Brianna Liestman
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"When life gives you lemons, you sell some of your grandma's jewelry, and you go clubbin'." — Jean-Ralphio Saperstein
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everything is so fucking stupid
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
everything is so fucking stupid
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fwiw: The autistic people and the families of autistic people I spoke were still angry/hurt/fearful several weeks after that Trump/RFK, Jr., press conference.
That was a blip on the news cycle for a lot of people. Not for people who were directly affected by Trump/RFK's verbiage and policies.
That was a blip on the news cycle for a lot of people. Not for people who were directly affected by Trump/RFK's verbiage and policies.
Lisa Murkowski gets snippy when I ask her about Trump using the "R-word"
"I'm not going to comment on that. There's so much important stuff going on."
Me: It's a slur
Murk: Absolutely it's an awful slur. It's an awful slur for people with disabilities, and he just shouldn't be doing it."
"I'm not going to comment on that. There's so much important stuff going on."
Me: It's a slur
Murk: Absolutely it's an awful slur. It's an awful slur for people with disabilities, and he just shouldn't be doing it."
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
fwiw: The autistic people and the families of autistic people I spoke were still angry/hurt/fearful several weeks after that Trump/RFK, Jr., press conference.
That was a blip on the news cycle for a lot of people. Not for people who were directly affected by Trump/RFK's verbiage and policies.
That was a blip on the news cycle for a lot of people. Not for people who were directly affected by Trump/RFK's verbiage and policies.
Andy Muschietti how dare you!!!!!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Andy Muschietti how dare you!!!!!
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Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
New data reveals US layoffs in 2025 could surpass Great Recession levels.
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
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Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
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did… did the dog write this recipe
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
did… did the dog write this recipe
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
Wake Up Dead Man is very good. Thank you @rianjohnson.bsky.social for a great movie and for not giving up the fight to let us enjoy it in a theater.
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Wake Up Dead Man is very good. Thank you @rianjohnson.bsky.social for a great movie and for not giving up the fight to let us enjoy it in a theater.
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
I understand the narrative significance of switching Elphaba and Glinda’s parts on “For Good” in Wicked. I support the symbolism. But I still think the cruelest thing Stephen Schwartz ever did was to give musical theater’s best alto bars to a friggin’ soprano.
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I understand the narrative significance of switching Elphaba and Glinda’s parts on “For Good” in Wicked. I support the symbolism. But I still think the cruelest thing Stephen Schwartz ever did was to give musical theater’s best alto bars to a friggin’ soprano.
The theme song for IT: Welcome to Derry is unhinged. It’s perfect.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The theme song for IT: Welcome to Derry is unhinged. It’s perfect.
If you think you’re immune to sobbing at the end of @mikeflanaganfilm.com’s Midnight Mass during a rewatch, you’re not.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you think you’re immune to sobbing at the end of @mikeflanaganfilm.com’s Midnight Mass during a rewatch, you’re not.
As an ADHDer, the frequency and confidence with which I say “I’ll remember what I was doing” is delusional.
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
As an ADHDer, the frequency and confidence with which I say “I’ll remember what I was doing” is delusional.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
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Watching the GOP try to get around healthcare while I am literally in the process of (finally) getting it for my employees is...interesting. Let me tell you about catastrophic coverage from both an employer, a user, and a provider standpoint...
There's obviously a billion different examples to negate the idea that only people over 50 need ongoing health insurance and I also think it's really important to note that healthcare at every age is not just for catastrophic issues. He is saying here that we shouldn't be doing preventative care.
DeSantis said “Most people, particularly under 50, what they really need is a catastrophic plan that’s affordable, where then they can pay whatever they’re doing out of a health savings account.”
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October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Watching the GOP try to get around healthcare while I am literally in the process of (finally) getting it for my employees is...interesting. Let me tell you about catastrophic coverage from both an employer, a user, and a provider standpoint...
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If a "clean CR" spikes my constituents’ health insurance premiums, it’s not clean. It’s dirty and puts the interests of the richest Americans ahead of Minnesota and I won’t vote for it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
October 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If a "clean CR" spikes my constituents’ health insurance premiums, it’s not clean. It’s dirty and puts the interests of the richest Americans ahead of Minnesota and I won’t vote for it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Last year, Trump's people and some in the press made a whole hoopla about Biden supposedly calling Trump's supporters "garbage" (after someone at Trump's rally called Puerto Rico an island of garbage). But Trump posting a video of him dropping poop on protesters is just a Monday.
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Last year, Trump's people and some in the press made a whole hoopla about Biden supposedly calling Trump's supporters "garbage" (after someone at Trump's rally called Puerto Rico an island of garbage). But Trump posting a video of him dropping poop on protesters is just a Monday.
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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Remember how we just went through a multi-week newscycle where Democrats and liberals were lambasted for their "violent" political rhetoric, which included Fox hosts claiming that only one political party was demonizing their political opponents as evil? And how libs needs to lower the temperature?
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Remember how we just went through a multi-week newscycle where Democrats and liberals were lambasted for their "violent" political rhetoric, which included Fox hosts claiming that only one political party was demonizing their political opponents as evil? And how libs needs to lower the temperature?
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Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
I don’t care if em dashes make writing “look like AI,” you can pull them from my cold, dead hands — it’s my emotional support punctuation.
September 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I don’t care if em dashes make writing “look like AI,” you can pull them from my cold, dead hands — it’s my emotional support punctuation.
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Live your life in such a way that if people directly quote you after your death, no one will accuse them of "speaking ill of the dead."
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Live your life in such a way that if people directly quote you after your death, no one will accuse them of "speaking ill of the dead."
Seeing the reactions of some people to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, who didn’t respond at all to the shooting of children at Mass, makes it painfully clear that a large portion of this country treats childhood gun deaths like an expected, “nothing special” kind of death. And I hate it.
September 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Seeing the reactions of some people to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, who didn’t respond at all to the shooting of children at Mass, makes it painfully clear that a large portion of this country treats childhood gun deaths like an expected, “nothing special” kind of death. And I hate it.