annec
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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it really feels like the end is near for Mike Johnson's speakership after a critical mass of House Republicans this morning forced a vote on ACA subsidies over his resistance
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
it really feels like the end is near for Mike Johnson's speakership after a critical mass of House Republicans this morning forced a vote on ACA subsidies over his resistance
I assume the Venezuela caper is about returning us to the era of the Monroe Doctrine and ending the framework of Atlantic charter?
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I assume the Venezuela caper is about returning us to the era of the Monroe Doctrine and ending the framework of Atlantic charter?
I wish more people understood that government & academic jobs are counter-cyclical. That is, apart from all the other good they do in society, they are what keep us afloat during a downturn.
One reason the GOP is repeatedly terrible at managing the economy is that they believe public sector jobs aren’t real jobs, & they demonize/defund the govt - at both the state & federal levels - every time they hold power. Only difference this time is how wildly illegally they’ve done it via DOGE.
Federal government employment is down more than 270k since the start of the year amidst DOGE cuts—that's nearly 9% of the Fed workforce
The large drops in recent months are caused by many workers who've been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
The large drops in recent months are caused by many workers who've been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wish more people understood that government & academic jobs are counter-cyclical. That is, apart from all the other good they do in society, they are what keep us afloat during a downturn.
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sir the rats released another tell-all about the sinking ship
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sir the rats released another tell-all about the sinking ship
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Very normal Friday looking at photos of sex toys as part of a government photo dump into a sex crime conspiracy involving the sitting president.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Very normal Friday looking at photos of sex toys as part of a government photo dump into a sex crime conspiracy involving the sitting president.
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PBS has started going through the huge new batch of Epstein photos, and, yeah. Blech. Click through at your own risk www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more
The undated photographs are from Epstein’s email account and computer, according to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who published the photographs on Friday.
www.pbs.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
PBS has started going through the huge new batch of Epstein photos, and, yeah. Blech. Click through at your own risk www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
I've been sharing some thoughts about Taylor Swift lately, and the conversation around her latest album. My initial reaction to it was to think that she may have written something of a dud, but that she's smarter than people were giving her credit for.
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've been sharing some thoughts about Taylor Swift lately, and the conversation around her latest album. My initial reaction to it was to think that she may have written something of a dud, but that she's smarter than people were giving her credit for.
I would certainly believe that there is a misogynistic negative PR campaign against Blake Lively, which is possibly also targeting Taylor Swift.
Also, just the other day Blake Lively posted about going to see the Harry P play on Broadway, with no apparent clue of how that looks. So 🤷♀️
Also, just the other day Blake Lively posted about going to see the Harry P play on Broadway, with no apparent clue of how that looks. So 🤷♀️
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I would certainly believe that there is a misogynistic negative PR campaign against Blake Lively, which is possibly also targeting Taylor Swift.
Also, just the other day Blake Lively posted about going to see the Harry P play on Broadway, with no apparent clue of how that looks. So 🤷♀️
Also, just the other day Blake Lively posted about going to see the Harry P play on Broadway, with no apparent clue of how that looks. So 🤷♀️
I wish a majority of voters had not chosen for us to live in the Upside Down.
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I wish a majority of voters had not chosen for us to live in the Upside Down.
The Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures looks so cute:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/l...
In this Vermont town, the window displays are tiny, but the expectations are big - The Boston Globe
The Festival of Miniatures in Brattleboro hopes to draw shoppers back to the slumping downtown.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures looks so cute:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/l...
if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
I wonder what school budgets will look like next year. And the FAFSA process, jeez.
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I wonder what school budgets will look like next year. And the FAFSA process, jeez.
I didn't engage with the Travis Kelce's ex/racism discourse about TLOAS at first. As I say, that was not the problematic thing that jumped out at me. But I have been looking into it a bit and just have this *yikes* feeling about the whole thing.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn't engage with the Travis Kelce's ex/racism discourse about TLOAS at first. As I say, that was not the problematic thing that jumped out at me. But I have been looking into it a bit and just have this *yikes* feeling about the whole thing.
One of the darkly funny aspects of J.K. Rowling's villain arc was the way she signaled it right from the beginning, with the name of the school. There is no distinction, in Rowling's magical realm, between Witchcraft and Wizardry, and yet the school's name blasts the arbitrary difference.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the darkly funny aspects of J.K. Rowling's villain arc was the way she signaled it right from the beginning, with the name of the school. There is no distinction, in Rowling's magical realm, between Witchcraft and Wizardry, and yet the school's name blasts the arbitrary difference.
I was originally looking forward to the release of Taylor Swift's album as a cultural event large enough to (temporarily) displace politics as my main concern. It ended up being a broken, shard-filled mirror to politics.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I was originally looking forward to the release of Taylor Swift's album as a cultural event large enough to (temporarily) displace politics as my main concern. It ended up being a broken, shard-filled mirror to politics.
Elizabeth Taylor was a compelling actor and a beautiful woman, but she was also a genuinely inspiring human being:
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
Inside Elizabeth Taylor’s Lonely Fight for AIDS Awareness
Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, and other stars refused to help, even as Taylor’s gay friends like Rock Hudson died.
www.vanityfair.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Elizabeth Taylor was a compelling actor and a beautiful woman, but she was also a genuinely inspiring human being:
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
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the Trump administration is objectively pro-rape
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
the Trump administration is objectively pro-rape
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
you don't say
hahaha the White House deleted the fascist anti-immigrant slop video after Sabrina Carpenter ratioed them
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
you don't say
Sentimental Value is so good.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sentimental Value is so good.
*whispers* Jeffries is showing more and more every day why he needs to be primaried
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
*whispers* Jeffries is showing more and more every day why he needs to be primaried