genbird8

genbird8

@genbird8.bsky.social

tea drinker. witch-hunt historian. genealogist. harvard comma enthusiast. dark chocolate addict. book lover. mom of ♀️🧪scientist. 🐾roomie. shorter in person. blue. introvert. WFM. #amwriting. she/her.

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genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Don't tune out completely. America needs you & your voice. Take care of your mental health. Hang out with people who support you. Love one another. But we still need to be dissenting voices when our nation is being attacked from within, and preserve what we can. Tomorrow is another day. ❤️🗽

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Witches of Massachusetts Bay
@witchesmassbay.bsky.social

Nov-Dec: Conflict & Community in Colonial New England, a 5-session, evening online seminar presented by @americanancestors.bsky.social @dlgenealogist.bsky.social & others. Details: www.americanancestors.org/events/confl...

americanancestors.orgConflict and Community in Colonial New EnglandThis five-session online course explores the complex history of early New England, considering the varied experiences of the people caught up in changing alliances, competing claims, and military stru...
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

I so want to attend a Puritan funeral reenactment in Salem, Massachusetts, but I'll be away.... 😢

Witches of Massachusetts Bay@witchesmassbay.bsky.social

Nov. 20: Memento Mori: The Puritan Funeral in New England, a reenactment with Carl Schultz, #SalemMA www.salem400.org/event/purita...

salem400.orgMemento Mori: The Puritan Funeral in New England - Salem 400Browse all of our upcoming events for Salem’s 400th anniversary, which includes July 4th and the Heritage Day Parade.
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

I'm all for free speech, but this? Trump called a U.S. District judge a “crazed lunatic” who “may be insane” on Truth Social. Why? Because the judge told him to stop renovating a public golf course in D.C. that he wants to make private. Afterwards, Trump cut down 400+ trees. Who's the crazy one?

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Under FDR, Democrats regulated business, banking, stock market, food & drug safety; established minimum wages & maximum work hours & collective bargaining (unions). Govt provided jobs to build or repair highways, bridges, & buildings; WPA to create or preserve cultural, historic, artistic endeavors.

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

FDR shows we can rebuild after Trump admin tried to destroy America, stole our neighbors, plowed down national parks & national treasures, created monopolies, using pay-to-play tactics so the wealthy got contracts & looser regulations, turned D.C. into a war zone, wrestling match, & carnival.

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

“Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don’t, and borrow the difference from people who aren’t old enough to vote.” -Justin Wolfers, economist

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

It could get ugly when Trump voters realize the worst of his One Big Beautiful Bill kicks in soon after Nov. 3 elections. It's bad now, but what happens next?

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Trump is trash-talking an American-born politician when it's him, Trump, who is a traitor to the U.S., NATO, and We the People. Trump is not mentally stable & if anyone loved him, they'd seek medical help for him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "We can't him in the United States-- we can't have him in the United States Senate. I look so forward to Michigan. I think it's gonna be wild. Because he's a total phony. He's a little phony. He's a jihadist. He's a vicious, violent jihadist."

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Blackstone behind ad attacking Florida congresswoman Kathy Castor for buying their stock in 2015 even though she sold it in 2020. A MAGA PAC spent at least $6.4 million opposing Castor with lies. (Trump owns ~$3 million of Blackstone stock.) Crazy. Read @popular.info popular.info/p/blackstone...

popular.infoBlackstone CEO bankrolls ad attacking Democrat for buying Blackstone stockAt President Trump’s urging, the Florida legislature redrew the state’s electoral maps in an effort to increase the number of Republicans in Florida’s Congressional delegation.
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Stop these "private developer" projects through national parks & national treasures. Our lands are not made for their profit.

The Watchdog Coalition@thewatchdogco.bsky.social

A private developer wants a road through Yosemite for 83 acres. Interior has not stopped it. Click the link, add your name, and your members of Congress get the letter telling them to block it. About a minute is all it takes. #ElectionHeroesVoteEarly

actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite GiveawayContact Congress today!
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

If they're holding info, it's bad. Trump's economic policies were only for himself & his cronies, not for low & middle class people. It's the same thing with the Epstein Files. Trump is all over them, and it doesn't look good, so DOJ won't release them, even though it's illegal not to.

Layla A. Jones@laylaayanna.bsky.social

We won't know whether one of Trump's signature economic policies worked to help low and middle income tax filers because Treasury appears to be holding up the data release, which is prohibited by law. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

talkingpointsmemo.comData That Would Measure the Effectiveness of Key Trump, GOP Policies Has Gone Missing Ahead of the MidtermsMost American households were not eagerly awaiting a set of tax data...
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Do his keepers not let him watch the real news? This is what happens when millionaires & billionaires take over the airwaves & try to gaslight us into believing untrue things.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg@factforce.bsky.social

He really thinks he’s getting away with this. He really think the facts change, just because he wants them to. This individual is not fit for office.

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Remember when Facebook turned your FB page into a Business page? All you wanted was FB people to visit your blog. Now Meta is using your page & all your links & content for AI training. So do I delete all my FB info by Oct. 30? WHAT IF WE ALL DELETED FACEBOOK? www.aiaffairs.com/corporate/me...

aiaffairs.comMeta’s 30 October terms would permit AI training on business-linked sitesThe proposed permissions cover websites associated with Meta business accounts. Publishers face a choice between accepting…
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Trump admin crushing @noaa.gov agency & taking down too many #weather balloons causes all sorts of bad, wrong forecasts, hurting businesses & people & plans. It's sunny here where a scary big storm was forecasted. Lean, mean policies & anti-science govt is stupid.

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

When I was a kid, Oct. 30 was known as mischief night, like toilet-papered trees or windows with soap-drawn messages. Very few were scary, dangerous like rolling tires set on fire down a hilly street. Read the back story from almost a century ago: www.history.com/articles/hal...

history.comThe Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses | HISTORYWhen teenage boys vandalized towns on 'Black Halloween,'October 31, 1933, town leaders created parties, parades and h...
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genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Just to be clear, I am NOT recommending Scaremare. It is an anti-LGBTQ, anti-women's choice, patriarchy-rules, evangelical church-sponsored scare.

genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

When I was a kid, Oct. 30 was known as mischief night, like toilet-papered trees or windows with soap-drawn messages. Very few were scary, dangerous like rolling tires set on fire down a hilly street. Read the back story from almost a century ago: www.history.com/articles/hal...

history.comThe Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses | HISTORYWhen teenage boys vandalized towns on 'Black Halloween,'October 31, 1933, town leaders created parties, parades and h...
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

When I was a kid, Oct. 30 was known as mischief night, like toilet-papered trees or windows with soap-drawn messages. Very few were scary, dangerous like rolling tires set on fire down a hilly street. Read the back story from almost a century ago: www.history.com/articles/hal...

history.comThe Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses | HISTORYWhen teenage boys vandalized towns on 'Black Halloween,'October 31, 1933, town leaders created parties, parades and h...
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

When I was a kid, Oct. 30 was known as mischief night, like toilet-papered trees or windows with soap-drawn messages. Very few were scary, dangerous like rolling tires set on fire down a hilly street. Read the back story from almost a century ago: www.history.com/articles/hal...

history.comThe Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses | HISTORYWhen teenage boys vandalized towns on 'Black Halloween,'October 31, 1933, town leaders created parties, parades and h...
genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social

Fox News poll released 10/15/2026 shows voters' concerns as: 88% corruption in government 85% inflation and high prices 83% gas prices