Alisha Grauso (She/Her)
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Lemme tell you, @aimod.social's AI banner and avatar imagery labeler is doing the Lord's work. So many of you happily RTing shit from people with AI in their profiles without knowing it.
A healthy nation doesn't regularly have to ask "What the actual fuck is he talking about?" of its president before parsing his words like scholars parsing the ravings of a syphilitic 11th-century madman soothsayer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A healthy nation doesn't regularly have to ask "What the actual fuck is he talking about?" of its president before parsing his words like scholars parsing the ravings of a syphilitic 11th-century madman soothsayer.
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It's cute, reading all these anguished cries: "when this is all over, these guys need to go to jail!" I remember saying that during Bush I crimes, and during Bush II crimes, and during Trump I crimes.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's cute, reading all these anguished cries: "when this is all over, these guys need to go to jail!" I remember saying that during Bush I crimes, and during Bush II crimes, and during Trump I crimes.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Eliott Smith
Juana Molina
Moldy Peaches
Camper Van Beethoven
Gillian Welch
Eliott Smith
Juana Molina
Moldy Peaches
Camper Van Beethoven
Gillian Welch
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
David Bowie
Talking Heads
The Moody Blues
Sting
U2 (October album era)
David Bowie
Talking Heads
The Moody Blues
Sting
U2 (October album era)
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
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"Jewel and I cannot find a present for Pa and we are in bed and bath and lost. The beds look like shorn sheep with their hooves tucked under, heads bowed, prayerful before the slaughter bleeds brown eyes black. Fluorescents burn and hum with terrible impatience."
As I Lay Buying
DARL Jewel and I come up onto Macy’s fifth floor. We cannot find a present for Pa and we are in bed and bath and lost. The beds look like shorn she...
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Jewel and I cannot find a present for Pa and we are in bed and bath and lost. The beds look like shorn sheep with their hooves tucked under, heads bowed, prayerful before the slaughter bleeds brown eyes black. Fluorescents burn and hum with terrible impatience."
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Patiently waiting to slap the shit out of any leaf or stray snowflake that had the audacity to skitter up on her window
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Patiently waiting to slap the shit out of any leaf or stray snowflake that had the audacity to skitter up on her window
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Me: Hahaha do you see a bug, Boo? Silly girl, that's a piece of tissu-oh shit NOPE, NOT A TISSUE
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Me: Hahaha do you see a bug, Boo? Silly girl, that's a piece of tissu-oh shit NOPE, NOT A TISSUE
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Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
A delightful thread.
My take on Christmas was heavily informed by my dad, who threw medieval, Victorian, and Biblical practices in a bag and shook 'em up, in the public sphere.
When he passed, I inherited Falstaff here, who moved from his studio to mine. Dad had gotten him in trade decades ago, to use in church. 1/
When he passed, I inherited Falstaff here, who moved from his studio to mine. Dad had gotten him in trade decades ago, to use in church. 1/
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A delightful thread.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
The Morrigan knows how to game plan.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Morrigan knows how to game plan.
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Hmmm the patriarchy isn’t “just as bad” for men actually and if it was it wouldn’t exist. Performing masculinity is stressful, I’m sure, but let’s not pretend here.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hmmm the patriarchy isn’t “just as bad” for men actually and if it was it wouldn’t exist. Performing masculinity is stressful, I’m sure, but let’s not pretend here.
Bluesky's team is just fine with genocide. Just ask Goran or Link or any of the other posters they pearl-clutched and banned for daring to criticize them or Israel with strong language.
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Bluesky's team is just fine with genocide. Just ask Goran or Link or any of the other posters they pearl-clutched and banned for daring to criticize them or Israel with strong language.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Unfortunately, this is not an anomaly, but the norm. This is how bad cops keep being cops. They get fired from one department after a bad PR scandal and then go right to another one.
Fired Denver officers who joked about shooting migrants rehired by other police agencies
Fired Denver officers who joked about shooting migrants rehired by other police agencies
Two of the three Denver Police officers who were terminated for making jokes in a group chat are wearing the badge again in smaller towns in Colorado.
www.9news.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Unfortunately, this is not an anomaly, but the norm. This is how bad cops keep being cops. They get fired from one department after a bad PR scandal and then go right to another one.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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And if you're a dude who wants to do more than feel chagrin at the misogyny Trump has helped renew, there's great, practical advice at the end of both of these.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And if you're a dude who wants to do more than feel chagrin at the misogyny Trump has helped renew, there's great, practical advice at the end of both of these.
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Instead they seem to see the issue as another “give us money” trigger. I got two Mark Kelly texts out of nowhere yesterday asking for cash
dems should be putting out new “dont follow illegal orders” videos every day, they should be replying to announcements of investigations of dems with new videos, they should be posting at hegseth to not follow illegal orders nonstop
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Instead they seem to see the issue as another “give us money” trigger. I got two Mark Kelly texts out of nowhere yesterday asking for cash
One of the fantastic things about Critters (the Critical Role fandom, for the unfamiliar) is how chill they are about the animated adaptations taking liberties with the campaign. They understand it's all in service of telling a better story, unlike comic book fans who lose their minds over changes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of the fantastic things about Critters (the Critical Role fandom, for the unfamiliar) is how chill they are about the animated adaptations taking liberties with the campaign. They understand it's all in service of telling a better story, unlike comic book fans who lose their minds over changes.
At this point, is there a lawyer left in the Trump administration who SHOULDN'T be disbarred?
What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence--It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred. My latest Daily Dean:
youtu.be/ZOjiYdHKpXg?...
youtu.be/ZOjiYdHKpXg?...
Pam Bondi & Lindsey Halligan should be disbarred for their misconduct in Tish James & Comey cases
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
At this point, is there a lawyer left in the Trump administration who SHOULDN'T be disbarred?
I have not watched the CR Mighty Nein campaign, so someone who has, correct me if I'm wrong, but...Essek is basically just a lvl 20 aura farmer 24/7, am I right?
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I have not watched the CR Mighty Nein campaign, so someone who has, correct me if I'm wrong, but...Essek is basically just a lvl 20 aura farmer 24/7, am I right?
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Extremely bad news for the libs: the wordsmiths who invented Obummer have discovered that Mamdani can be rewritten as "Mamdummy." The left should prepare for four years of humiliation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Extremely bad news for the libs: the wordsmiths who invented Obummer have discovered that Mamdani can be rewritten as "Mamdummy." The left should prepare for four years of humiliation.