Jo Smith

Jo Smith

@josmith23.bsky.social

Wife, mom to 3 humans, 2 cats, and 1 dog. RETIRED public school teacher of 32 years. Youngest of 3 - GenXer. 🇬🇷 Greek-American. Thoroughly disgusted with the state of the States - there is no united. #BillsMafia

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a primary architect & driving force behind the organized movement that ultimately won American women the right to vote in 1920. She died on #OTD in 1902 & never got to vote in her lifetime. Because of her (and others), we can. #VOTE #WomensRights #WomensSuffrage

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I’m here to remind you… Republicans should be terrified of GenX/millennial women. 10/5, get that registration in 💅

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So Pedolf managed to get the existing 1951 arrangement with Greenland / Denmark reconfirmed (i.e. there is NO change in sovereignty & Greenland remains an autonomous Danish territory) & illiterate braindead MAGAts are having a circle jerk off

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When you're constantly just trying to keep the lights on and put food on the table, you don't have the time or energy to fight the system. Keeping people hanging on by a thread isn't a policy failure; it's how they keep us too tired to push back.

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They keep adding charges against our friend Major Jason Watson. Again I ask for $1 to contribute to his legal defense I can tell you he greatly appreciates all the support from this community spot.fund/v42c2rtsc

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stat-monkey.bsky.social@stat-monkey.bsky.social

Day 2: "If I don't sacrifice something, then it's just words. And words are easy to ignore." — Major Jason Watson His sacrifice is ongoing. Remember that. Fight for him. https://youtu.be/7kwk2Ri9Lx4 #Impeach #Remove #Convict #GoodTroubleSquadron

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"The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.” Frances Perkins

Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social

Frances Perkins was the first woman U.S. Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor) and the driving force behind & the principal architect of the Social Security Act. #OTD in 1935, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Act into law. #history #WomensHistory

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#OTD in 1986, the indomitable Grace Hopper retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral. At age 79, she was the oldest active-duty commissioned officer in the Navy at the time of her retirement. She was a pioneering computer scientist who helped develop COBOL & early programming tools. #WomenInSTEM

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Mammograms Mammograms are low-dose X-rays used to detect breast cancer, sometimes before it can be felt. Benefits include: ▪️Earlier detection of breast cancer ▪️More treatment options when cancer is found early ▪️Improved survival rates #Pinks

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Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

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Reminder: perhaps the easiest & cheapest way to tell Bezos to fuck off is by linking to Bookshop or (even better) an indie bookstore WHENEVER you talk about a book online. W/o a link people will just google it & that will lead to Amazon. W a link you can send a sale to a good business

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Replying to @cwebbonline.com

THEY TRIED TO STOP IT! Found this from 2025: www.wndu.com/2025/10/29/p... THE LESSON: Contact your city & county officials NOW! Along with zoning committees, DO NOT let it get this far. AND… if you don’t have PUBLIC oversight of all major development built into your charter, get it DONE NOW!

wndu.comProposed $12 billion data center gets unfavorable recommendation from St. Joe County committeeResidents near the proposed data center have made no secret they don't like anything about it.

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Four years ago, 19 fourth graders & two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Honor them with action by calling your members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 to pass an #AssaultWeaponsBan. #EndGunViolence #BanAssaultWeapons

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If anyone in or nearby Allen County, IN loves cats, this sweetie is named Dragon, has FeLV, and risks being euthanized. He’s currently living in a garage with no AC which isn’t sustainable as temperatures rise. He needs a foster or no-kill shelter spot stat: www.reddit.com/r/cats/s/Hrr...

reddit.comFrom the cats community on Reddit: Dragon desperately needs a home. I am getting so worried.Explore this post and more from the cats community

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In 1841 Mary Richardson married John Jones of North Carolina. They carried free papers when they settled in Chicago & Mr. Jones established a successful tailoring business. Active in abolitionist politics & voting rights campaigns, they hosted & dressed John Brown & crew en route to Harper’s Ferry.

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Please take a moment to remember All-American Girls Professional Baseball League speedster and Canadian Baseball HOF inductee Dottie (Ferguson) Key (Virden, Man.) who died 23 years ago today at the age of 80. She had 461 stolen bases in her 10-year AAGPBL career with the Rockford Peaches.