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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller

@birdyholz.bsky.social
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Retired developmental psychologist. Current voting rights advocate, avid reader, walker, and lover of nature.

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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 12h
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hahahaha
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Joe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I saw Goody Proctor at the Atlanta Hawks game on February 3, 2024
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good one, spotted at my local high school parking lot, on a Tesla
Picture of a car bumper sticker that reads "Mars is ready for you Elon. Go. And take Trump with you."
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I won the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social lottery! Ssh don't tell my favorite youngest son this is his hannukah present, for a little light reading after his first semester of PhD studies.
White woman of a certain age wearing a t shirt that says Overhaul Judicial Supremacy, holding  a book titled Supremacy.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026.... If, like me, you are a Cornell alum and if, like me, you are horrified at recent news, you may wish to read this from the editorial board at the Cornell Daily Sun, and to know that you can support their work through donation or merch at The Daily Sun website.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s now nearly impossible to get asylum in Chicago immigration court chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... -- by me + @adrianacardmag.bsky.social + @kcinbk.bsky.social
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It’s now nearly impossible to get asylum in Chicago immigration court
Asylum was historically hard to obtain but since Trump returned to office, a shake-up at immigration courts in Chicago and across the country has put judges under pressure to deny asylum petitions.
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seanquinn32.bsky.social @seanquinn32.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@sarahspain.com
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Out of concerns about antisemitism, I’m joining my friend Robert Kraft in banning Israel critic Macklemore from my stadium. Here’s a link for Kanye West tickets at that same stadium. by Jerry Jones
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is the way.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not the Onion. Apparently.
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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Caturday
Young man looking at white cat with black markings, her paw is across his leg.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Iykyk.
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Taegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 05/09/2026
GOP Convention Googlers Sent to Info On the Epstein Files politicalwire.com/2026/09/04/gop-co…
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"What did he do to deserve to be murdered, to be left cold, on the ground, dead, my child? What did he do? ... they don't care ... I expect an apology. Why shouldn't we get one?" -- Alex Pretti's mom
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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Read this entire thread
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u... Seems bad.
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now (Gift Article)
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 13/08/2026
you have to learn to live with the reality that you do not have privacy. especially when you are organizing. especially when you are challenging this regime. there is no place safe to disclose anything that might be construed as illegal by the worst actors.
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Happy White Sox Pope Hat giveaway to all who celebrate!
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Important thread.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Great thread.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
J Michael Luttig on MS NOW. What a time to be alive.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Twins win!
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Anxious Pickle @pdnell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm not sorry to see Stevens go or to see AIPAC fail. American voters deserve an end to binary thinking on Israel-Palestine and a focus on democracy here. Without it, we are no help to anyone. Don't make this race about I-P or AES will lose. I hope he "mends fences," as he promised, and triumphs.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I feel seen. And people I live with feel seen.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Oh this is so good.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
10/10 no notes, as they say.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good morning! Pitchbot knocking it out of the park again.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Grand Platner cannot be held responsible for things that he did while he was drunk by Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?"
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I’ve always felt this James Baldwin truth, I feel it this year on our 250th anniversary more than ever.
"I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."— Notes of a Native Son (1955)
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Traveling as a temporarily physically disabled person is very eye opening. EVERYONE should be fighting to make places more accessible because it doesn’t take much for any of us to become disabled. Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban. And it could rule around the five-year anniversary of the Highland Park parade shooting. From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/us-supreme-c...
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban
Cook County’s ordinance prohibits the possession, acquisition and transfer of the weapons in question. It applies to 125 prohibited rifles, such as AR-15s. But gun-rights advocates say only “dangerous...
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Also THIS.
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THIS.
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“They want to turn America into a whites-only gas station restroom. I want her to be a place where all can find rest." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/they-are-t...
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They Are Trying To Break Our Heart
Don't let them.
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
When you find yourself nodding along to what Thomas Massie says...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🧵🧵🧵 Take this quiz: Which of these quotes are Republicans talking about Somali immigrants and which are Nazis talking about Jews? 1/ They’re “garbage. These are people who do nothing but complain.” 2/ “Public pests … vermin … leeches.” 3/ “They’re all crooks.” 4/ They’re “criminal-minded people.”
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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NSFIC swag (not safe for immigration court)
Woman of a certain age outside on a sunny day with a hat that reads Abolish ICE
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We launched a new Jewish-Arab party – and we won't throw away your vote @alonlee.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion | Opinion • We launched a new Jewish-Arab party – and we won't throw away your vote
We propose an equal Jewish-Arab partnership, with a place for both women and men, both to the young and the old. We propose an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Yes, put simply. An end to the occupation and ...
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