Susan Van Winkle

retired librarian, book club & book cart boss for women in jail; mom to Golden & 3 grown humans; wife & reader. Working for justice & learning to follow. #BLM

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

I just helped fund a Porta Potty for the 6.24.23 #StillTheResistance Day of Action — will you join me? Donate now! https://t.co/Asjf1tqR4b

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

@kkdumez So excited and a bit jealous that you get to meet @Lisasharper. She has inspired me, taught me, and gives me hope. At times she is my thin tether to Christianity.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

If you don't remember the initial story
https://t.co/egaRmV3cXc

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The CEO-to-worker pay gap is now 351-to-1. In 1965, the ratio was 21-to-1. Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Despite being trolled constantly by its Governor, President Biden made sure to approve DeSantis' request for emergency response assistance AND surge federal assistance to Florida well before the storm even hits.

Because THAT is how you adult President.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

If your solution—to improving road safety or decreasing car usage—relies on “If everyone would just…” then you don’t have a solution.

Everyone isn’t going to “just”. At no point in history has everyone “just”. And unless you create the conditions for them, they won’t start now.

[Faraaz Sareshwala @fsareshwala]

This morning, my wife left Orlando, Florida aboard @SouthwestAir flight 1630 (MCO to PHX).

She sat behind this man. She had been attending the Grace Hopper Conference all week and was resting her head on her tray table, trying to sleep a bit.

Let me tell you what happened.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

when Mary Oliver said, “Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say ‘Look!’ and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

@kkdumez How do people who don’t have kids stay humble?

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

@achrisvet @kkdumez Oh, I’m keeping this handy!

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So wait, Howard Schultz is worth $4 billion and can afford a $145 million, 254-foot super yacht with a helicopter pad, but Starbucks can't afford to give workers a living wage and good benefits?

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

Well worth a read. “De-creating” creation.

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

This should be headlines everywhere in the USA. It’s crazy.

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

😳🤯

[Joseph Sakran @JosephSakran]

Only in America would someone have the audacity to point a gun at kids skating.

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

@dynarski I’m so sorry; it hurts. 🐶❤️

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When you follow a leader, consider what would lead you to withdraw your support.

If the answer is nothing, your integrity is in jeopardy. Your highest loyalty belongs to principles, not people.

No leader deserves unconditional love. Commitment is earned through character.

[David Van Winkle MD @davidvanwinkle1]

Universities’ vaccine mandates helped stop virus deaths locally. Or, put another way, universities that did not mandate vaccines increased deaths in the communities where they operate. The price of freedom. https://t.co/BVP2OZYJMN

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

@buitengebieden It looks like a hand puppet dropping the ball over the fence. 😆 so sweet.

[Susan Van Winkle @SusanVanWinkle1]

Yes, this.

[Liz (Elizabeth) Garn @GarnElizabeth]

Normalize saying, “the Bible doesn’t give us an answer to that, but that’s ok because that’s not why it was written.”

It’s not an encyclopedia, folks.