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tollie

@jtcafferty.bsky.social
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Pragmatic idealist, early childhood wonk/dreamer, public servant, mama, wife, challah baker, confetti gardener, happy camper. Views my own.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 26/10/2025
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/10/2025
We're watching resegregation happen in real time. This is modern post-reconstruction policy that will further entrench white supremacy.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
First day assembling zines, and we already have some folding experts *chefs kiss* impeccable technique
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
These men don’t need cabinet jobs they need therapy
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Keep reminding folks of this.
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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
In Nashville, an undocumented woman who was detained by ICE while pregnant had a stillbirth after allegedly being denied medical care in ICE custody. “I had him inside here for three days, in this Louisiana facility, my baby dead in my stomach," Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus said.
nashvillebanner.com
Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
An absolute legend.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
So important. This is America. Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If we have to deal with this level of unhinged, could we at least get a lil sprinkle of George Santos?
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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
If you’re Jewish, sign this. If you’re not, spread the word. Everyone should donate.
foodaidforgaza.org
Jews for Food Aid for Gaza
Jewish people support food aid for families in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government’s food aid blockade. #JewsForFoodAidForPeopleInGaza
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Really just an impeccable thread about something I am absolutely not interested in but also something I am very interested in (luxury watches, immigration). Zero notes.
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Deploying Marines to Los Angeles but then they have to do the 5th street on-ramp onto the 110 southbound and get PTSD
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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
even though LA is a sexy news story, neighbors have been protecting neighbors across the country all year and they will continue to. You have a community right outside your door. Care for it.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Bill Cassidy (R) at RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing: “If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”. Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
RFK Jr. fires entire CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted all 17 members of a panel that advises the CDC on the safety, efficacy and clinical needs of vaccines.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
RFK Jr. has just removed every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). These members review vaccine data and make approval recommendations. This is completely horrifying and will likely delay vaccine approvals. RFK Jr. must be removed from office IMMEDIATELY.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
“Without these hands the economy would not function.” Long live the workers + power to the people.
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JaValle @handle.invalid · 07/06/2025
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel: 877-447-4487 Via @lascanner.bsky.social
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Correct. This should be *THE* national story right now.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
11. I have everything I dreamed of as a kid. I am so lucky and grateful for love, safety, family, and joy.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
10. Our relationships and community are the things that will carry and sustain us. When we are hurting, when others need support, when the world feels dark, when we need a reminder of what justice will look like, to celebrate the goodness that exists now.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
9. Everything good and important takes work. And those things are worth buckling in and doing fully.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
8. Nature heals. When in doubt, go outside.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
7. It’s also a gift to be surrounded by people who are smarter than you, and nothing to be afraid of.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
6. It’s a gift to maintain relationships with people who “knew you when.”
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
5. Over time, grief doesn’t lessen. But it does shapeshift. And I’m thankful for it because it reminds me of the extraordinary love I’ve gotten to experience that shapes me today.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
4. Taking care of health and wellbeing is non-negotiable, and it is very easy for me to remember this for other people and harder for myself. I’m committed to this being something I shift.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
3. Life goes really fast. Time is a thief. And there’s always goodness, even in the hardest parts. Believing in the goodness and making time and space to witness it is so, so important.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
2. That feels easier and harder. I don’t have to do the mental gymnastics to figure out “how” I need to be - but it’s also more vulnerable. And vulnerability isn’t bad.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
1. A few years ago I began working toward being authentically myself in all contexts. I feel the most settled in who I am that I ever have - and I’ve integrated the person I am, my values, and my drivers into everything I do. I didn’t always get it right, but I showed up real.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Every year on my birthday I spend a little time reflecting on what’s shifted in me over the past year. This morning, here’s what I’m noodling on:
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
It would be funnier if it wasn’t believable.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
It’s me, hi.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We keep writing about this destruction without getting to the core of it. “White Americans who are racially resentful towards Blacks, hold negative views of immigrants, and believe that whites are being discriminated against are especially likely to hold anti-democratic beliefs.”
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Study shows growing link between racial attitudes and anti-democratic beliefs among White Americans
A new study reveals anti-democratic beliefs among white Americans are strongly linked to racial resentment and perceived white status threat. This connection has grown stronger over the last decade.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 23/03/2025
The ACA was cool because before the ACA EVERY SINGLE CHILD WITH CANCER hit their annual and lifetime limits almost immediately and were denied insurance for the rest of their lives and after the ACA that’s illegal.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research. Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts. It will directly impact YOU. #ScienceNOTSilence
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Un. Hinged. (Folks, check on your public health buddies. We’re not ok.)
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Actually unhinged and terrifying, per usual.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thank you for voting no. Please keep fighting.
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Holy moly! What a nice mushroom!
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Brown butter Nutella rainbow sprinkle hamantaschen fresh outta the oven. ✨
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tollie @jtcafferty.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I mean I would absolutely join your book club based off these bowls alone.
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