Jackie Gardina

@jackiegardina

Higher ed supporter, and a law and politics junkie with a social justice focus. *All opinions are my own.

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Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· 15d

@washingtonmystics.bsky.social did it! They beat @dallaswings.bsky.social again!

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· 16d

Lupita Nyong'o is the next James Bond.

A photo of Lupita Nyong'o who plays Helen of Troy in the Odyssey.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jul 17

I appreciate the NYT is calling bullsh** on this claims. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...

He did argue that those “vulnerabilities” needed to be patched, a point that election experts have made for years. But it runs contrary to his actions: Fixing the holes in the system, and testing election machines, is exactly what the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was doing, before he eviscerated it last year and referred its former director, Christopher Krebs, who had declared the 2020 election secure, to the Justice Department for investigation. No charges have been filed.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jul 8

The eyes are the pathway to cheating.

A close up of a small dog who obviously needs a treat.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jul 6

Trump's lawfare comes to the World Cup. He has lived his life finding gaps in rules or ignoring them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

A memo created for U.S. Soccer by lawyers who have worked for Mr. Trump, reviewed by The New York Times, outlined how the federation could find possible gaps in rules around red cards to strengthen its case. Effectively, the three-page document suggested FIFA’s regulations on disciplinary action were sufficiently vague to create grounds for an appeal. It even suggested the appeal invoke the rights of the United States as a nation and threaten to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, the sporting world’s top arbitration body.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jul 4

The Too Much Talent absorbed some extra brass players from one of the marching bands in the parade.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jul 4

I am at the Barraks Row/Eastern Market parade and July 4 celebration and it is a joyous occasion. Free hot dogs! A watermelon carving contest! And more in the next post!

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 28

Double OT at Mystics.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 20

Yeah, painting over 8647 worked as well as painting the bottom of the reflecting pool.

A screenshot of the live cam on top of Washington Monument showing the mall down to the reflecting pool. The grass on the mall has 8647 showing through dark green painted grass and the reflecting pool has discolored algae blob floating in the middle.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 16

@grantbrisbee.bsky.social has a great reponse to the bible verses on Giant's players' hats. 🏳️‍🌈 "Dig deeper dude. Do better." www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

Dig deeper, my dude. Dig a lot deeper. There’s a way to help people navigate this life with the respect and grace they deserve. It is a choice to ignore that on a night dedicated to people who need others on their side. Do better. That’s the only thing we’re all supposed to do around here, anyway. Do better.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 15

And these details seem, well very specific.... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...

Attendance was lighter than usual. Mr. Miller sat to his right, his back to the windows overlooking West Executive Avenue. Mr. Scharf sat at the opposite end of the table. Mr. Warrington, the White House counsel, was beside the vice president. Ms. Wiles took her customary wingback chair near the fireplace. Her deputy, James Blair, took the other.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 13

They have no successfully painted over the 8647 and you can see the darker green blocks on the national mall.

A screenshot of from WAMO cam showing that the administrative painted the discolored grass spelling 8647 dark green.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 12

If you want to know how the administration is handling the 8647 on the National Mall - they appear to be painting over it.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jun 4

This my great Aunt Helen. I don't know who the woman dressed in a suit and tie is holding her. I wrote about this picture and the importance of #LGBTQ visibility and marriage equality creating "visible family ties" for later generations. #PrideMonth www.huffpost.com/entry/visibl...

A black white photo from the 1920s or 1930s, one women is dressed in a man's suit with a cap is holding another woman dressed in a dress with long curled hair. The are stretched out on a grassy slope.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· May 28

@jonathancapehart.bsky.social interviewed @chrismurphyct.bsky.social about his new book Crisis of the Common Good. Great message at a difficult time.

Jonathan Capehart and Sen. Chris Murphy sitting on stage with a copy of his book Crisis of the Common Good.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· May 9

I am sitting at the Lincoln Memorial looking at the Washington Monument with the WWII Memorial inbetween and I realized we are fighting all the same battles against: A wannabe king Facist White Supremicists

A view of Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Apr 21

Thank you @alliancehighered.bsky.social for this wonderful discussion about higher education as a pillar of democracy. @bakerdphd.bsky.social @kevincarey1.bsky.social @michaelgavin.bsky.social

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Apr 17

I know there is a lot of serious stuff going on but I checked a bucket list item today.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Apr 12

And finally @nytimes.com acknowledges that there was a previous agreement with Iran that Trump destroyed.

A photo of a paragraph from the NYT in which it notes that the US reached a nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 that President Trump "dispensed" with in 2018.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Mar 26

What a jarring picture of peak cherry blossom time in DC. Tourists and military personnel in cammo wjth sidearms. Trump’s America.

5 National Guard in full cammo walking among tourists who taking pictures of the cherry blossoms.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Mar 21

More Carol Channing than Carol Brady.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Mar 14

Topa can totally relate. It's a burden.

Border Terrier on the beach looking very happy with a ball between his legs.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Mar 7

Stand up for Science rally in the Mall.

Picture at DC Mall with crowd listening to a speaker with Capitol in background for Stand up for Science Rally.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Mar 4

I am amazed at how we don't even talk about our country's extrajudicial killings unless it is embedded in stories about yet another military operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Since early September, the United States has killed at least 150 people in 44 known strikes against boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has said, without providing evidence, are carrying drugs.

Legal specialists on the use of lethal force have said the strikes are illegal, extrajudicial killings, because the military cannot deliberately target civilians who do not pose an imminent threat of violence, even if they are suspected of engaging in criminal acts.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Feb 6

On International Peace Day, the local elementary school marched through the neighborhood and gave out pictures and signs they had made. I got “be kind and no beyen in pepolis fase” A good message for today’s world.

An index card with child’s printing “be kind and no beyen in pepolis fase”

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Feb 2

@michaelhgavin.bsky.social introducing @alliancehighered.bsky.social to foundation board leaders from across the higher education sector.

A large filled auditorium with a panel of speakers at the front with two screens.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Feb 2

@edufuturist.bsky.social is speaking to a packed house at the AGB Foundation Leadership Forum.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jan 18

He should be ineligible based on this picture alone.

Gavin Newsom and Kimberly Guilfoyle laying on a rug in what I can only assume they think is a powerful and seductive pose.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Jan 6

Announcement: my dog became a Bark Ranger this summer.

Border Terrirer with a happy look as he is handed his bark ranger certificate.

Jackie Gardina@jackiegardina· Dec 21

This reminded me of a holiday napkin.