Ellen Sandbeck

Ellen Sandbeck

@esandbeck.bsky.social

artist, landscape gardener, vermicomposting-worm wrangler, environmental writer

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bsky.app/profile/thet.... This is an absolutely perfect example of why so many inferior, entitled people hate DEI. They don't want to be expected to compete against people who are better than they are, and have the audacity to look different from them.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

FLORIDA — Insane: Winter Park police called on 3 year old for being too good at soccer because 5 year olds couldn’t get the ball from him. (H/T @the_public_defender2) More: blacksportsonline.com/2026/10/poli... Their TikTok account: www.tiktok.com/@nevadaney10...

Yes, MAGAs are stupid and mean, but I am not as mad at them as I am at the Republican political operatives who have been manipulating everything for decades. Everyone who has participated in the RAPE-UBLICAN Party's machinations deserves to be executed for treason.

To celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States, Trump waxed poetic about the glorious 1,000 year history of the English language in the US. As some of us know, the English language originated in England. But the language spoken in England 1,000 years ago, was Anglo-Saxon, aka Old English.

share.googleDonald Trump begged not to act like a 'complete idiot for one day' amid humiliating error - AOLPresident Donald Trump made a notable error during his keynote address at Mount Rushmore for America's 250th anniversary, and his critics were quick to point out his glaring mistake

Common everyday Trump voters are indeed learning all about FAFO and face-eating leopards. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is learning all about the ancient Chinese idiom: Qi hu nan xia (When you ride the tiger, it is difficult to dismount.)

Yup. The RAPE-UBLICAN Party is just Nazis all the way down. It has quietly been that way at the top levels for decades; the difference is that because of Trump, they are now literally proud to let their Nazi flags fly.

theguardian.comLeaked trove reveals extent of far-right AfD’s efforts to court Trump and Maga alliesExclusive: Documents show German party’s scramble to request support after president’s 2016 election win and co-leader’s pursuit of Steve Bannon

Trump wants to change the name of Atlantic Ocean to the Trump Ocean. I am in favor, if we change the name of the Ocean to the Trump Ocean for the duration of time it takes for him to drown in it, and then restore its original name.

I find it interesting that whitewingers are accusing Ilhan Omar of marrying her brother. Narcissists just can't help projecting their own flaws onto others. After all, the glorious leader of the RAPE-UBLICAN Party is pretty obviously a daughterfucking pedophile.

I really really wish that referring to them as the RAPE-UBLICAN Party, wasn't so extremely accurate, but they earn that name all day long every day, by aiding, abetting, supporting, celebrating, and encouraging r4pists.

"Representational Democracy" is a big fat f___ing fraud. Two words: John Fetterman. Rather than electing people to make decisions for us, why can't we vote on WHAT we want to happen, and hire experts to do those things? And if they don't do the job right, we fire them and hire someone else.

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YOU 👏🏽 CAN’T 👏🏽 STOP 👏🏽 US👏🏽

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

The Chinese govt. is way ahead. Some examples: pulled 800 million citizens up out of poverty since 1978; installed 5+ million income-generating rooftop solar arrays on rural homes; subsidized all food production to keep food prices low; forgiven billions of dollars of African countries' debt.

theguardian.com‘People’s dignity, and democracy, is at stake’: meet the economist ditching ideology for realityExclusive: Isabella Weber prescribes a common-sense solution to poverty, inequality and fascism – making life’s essentials affordable for all

Trump promised he would cut our energy bills in half. But renewable energy is the only route to less expensive energy, and Trump is heavily invested in the petroleum industry. US energy prices have increased while Trump profits. Meanwhile, in solarized Europe, electricity prices have plummeted.

share.googleNegative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills | FortuneBy September, the number of hours in Spain with negative prices had already topped 500 for the year to date, more than double the full-year total for 2024.

It took 7 years for me to be diagnosed with a recurrence of a childbirth-induced abscess. During several different visits, the doctor stood in the exam room doorway, said,"It's a virus," and left. A simple blood test would have revealed a massive infection. I needed surgery to save my life.

theguardian.comWomen ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment

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🦉 #Boids #Birds #Burds

🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social

Bearded Vultures 94-125cm in high-altitude, remote, mountains of S Europe, Africa, and Asia Lifespan up to 30 years in the wild and can 50 years in captivity. BOTH parents share incubation 56-60 days Both parents feed chicks 4 months in the nest, and 3 more months after leaving the nest.

I told our kids: "There are some things that human beings are capable of doing, that if you do them, I will not be the kind of mother who visits you in prison." Also their dad is an extremely good male role model: protective, compassionate, empathetic, and absolutely not entitled.

theguardian.comAfter rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men? | Gaby HinsliffBoys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff