Bridget
@bbcoop.bsky.social
A tired millennial expat of the (former) bird app
42 (she/her). Enjoys movies, theater, travel (especially to NYC), music (self proclaimed Swiftie). Votes blue. A big fan of the repost button.
DNI: Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists
42 (she/her). Enjoys movies, theater, travel (especially to NYC), music (self proclaimed Swiftie). Votes blue. A big fan of the repost button.
DNI: Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists
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It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
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This meme made me laugh.
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This meme made me laugh.
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Screaming. Guys will literally install Grok in their cybertrucks instead of going to (real) therapy.
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Screaming. Guys will literally install Grok in their cybertrucks instead of going to (real) therapy.
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It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
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This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
She Broke Off Two Engagements. She Couldn’t Commit. Now She’s Dating Chatbots Instead.
As chatbot romance grows more common, women are redefining what they want from a partner—even if they are just ones and zeros.
slate.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
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In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
Trump admin 'seems to care very little about autistic people,' says advocate
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
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Too soon to circle back to all the people who said "The left did this"?
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Too soon to circle back to all the people who said "The left did this"?
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Telling your family you shot someone and having your family convince you to turn yourself in is now apparently proof of excellent police work...
September 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Telling your family you shot someone and having your family convince you to turn yourself in is now apparently proof of excellent police work...
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Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
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The thing that is hard to communicate is that that specific flavor of “brainrotted 4chan slug with incoherent beliefs” is also downstream of the right wing politics factories dumping glowing nuclear sludge into the river
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
September 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The thing that is hard to communicate is that that specific flavor of “brainrotted 4chan slug with incoherent beliefs” is also downstream of the right wing politics factories dumping glowing nuclear sludge into the river
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
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So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
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Gamergate was a precursor to our modern Discourse(tm) and folks will look at you like you've grown a third head when you explain that to them
I feel we were fortunate to see Twitter transform in front of our eyes the way it did. Its insane looking back on it all.
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Gamergate was a precursor to our modern Discourse(tm) and folks will look at you like you've grown a third head when you explain that to them
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This is a pretty solid explainer about what e-bikes are and the rules around them.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
This is a fairly center of the road article but I feel like there's a push out there to label e-bike riders as anarchistic hooligans and as someone who recently discovered the joy of cycling, I don't like it
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/09/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/09/m...
E-bikes seem to be everywhere around Boston. Here’s what to know. - The Boston Globe
Electric bikes grabbed headlines this week after a rider struck a pedestrian near Copley Square, causing life-threatening injuries.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is a pretty solid explainer about what e-bikes are and the rules around them.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
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Ordinary voters who bought in should have a chance to change their minds. Pundits should be saddled with this error permanently
Ana Kasparian: "I supported what Trump CLAIMED he was gonna do with immigration when he was campaigning. But what we have seen is violations of people's human rights, heavy-handed ICE raids, talk about de-naturalizing citizens..."
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
August 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ordinary voters who bought in should have a chance to change their minds. Pundits should be saddled with this error permanently
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He said immigrants were eating dogs and cats. What did you think his policy was gonna be?
Ana Kasparian: "I supported what Trump CLAIMED he was gonna do with immigration when he was campaigning. But what we have seen is violations of people's human rights, heavy-handed ICE raids, talk about de-naturalizing citizens..."
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
August 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
He said immigrants were eating dogs and cats. What did you think his policy was gonna be?
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“Some of us aren’t creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!” Well then maybe you should sit this one out.
July 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“Some of us aren’t creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!” Well then maybe you should sit this one out.
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Cops love to do the "if [left of center politician] becomes mayor, we're all gonna resign!" thing and then not resign when it happens www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-mayo...
July 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cops love to do the "if [left of center politician] becomes mayor, we're all gonna resign!" thing and then not resign when it happens www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-mayo...
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Norms & duct tape, folks. It’s all that’s held the Republic together for decades. And shredded the last norms and rolls of tape.
Briefing only one party leadership on a decision to put American forces in harms way is a massive violation of norms. I mean, yeah, "norms", but still a break worth noting
it will get papered over, but trump briefing johnson and thune but not schumer or jefferies is another example of congress having essentially given up on any pretense of oversight — this would not be in any way acceptable to republicans if the situation were reversed.
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Norms & duct tape, folks. It’s all that’s held the Republic together for decades. And shredded the last norms and rolls of tape.
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and some now-prominent pundits legitimated this nonsense
A lot of young men voted Trump because 'kamala will girlboss us into stupid wars'
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
and some now-prominent pundits legitimated this nonsense
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This is damn absurd. Trump said that he would spend two weeks trying to negotiate a deal with Iran to avoid war. He said that two days ago. He clearly did not mean what he said.
Speaker Johnson releases a statement saying "The military operations in Iran should serve as a clear reminder to our adversaries and allies that President Trump means what he says."
June 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is damn absurd. Trump said that he would spend two weeks trying to negotiate a deal with Iran to avoid war. He said that two days ago. He clearly did not mean what he said.
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I hope everyone who farmed clicks by arguing that trump was anti war in some sense is proud of themselves
June 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I hope everyone who farmed clicks by arguing that trump was anti war in some sense is proud of themselves
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One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
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Ben Shapiro getting all upset at the parade coverage as though he isn't used to taking part in activities where no one comes
June 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ben Shapiro getting all upset at the parade coverage as though he isn't used to taking part in activities where no one comes
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this statement was made just yesterday
@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this statement was made just yesterday