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Steph

@rantsbydesign.bsky.social

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Lucy's human companion. Singer. Writer. EDM. Cheese. GenX bitch. She/her.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning, Lucy & I are moving to a safer and better location in a few weeks hopefully. We need about $500 this week for bills and $300 for the deposit. Could you please help?

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Thank you very much! ❤️

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 11h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 11h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 10h

❤️ Thank you, will do! I have been checking her paw all day. It seems ok, but sometimes it looks like she is limping a bit. It doesn't seem to hurt her when I touch it, though.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 19h

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 20h

Eww. Legit did not know that, what is wrong with these folks? (Please don't answer.)

Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 21h

lmao. I mean, you are not wrong.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 21h

yeah. it's also very much a class issue. It's a big club, we ain't in it, etc.

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 21h

Every time liberals decide to show up to protests again they start declaring that they are succeeding where the militant freaks (who never left off challenging regime) have failed: with the groundbreaking strategy of looking more “normal” and fun-loving in front of the cops.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 21h

I have to say, I am very grateful not to have small children right now. That way, I don't have to lie to little Draxon and Indigo and tell them "no, the president does NOT want his press secretary to give him a blow job! He just really likes machine guns!"

Like wtf is this timeline even. 🫠

Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 23h

A drunk woman, who is usually kind to me and my dog, stomped on Lucy's paw last night. Lucy is okay, but the entire incident shook me to my core.

Protect your vulnerable loved ones. In a society where people are rewarded for being cruel, cruelty becomes the norm.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

hey, it me, but with dogs! 😀 Good to see you, btw, it has been forever.

Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, I had a meltdown after the election about it.

Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think they are going to and we gotta let the ones who can't deal go. Because they are dangerous now.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

I tried to make a new friend where I live. She's a lib. In the course of trying to have a real convo with her today, she changed the topic *3 times* in 5 minutes.

I mean, ok lady, but that's not gonna stop ICE? I don't even know what to say anymore. This woman is brown too. 🤷‍♀️

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

It's the fingers in the ears situation at the DNC '24 everytime they hear something they cannot cope with. They grew up believing what Ronald Reagan said about communism, never stopped, don't care to, etc.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

I found the skeet and I am not blocked lol.

Liberals are fucking stupid. I am over it.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, this is an extremely stupid thing to write out on a social media platform where we can just Google shit and prove all of this wrong, but I encourage you to do some reading about why fascism and communism are different ideologies, Maya.

Maybe start there.

Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

I block these mofos usually one by one and I have this one already blocked. 😀

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

oh no I'll come back you up lol. I haven't done that in literal years, wow.

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 1d

SIR!!!

Thank you.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, I am gonna start yelling shit at people and calling them bad names. (I won't, but I want to.)

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Grosdoriane @grosdoriane.bsky.social · 1d

I fear I may have finally cracked the case.

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Steph @rantsbydesign.bsky.social · 1d

I keep Grandma Hours (8 pm bedtime), so I have bad news about this solving all your problems, but excellent news about your overall sleep improvement. 😀