It’s VOTING DAY, Virginia! Go get that “I voted!” sticker, take a pic, and share it with us in the comments.
Undecided on how to vote? This can help: www.wittmanwatch.com/p/myth-busti....
It's election day in Virginia.
It’s Election Day in Virginia. If you haven’t already voted early or by mail, vote in person at your assigned polling place. Not sure where that is? EASY. Find your polling place at vote411.org. It takes seconds. Don’t miss your chance to have a say in state government. @leagueofwomenvoters @lwv_va
Envelope has flower stickers on seal and a large red sticker that reads FIGHT BACK!
Photos: AAPI Leaders and Grassroots Activists Rally for “Vote YES” in Virginia; "Virginians must win this election for ourselves, our families, and our country!” bluevirginia.us/2026/04/phot...
Just a reminder that racism, hate and misogyny, are the main reasons why we don't have a Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton Presidency.
The only thing that should control your reading list is your inability to stop buying books.
Stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
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Go vote NOW! Tell your friends and families to vote YES!!
@billsimmons.bsky.social
Good morning, Blue Sky!
"It's such a brief time we get to be here
All together, as friends, they come and go
We stand in streams of water and circle around the sun
Until our time is done"
(Trey Anastasio)
Yes I'm sure Hezbollah will on their very best behavior to make Donald Trump happy.🙄
Right to Read Day: April 2026. Everywhere! For your freedom to read. Click on the link in bio to find easy actions, free downloads, and more!
Find more info: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/ #RightToReadDay #NationalLibraryWeek
18 years in Congress should result in a long list of major achievements, and Wittman touts several. Looking at these, we can ask: has Rob been good for #VA01?
Our latest Myth of the Week shows how Rob Wittman has gotten far more from VA01 than we have from him.
DHS has now been shut down for 59 days – the longest funding lapse in U.S. history.
The House returns from its two-week recess this week and Republicans are still refusing to bring the Senate-passed bill to fund the law-abiding parts of DHS to the floor.
Blue ridge mountains at end of a Virginia highway with lovely green trees and grass along the sides.
The blue ridge mountains in background with trees, green and bare, in the foreground
Beautiful day to drive to the Blue Ridge. Visiting a dear aunt who's been ill but it will be a nice wknd 💙 #Virginia
He's not shy about telling us his priorities have nothing to do with running the country.
🎶 Hear from WNYC’s Simon Close on the Public Song Project
What can you create from the public domain? From poems to forgotten songs, discover how open culture becomes new music and how you can take part.
Learn more 👉 www.wnyc.org/story/2026-p...
#PublicSongContest @PublicDomainRev @wnyc.org
Online via Zoom on Saturday April 11th, 3pm EDT
#PoetryMonth #VOTE
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Official Mail-in Ballot Drop Box
We’ve all heard the inflated claims of voting fraud and unfounded issues with mail-in ballots. The New York Times explored a number of these claims and did the fact-checking we all need finding little evidence to support them. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u... @lwvus.bsky.social
Time for #VA01 to give Rob Wittman the boot!
#VoteYes #Virginia before or on April 21st
#VOTE in VA Dem primaries in August
#VOTE for whomever the Dem candidate running against Rob is come November 3rd
Read why here:
open.substack.com/pub/wittmanw...
I love him 🥰💙
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"I'm [NAME] from [PLACE, ZIP]. I'm calling to urge the Senator/Rep to contact Adm. Correll & remind him that he has the same legal obligation as any soldier to refuse an illegal order from this Commander in Chief."
"This is an emergency" and we need to #DoSomething like shake #Congress up so they can function before he kills US all #VoteYES #Virginia #VOTE
Video: "...it is important that we answer the moment that we’re in...we we understand it’s an emergency and we need to temporarily address it in order to do what is right for our Commonwealth, but also to do what’s right for America.” - Keren Charles Dongo bluevirginia.us/2026/04/vide...
A lovely view of heaven... 💙
In Chaucer’s mind, the actual Fool’s day was May 2nd, when England’s King, Richard II, got engaged to the Bohemian, Anne of Luxemburg. In Chaucer’s mind, Richard was the Fool.
But this day has more than one origin story. In 1582, France switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This change moved the start of the year from March to January 1st. So, those who still celebrated New Year’s in March were roundly ridiculed and had a paper fish put on their back. These people were called “poisson d’avril” or April’s fish, which suggested being young, easily caught, and stinking from the head.
April Fool’s Day may have roots in Ancient Rome, where some people put on costumes and mocked others on the street. In Scotland, April Fool’s is a two-day affair. The first is often called Hunting the Gowk, or being sent on a wild cuckoo chase. The second part, known as Taillie Day, involves putting derogatory signs on the seats of other people’s pants.
It seems fitting that simply describing the origins of April Fool’s Day sounds like an April Fool’s Day joke, which might be the best April Fool’s Day joke.
Happy April Fool’s Day!
Foolishness in April first appeared in print in Geoffrey Chaucer’s 'Canterbury Tales,' circa 1470s. But some historians now believe a printer's error gave us the wrong date.
#WriterSky #BookSky #FunnyDay #History #OTD
She wrote a 300-page essay titled “The Poor Woman in the 19th Century: Female Conditions and Resources.” It documented women’s exclusion from educational and professional opportunities in France. Daubié's essay earned her a seat in the Imperial Academy of Science and Fine Letters of Lyon. After earning her degree and throughout her career, Daubié continued writing about the inequality that women faced.
A b/w photo portrait of journalist Julie-Victoire Daubié, circa 1861 Photo credit: Pierre Petit Image source: Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand, Paris
It is the birthday in 1824 of the first woman to graduate from a French university. Julie-Victoire Daubié became a widely read and influential journalist.
#WriterSky #Journo #First #Woman #History #BOTD
His love for words and their usage – from the colloquial to the formal – and his keen perceptions coalesced in his writing. Frost could begin poems with evocative descriptions of an idyllic New England landscape and end them with revelations on the meaning of life. And he did like poetry’s traditional structures of rhyme and meter. When asked about free verse, Frost said it was like playing tennis without a net.
A b/w photo of a young Robert Frost, circa 1910s Photo: The U.S. Library of Congress Source: The Paris Review
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”
-American writer and self-described awakener Robert Frost, born on this day in 1874
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