WhatSaraSaid
@whatsarasaid.bsky.social
Abortion advocate, researcher, utility infielder for bodily autonomy. Roots in Ohio, branches where the sagebrush grows. We're going to get the government out of your doctor’s office, because freedom is for every body.
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WhatSaraSaid
@whatsarasaid.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
my 87yo Republican mother in law is taking it to the streets, for the first time in her life, with her friends at the retirement home on Saturday and that's why we will win
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when i was a young and in college and first read ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM i was a little surprised by just how much contempt and disdain arendt had for the intellectuals of her generation, especially when compared to the actual perpetrators of the atrocities, but now substack exists so i get it
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
when i was a young and in college and first read ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM i was a little surprised by just how much contempt and disdain arendt had for the intellectuals of her generation, especially when compared to the actual perpetrators of the atrocities, but now substack exists so i get it
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When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was investigating me, Gabby laughed and laughed.
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was investigating me, Gabby laughed and laughed.
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So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
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political science
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
political science
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The victim ends her statement with ‘God bless America’, heartbreaking and aspirational at once
The victim ends her statement with ‘God bless America’, heartbreaking and aspirational at once
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The victim ends her statement with ‘God bless America’, heartbreaking and aspirational at once
The victim ends her statement with ‘God bless America’, heartbreaking and aspirational at once
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
It's not a 'gamble' to wreck the post office's partnership with its only credible competition if you *want* to break the post office!
Dad used to say 'any jackass can burn down a barn' & Republicans show this every day, as they destroy public services so private profit can be taken by their cronies
Dad used to say 'any jackass can burn down a barn' & Republicans show this every day, as they destroy public services so private profit can be taken by their cronies
USPS is required by law to try to break even. It generally doesn’t take taxpayer dollars to fund operations.
That’s what makes this a monumental gamble from Steiner.
Amazon is USPS’s largest client — by far. And he’s letting them walk out the door, and even become a top competitor.
That’s what makes this a monumental gamble from Steiner.
Amazon is USPS’s largest client — by far. And he’s letting them walk out the door, and even become a top competitor.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's not a 'gamble' to wreck the post office's partnership with its only credible competition if you *want* to break the post office!
Dad used to say 'any jackass can burn down a barn' & Republicans show this every day, as they destroy public services so private profit can be taken by their cronies
Dad used to say 'any jackass can burn down a barn' & Republicans show this every day, as they destroy public services so private profit can be taken by their cronies
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not the top-voted reply, but this is a hilarious way to troll white people
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
not the top-voted reply, but this is a hilarious way to troll white people
Tom Cotton needs to get outside more if he thinks you can be shipwrecked & trying to get back in a fight, touch seaweed man
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tom Cotton needs to get outside more if he thinks you can be shipwrecked & trying to get back in a fight, touch seaweed man
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Let me tell you something about being in… “The fight”
If you blow me up and I’m in the ocean… “The fight” is over
If you blow me up and I’m in the ocean… “The fight” is over
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Let me tell you something about being in… “The fight”
If you blow me up and I’m in the ocean… “The fight” is over
If you blow me up and I’m in the ocean… “The fight” is over
I have righted a capsized canoe in 5' swells on Superior & a 7' Sunfish in Lake Erie; this hearing is premised on completed nonsense because it's impossible to get back underway under the condition s shown in that video
2 people who were hoping to avoid drowning got murdered by the US Navy, EOM
2 people who were hoping to avoid drowning got murdered by the US Navy, EOM
Two people can't flip an upside-down boat that size. Ordinarily your best survival strategy in open water is to stick with the capsized hull if it is not sinking. From the air, survivors would be seen clambering aboard the hull and securing themselves with any lines available. (100 ton master here)
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have righted a capsized canoe in 5' swells on Superior & a 7' Sunfish in Lake Erie; this hearing is premised on completed nonsense because it's impossible to get back underway under the condition s shown in that video
2 people who were hoping to avoid drowning got murdered by the US Navy, EOM
2 people who were hoping to avoid drowning got murdered by the US Navy, EOM
From the people who complain about participation trophies I offer you
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
From the people who complain about participation trophies I offer you
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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I can't listen to the song without thinking of
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
the most common disability accommodations:
extra time (on timed tests, cramming for which is the worst method of mastering complex material)
format changes (that wouldn't help someone with a different disability & would harm many students' performance because paper-based testing got them there)
extra time (on timed tests, cramming for which is the worst method of mastering complex material)
format changes (that wouldn't help someone with a different disability & would harm many students' performance because paper-based testing got them there)
So, a lot of accommodations don’t really help you if you don’t have a relevant disability (having the test read aloud, for example).
Others, it’s worth asking why they *aren’t* universal. Extra time, for example: are tests time limited for assessment reasons or logistical ones?
Others, it’s worth asking why they *aren’t* universal. Extra time, for example: are tests time limited for assessment reasons or logistical ones?
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the most common disability accommodations:
extra time (on timed tests, cramming for which is the worst method of mastering complex material)
format changes (that wouldn't help someone with a different disability & would harm many students' performance because paper-based testing got them there)
extra time (on timed tests, cramming for which is the worst method of mastering complex material)
format changes (that wouldn't help someone with a different disability & would harm many students' performance because paper-based testing got them there)
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Where I am on things
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Where I am on things
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This is so true and is part of why works like, say, Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, or the novels of Jesmyn Ward or the late Daniel Woodrell have struck me so powerfully—they not only depict but value whole rural, working class worlds that most art, including most country music, overlooks entirely
I think we lost it in editing but I talked about that very thing. Real rural life is virtually invisible — no art for dollar stores and meth clinics. And its racial diversity is erased. Actual rural people, especially poor ones, cannot access its aesthetic power
This is really important, because it is also about who can access the rural aesthetic. It's not always rural residents!
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is so true and is part of why works like, say, Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, or the novels of Jesmyn Ward or the late Daniel Woodrell have struck me so powerfully—they not only depict but value whole rural, working class worlds that most art, including most country music, overlooks entirely
for no particular reason, mentioning the courage shown by Koreans when a corrupt president called the military to subdue their capitol
Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
for no particular reason, mentioning the courage shown by Koreans when a corrupt president called the military to subdue their capitol
Make sure every ICE agent gets a fair trial is now the compromise position
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Make sure every ICE agent gets a fair trial is now the compromise position
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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who amongst us
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
who amongst us
picked a great time to teach gender studies, to bright-side this clown show for a minute
fucking incredible
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
picked a great time to teach gender studies, to bright-side this clown show for a minute
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
ok Bernie we'll wait while you explain how you relinquished your citizenship in Colombia, the country where you were born, must not be too difficult & I'm sure it's quick as well as cheap
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
ok Bernie we'll wait while you explain how you relinquished your citizenship in Colombia, the country where you were born, must not be too difficult & I'm sure it's quick as well as cheap