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Googie Gómez

@soulamami.bsky.social

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Writer/editor/author. Recovered journalist. Displaced New Yorker. Cultural critic. Soulful cynic. Queer Blatina matriarch of an LBGTQ+ household. I contain multitudes. Hablo español. Parlo italiano. Aprendiendo portugués. Beyoncé hugged me once.

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · Sep 16

Finally got the 🎉! I’m in the Talented Tenth Percentile, bitches!

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 4h

I truly do hate it here

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

"Climate change could intensify favorable conditions for the species throughout the year and expand its geographic range. "

Good thing we're not doing anything about that either

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 4h

That’s right, dammit!

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 4h

Come over!

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 4h

It was so yummy!

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 4h

I got plenty!

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 5h

Dinner was served

A bowl of chili with cornbread, and topped with onion, cheese, and sour cream

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 7h

Yup. Eugenics is alive and kicking

Big Dawg 👸🏾 11/5🎂 @shesbigdawg.bsky.social · 7h

So they done got rid of the Department of Special Education??!!! WTF?????!!!!!

Im sick of America!😡

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 7h

Somebody called them Gaza Groupies and I still haven’t recovered

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing in that head but air

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 7h

Oh shit. It’s quadrupled since I last contributed

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Brandi @brandi92.bsky.social · 8h

Why are these losers so obsessed with Harassing Kamala Harris? Are they incapable of finding the people who are currently in power?

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 10h

"Are you the same person who was telling people not to vote?"

💥☠️

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 10h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 8h

Is fat meat greasy? I accidentally poured the chili powder instead of sprinkling and I may have stumbled into flavortown

Freddie "Boom Boom" Bennington @edotben.bsky.social · 9h

Good and spicy?

a man wearing a red jacket , beret , and sunglasses is standing with his hands folded .

ALT: a man wearing a red jacket , beret , and sunglasses is standing with his hands folded .

media.tenor.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8h

Ratio me? I think sometimes people think they are being edgy but they aren’t. It is not edgy to support the head of one of the largest news organizations in the world. Like. It’s okay to just say you like adjacency to power! Own it!

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 8h

Countdown to SAD 😔

DaylightCounter @daylightcounter.bsky.social · 1d

Daylight Saving Time ends in 22 days.

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 8h

I had to reread those BO numbers and lmao

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 8h

Look at all those angry old white people

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 9h

My award-winning chili is stewing

A blue crockpot in a kitchen counter next to a stove with blue pots and pans

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 9h

If JLo gets nominated for an Oscar, I will throw a fit

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, yes it is. Miss me with JLo

Sylphanne @sylphanne.bsky.social · 10h

Y I K E S

(From what I’m told, the first movie adaption of the musical with Raul Julia is the one to watch.)

demotivational speaker. 💕 @heysita.bsky.social · 10h

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ earned $840,000 in its opening weekend.

The film had a $34 million dollar budget.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

Sally Jenkins post with a link to whatever awful Atlantic piece about Bari Weiss reading "Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. "

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For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Podcasts @makinghisstory.blacksky.app · 9h

Stephen A. Smith is basically what happens if George Jefferson doesn't have a Weezy to keep him grounded and a Florence to keep him humble. You're just left with a loud and wrong unwatchable windbag full of noise and nonsense. #EverybodyHatesStephenA

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Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 11h

Gotta love the whiny “BlueSky is so mean!” excuse when you post utter bullshit takes.

Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · 12h

Go spread your bullshit on the Other Site then. We’re not gonna let your casual fascist propaganda slide round these parts.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 14h

Oooooeeee there are a lot of people with gags in their hands on this site. Used to be a nice open space for idea exchange.

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