Sam I Am
@tauriastra.bsky.social
Twitter refugee, former librarian, current disenchanted academic, former Montanan, current Portlander. Owned by a goldendoodle.
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My prediction is that by the end of the year Trump is out and Vance is in, for any number of reasons (death, illness, crime, embarrassment) since that's what Thiel and other tech billionaires wanted all along. Hope I'm wrong! 🙃
Fun to watch unless you know people who believe in it and hang off every work. In that case it's absolutely nauseating. I can't believe we've gotten to a place where a plurality if not majority believe absolute nonsense is truth.
Candace Owens, who has some nine million followers, posted the 2025 equivalent of a Q drop: “Today will be the day that the government can no longer deny it. Charlie Kirk was assassinated and our military was involved.” This j’accuse moment was inevitable. trib.al/UW7l7Kw
Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes: What Could Go Wrong?
The unfolding MAGA battle over Turning Point USA is chilling, disgusting—and a lot of fun to watch.
trib.al
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fun to watch unless you know people who believe in it and hang off every work. In that case it's absolutely nauseating. I can't believe we've gotten to a place where a plurality if not majority believe absolute nonsense is truth.
It's because they think he's a crisis actor and Israel did it 🤦♀️
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
Suspected Charlie Kirk assassin makes first in-person court appearance
The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's because they think he's a crisis actor and Israel did it 🤦♀️
Thought to myself, why AM I not biking to work when it's 60 degrees and not raining? Forgot about the mist. And I'll be shocked at how dark it is at 4:30, I bet.
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thought to myself, why AM I not biking to work when it's 60 degrees and not raining? Forgot about the mist. And I'll be shocked at how dark it is at 4:30, I bet.
MAGA friend was telling me the reason that it's 60 deg on Dec 11 is NOT climate change, but rather geoengineering/weather control to keep citizens in line. I asked if perhaps right-wing people have adopted this geoengineering idea to explain the undeniable effects of climate change?
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
MAGA friend was telling me the reason that it's 60 deg on Dec 11 is NOT climate change, but rather geoengineering/weather control to keep citizens in line. I asked if perhaps right-wing people have adopted this geoengineering idea to explain the undeniable effects of climate change?
My college kiddo wanted more covid tests so I went to covidtest.gov to see if they still had free ones available, and it is too freaking early for this dystopia this morning, JFC
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My college kiddo wanted more covid tests so I went to covidtest.gov to see if they still had free ones available, and it is too freaking early for this dystopia this morning, JFC
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
So, MAGA friend asked me to watch An Inconvenient Study with him, an antivax 'documentary' that's making the rounds. It was an interesting piece of rhetoric, and to be fair, it's good to ask questions about medical health and ethics, but it was also 80 minutes of pathos/10 minutes of science at best
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So, MAGA friend asked me to watch An Inconvenient Study with him, an antivax 'documentary' that's making the rounds. It was an interesting piece of rhetoric, and to be fair, it's good to ask questions about medical health and ethics, but it was also 80 minutes of pathos/10 minutes of science at best
This is making me nervous. MAGA acquaintances in PDX are super worked up about things in MN, egged on by livestreamers like Nick Shirley. I've seen other livestreamers at the kebab cart by PSU library this week. I've heard comments on the "high number of Muslims" downtown. Yikes is right.
There's some extremist Klansmen in Oregon. Jacob Hayes is a Nat C (Nationalist Christian) preacher and he calls ICE to report people he believes to be undocumented immigrants. Jacob claims to be in a militia preparing to join cops to fight Muslims in Oregon. Yikes!
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is making me nervous. MAGA acquaintances in PDX are super worked up about things in MN, egged on by livestreamers like Nick Shirley. I've seen other livestreamers at the kebab cart by PSU library this week. I've heard comments on the "high number of Muslims" downtown. Yikes is right.
y'all, I am SO TIRED of people confusing facts with feelings
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
y'all, I am SO TIRED of people confusing facts with feelings
Seeing a lot of confusion re the J6 pipe bomber. I think the piece people are missing is that to MAGA types this is incontrovertible proof that J6 was a false flag/inside job/staged event to make them look bad. Guilty parties include Democrats, Capitol Police, and "them"
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Seeing a lot of confusion re the J6 pipe bomber. I think the piece people are missing is that to MAGA types this is incontrovertible proof that J6 was a false flag/inside job/staged event to make them look bad. Guilty parties include Democrats, Capitol Police, and "them"
Covering the reception desk at my new job this morning 😬 Last time, last week, I only got two questions and messed both of them up a tiny bit. Let's hope today I get zero questions and mess none of them up at all!
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Covering the reception desk at my new job this morning 😬 Last time, last week, I only got two questions and messed both of them up a tiny bit. Let's hope today I get zero questions and mess none of them up at all!
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Today I learned that Senile Satan controls hurricanes, and not just with a sharpie.
Kristi Noem: “You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.”
Kristi Noem: “You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today I learned that Senile Satan controls hurricanes, and not just with a sharpie.
Kristi Noem: “You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.”
Kristi Noem: “You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.”
Me during my child's college orientation when the campus police officer said "don't panic if you don't hear from your kid for a few hours, they're in college now!" LOL funny
Me today: I haven't heard from my child since 7:30 am and WE MUST BUST THE DOOR OF HER DORM ROOM DOWN
Me today: I haven't heard from my child since 7:30 am and WE MUST BUST THE DOOR OF HER DORM ROOM DOWN
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Me during my child's college orientation when the campus police officer said "don't panic if you don't hear from your kid for a few hours, they're in college now!" LOL funny
Me today: I haven't heard from my child since 7:30 am and WE MUST BUST THE DOOR OF HER DORM ROOM DOWN
Me today: I haven't heard from my child since 7:30 am and WE MUST BUST THE DOOR OF HER DORM ROOM DOWN
Bus-commuted today because biking in the dark and rain scares me :-/ Missed the first bus by thirty seconds, boo. Will do better tomorrow, and it'll make me even more eager to get back on the bike in late January or early February.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bus-commuted today because biking in the dark and rain scares me :-/ Missed the first bus by thirty seconds, boo. Will do better tomorrow, and it'll make me even more eager to get back on the bike in late January or early February.
Me: I am a responsible adult who can work from home
Also me: Oh wow, I need to rearrange the suncatchers on this window before I can do anything else
(To be fair, I would probably also do this in the office)
Also me: Oh wow, I need to rearrange the suncatchers on this window before I can do anything else
(To be fair, I would probably also do this in the office)
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Me: I am a responsible adult who can work from home
Also me: Oh wow, I need to rearrange the suncatchers on this window before I can do anything else
(To be fair, I would probably also do this in the office)
Also me: Oh wow, I need to rearrange the suncatchers on this window before I can do anything else
(To be fair, I would probably also do this in the office)
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"I'm not getting a single good idea out here. let's go back inside, where the gas is"
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"I'm not getting a single good idea out here. let's go back inside, where the gas is"
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ʎuɹoH History: Thanksgiving, The Violence They Called Providence
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦.
More on this linked in the comments.
♥️ New here? Hi I’m Brooke and I tell the right-wing men in my inbox history until they no longer wish to ‘date’ me. 😉
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦.
More on this linked in the comments.
♥️ New here? Hi I’m Brooke and I tell the right-wing men in my inbox history until they no longer wish to ‘date’ me. 😉
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
ʎuɹoH History: Thanksgiving, The Violence They Called Providence
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦.
More on this linked in the comments.
♥️ New here? Hi I’m Brooke and I tell the right-wing men in my inbox history until they no longer wish to ‘date’ me. 😉
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦.
More on this linked in the comments.
♥️ New here? Hi I’m Brooke and I tell the right-wing men in my inbox history until they no longer wish to ‘date’ me. 😉
My prediction is that by the end of the year Trump is out and Vance is in, for any number of reasons (death, illness, crime, embarrassment) since that's what Thiel and other tech billionaires wanted all along. Hope I'm wrong! 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My prediction is that by the end of the year Trump is out and Vance is in, for any number of reasons (death, illness, crime, embarrassment) since that's what Thiel and other tech billionaires wanted all along. Hope I'm wrong! 🙃
This is vital to understand. I've seen friends and acquaintances slide alarmingly into full antisemitism in the past couple years.
No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is vital to understand. I've seen friends and acquaintances slide alarmingly into full antisemitism in the past couple years.
MAGA friend is all in on this, and his friends are too. It's huge in the conspiracy sphere, one of those things that wraps everything together nicely that they love.
Candace Owens is claiming that France’s elite counterterrorism unit GIGN (along with, conveniently, one Israeli operative) has been tasked with her assassination.
The main character syndrome is out of control.
The main character syndrome is out of control.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
MAGA friend is all in on this, and his friends are too. It's huge in the conspiracy sphere, one of those things that wraps everything together nicely that they love.
For some weird reason I'm using ChatGPT to make an illustrated decision tree from an convo I had earlier. This has taken 90 minutes and still isn't done right. If I'd just done it on my own it would have been done over an hour ago. So I guess I'm proving that I'm still smarter, which feels good.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For some weird reason I'm using ChatGPT to make an illustrated decision tree from an convo I had earlier. This has taken 90 minutes and still isn't done right. If I'd just done it on my own it would have been done over an hour ago. So I guess I'm proving that I'm still smarter, which feels good.
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My cat is this all of the time.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My cat is this all of the time.
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working during the week of Thanksgiving
a cartoon character in a park with a frisbee and a slide
Alt: A Simpsons cartoon character throws and catches a frisbee by himself, alone in a park
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
working during the week of Thanksgiving
My kiddo and I watched the livestream of this concert (so good!) and told MAGA friend about it and of course I got an earful about how this was all the fault of the vaccines.
Donald Glover, the actor and five-time Grammy winner who performs as Childish Gambino, said during a concert on Saturday in Los Angeles that he had suffered a stroke and other health challenges last year that prompted him to cancel his world tour.
Donald Glover Says He Had a Stroke That Prompted Him to Cancel His Tour in 2024
The rapper and actor, who performed in Los Angeles on Saturday, said doctors had also discovered a hole in his heart, prompting him to cancel his world tour.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My kiddo and I watched the livestream of this concert (so good!) and told MAGA friend about it and of course I got an earful about how this was all the fault of the vaccines.
Dragged myself out on my bike this morning and glad I did. Got rained on a bit but also saw the sun for maybe the last time this year 🌦️
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dragged myself out on my bike this morning and glad I did. Got rained on a bit but also saw the sun for maybe the last time this year 🌦️