that oversaw and enabled and greased the skids of the descent of the United States into a racist fascist theocracy. 35812
Reposted by Averie MaddoxKristin McFall @kristinmcfall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This ripped my heart out. Record/document everything. Everyone deserves proof that they were here. And what was done to them. 012
Reposted by Averie Maddoxlighthouses7.bsky.social @lighthouses7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"The White House belongs to the American people." 0143
Reposted by Averie MaddoxArden Barden @ardenbarden.bsky.social @ardenbarden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026 11611
Reposted by Averie MaddoxBuffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hero. We need them. And we've got them. 185
Reposted by Averie MaddoxBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The US Constitution is a blueprint for governing and a safety net for civil liberties, not an obstacle to be navigated for loopholes. Happy Constitution Day. 1232064722
Reposted by Averie MaddoxThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Kennedy Center board from putting President Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way.bit.lyJudge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any wayA federal judge has blocked the Kennedy Center from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts. 2242398
Reposted by Averie MaddoxD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026📌I don't give a single fuck who is or who isn't running for president in 2028. EVERYTHING is about Nov. 3, 2026. 341495245
Reposted by Averie MaddoxNPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. n.pr/4Aw2pYXn.prTrump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plantsThe Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. 23275117
Reposted by Averie MaddoxBuffy's Blog @buffyblogs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A few days might be better. 🤪🤪🤪 011
Reposted by Averie MaddoxDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Mackelmore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after expressing concerns for Palestinians at shows. The promoter claimed to Variety that venues stated they would "not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup." This will just cause even more to speak out! variety.com/2026/music/n...variety.comMacklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ SpeechMacklemore has been dropped from the remainder of Ed Sheeran's U.S. Loop Tour. 1513960
Reposted by Averie MaddoxDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Trump administration is an international pedophile ring 0132
Reposted by Averie MaddoxDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Gas prices are exploding and stock market is crashing. This is 100% on Trump and GOP! 38231
Averie Maddox @averiemaddox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’d love to send Donald on the Small World ride at Disney and leave him in there for a few hours. He needs to get the message loud and clear. We actually need each other in this world, and we CAN love one another. We have much more in common than that which divides us. 120
Reposted by Averie Maddoxhaversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...ecoticias.comTwo Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-foldMinnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields. 4427141033
Reposted by Averie MaddoxMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026He honors his father who died on 9/11 with his speech—and with his decency. 482417492
Reposted by Averie MaddoxClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Japanese Bridge (The Water-Lily Pond and Path by the Water) - 1900 botfrens.com/collections/41/content… 08217
Reposted by Averie Maddoxcarpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Someone I knew. 183
Reposted by Averie MaddoxI'm Jenough @jhillmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Great episode! And it's not just that the "smart" Republican men want to run in 2028 -- they are uncharismatic "smart" men, who also thoroughly betrayed our country. 120149
Reposted by Averie MaddoxChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In Connecticut, the ripples of pain and trauma from 9/11 are endless. Kids who grew up without a mom or dad. Communities that lost countless neighbors in an instant. Scores of first responders who returned home with wounds that endured. Here, we will never forget. 1051388
Reposted by Averie MaddoxDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026In Iran, they have a huge mural of Trump underwater in Strait of Hormuz with the words "Great Victory." What the image is missing is that it's not Trump underwater--he has dragged America down. 57525
Reposted by Averie MaddoxMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🚨BREAKING: The USPS Office of Inspector General told Democracy Docket that it has received the whistleblower’s allegations and is reviewing them. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS confirms internal probe into whistleblower’s mail voting allegationsThe inspector general stressed that it operates separately from USPS and already conducts oversight of election mail, including unannounced observations at postal facilities, reviews of mail-tracking ... 14751921758
Reposted by Averie MaddoxThe Mighty OCD @mightyocd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Fuck these facists fuckers. 013
Reposted by Averie MaddoxPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 15429871342
Reposted by Averie MaddoxDarla @darlastephen2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The craziest part about trump changing his hair color is that he’s mentioned in the Epstein files 38,000 times. -Senator Casey Weinstein 401191348
Reposted by Averie MaddoxEleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”--US Senator Carl Schurz (R-MO), 1871. 470144582770
Averie Maddox @averiemaddox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It’s kinda like putting Hannibal Lecter in charge of kidney transplants. 041
Averie Maddox @averiemaddox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m at the point where I can no longer stomach news that is too heartbreaking. The mustangs. The wolves. The forests. The parks. The cherry trees…. I would rather not know. It’s too much. 💔 110
Reposted by Averie MaddoxStep 🐸 @big-steppa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026PBS + NBC + NPR is all you really need for Legacy Media honestly Most of your news should come from medium to smaller independent sources. Use your brains :) Most of the outside world is unnecessary noise LOL 011
Reposted by Averie MaddoxSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.” — Neil Postman 416751