Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is the crux of it all. If we don’t do the grunt work, nothing gets discovered. There aren’t short cuts. The information and studies have to be done and collected. It is a national group project. 020
Reposted by MaryaSarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026every generation gets the Martin Luther it deserves 17312
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They are selling all the Kennedy Center’s Steinway pianos. I’m trembling with heartbreak and rage. 010
Reposted by MaryaTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Robber Baron era has nothing on our current Cyber Baron era. Elon Musk is the world’s richest man, a white nationalist, bought the 2024 election, destroyed much of the gov’t while further enriching himself with gov’t contracts, ended aid to the needy, turned Twitter into a cesspool and now: 2418687
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a direct association between the Cornell 7 and the Epstein files. That this entitlement persists is proof of its entrenchment at every layer of power and privilege. Women never stood a chance. 1123
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Another crazy thing to consider is that so many men have the hero fantasy of jumping in to save a defenseless woman but yet … 010
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you’re living through something truly horrible and excruciating all you want is for it to stop. After fighting for your life you’re exhausted, in shock, in a state of self-protection. The anger doesn’t come until later. That is why women don’t rush to report. 161
Reposted by MaryaHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134433773
Reposted by MaryaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Trump’s defense the reflecting pool has never more accurately reflected the state the country is in 37766236
Reposted by MaryaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 352191644
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s insane that we’re still fighting for young women to be safe in their educational space —in any space, really. 040
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m exploding with rage that this is still a thing, exacerbated by advanced communications and technology. One in four women will be victims of sexual assault. That number rises for women on college campuses. Why hasn’t this improved in the decades we’ve been tracking and educating women? Men. 030
Reposted by MaryaSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pretty sure there are more rapists at Cornell than there are trans athletes in the entire NCAA 1346
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I absolutely and sincerely hope that the outrage over the Cornell 7 lasts, takes hold, leads to genuine consequences and real change. For me, it is was the Glen Ridge rape scandal of 1989 —it was local and awful and the apologists had remarkable power. 1/1 210
Reposted by MaryaJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They know there’s no widespread fraud. We know there’s no widespread fraud. The courts have proven that there’s no widespread fraud. STOP TRYING TO DEPRIVE CITIZENS OF THE VOTE Desperate cheaters all. 324050
Reposted by MaryaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is. 1417141355438
Reposted by MaryaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook. 17750181658
Reposted by MaryaAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...404media.co‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI EmployeesA sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses. 2019772
Reposted by MaryaJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Chickened out. And power-grabbed. “If we can get away with this, the world is ours!” Rule of law? Pshaw. Free and fair elections. Harumph. Impeachment? Unconstitutional. No holds barred. 217028
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Why does the country need a sniper’s nest in a prominent public place? He’s telling us what life is going to be like in the very near future. He’s tipping his hand. 032
Reposted by MaryaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people. 30352582073
Reposted by MaryaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 519153155868
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If the Kennedy Center does in fact go bankrupt then I guess Trump will have succeeded in making it truly his own. 051
Reposted by MaryaMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Are there people out there who think the criminal who attempted a coup and went unpunished wouldn’t try it again? 1031470378
Reposted by MaryaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/09/2026Transferring vast sums of money to a so-called "department of war" to do infectious-disease related work doesn't exactly assuage anyone's fears about bioweapons now does it? 1125055
Reposted by MaryaGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395087143
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I’ve been saying “perspective is everything” to my kids since they were very young. Back then I used that to zoom out of some deeply ingrained and fiercely held family values —to put some distance between us and the demands. Today my sense is that some people are zooming in. 240
Reposted by MaryaPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Important to note that what got Hegseth angry wasn't anything "woke" but reporting that highlighted issues like housing affordability around military bases. In other words, Stars and Stripes has been genuinely serving the troops, and the Trump administration won't allow that. 12484221
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The cruelty of it really is so disheartening. To favor profit for a few over the health of the many is unconscionable. The collapse of food safety has been quick and visible but the results of concurrent destruction of air, ground, and water regulations will be irreparable. 000
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026So the money launderer is getting his own national bank. I’m sure that’s all on the up and up. Nothing to worry about. 030
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Remember when a mere rise in the price of eggs was a huge political talking point? Now we have deadly eggs but no time to talk about it amidst the million other crisis issues. 021
Reposted by MaryaBrent Crude @my2bits4u.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dear America: We are all on the decoy plane. Act accordingly. 16017
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The implications are astounding. You have to sit with this one for a while and think through shocking possible scenarios. 14410
Reposted by MaryaMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today's Republican Party is almost completely defined by its willingness to pretend Donald Trump isn't doing shit he is obviously doing. 23333106
Reposted by MaryaAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie. 1813214038943
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Not every day in the sewing room is pure joy. Today was frustration and walking on, putting one foot, one thread change, in front of the other. Sometimes the places where we turn for respite have other lessons to teach. #Quiltsky 0120
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The news and resulting conversations seem particularly bleak today. I’m going to really strive for some whimsy and joy as antidote. There will be color! We can’t resist if we are flat, gray, and hopeless. 030
Reposted by MaryaDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026No ammunition, no petroleum reserves, weakened alliances, weakened economy, strengthened enemies, reduced funding for science and research...hmmm, sounds like Putin's perfect formula for a "successful" Trump presidency. 17317130
Reposted by MaryaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning. 1041139034681
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Thinking out loud (on BlueSky): He’s building a fortress because he does not plan to leave but he’s also actively dying. So what’s the plan? He certainly doesn’t intend to pass the mantle to JD. An awful lot of people are enabling this intended coup but who will be their standard bearer? 010
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Interesting take on a controversial figure as well as thoughts on both historical and religious perspectives. I’ve often wrestled with Paul because he is in many ways contradictory. @nancyterhune.bsky.social you might find this worth reading.newyorker.comSt. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It?New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later. 130
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 09/08/2026So let me get this straight, the GOP is trying to smear Muslim Americans holding office in NYC or running for office in MI with 9/11 innuendo but allow the Saudi government with its deep connections to the actual 9/11 hijackers to obtain nuclear fuel? I’m sure this is just fine. 263
Reposted by MaryaOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Beware of the fat old man who builds a ballroom but can’t dance 29725
Reposted by Marya[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 09/08/2026others have said it better than me, but among other things “nah, impulsively tearing down a Chesterton’s Fence that was built over multiple generations will have no serious long-term consequences” is an especially stupid take coming from a self-professed “conservative” 1284