@eeperry.bsky.social
Professor of Roman art & archeology, fan of ranked choice voting, Quaker, beekeeper, amateur baker, amateur photographer. No interest in supporting cowardice or greed; very interested in bravery and community spirit. No DMs unless I already know you.
I just used a clothing steamer to get a notoriously finicky cake to release from a notoriously finicky bundt pan and it worked! Wait 10 minutes after you remove the cake from the oven, flip the pan over your serving platter and steam away!
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I just used a clothing steamer to get a notoriously finicky cake to release from a notoriously finicky bundt pan and it worked! Wait 10 minutes after you remove the cake from the oven, flip the pan over your serving platter and steam away!
I wonder how Leavitt's nephew feels about having his mother taken away from him? I wonder how he'll feel about his aunt making excuses for the people who did it?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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ICE detains relative of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
Leavitt has not yet publicly commented on her relative’s arrest, while other family members have launched a GoFundMe page
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November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I wonder how Leavitt's nephew feels about having his mother taken away from him? I wonder how he'll feel about his aunt making excuses for the people who did it?
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"It's not too late because too late is a fake idea." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"It's not too late because too late is a fake idea." organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
"...it's become standard to blame the excesses of the right on liberals, the left, feminists, Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, environmental protection, and BIPOC and LGBTQ people....the right is granted masculine prerogatives and the left feminine responsibilities for the right's behavior."
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"...it's become standard to blame the excesses of the right on liberals, the left, feminists, Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, environmental protection, and BIPOC and LGBTQ people....the right is granted masculine prerogatives and the left feminine responsibilities for the right's behavior."
Maybe my favorite thing about this week in politics is that frogs went overnight from being symbols of the extreme right to being symbols of the patriotic defenders of democracy.
October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Maybe my favorite thing about this week in politics is that frogs went overnight from being symbols of the extreme right to being symbols of the patriotic defenders of democracy.
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Any form of media that involves an angry man telling an audience what to be angry about for several hours a day is probably not good for the human brain
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Any form of media that involves an angry man telling an audience what to be angry about for several hours a day is probably not good for the human brain
I wonder what the people of Kyiv think of the phrase "war ravaged Portland"?
September 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I wonder what the people of Kyiv think of the phrase "war ravaged Portland"?
Greetings and best wishes to all of my fellow humans who weren't taken in the Rapture. We've got our work cut out for us: Let's get to it.
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Greetings and best wishes to all of my fellow humans who weren't taken in the Rapture. We've got our work cut out for us: Let's get to it.
One silver lining to all this (gestures around) is how easy it is to imagine a better world.
Maybe the FTC should be appointed by a panel of employee and consumer interest groups.
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
One silver lining to all this (gestures around) is how easy it is to imagine a better world.
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a big reason the Disney thing is important is that in the most visible fight the administration has picked, a fight they celebrated winning, ended up as a loss. it's embarrassing and demoralizing. it also shows non-political folks that the pendulum can swing back.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
a big reason the Disney thing is important is that in the most visible fight the administration has picked, a fight they celebrated winning, ended up as a loss. it's embarrassing and demoralizing. it also shows non-political folks that the pendulum can swing back.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
that emboldens all of us to fight.
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It’s not a crime to be in this country as an undocumented person. It’s a civil violation.
But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.
But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s not a crime to be in this country as an undocumented person. It’s a civil violation.
But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.
But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.
One cool thing about censorship is how often it boomerangs. If you wanted the maximum number of people watching Jimmy Kimmel's monolog, this was the way to achieve that.
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One cool thing about censorship is how often it boomerangs. If you wanted the maximum number of people watching Jimmy Kimmel's monolog, this was the way to achieve that.
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I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
All the bad stuff is happening because our money and our attention are being leveraged against us. It's time to boycott.
September 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
All the bad stuff is happening because our money and our attention are being leveraged against us. It's time to boycott.
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Fantastic interview just released with Maria Ressa. A journalist who was arrested by Duterte - the Filipino dictator (who has since been overthrown).
She always gives hope. Her book is called "How To Stand Up To A Dictator."
She always gives hope. Her book is called "How To Stand Up To A Dictator."
Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Fantastic interview just released with Maria Ressa. A journalist who was arrested by Duterte - the Filipino dictator (who has since been overthrown).
She always gives hope. Her book is called "How To Stand Up To A Dictator."
She always gives hope. Her book is called "How To Stand Up To A Dictator."
The word Massachusetts has the most trouble pronouncing is....Massachusetts?
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Mapped: The Word Each State Has the Most Trouble Pronouncing
We all have that one word we’re not sure how to say.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The word Massachusetts has the most trouble pronouncing is....Massachusetts?
www.mentalfloss.com/geography/ma...
www.mentalfloss.com/geography/ma...
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This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)
September 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)
"Critics have argued that the bill has little reason to exist other than to allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally strip passports from people without them actually having been convicted of a crime."
"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."
New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech
The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.
truthout.org
September 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Critics have argued that the bill has little reason to exist other than to allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally strip passports from people without them actually having been convicted of a crime."
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"“We’ve become a party that too often trims its sails. Too cautious, too rudderless. Too attached to poll-washed, pundit-rinsed, and donor-dried messages,” he said. “What comes out of the wash is all bleached and blow-dried.”
Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City on Saturday and called on his party’s leadership to do the same, criticizing them for a delay that he said allowed President Trump to exploit Democratic divisions.
Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani
At an annual fund-raiser in Iowa, the Maryland Democrat said he supported Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City and said people were sick of “spineless politics.”
nyti.ms
September 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"“We’ve become a party that too often trims its sails. Too cautious, too rudderless. Too attached to poll-washed, pundit-rinsed, and donor-dried messages,” he said. “What comes out of the wash is all bleached and blow-dried.”
Okay, wow
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Okay, wow
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Facts are facts: Right-wing extremists account for the overwhelming majority of extremist-linked deaths in America.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Facts are facts: Right-wing extremists account for the overwhelming majority of extremist-linked deaths in America.
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It is wildly unusual for lower-court judges to so publicly express frustration with the Supreme Court’s *behavior* (versus, say, a confusing ruling in a specific case).
But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.
But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.
NEW: A group of appeals court judges openly struggled with — and in some cases criticized — the Supreme Court's terse and vague shadow docket rulings. One said they've left lower courts "in limbo," forcing them to interpret "signals"
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is wildly unusual for lower-court judges to so publicly express frustration with the Supreme Court’s *behavior* (versus, say, a confusing ruling in a specific case).
But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.
But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.
I keep saying that one of the things that I miss the most is a loyal opposition. This man knows how conservatives OUGHT to be talking about political violence.
Utah is now the epicenter of the political divide its governor warned about.
Utah is now the epicenter of the political divide its governor warned about
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, the Republican face of depolarization and bridgebuilding, is asking a “broken nation” for peace following a horrific act of violence in his state.
www.politico.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I keep saying that one of the things that I miss the most is a loyal opposition. This man knows how conservatives OUGHT to be talking about political violence.