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Marie Snyder
@mariesnyder.bsky.social
Mask and relax with an N95! I post and repost about covid, climate, conflicts, cycling, psychology, philosophy, and politics. Longreads at https://apuffofabsurdity.blogspot.com/ and https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/author/mariesnyder
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Every conversation I’ve had with my MAGA relatives for the last ten years distilled into three sentences.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.

It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."

When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Every woman knows that moment: when the men in the room don’t see you as an equal, not even fully human. And still we smile, nod, swallow it. Because calling it out makes us “too sensitive.” But these small humiliations add up. It’s not harmless. It’s the culture. And we’re done.
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Hey, can my deleted BlueSky post get re-posted?
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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The reason why he needs to travel the world with his girlfriend on a free government jet with security details is because “he’s entitled to a personal life.” bsky.app/profile/atru...
Kash Patel: "Yes, I'm entitled to a personal life just like my other agency counterparts with their partners. So do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely. And do I take trips with her? Absolutely."
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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A Canadian publisher has called out the United States for using the image of a children's book character to brag about murdering unarmed people in international waters.
This is a decrepit gangster state.
This is the world of Donald Trump.
This is demonic.
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Pete Hegseth is the kind of liar who thinks confidence and a loud voice can substitute for truth. It doesn’t.

PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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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 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Ford government lost a court battle due to hot meeting climate targets. Now they've changed the law to have no climate goals. Honestly. #OnPoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford, what are you afraid of? Young Ontarians vow to see the premier in court
The Ford government has officially legislated climate denial. It leaves Ontario with no plan, no targets and no accountability. And it will cost us all.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Missed it earlier this year but, tucked into a Toronto Life profile, and mentioned again in The Walrus yesterday, Doug Ford is taking French lessons, friends. (In case people have been doubting his Federal leadership aspirations.) For what other reason(s) would a 61yo begin French lessons?

#OnPoli
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Holy ratio
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Facts
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."

time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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What are we even doing here? I can’t find common ground with people who get off on the suffering of others. Don’t just kill the people we haven’t even proved are criminals, bring them pain. I can’t relate to this. This is inexcusable to me. I’m sickened.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.

So there’s that, too.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Christina Lorey on Facebook: “*THIS* IS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE 💙 Last year, President Biden and the First Lady honored World AIDS Day by displaying the AIDS Memorial Quilt across the South Lawn.”

#Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky

📸: ABC News
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.

“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM