Beatrix
@beatrix.bsky.social
I’m a New Deal Democrat
software engineer
transit nerd
Somerville, MA
software engineer
transit nerd
Somerville, MA
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Beatrix
@beatrix.bsky.social
· Jan 29
don't let your sadness become despair and don't let your righteous anger become interpersonal nastiness, I've been seeing both a lot lately and we're going to need to avoid these if we want to have any hope of building a future for America rooted in love and justice instead of cruelty and cynicism.
I fuckin hate driving the Volvo XC70 dog. And it sucks because I love it in theory
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I fuckin hate driving the Volvo XC70 dog. And it sucks because I love it in theory
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There have been multiple attempts to sell a modern station wagon to Americans, the problem is that almost nobody actually bought them
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There have been multiple attempts to sell a modern station wagon to Americans, the problem is that almost nobody actually bought them
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You can just make a station wagon. If a 2.5 liter engine can haul a midsized SUV then it can haul one that’s longer and closer to the ground. What are you talking about.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can just make a station wagon. If a 2.5 liter engine can haul a midsized SUV then it can haul one that’s longer and closer to the ground. What are you talking about.
the weirdest thing about computing over the last five years is that there’s basically no argument for performance-sensitive consumers to buy a PC over a Mac anymore unless it’s for gaming
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
the weirdest thing about computing over the last five years is that there’s basically no argument for performance-sensitive consumers to buy a PC over a Mac anymore unless it’s for gaming
this song is either very horny or very Christian or both youtu.be/6t96B5bD_8g
Mysterious Ways
YouTube video by U2 - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
this song is either very horny or very Christian or both youtu.be/6t96B5bD_8g
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god, this Nuzzi book is so bad
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
god, this Nuzzi book is so bad
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Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
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yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
It woud be helpful if more people understood that a man who says and thinks such monstrous things now has enough money to purchase private armies and sway elections. We can solve part of this problem with two words: wealth tax.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
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"American Canto"? More like American Can't Write Though!
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"American Canto"? More like American Can't Write Though!
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Tent too big.
Trump said he is offering a "full and unconditional PARDON" to a Democratic Rep. and his wife who were indicted for bribery and money laundering
Trump Says He's Pardoning Henry Cuellar
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tent too big.
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a good 40% of the argument for decriminalization is to take the distribution networks out of the hands of the guys who did this. these are not the victims of the drug war. these (alongside law enforcement) are the perpetrators.
www.cbsnews.com/news/dismemb...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dismemb...
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
a good 40% of the argument for decriminalization is to take the distribution networks out of the hands of the guys who did this. these are not the victims of the drug war. these (alongside law enforcement) are the perpetrators.
www.cbsnews.com/news/dismemb...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dismemb...
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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Lesson one: Yes, you can do a lot of things if you break the law.
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lesson one: Yes, you can do a lot of things if you break the law.
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
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There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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Candidates don’t even outrun their party anymore. Every election is national now. The public hates Donald Trump rn. I think this TN candidate could have been a Leftcom with a “D” next to their name and the results would’ve been the same.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Candidates don’t even outrun their party anymore. Every election is national now. The public hates Donald Trump rn. I think this TN candidate could have been a Leftcom with a “D” next to their name and the results would’ve been the same.
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“Progslop” is the assertion southern white people would vote for socialists if they heard their message about universal healthcare.
“Modslop” is the assertion Dems could win southern white people if they spent their whole campaigns reacting to Republican talking points.
“Modslop” is the assertion Dems could win southern white people if they spent their whole campaigns reacting to Republican talking points.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“Progslop” is the assertion southern white people would vote for socialists if they heard their message about universal healthcare.
“Modslop” is the assertion Dems could win southern white people if they spent their whole campaigns reacting to Republican talking points.
“Modslop” is the assertion Dems could win southern white people if they spent their whole campaigns reacting to Republican talking points.
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This is what we call in the biz “Modslop”
Everyone has their beats when it comes to politics. For example, I try to tie everything to state legislative elections.
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is what we call in the biz “Modslop”
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he's a cold-blooded murderer even if they somehow screw up the case. sorry if this offends. the fact that he's a murderer is why you like him, if you like him.
They didn’t read Luigi Mangione his Miranda rights? And searched his bag without a warrant???
globalnews.ca/news/1155242...
globalnews.ca/news/1155242...
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to ban evidence from trial in CEO killing - National | Globalnews.ca
Among the evidence lawyers want to prevent from being presented to jurors are a 9 mm handgun and a handwritten notebook.
globalnews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
he's a cold-blooded murderer even if they somehow screw up the case. sorry if this offends. the fact that he's a murderer is why you like him, if you like him.
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I'm fairly up front about this being my priority as well. I do not understand why there is any confusion.
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I'm fairly up front about this being my priority as well. I do not understand why there is any confusion.
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People seem to be under the impression that these debates will just be put on pause for the years and no, they won't and also they can't. People will argue about it. I intend to win the argument on the merits because there will be a different president one day and I'd like them to be of my view.
The policy dispute will happen regardless of who is president
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
People seem to be under the impression that these debates will just be put on pause for the years and no, they won't and also they can't. People will argue about it. I intend to win the argument on the merits because there will be a different president one day and I'd like them to be of my view.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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