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Medusa Oblongata
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She/her/they. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Widow. Gardener. Food-grower. Board gamer. Dorkface. Corporate coin goblin.
Not for nothin' but if your partner is employed by ICE and they give you a nice watch or a piece of jewelry, I'd demand to see proof of *purchase*.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"The hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto."
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Pi," 1998
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I will never forgive tiktok for normalizing vertical video.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From what I understand if I don't know who this ding-dong is, this ad "isn't FOR [me]," and honestly that's fine, because a: i hate ads so thank you for not targeting me and b: I don't ever WANT to be targeted with the phrase, "GOATed in the sauce."
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Oh god that dumb motherfucker is in office until 2031, how goddamn depressing
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm a Kaine constituent and I approve this message.
I will consult for free for anyone who primaries this cowardly piece of shit
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
AMERICA, THEYDIES AND GENTLETHEM.
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
BUT WHAT ABOUT FRAUD MY dear gentle motherfuckers, I spent SIX MONTHS trying to cancel my Medicaid including leaving my caseworker several messages with name, ID number and last 4 of SSN and they STILL didn't turn it off until they couldn't renew it BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON MY COMPANY'S
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In my head....

CALIFORNIA GIRLS, THEY'RE SO MANIACAL
something something something THE STABBING DON'T STOP
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is poetry.
Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Been doing arts n crafts and my brain won't stop screaming SHE SHRINKY ON MY DINK TIL I KENNER HER MATTEL.
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.

Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposting for no particular reason on this beautiful Autumn Saturday.
Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter:

If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
after another long day of browsing old court documents, i just want to remind everyone that if a stranger agrees to do something illegal with you and they keep asking you to say out loud what the illegal plan is, that’s because the officer is recording you.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Reposted by Medusa Oblongata
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Blue hair is old ladies; PURPLE hair is subversive antifa commie socialist college students (who I guess is anyone UNDER 70), you bloviating dipshit.
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And more churches than gas stations.
Welcome to the suburbs. There are more realtors than people
October 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Over/under on Musk impregnating The Widdah Kirk in the next six months?
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I learned about Herriman just a few years ago. What a remarkable man.

Krazy Kat's been a favorite since I've made memories.
George Herriman is arguably one of the first major black artists in comics.

And the only reason for that is because NO ONE KNEW HE WAS BLACK.

He was light skinned enough to be white passing & hid that fact into old age so that he WOULD be able to continue drawing largely due to rampant racism.
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is amazing and I recommend reading it for the prose alone, tbh.
OMG - the judge in Florida just sua sponte struck the complaint in the Trump v NYT case for -wait for it - violating Rule 8.

Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Medusa Oblongata
NEW: Hundreds of comedians have signed onto a letter, supporting Jimmy Kimmel and saying that when the government targets one of them, it targets all of them.

Read the statement below.

bit.ly/Comedians4Ki...
Comedians statement
Statement by comedians on the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show: It’s a dark time for comedians and, by extension, for all Americans. Every culture needs humor. It’s how we heal and how we connect...
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
THE WIFI

I can't, these people are all clown shoes (derogatory).
LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI
September 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM