Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These aren’t good people leaving for reasons of integrity. These are super rats jumping the ship they were creating for themselves. 041
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just rereading a 40-year-old Doonesbury and found this timely gem you might enjoy: 140
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026felon has Biden-Era Sex Discrimination Rules made to be more discriminatory www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comTrump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced (Gift Article)The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors. 020
Reposted by Carol 🍁Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch. 13354602048
Reposted by Carol 🍁🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121715155
Reposted by Carol 🍁Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Critically important information right here 1027218
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comSeptember 24, 2026After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S. 010
Reposted by Carol 🍁The Hill @thehill.com · 25/09/2026Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson implored her Supreme Court colleagues to dip into emergency docket cases less frequently, warning that it is imposing “institutional costs.” thehill.comJackson warns Supreme Court’s emergency rulings imposing ‘institutional costs’ Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson implored her Supreme Court colleagues Thursday to dip into emergency docket cases less frequently, warning that it is imposing “institutional costs.” “Why is it that … 02811
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Imagined these girls looked a little bit like a coven gathering 110
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Drone attacks targeting books in Ukraine . Books! abcnews.com/Business/wir...abcnews.comAs Russian strikes destroy millions of books, Ukraine's literary future in perilUkraine’s book industry is facing its worst crisis yet, driven by targeted Russian attacks on publishing infrastructure 010
Reposted by Carol 🍁UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A herd of 40 life-sized bison puppets will stampede through New York City this weekend to honor Indigenous history and resilience. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...smithsonianmag.comA Herd of 40 Life-Size Bison Puppets Will Stampede Through New York This Weekend to Honor Indigenous History and ResilienceThe massive bovines, each maneuvered by three puppeteers, will roam through Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn 29335
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026• Vulture taking its ease on a neighborhood rock near the road • Vulture decides not to tolerate being watched by human, and readies to leave • Vulture effortlessly glides away, but seems to hulk over nearby unsuspecting house 130
Reposted by Carol 🍁Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18/09/2026So then none of the press corps shows up at all, right? ... ... ... SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?nytimes.comTrump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House (Gift Article)The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court. 919034
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Good kitty! New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/s...nytimes.comNew Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. 053
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Turned on football game just to see this. Was filled with the authentic American spirit 🥹 We won’t let them beat this out of us. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 040
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🤗 🥰 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTU5oajYw/tiktok.commy baby’s first powwow as a jingle dress dancer. Kukoms love sewn with every stitch. 🤧🥹🫶🏼 #nativetiktok #powwow #indigenous #babiesoftiktok #powwowdancer (EDIT: Wasn’t expecting this to blow up! This ...TikTok video by Morgs :3 020
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Love this! Thanks, Buffalo! And thanks, Detroit! You’re demonstrating the real America! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 BFF 131
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 10/09/20266 editors and 58 of 62 advisory editors/scholars at economics journal resign after editor-in-chief forced out by Elsevier. 7th mass exodus of journal editors this year due to Elsevier, which wants to name editors with no input from academic communities. 🧐 🤨 www.the-scientist.com/editors-mass...the-scientist.comEditors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go | The ScientistSix editors and 58 out of 62 advisory editors at an economics journal gave up their positions after the publisher did not renew the editor-in-chief’s contract. 031
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Spent most of yesterday morning watching a mother deer with a fawn hanging out in our back yard. Soooo sweet 🥰 110
Reposted by Carol 🍁Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 09/09/2026Could there be any better metaphor for Trump's America than the state of the Reflecting Pool after $17m of his improvements? 32512
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Some of our favorite things in our home come from this artist—Ken Scott :) 020
Reposted by Carol 🍁Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.motherjones.comYou don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rulesA Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis. 29303188
Reposted by Carol 🍁Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 05/09/2026This week, DOJ fired a prosecutor who tried to hold an ICE agent accountable for shooting an unarmed man. youtube.com/shorts/GtWVr...youtube.comDOJ fires prosecutor seeking accountability for ICE shootingYouTube video by Lawyer Oyer 8171116
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comGloria Steinem’s Feminism for AllThe activist and writer, who died yesterday at the age of 92, steadfastly fought for her belief that women could change the world together. 031
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem made a real and positive difference in our lives www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...nytimes.comGloria Steinem: A Life in Pictures (Gift Article)Steinem was one of the faces of the modern women’s rights movement. 040
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It was a dark and stormy night. And we really needed every drop of rain! (warning: video includes flashes of lightning) 020
Reposted by Carol 🍁Heather Wells @heatherwells.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Climate change past the point of no return, UN says as worst impacts are now unavoidable www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.caFor the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC NewsIn a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the... 021
Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Graphic humor from Vi-An Nguyen in an old New Yorker. I’ve inched back from Stage 3 😆 320
Reposted by Carol 🍁Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 483192506884
Reposted by Carol 🍁Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If there’s even a small issue with a single ballot-like a woman changed her name upon getting married-the USPS system could disenfranchise 10,000 voters Allegedly, the point of this is to stop cheats. But there haven’t been anywhere near 10,000 cases of fraud in the entire history of mail in voting 421012536
Reposted by Carol 🍁Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 02/09/2026Tarrant County’s decision to reduce the number of polling locations ahead of midterm elections is another attempt to put distance between voters and the ballot box. We’re not asking for permission to vote. We’re demanding access. fortworthreport.org/2026/09/01/a...fortworthreport.orgTarrant County’s November elections will have 92 fewer places to cast ballots than 2022County commissioners approved a list of sites that drew criticism from voting rights advocates and local civic groups. 17437281794
Reposted by Carol 🍁R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Obstructing or retarding” properly stamped mail is a federal crime. 15391141
Reposted by Carol 🍁Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you to this whistleblower. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 0235