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Foul-mouthed yellow-dog Democrat, knitter from Illinois. She/her. Probably not that interesting. A student of mine once wrote on an evaluation, "She thinks she's funny, but she's not."
Please don't DM me.
Please don't DM me.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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So if all the people from “third world countries” should be banned from migrating to America because of a deadly shooting, what are we going to do about all the armed and alienated young white men?
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So if all the people from “third world countries” should be banned from migrating to America because of a deadly shooting, what are we going to do about all the armed and alienated young white men?
Also, some of us are older & time goes by more quickly as we age, so we think we only got our phone a couple of years ago. Surely we can wait another year?
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Also, some of us are older & time goes by more quickly as we age, so we think we only got our phone a couple of years ago. Surely we can wait another year?
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Donald Trump is so old, he was 16 when this picture of Ruby Bridges was taken in 1960.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Donald Trump is so old, he was 16 when this picture of Ruby Bridges was taken in 1960.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
Reposting because I uploaded the wrong image. 🤦🏻♀️
Anyway, this recipe for cranberry stewed apples works well. I add 1 teaspoon vanilla at the end because I have homemade vanilla extract on my kitchen counter.
Anyway, this recipe for cranberry stewed apples works well. I add 1 teaspoon vanilla at the end because I have homemade vanilla extract on my kitchen counter.
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposting because I uploaded the wrong image. 🤦🏻♀️
Anyway, this recipe for cranberry stewed apples works well. I add 1 teaspoon vanilla at the end because I have homemade vanilla extract on my kitchen counter.
Anyway, this recipe for cranberry stewed apples works well. I add 1 teaspoon vanilla at the end because I have homemade vanilla extract on my kitchen counter.
This thread is *awesome*. 10/10, no notes. ❤️
Dear Mr. DiGiorno,
Have you ever read one of those terrible literary novels that are, like, set at a small midwestern college, maybe somewhere in Ohio, and the plot is all about a professor whose marriage is falling apart, and then he has a tragically doomed 1/x
Have you ever read one of those terrible literary novels that are, like, set at a small midwestern college, maybe somewhere in Ohio, and the plot is all about a professor whose marriage is falling apart, and then he has a tragically doomed 1/x
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This thread is *awesome*. 10/10, no notes. ❤️
What a general. What a man. General George Henry Thomas is much more worthy of hero worship than that traitor Robert E. Lee.
Union forces had suffered some 5,800 casualties but inflicted twice that on the rebels. When a chaplain asked General Thomas whether the dead should be sorted and buried by state in the new military cemetery, the Virginian who stayed loyal replied "Mix 'em up. I'm tired of states' rights.” (21
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What a general. What a man. General George Henry Thomas is much more worthy of hero worship than that traitor Robert E. Lee.
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We don’t have to pretend that the modern Republican Party is interested in federalism. They’re interested in authoritarianism so long as they are the authorities.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We don’t have to pretend that the modern Republican Party is interested in federalism. They’re interested in authoritarianism so long as they are the authorities.
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We shouldn't be fighting about American pies, we need to unite against the common enemy: Paul Hollywood in the American Pies episode of GBBO.
It's from one of the early seasons and one of the great pleasures is seeing other Americans experience it and become enraged.
It's from one of the early seasons and one of the great pleasures is seeing other Americans experience it and become enraged.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We shouldn't be fighting about American pies, we need to unite against the common enemy: Paul Hollywood in the American Pies episode of GBBO.
It's from one of the early seasons and one of the great pleasures is seeing other Americans experience it and become enraged.
It's from one of the early seasons and one of the great pleasures is seeing other Americans experience it and become enraged.
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This was literally part of my training when I started working at a bank.
If your boss tells you to do something illegal, don't do it. Not only don't do it, but report your boss for trying to get their employees to break the law for them.
And then we had to take that training again every year.
If your boss tells you to do something illegal, don't do it. Not only don't do it, but report your boss for trying to get their employees to break the law for them.
And then we had to take that training again every year.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This was literally part of my training when I started working at a bank.
If your boss tells you to do something illegal, don't do it. Not only don't do it, but report your boss for trying to get their employees to break the law for them.
And then we had to take that training again every year.
If your boss tells you to do something illegal, don't do it. Not only don't do it, but report your boss for trying to get their employees to break the law for them.
And then we had to take that training again every year.
Remember kids, the Supreme Court has ruled that the police have no duty to protect the public. "Protect and Serve" is a lie.
You’d think that the way lawless ICE agents are allowed to treat people, while local PDs sit on their hands, would open some eyes to the idea that maybe cops are not the best and only way to protect the public.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Remember kids, the Supreme Court has ruled that the police have no duty to protect the public. "Protect and Serve" is a lie.
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Thread.
For the [ast few years I've been editing the short fiction for Star Ship Sofa, a venerable SF (not F/H) podcast. It's a small joint, and I've turned it primarily into a reprint market as we can afford only $50 per story.
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thread.
Wow, I have been seeing some wild takes today. First there's this (& btw, apple pie is good, key lime pie is delightful, and pecan pie has the right to exist)
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wow, I have been seeing some wild takes today. First there's this (& btw, apple pie is good, key lime pie is delightful, and pecan pie has the right to exist)
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Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Obama looks so *young*.
The moment when Democrats delivered healthcare to more than 30 Million additional American citizens. Healthcare is a human right.
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Obama looks so *young*.
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Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
I am ded. Ded.
(Gosh, Bluesky seems to be hazardous to my health. 😱)
(Gosh, Bluesky seems to be hazardous to my health. 😱)
I am the only one of my generation privy to my gramma’s legendary mashed potato recipe. No one knows this. If I used my real name on Bsky I would not post this. However.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am ded. Ded.
(Gosh, Bluesky seems to be hazardous to my health. 😱)
(Gosh, Bluesky seems to be hazardous to my health. 😱)
Not to reignite 2016 or anything, but truthy meme is truthy.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not to reignite 2016 or anything, but truthy meme is truthy.
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Congressional stock trading has to be stopped. It’s corrupt, it’s deceptive, and I can’t believe it does not adversely affect critical decisions. We should pay them all a good wage and enable people across the economic spectrum to be able to compete.
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Congressional stock trading has to be stopped. It’s corrupt, it’s deceptive, and I can’t believe it does not adversely affect critical decisions. We should pay them all a good wage and enable people across the economic spectrum to be able to compete.
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Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
You want to harness economic populism? Then get off your ass and do the difficult work of building solidarity across and through difference. That’s what makes a coalition; just look at who’s winning.
Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
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Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Part eleventy-one in the continuing series #FTFNYT
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Part eleventy-one in the continuing series #FTFNYT