AZTanya
@aztanya.bsky.social
Folks, if you see something, get in the way. I'm a 60-year-old-not-very-fit-5'-3" woman and I'm gonna.
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AZTanya
@aztanya.bsky.social
· Jul 1
We are living in a world in which Trump is threatening everybody who naysays him even a little.
And carrying out those threats, now, on the weakest and most discriminated against among us.
Speak. Demonstrate. Make up your mind that you will Not Fucking Comply.
And carrying out those threats, now, on the weakest and most discriminated against among us.
Speak. Demonstrate. Make up your mind that you will Not Fucking Comply.
Every decent American, including all former electeds, need to be fighting.
Every. Body.
Fucked R Us.
Every. Body.
Fucked R Us.
We who used to live in the United States of America now live in a painfully evil sham of that country's ideals.
And yes, I'm aware that the ideals had not been realized for everyone.
But it's now gone. What is here is worse.
And yes, I'm aware that the ideals had not been realized for everyone.
But it's now gone. What is here is worse.
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Portland, Maine's Wharf Street in the Old Port at night. Acrylic on 9x12 canvas. 2016.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #Wharfstreet #cobblestone #fineart #oldport #city
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #Wharfstreet #cobblestone #fineart #oldport #city
December 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Portland, Maine's Wharf Street in the Old Port at night. Acrylic on 9x12 canvas. 2016.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #Wharfstreet #cobblestone #fineart #oldport #city
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #Wharfstreet #cobblestone #fineart #oldport #city
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At the inaugural species draft:
HUMANS: we want thumbs for our phones!
BEARS: we want to sleep off our holiday weight every year!
SEAGULLS: we want to steal French fries anytime anywhere!
OYSTERS: we want to turn our irritation into priceless jewels!
HUMANS: wait
HUMANS: we want thumbs for our phones!
BEARS: we want to sleep off our holiday weight every year!
SEAGULLS: we want to steal French fries anytime anywhere!
OYSTERS: we want to turn our irritation into priceless jewels!
HUMANS: wait
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
At the inaugural species draft:
HUMANS: we want thumbs for our phones!
BEARS: we want to sleep off our holiday weight every year!
SEAGULLS: we want to steal French fries anytime anywhere!
OYSTERS: we want to turn our irritation into priceless jewels!
HUMANS: wait
HUMANS: we want thumbs for our phones!
BEARS: we want to sleep off our holiday weight every year!
SEAGULLS: we want to steal French fries anytime anywhere!
OYSTERS: we want to turn our irritation into priceless jewels!
HUMANS: wait
To be fair, the first report was that the Brown shooter was in custody.
The President of the United States, though, shouldn't be posting in real time about shit. He should be waiting for his briefings. From, you know, people that actually know.
Any of those let in the national government?
The President of the United States, though, shouldn't be posting in real time about shit. He should be waiting for his briefings. From, you know, people that actually know.
Any of those let in the national government?
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
To be fair, the first report was that the Brown shooter was in custody.
The President of the United States, though, shouldn't be posting in real time about shit. He should be waiting for his briefings. From, you know, people that actually know.
Any of those let in the national government?
The President of the United States, though, shouldn't be posting in real time about shit. He should be waiting for his briefings. From, you know, people that actually know.
Any of those let in the national government?
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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We can make a choice about not dogpiling people who don‘t have the reaction we would expect to in this moment
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We can make a choice about not dogpiling people who don‘t have the reaction we would expect to in this moment
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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Frankly I think this raises my overall estimate of How Angry This Guy Is by at least 15% and it was already pretty close to the top of the gauge.
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I am nearly positive that this is my high school AP American History teacher and track coach! If it is, he has a long fuse. I've NEVER seen him even upset, much less this angry.
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Frankly I think this raises my overall estimate of How Angry This Guy Is by at least 15% and it was already pretty close to the top of the gauge.
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QUICKSAND
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/u...
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Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah’s Arches National Park is rescued unharmed | CNN
Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
QUICKSAND
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/u...
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It's November, 2179 and Americans of all stripes are lining up to cast their vote. Republicans are running an AI of Donald Trump, powered by the data center that now constitutes all of Iowa. Democrats are running a semi-intelligent strain of slime mold that has taken the vague form of Gavin Newsom.
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's November, 2179 and Americans of all stripes are lining up to cast their vote. Republicans are running an AI of Donald Trump, powered by the data center that now constitutes all of Iowa. Democrats are running a semi-intelligent strain of slime mold that has taken the vague form of Gavin Newsom.
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It's kind of amazing how you can very specifically date the precise moment Nate Silver's brain turned to pudding: March 11, 2020, when the NBA suspended the season for COVID and suddenly Nate had no outlet for his crippling gambling addiction.
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's kind of amazing how you can very specifically date the precise moment Nate Silver's brain turned to pudding: March 11, 2020, when the NBA suspended the season for COVID and suddenly Nate had no outlet for his crippling gambling addiction.
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Phoenix has 3 billion golf courses --- but at least you can, theoretically, play year-round. Why would you waste East Coast winter land on them?
President of Golf Donald Trump has figured out that dirt left over from the East Wing demolition could be dumped elsewhere to make Washington a new golfing nirvana.
Trump Eyes Another Over-the-Top D.C. Vanity Project
President of Golf Donald Trump has figured out that dirt left over from the East Wing demolition could be dumped elsewhere to make Washington a new golfing nirvana.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Phoenix has 3 billion golf courses --- but at least you can, theoretically, play year-round. Why would you waste East Coast winter land on them?
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“Unlike pretty much every other conservative party in the industrialized world,” American Republicans seem resigned to bleed out on health care, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues. Why can’t the GOP make peace with Obamacare?
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Unlike pretty much every other conservative party in the industrialized world,” American Republicans seem resigned to bleed out on health care, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues. Why can’t the GOP make peace with Obamacare?
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sure glad we went through a TWO DECADE implementation of these only for DHS to try moving the goalposts in the first year you actually might need one
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
sure glad we went through a TWO DECADE implementation of these only for DHS to try moving the goalposts in the first year you actually might need one
>>a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates<< how is that legal
New: here's how a U.S. citizen was scanned with ICE's facial recognition tech. Jesus Gutiérrez was stopped in Chicago by agents, he said he was a citizen. Still detained, put in a car. Only after they scanned his face did they let him go. From 404 Media and Reveal: www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
>>a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates<< how is that legal
Also... ticket prices are insane.
I'm old enough to have seen a version of this story repeat over multiple decades.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
Rock Music Struggles to Draw Crowds as Tour Earnings Drop
Rock tours once dominated arenas, but 2025 data shows a shrinking share of total touring revenue, with newer genres eclipsing classic rock on the live-music charts.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Also... ticket prices are insane.
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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"another team, including agents from Florida and Texas, gathered around a residence, hoping to make an arrest and trying to determine whether their target was home. A crowd began to gather.
“Let’s get out of there,” an ICE official said over the radio with a curse and a sigh."
“Let’s get out of there,” an ICE official said over the radio with a curse and a sigh."
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"another team, including agents from Florida and Texas, gathered around a residence, hoping to make an arrest and trying to determine whether their target was home. A crowd began to gather.
“Let’s get out of there,” an ICE official said over the radio with a curse and a sigh."
“Let’s get out of there,” an ICE official said over the radio with a curse and a sigh."
wtf - I assume they mean "acupunture"? how big was this needle
TJ Watt undergoes surgery to repair partially collapsed lung caused by dry needling
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TJ Watt undergoes surgery to repair partially collapsed lung caused by dry needling
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
MSN
www.msn.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
wtf - I assume they mean "acupunture"? how big was this needle
TJ Watt undergoes surgery to repair partially collapsed lung caused by dry needling
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
TJ Watt undergoes surgery to repair partially collapsed lung caused by dry needling
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
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ladies, our grandmothers wore shapewear under their knit dresses for a reason.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
ladies, our grandmothers wore shapewear under their knit dresses for a reason.
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oh the ex sister-in-law is hot, this story’s got legs
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
oh the ex sister-in-law is hot, this story’s got legs