MeganC
@auntiebacon.bsky.social
Faint but pursuing. I keep rewriting this thing because I’m not very interesting. California is home. Mortgage business survivor. I have a cat. I like libraries and spy shows. And beer.
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Note to the GenX folks who voted for Trump: this is all to make your next 20 years as expensive and uncomfortable as possible.
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Note to the GenX folks who voted for Trump: this is all to make your next 20 years as expensive and uncomfortable as possible.
I got some stuff from here. Can’t show it specifically because some of the future recipients follow me but it’s beautiful and very well made. And I got a free bag of tea!
Between car stuff, price increase on meds and missing work next week, I'm pretty broke! I'm activating a coupon code 25OFF for a 25% discount. PLEASE share & check out my stuff ♡
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November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I got some stuff from here. Can’t show it specifically because some of the future recipients follow me but it’s beautiful and very well made. And I got a free bag of tea!
WHAT THE FUCK
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
WHAT THE FUCK
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Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
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Hey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.
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Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
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“When the eight African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system," the Charlotte sheriff told Bolts in 2023 to explain why the GOP was targeting him.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts
Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....
boltsmag.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“When the eight African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system," the Charlotte sheriff told Bolts in 2023 to explain why the GOP was targeting him.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
Reposting so I remember to go back to this next time I’m at the library. Treasure trove of a thread
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposting so I remember to go back to this next time I’m at the library. Treasure trove of a thread
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
Today’s Tom Sawyer? WTF people are so weird
I love that we're reverting to oldey-time peasant bullshit and I also love getting yelled at about how oldey time peasants were actually quite sophisticated and enjoyed a high quality of life
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today’s Tom Sawyer? WTF people are so weird
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
Yes!
this would mean half of registered california voters voted in an odd year special election with a single arcane proposition on the ballot
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yes!
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DirectFile, free covid tests via USPS, child tax credit: federal programs that worked and benefited ordinary people and therefore had to be ended in case everyone got used to it
It sucks because Direct File was one of the first times a lot of people ever had a positive experience using a government website or service.
IRS Direct File dies a sad, quick death after only a brief time among the living.
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
DirectFile, free covid tests via USPS, child tax credit: federal programs that worked and benefited ordinary people and therefore had to be ended in case everyone got used to it
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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Since everyone is reskeeting some portion of Matty's dumb thread allow me to tap the sign again:
Okay, a thread to talk about the Discourse Punditry Brigade.
The very short version of this thread: 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.
Why? Because talking about these people is entirely the whole reason why these people are relevant.
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The very short version of this thread: 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.
Why? Because talking about these people is entirely the whole reason why these people are relevant.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Since everyone is reskeeting some portion of Matty's dumb thread allow me to tap the sign again:
AWS outage happens but it’s okay because everyone is on AWS so…the stock goes up? Make it make sense!
pay your workers
Jeff Bezos’ stake in Amazon is up almost $30 billion since Friday.
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
AWS outage happens but it’s okay because everyone is on AWS so…the stock goes up? Make it make sense!
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They’re counting on you to sit this one out. Don’t give them what they want.
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
They’re counting on you to sit this one out. Don’t give them what they want.
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
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Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed. It is shameful that this is still ongoing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed. It is shameful that this is still ongoing.
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If California voters fail to pass Prop 50, the GOP could steal enough House seats to pass a nationwide abortion ban after 20 weeks, overriding state laws. Don't expect the Senate filibuster to save us—they might nuke it to end the shutdown
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/abor... @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/abor... @democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If California voters fail to pass Prop 50, the GOP could steal enough House seats to pass a nationwide abortion ban after 20 weeks, overriding state laws. Don't expect the Senate filibuster to save us—they might nuke it to end the shutdown
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/abor... @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/abor... @democracydocket.com
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One crucial thing to understand about the current bubble is that none of the people dumping money into it or hyping it up will be hurt at all when it blows up. The US has made rich, powerful people effectively immune from consequences. It's the plebes who will suffer.
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
One crucial thing to understand about the current bubble is that none of the people dumping money into it or hyping it up will be hurt at all when it blows up. The US has made rich, powerful people effectively immune from consequences. It's the plebes who will suffer.
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"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?
Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...