Ginny Maier
@vbmaier.bsky.social
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Ginny Maier
@vbmaier.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I made a list of Roc peeps as best I could bsky.app/profile/did:...
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil | Philosophy Break
For 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt, most evil is committed by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
philosophybreak.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
I aspire
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I aspire
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Damn wish I had thought to give my child a prank call name
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Damn wish I had thought to give my child a prank call name
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"Stuffing is wet bread with pieces of wet celery stuck to it. Everyone says they love it, but they never prepare it on any other day of the year. The majority of the other side dishes are factory-rejected baby food."
How to Give Thanks by Cooking Food No One Knows How to Cook and Eating Food No One Likes to Eat
To remind everyone how grateful we should be for all the readily available, appealing food that is easy to prepare and that everyone enjoys eating,...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Stuffing is wet bread with pieces of wet celery stuck to it. Everyone says they love it, but they never prepare it on any other day of the year. The majority of the other side dishes are factory-rejected baby food."
This is beautiful
A new Anchorage fund, initially started by two friends, aims to get money quickly to people who need it — covering everything from a hotel room to a driver’s license.
A new Anchorage fund aims to remove small barriers to stability
The fund, initially started by two friends, helps get money quickly to people who need it — covering everything from a hotel room to a driver’s license.
akpub.io
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is beautiful
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#Rochester
***ALERT***
#ICE staging at Tinker Park. Multiple unmarked vehicles, black SUVs. There are also MCSO vehicles. Image is from around 8 am.
***ALERT***
#ICE staging at Tinker Park. Multiple unmarked vehicles, black SUVs. There are also MCSO vehicles. Image is from around 8 am.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#Rochester
***ALERT***
#ICE staging at Tinker Park. Multiple unmarked vehicles, black SUVs. There are also MCSO vehicles. Image is from around 8 am.
***ALERT***
#ICE staging at Tinker Park. Multiple unmarked vehicles, black SUVs. There are also MCSO vehicles. Image is from around 8 am.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : ""We have a housing crisis, a climate crisis and an inequality crisis, and what we all want to see from this budget is not tough choices for working class communities, for migrants, for disabled people, but tough choices for multi millionaires & billionaires"
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : ""We have a housing crisis, a climate crisis and an inequality crisis, and what we all want to see from this budget is not tough choices for working class communities, for migrants, for disabled people, but tough choices for multi millionaires & billionaires"
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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1. Reform political systems to make them democratic; aligned with issue-based representation.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
1. Reform political systems to make them democratic; aligned with issue-based representation.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
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Had to go see this for myself, and oh my gods is it worse than I expected. There’s another one of them as well that is even worse than this one just next to it
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Had to go see this for myself, and oh my gods is it worse than I expected. There’s another one of them as well that is even worse than this one just next to it
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Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
This is amazing
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is amazing
Need to remind myself that anonymous accounts should be assumed to be trolls here to bait you
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Need to remind myself that anonymous accounts should be assumed to be trolls here to bait you
They are bullshit machines
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
They are bullshit machines
Endless money to run overlapping polls on this horse race stuff, nearly a year before the midterms.
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows some major warning signs for President Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as Americans want the president to focus on lowering prices.
Poll: Democrats have biggest advantage for control of Congress in 8 years
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows some major warning signs for President Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as Americans want the president to focus on lowering prices.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Endless money to run overlapping polls on this horse race stuff, nearly a year before the midterms.
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For something nobody asked for or needed. AI = thneed
The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals
A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...
www.democracynow.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
For something nobody asked for or needed. AI = thneed
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these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
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As nations KEEP FAILING on #ClimateAction, cities must DOUBLE their efforts & actions on #ClimateChange mitigation though the SIGNIFICANT power of land-use and transportation decisions, which are within the power of cities and are TRANSFORMATIVE in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
Further & faster.
Further & faster.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As nations KEEP FAILING on #ClimateAction, cities must DOUBLE their efforts & actions on #ClimateChange mitigation though the SIGNIFICANT power of land-use and transportation decisions, which are within the power of cities and are TRANSFORMATIVE in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
Further & faster.
Further & faster.
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Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.