Sarah R.
@captainchamomile.bsky.social
Usually a quiet person thinking about tax policy. Wanting better for everyone.
Ticketmaster keeps emailing me about the Babyface concert. I KNOW I KNOW I just can’t go. Stop reminding me.
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ticketmaster keeps emailing me about the Babyface concert. I KNOW I KNOW I just can’t go. Stop reminding me.
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nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
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The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
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did something happen
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
did something happen
The most generous interpretation I have of the shooter’s “fucking bitch” comment after the murder of Good is that perhaps it’s not uncommon to cuss after firing a gun, and “fucking bitch” is just the shooter’s default cussing. Which says so much about him.
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The most generous interpretation I have of the shooter’s “fucking bitch” comment after the murder of Good is that perhaps it’s not uncommon to cuss after firing a gun, and “fucking bitch” is just the shooter’s default cussing. Which says so much about him.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
America, why are we doing this??
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US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, mayor disputes government claim of self-defense
The identity of the shot woman was not publicly disclosed. The police chief said the woman, who was married, was not a target of immigration operations.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
America, why are we doing this??
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What’s up with all the elf-abuse humor this holiday season? Elf legs sticking out from car doors, elves tied up and in peril in ads, etc etc. I even saw a tiktok where some family staged an elf car crash in their driveway.
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What’s up with all the elf-abuse humor this holiday season? Elf legs sticking out from car doors, elves tied up and in peril in ads, etc etc. I even saw a tiktok where some family staged an elf car crash in their driveway.
Rick Steves is a real one!
It's an invisible need… an invisible center… helping invisible people. Meanwhile, I’m haunted by the invisible impact of the insatiable greed that’s so widespread (and sadly, celebrated) in our multi-millionaire and billionaire class.
🧵 5 of 9
🧵 5 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Rick Steves is a real one!
Here we are another Wednesday.
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Here we are another Wednesday.
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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The rich people who own the media want you to be mad at your parents, not them. This is why they constantly push pieces promoting generational conflict cepr.net/publications...
The Rich People Who Own the Media Want Generations to Fight, Not Classes
Generational warfare is a distraction. The real issue is extreme wealth concentration, not boomers versus younger generations, despite media narratives.
cepr.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The rich people who own the media want you to be mad at your parents, not them. This is why they constantly push pieces promoting generational conflict cepr.net/publications...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
My takeaways from today, another Wednesday:
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My takeaways from today, another Wednesday:
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
More abuses.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More abuses.
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(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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It probably seems like small potatoes to some, but Direct File is a good program that should be expanded, not killed.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It probably seems like small potatoes to some, but Direct File is a good program that should be expanded, not killed.
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i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
Welp. It was fun while it lasted.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Welp. It was fun while it lasted.