Alfe
@altfalt.bsky.social
I live in replies and eat the leaves of the forest
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Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
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That would be bills passed _by the House_. There have only been 38 public laws fully passed this year, 16 of which were Congressional Review Act resolutions, two were continuing resolutions, one renamed a wildlife refuge, one renamed a national historic site, and one renamed a VA clinic.
The House GOP is listing all of its accomplishments. One thing to note: they are still calling the One Big Big Beautiful Bill Act the “Working Families Tax Cut” with OBBB in parentheses.
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
That would be bills passed _by the House_. There have only been 38 public laws fully passed this year, 16 of which were Congressional Review Act resolutions, two were continuing resolutions, one renamed a wildlife refuge, one renamed a national historic site, and one renamed a VA clinic.
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There's a reason he wants his own version of Wikipedia (and reality).. He won't have to justify *anything* if he controls the narrative available to them
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There's a reason he wants his own version of Wikipedia (and reality).. He won't have to justify *anything* if he controls the narrative available to them
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guess the mask is just off at this point huh
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
guess the mask is just off at this point huh
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Here are just two of the victim impact statements in the David Gentile sentencing memo.
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![“The loss of retirement income has made a significant impact on our daily lives. Our
inability to meet our housing expenses necessitated in us taking on credit card debt to
maintain our home in which we provide housing for our handicapped son. You can
imagine the anxiety this has caused us in providing for his and our needs. We now
have over $100,000.00 in credit card debt in addition to the interest we have incurred
to allow us to maintain our mortgage and remain in our home. At the time of this
investment we had NO credit card debt! As elderly senior citizens at the age of 82 and
76 our ability to find additional income is extremely limited. We are now at a point of
looking at our belongings to sell to allow us to stay in our home. The emotional stress
of this has taken a fiscal and mental toll on our ability to function. We felt we planned
well for our retirement years and feel robbed by the actions of this crime.” D.E. DOJ0002356.
• “Since the GPB fraud stated, we have lost well over half of our family[’]s net worth
[and] a large portion of our income . . . At 74, I have been unable to retire now. My
wife [] has contracted cancer and has ongoing treatment. And our daughter [], who has
cerebral palsy, has had to ensure the ensuring stress from all of that.” M.F. DOJ0001930.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreifj3ulaoxnrnhbrk7z2gnegme22juwnwnj45xuwopak457jjg2kue@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here are just two of the victim impact statements in the David Gentile sentencing memo.
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We need to find a way to start talking about the victim impact of Trump's crime endorsement wave.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There's no plan and the proof is that he spent two weeks going "affordable, what a word, I invented it you know" after Mamdani and now he's like "what? afforda-what? sounds made up."
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There's no plan and the proof is that he spent two weeks going "affordable, what a word, I invented it you know" after Mamdani and now he's like "what? afforda-what? sounds made up."
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it's the visible dementia that cause him to keep getting cognitive tests but it's the fathomless narcissism that makes him believe that he's such a smart boy for passing them that he can't stop bragging about it
probably the best grades he's ever earned legitimately
probably the best grades he's ever earned legitimately
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
it's the visible dementia that cause him to keep getting cognitive tests but it's the fathomless narcissism that makes him believe that he's such a smart boy for passing them that he can't stop bragging about it
probably the best grades he's ever earned legitimately
probably the best grades he's ever earned legitimately
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I wonder if Melania puts them up on the refrigerator
Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wonder if Melania puts them up on the refrigerator
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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This more visibly demonstrates that Trump doesn't really care about people smuggling drugs into the US.
I say, what he cares about is getting a cut.
I say, what he cares about is getting a cut.
It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This more visibly demonstrates that Trump doesn't really care about people smuggling drugs into the US.
I say, what he cares about is getting a cut.
I say, what he cares about is getting a cut.
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Stephen Miller and his friends in the government adore the 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act, which created the "Asiatic Barred Zone" and heavily restricted immigration from anywhere other than Western and Northern Europe.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Stephen Miller and his friends in the government adore the 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act, which created the "Asiatic Barred Zone" and heavily restricted immigration from anywhere other than Western and Northern Europe.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
100 years later, they're trying to replicate it.
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every blue vote in this race gives somebody awful an ulcer
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
every blue vote in this race gives somebody awful an ulcer
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Every single time Trump mentions fighting illegal drugs in a press availability, it would be malpractice for the reporters on hand to fail to follow up with questions about this pardon.
I still believe in an expansive clemency power, but this is a very clear and impeachable abuse of it.
I still believe in an expansive clemency power, but this is a very clear and impeachable abuse of it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Every single time Trump mentions fighting illegal drugs in a press availability, it would be malpractice for the reporters on hand to fail to follow up with questions about this pardon.
I still believe in an expansive clemency power, but this is a very clear and impeachable abuse of it.
I still believe in an expansive clemency power, but this is a very clear and impeachable abuse of it.
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No one listened to his MOM.
She told us who he is.
She told us who he is.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
No one listened to his MOM.
She told us who he is.
She told us who he is.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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Just for muscle memory's sake, it would be fun if everyone thought of one way to make political hay over this. Got a GOP MoC? Call them out for being the party of crime publicly. Got a MAGAt family member? Call and ask why they're freeing cocaine traffickers.
So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just for muscle memory's sake, it would be fun if everyone thought of one way to make political hay over this. Got a GOP MoC? Call them out for being the party of crime publicly. Got a MAGAt family member? Call and ask why they're freeing cocaine traffickers.
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This is happening across the entire country; prosecutions are down because federal agents are rounding up migrants instead.
NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is happening across the entire country; prosecutions are down because federal agents are rounding up migrants instead.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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Sooooooo this is another interesting wrinkle that I don't think any other media org has pulled on yet
TEA can be and often is delegated, but it also can be kept at a very high level...and if pete did indeed keep it with him without being delegated at least for the first strike, hoo boy
TEA can be and often is delegated, but it also can be kept at a very high level...and if pete did indeed keep it with him without being delegated at least for the first strike, hoo boy
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Sooooooo this is another interesting wrinkle that I don't think any other media org has pulled on yet
TEA can be and often is delegated, but it also can be kept at a very high level...and if pete did indeed keep it with him without being delegated at least for the first strike, hoo boy
TEA can be and often is delegated, but it also can be kept at a very high level...and if pete did indeed keep it with him without being delegated at least for the first strike, hoo boy
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I don't know how to do it but we have to teach liberals that current bad things are not random quantum events, but the culmination of systems and policies put in place to create them. Trump and the SCOTUS are the system working as intended: protecting and empowering capitalist swine at all costs.
As others have pointed out, the founders never foresaw a corrupt president (which we have) abusing the pardon power to absolve all criminals and miscreants for any reason, nor did our Daffy Duck Supreme Court ever think it might not be a good idea to put said president above the law.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I don't know how to do it but we have to teach liberals that current bad things are not random quantum events, but the culmination of systems and policies put in place to create them. Trump and the SCOTUS are the system working as intended: protecting and empowering capitalist swine at all costs.
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Gotta say. If the stuff leaking in WSJ has any bearing on reality, Hegseth has lost the entire flag officer corps at this point.
Not sure how you keep your job.
Not sure how you keep your job.
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Gotta say. If the stuff leaking in WSJ has any bearing on reality, Hegseth has lost the entire flag officer corps at this point.
Not sure how you keep your job.
Not sure how you keep your job.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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It will *always* be the most insane part of all this that they believed they could do it without scratching the back of anyone with real power. Their entire posture has been to shit down the necks of quite literally anyone who wouldn’t directly bribe them, & they’re surprised it isn’t working
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It will *always* be the most insane part of all this that they believed they could do it without scratching the back of anyone with real power. Their entire posture has been to shit down the necks of quite literally anyone who wouldn’t directly bribe them, & they’re surprised it isn’t working
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Turns out when you’re a part time major who’s spent most of the last twenty years being an embarrassment to look at, taking a job you’re obviously unqualified for so you can lecture, harass, & fire flag officers isn’t gonna make you a lot of flag officer friends
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Turns out when you’re a part time major who’s spent most of the last twenty years being an embarrassment to look at, taking a job you’re obviously unqualified for so you can lecture, harass, & fire flag officers isn’t gonna make you a lot of flag officer friends
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oh, i think he’s fucking toast now
(alt text for the screenshot of @lkrozen.bsky.social’s post at the other site:)
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
oh, i think he’s fucking toast now