Alysia
@akb5.bsky.social
Mom of three, wife, advocate, former Vermonter but now MA is my home. Constantly reminding myself “don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy”.
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
Life is hard and the world is on fire but then your dog wakes you up to pee at 5am and you see the most amazing early morning sky with shooting stars so you text your 19 year old who you know has been awake all night and the two of you experience seeing shooting stars for the first time together.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Life is hard and the world is on fire but then your dog wakes you up to pee at 5am and you see the most amazing early morning sky with shooting stars so you text your 19 year old who you know has been awake all night and the two of you experience seeing shooting stars for the first time together.
To quote a friend: It’s just so gross that this small group of truly heinous monsters are so closely involved with this.
And are now all in power.
And are now all in power.
Lutnick is the current Secretary of Commerce and Epstein sent this email three months before he died.
Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
To quote a friend: It’s just so gross that this small group of truly heinous monsters are so closely involved with this.
And are now all in power.
And are now all in power.
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Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
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“Tonight we sent a message…we chose our commonwealth over chaos.”
- Governor-elect Spanberger
- Governor-elect Spanberger
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Tonight we sent a message…we chose our commonwealth over chaos.”
- Governor-elect Spanberger
- Governor-elect Spanberger
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Goodness. Closing beautifully with Vito Marcantonio: “If it be radicalism to believe that our natural resources should be used for the benefit of all, and not for the purpose of enriching just a few, then I plead guilty to the charge.”
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Goodness. Closing beautifully with Vito Marcantonio: “If it be radicalism to believe that our natural resources should be used for the benefit of all, and not for the purpose of enriching just a few, then I plead guilty to the charge.”
I love baseball (she says, from under a blanket, with no stake in the game).
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I love baseball (she says, from under a blanket, with no stake in the game).
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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Markey on SNAP: "This moment isn't just an economic failure. This isn't just a civic failure. This is an utter moral failure for the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans."
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Markey on SNAP: "This moment isn't just an economic failure. This isn't just a civic failure. This is an utter moral failure for the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans."
@massgovernor.bsky.social be better than this. Yes we can.
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Gov. Healey says there's "no way" Massachusetts would be able to make up for lost SNAP funding from the federal government.
www.cbsnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@massgovernor.bsky.social be better than this. Yes we can.
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The distillation of this is that your government is lying to you and plans to keep doing so.
Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
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When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The distillation of this is that your government is lying to you and plans to keep doing so.
I realized this about my own kids (ages 23, 19, 17) when we talk about the atrocities happening and their response is this is all they know. The chaos is their political baseline and they see no way out.
Yeah, this is what I wrestle with -- a college freshman today was only nine when Trump first ran for president. They've grown up with him as a baseline, not an aberration.
It's odd for me to realize that my first-year undergraduates are at an age where they don't really remember that there was a form of US politics prior to Donald Trump. For them, Trump is not an aberration from the normal course of political discourse, but just how US politics is done.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I realized this about my own kids (ages 23, 19, 17) when we talk about the atrocities happening and their response is this is all they know. The chaos is their political baseline and they see no way out.
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
This.
You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This.
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The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students
The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
wrd.cm
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
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If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
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Every GOP Senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr. and now stays silent as he crusades against vaccines, which have saved 150+ million lives, is complicit in the disease outbreaks that may result.
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Every GOP Senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr. and now stays silent as he crusades against vaccines, which have saved 150+ million lives, is complicit in the disease outbreaks that may result.
Blown away this afternoon by #WaitingForGodot on Broadway. @alexwinter.com and Keanu Reeves are incredible together (not surprisingly) and the whole production (set, lighting) was so powerful. Seeing a show about friendship with my friend of 34 years made it that much better.
October 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Blown away this afternoon by #WaitingForGodot on Broadway. @alexwinter.com and Keanu Reeves are incredible together (not surprisingly) and the whole production (set, lighting) was so powerful. Seeing a show about friendship with my friend of 34 years made it that much better.
“Now this is just between you and me, smashed hat.” youtu.be/A-uNdtOno-I?...
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Now this is just between you and me, smashed hat.” youtu.be/A-uNdtOno-I?...
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it's okay government, i'm down too
October 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
it's okay government, i'm down too