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Ruth Spanos

@rspanos.bsky.social
1.2K followers 371 following 1.4K posts

She/her. Mom of a college student. Wife. School Speech-Language Pathologist. Small town Mayor. Grateful for my life and lack of attention from the world at large. Opinions totally my own. Wish I could make the world better for everyone.

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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I used to think that Israel would somehow get less extreme once the Holocaust survivors were no longer running things. Unfortunately trauma is generational…and buying weapons is a great way to ingratiate yourself with the US.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pragmatically it makes sense to allow them to change sides and encourage them to think about who to trust when trying to figure out what is going on.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think it’s been said better by others, but I think there are some people who believed that our country was actually overrun with violent immigrants. They never see the reports about innocent people kidnapped by ICE because they are in a media bubble.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This absolutely! If you actually believe there is a huge invasion of criminals, then it would be shocking that ICE would waste their time on the nice people you actually know.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The truth part is important. For example, it can be extremely difficult to raise a child with autism…but telling yourself it was a vaccine won’t give you or your child the help you need…Wages have declined but getting rid of immigrants won’t increase your pay.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My sister couldn’t get the septic tank situation dealt with until her husband had his sinus problem fixed.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is a reason to report on who is breaking from the MAGA movement, but NPR has the responsibility to ask the difficult questions…and consider how headlines easily mislead readers.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.salon.com/2021/06/10/g...
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Glenn Beck admits he was never sorry about any of it — especially not when he called Obama a racist - Salon.com
"I take my apology back" Beck declared years after apologizing for calling America's first Black president a racist
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.npr.org/2016/11/19/5... Ugh
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Glenn Beck: We're Being 'Conned' By Both Polarizing Parties
The conservative radio host and commentator was a vocal critic of Trump during the presidential election. Beck talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his evolving political views and finding common ground
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Or Glen Beck? Remember when he supposedly had reformed? (Glenn? Don’t care to check since he is such a fan of never checking before spreading lies)
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm happy to hear how he's going to help to undo the damage he has done. My gut says he's just leaving an obviously sinking ship, but it would be nice if one of these guys actually did understand the harm and sincerely apologized and made restitution.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
But keep those high high heels on. Just twist and bend over while wearing them.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a way to enjoy my tablet I had to buy when the old one was discontinued, I have begun a series of images for anyone to use…including so-called ai. Please share widely without attribution. #Greenland
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ohio isn’t doing well under the GOP.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Something To Crow About,Jason...
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nah. Their ability to think and communicate is what matters. FDR was a very effective president.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Talk to…very different than talk with. You can talk ‘to’ inanimate objects. I hope he’s getting therapies and not just being propped up for photos.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m all in favor of learning more about ourselves. Although for some of us it is literally too late to ‘align our lives with our menstrual cycle’.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I know this is about clothing, but retail in general has become a wasteland. I generally have all the kitchen equipment but I needed a cake pan. I literally couldn’t find one (a very common brand) within the Cleveland Metropolitan area.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Any spouse who actually cares about their spouse….or the reputation of their country…would have quietly awakened him. It’s pretty clear that many people around him are not trying to protect him or his reputation.
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Ms "I Want To Eat Your Brain" ugh, no, not YOURS, gross! 🤢 @brainmist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really confusing that it comes so closely on the heels of the Star Trek anniversary, they could maybe have been more considerate with the timing.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s certainly front and center with Jack Windsor and other people who live in conspiracy world….as an example of how duplicitous Acton supposedly is.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s one of my favorite clogging tunes, but has to be sped up because it’s way too slow to dance to.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Agree! I often felt that way about Bond villains who kept threatening to destroy the planet that they also lived on. I really underestimated the possibility that such people could exist.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He would produce meticulous videos about linguistics and obscure British lore. A single video criticizing Marvel's depiction of Thor and Norse mythology would go viral. He would refuse to publish because he was so annoyed by uninformed people disagreeing with him.
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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 07/09/2026
every job deserves comfort, dignity and safety! 🫡
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am old enough to remember the same nonsense said about boxing.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Agreed. HP turning dark is apt and everyone should avoid it at all costs.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Unfortunately impersonating ICE agents will definitely be a successful way to commit crimes…just like actually being an ICE agent allows you to commit crimes.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This seems like a seriously terrible and dangerous idea, that wouldn’t work except to endanger yourself. At the same time, having supposed law enforcement officers refusing to wear uniforms or badges is an even more terrible and dangerous idea. And is endangering all of us.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I got rid of their app the last time they renamed something. Guess I can still report it on the web version.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I got ride of the app...just watch stuff through my browser, even on my phone. It's even more clunky. Sorry, but YouTube the company is horrible. Wish you creators had better options.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The boss is angry when employees steal a map.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There are lots of people who are incontinent for various reasons. They don’t deserve mockery. Perhaps I wasn’t clear.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On a complete tangent, I just bought a fully electric car, which was my engineer father’s dream (he bought a Prius hybrid in his last few years of life). I am missing him right now.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The electric typewriter was very specific to that time period!
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Seems like a place where your clothing would be at risk...so you'd have to guard them from trailing into filth.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I haven’t been tracking it but even I know that lowering prices on feed (or tariffs on feed) would help cattle producers.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wonderful! May you have many happy years together!
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m sitting here in my glasses and ponytail reflecting on when we got engaged. Pretty sure I had glasses and a ponytail when he proposed 34 years ago. I definitely do today, although I have had various hairstyles over the years.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Firefighters are not immune from gambling addiction: www.casino.org/news/he-stab...
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'He Stabbed Us in the Back and Front': Chief on Firefighter Theft
Hambden Fire Chief Scott Hildenbrand didn't hold back when asked about his assistant chief being accused of stealing $1.6 million to gamble.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s important to remember that recalls are GOOD! We need to worry when there are no recalls and defective products remain on the shelves. Or if this company continues to have the same problems.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My concern is about the food that is NOT being recalled...but should be.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My Mom made all of us take typing in High School in the 1980s. It has been one of the more consistently useful skills I learned.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Admitting that we don’t control two whole continents? Pretty woke.
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It would prevent their employees from voting?
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Ruth Spanos @rspanos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Too bad his legacy is the defunding of the public schools which 90% of children attend. And complicity in the reduction of Federal programs essential for children.
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