Cranky McCrankymom
@marag.bsky.social
Work-at-home mom, SF/fantasy geek, Jewish atheist, organizer for social justice, volunteer with JUFJ/HJM/MCJC... (views are my own!), co-host of the Toku Ladies Podcast, etc. I contain multitudes, yo. Cis, not entirely het. Pronouns: she/her.
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Cranky McCrankymom
@marag.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Welcome to friends old and new! What you will find here:
1) Local politics (MoCo MD)
2) My kids (biological and not) being awesome
3) National politics
4) Costumed Japanese superheroes
5) Thai, Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese BL
6) Jewish stuff
7) Other social justice/community organizing
1) Local politics (MoCo MD)
2) My kids (biological and not) being awesome
3) National politics
4) Costumed Japanese superheroes
5) Thai, Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese BL
6) Jewish stuff
7) Other social justice/community organizing
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Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
With ALT. This is legitimately terrifying. This is a MASSIVE escalation of violent anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
Pretty sure irony is deader than a doornail. If it survived this far...well, that would be a miracle.
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Pretty sure irony is deader than a doornail. If it survived this far...well, that would be a miracle.
My friend Skip is here to visit :)
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My friend Skip is here to visit :)
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
I Woke Up Too Early and Now I'm Falling Asleep Over My Computer: The Mara Story
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I Woke Up Too Early and Now I'm Falling Asleep Over My Computer: The Mara Story
Happy USian Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. Happy Thursday to everyone else.
We're heading over to my FIL's place (only about 15 min away) later to finish cooking. Only about 10-12 people at the table today, which is nothing for us.
My niece is super excited that Yael is home :)
We're heading over to my FIL's place (only about 15 min away) later to finish cooking. Only about 10-12 people at the table today, which is nothing for us.
My niece is super excited that Yael is home :)
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy USian Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. Happy Thursday to everyone else.
We're heading over to my FIL's place (only about 15 min away) later to finish cooking. Only about 10-12 people at the table today, which is nothing for us.
My niece is super excited that Yael is home :)
We're heading over to my FIL's place (only about 15 min away) later to finish cooking. Only about 10-12 people at the table today, which is nothing for us.
My niece is super excited that Yael is home :)
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autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
0/80
Food covered, snow coming, more than anything need safe long before tomorrow morning! Anything helps, more helps more. The week will help us survive the snow and freezing rain/sleet coming next week too! Tysm!
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
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Food covered, snow coming, more than anything need safe long before tomorrow morning! Anything helps, more helps more. The week will help us survive the snow and freezing rain/sleet coming next week too! Tysm!
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
0/80
Food covered, snow coming, more than anything need safe long before tomorrow morning! Anything helps, more helps more. The week will help us survive the snow and freezing rain/sleet coming next week too! Tysm!
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
0/80
Food covered, snow coming, more than anything need safe long before tomorrow morning! Anything helps, more helps more. The week will help us survive the snow and freezing rain/sleet coming next week too! Tysm!
There are certain things that would make me run for the hills. Having either AOC or Chotiner come for me on social media is high on that list. You might as well just fling yourself off a cliff at that point.
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There are certain things that would make me run for the hills. Having either AOC or Chotiner come for me on social media is high on that list. You might as well just fling yourself off a cliff at that point.
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Yeah I have FOMO. Fear Of Meeting Others.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yeah I have FOMO. Fear Of Meeting Others.
Meeting up with college friends tonight for dinner and I just had an intense moment of missing Jeff. He should be in the middle of this, fucking up my plans and being a nuisance and then buying me a milkshake as a sideways apology. It's been 4 years but I still occasionally forget he won't be there.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Meeting up with college friends tonight for dinner and I just had an intense moment of missing Jeff. He should be in the middle of this, fucking up my plans and being a nuisance and then buying me a milkshake as a sideways apology. It's been 4 years but I still occasionally forget he won't be there.
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autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
Without the van if we lose shelter we're literally on the street come Wed 11am. 100 gives us a day, 200 gives us until Fri morning, 550 gives us the entire week and bypasses a busy holiday weekend. Anything helps! tysm
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
Without the van if we lose shelter we're literally on the street come Wed 11am. 100 gives us a day, 200 gives us until Fri morning, 550 gives us the entire week and bypasses a busy holiday weekend. Anything helps! tysm
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
Without the van if we lose shelter we're literally on the street come Wed 11am. 100 gives us a day, 200 gives us until Fri morning, 550 gives us the entire week and bypasses a busy holiday weekend. Anything helps! tysm
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
Without the van if we lose shelter we're literally on the street come Wed 11am. 100 gives us a day, 200 gives us until Fri morning, 550 gives us the entire week and bypasses a busy holiday weekend. Anything helps! tysm
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
I plead the Fifth on the grounds it may incriminate me :)
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I plead the Fifth on the grounds it may incriminate me :)
Dear word game: How dare you not have "blorbo" as an option!!! This is fandom erasure!!!
(Okay, actually I couldn't have used blorbo today, because I needed to include an A, but I amuse myself.)
(Okay, actually I couldn't have used blorbo today, because I needed to include an A, but I amuse myself.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dear word game: How dare you not have "blorbo" as an option!!! This is fandom erasure!!!
(Okay, actually I couldn't have used blorbo today, because I needed to include an A, but I amuse myself.)
(Okay, actually I couldn't have used blorbo today, because I needed to include an A, but I amuse myself.)
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A holiday is coming up which means full rooms, please help Briar stay housed this week by sharing or donating.
#mutualaid #maboost #helpfolkslive2025 💕 💸
#mutualaid #maboost #helpfolkslive2025 💕 💸
autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
15/550
‼️Emergency Push‼️
Shelter needed before Wed 11am. Holiday coming, shelter will be full to capacity. Van dead, unable to use as shelter, will not start. Disabled, on lists, trying to survive. Anything helps!!
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
15/550
‼️Emergency Push‼️
Shelter needed before Wed 11am. Holiday coming, shelter will be full to capacity. Van dead, unable to use as shelter, will not start. Disabled, on lists, trying to survive. Anything helps!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A holiday is coming up which means full rooms, please help Briar stay housed this week by sharing or donating.
#mutualaid #maboost #helpfolkslive2025 💕 💸
#mutualaid #maboost #helpfolkslive2025 💕 💸
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when the Lizza’s a Ryan, sex pesting he’s tryin’
when the -lizza be Chris, the point he will miss
when the -lizza be Chris, the point he will miss
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
when the Lizza’s a Ryan, sex pesting he’s tryin’
when the -lizza be Chris, the point he will miss
when the -lizza be Chris, the point he will miss
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This was very hard for me to read as a childless Black woman hoping to have a family soon.
White Women In Medicine Have Always Neglected Pregnant Black Women. The Dallas Incident Just Caught It On Camera
newsone.com/6627937/whit...
newsone.com/6627937/whit...
White Women In Medicine Have Always Neglected Pregnant Black Women
There is a way white women in medical roles have learned to act—as the buffer between Black women and the care we deserve.
newsone.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This was very hard for me to read as a childless Black woman hoping to have a family soon.
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autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
10/550
Van died in lot this morn, left us stranded. Able to limp it home but will not work as vehicle or shelter. This room all we have. Anything helps, as much needed as possible. Trying my best, tysm!!
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
10/550
Van died in lot this morn, left us stranded. Able to limp it home but will not work as vehicle or shelter. This room all we have. Anything helps, as much needed as possible. Trying my best, tysm!!
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
10/550
Van died in lot this morn, left us stranded. Able to limp it home but will not work as vehicle or shelter. This room all we have. Anything helps, as much needed as possible. Trying my best, tysm!!
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕
10/550
Van died in lot this morn, left us stranded. Able to limp it home but will not work as vehicle or shelter. This room all we have. Anything helps, as much needed as possible. Trying my best, tysm!!
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
My Senator! Maryland is fielding some of the very few Dems who don't suck right now.
This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My Senator! Maryland is fielding some of the very few Dems who don't suck right now.
This is one of the greatest videos of all time and if you've never seen it, you should watch it.
WHOLSOME FRIDAY VIDEO THREAD GO
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is one of the greatest videos of all time and if you've never seen it, you should watch it.
Mamdani is on his way to DC and I'm trying to stay calm. Oddly, I felt a little better when I saw other commenters on his FB post saying the same thing about being worried for his safety.
I don't have time to go to DC and protest if he gets arrested, so I'd appreciate it if Der Fuhrer could not.
I don't have time to go to DC and protest if he gets arrested, so I'd appreciate it if Der Fuhrer could not.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mamdani is on his way to DC and I'm trying to stay calm. Oddly, I felt a little better when I saw other commenters on his FB post saying the same thing about being worried for his safety.
I don't have time to go to DC and protest if he gets arrested, so I'd appreciate it if Der Fuhrer could not.
I don't have time to go to DC and protest if he gets arrested, so I'd appreciate it if Der Fuhrer could not.