Caris Adel
@carisadel.bsky.social
american & religious studies. UVA. local history, local politics. teaching high school history. Michigander living in VA. running for office 👋🏻. personal account, personal opinions. rt≠agreement
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November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
come work with me! @uvalibrary.bsky.social is hiring an Educational Technologies Librarian to (among other things) teach students how to make cool audio/visual projects. details: apply.interfolio.com/176554
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Our new exhibit 'Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil' is now open, looking at how what we wore was affected by the turmoil of the mid-1600s. It includes rare surviving items kindly loaned to us - more details at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/stitc...
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our new exhibit 'Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil' is now open, looking at how what we wore was affected by the turmoil of the mid-1600s. It includes rare surviving items kindly loaned to us - more details at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/stitc...
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We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
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When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
!!! oh wow
The Giants are firing coach Brian Daboll, sources say. A promising and frustrating season leads NYG to have an opening.
After another lead evaporated yesterday, Brian Daboll is out.
OC Mike Kafka is interim coach, per me and Mike Garafolo.
After another lead evaporated yesterday, Brian Daboll is out.
OC Mike Kafka is interim coach, per me and Mike Garafolo.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
!!! oh wow
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I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Taught on the Lowell mill girls today and then tried to get my class to guess who else is from Lowell, and no one had even heard of Jack Kerouac 😢
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Taught on the Lowell mill girls today and then tried to get my class to guess who else is from Lowell, and no one had even heard of Jack Kerouac 😢
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107% tariffs on Italian pasta imports = great way to reduce grocery prices
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
107% tariffs on Italian pasta imports = great way to reduce grocery prices
going through my photos from yesterday and realized I got a picture of him walking in 🖕🏻👎🏻🖕🏻
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
going through my photos from yesterday and realized I got a picture of him walking in 🖕🏻👎🏻🖕🏻
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Some thoughts after that one: Dan Campbell’s finger on the pulse is Detroit Lions’ secret weapon
www.mlive.com/lions/2025/1...
www.mlive.com/lions/2025/1...
Dan Campbell’s finger on the pulse is Detroit Lions’ secret weapon
Dan Campbell's decision to take over calling the offense wasn't desperation. It was a masterclass in leadership that separates good coaches from elite ones.
www.mlive.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some thoughts after that one: Dan Campbell’s finger on the pulse is Detroit Lions’ secret weapon
www.mlive.com/lions/2025/1...
www.mlive.com/lions/2025/1...
what a fucking terrible message to send, my god
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
what a fucking terrible message to send, my god
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Dems caving to Republican demands and Trump issuing blanket pardons to basically anyone and everyone else left who either was or was at risk of federal prosecution over January 6th all within a span of 12 hours is a really really really tough pill to swallow.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dems caving to Republican demands and Trump issuing blanket pardons to basically anyone and everyone else left who either was or was at risk of federal prosecution over January 6th all within a span of 12 hours is a really really really tough pill to swallow.
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A more optimistic take then I've seen lately in the sense that the shutdown fight shows that most Dems are starting to become the fighters we want... but we're not quite there yet.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A more optimistic take then I've seen lately in the sense that the shutdown fight shows that most Dems are starting to become the fighters we want... but we're not quite there yet.
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
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Welp, time to get back out there and try to help each other survive.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Welp, time to get back out there and try to help each other survive.
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"There’s a non-zero chance that the government will be back in shutdown [on January], though with a few of the hostages — most notably, 40 million SNAP recipients — now protected by these minibus appropriations."
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
The eight Democrats who voted for a deal to reopen government not just caved, but caved at least a week too early.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"There’s a non-zero chance that the government will be back in shutdown [on January], though with a few of the hostages — most notably, 40 million SNAP recipients — now protected by these minibus appropriations."
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"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
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NEW: House Dems — left and center — are furious about the Senate deal.
"People are pissed," one told @axios.com
Another said there is "near universal frustration."
There's renewed chatter about backing Senate primary challengers — incl. against Schumer. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/d...
"People are pissed," one told @axios.com
Another said there is "near universal frustration."
There's renewed chatter about backing Senate primary challengers — incl. against Schumer. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/d...
Democrats go ballistic over Senate shutdown deal: "People need healthcare, damn it"
One House Democrat told Axios there is "near universal frustration."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: House Dems — left and center — are furious about the Senate deal.
"People are pissed," one told @axios.com
Another said there is "near universal frustration."
There's renewed chatter about backing Senate primary challengers — incl. against Schumer. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/d...
"People are pissed," one told @axios.com
Another said there is "near universal frustration."
There's renewed chatter about backing Senate primary challengers — incl. against Schumer. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/d...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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50th anniversary of this Great Lakes tragedy, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Its fascinating, and adds to the lore, that there are still multiple freighters of the same type (some of which were with the Fitz on that night, and helped in the initial search) still plying the lakes. More below.
Its fascinating, and adds to the lore, that there are still multiple freighters of the same type (some of which were with the Fitz on that night, and helped in the initial search) still plying the lakes. More below.
Folks around the Great Lakes: today is the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
“…That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early…”
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
“…That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early…”
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
50th anniversary of this Great Lakes tragedy, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Its fascinating, and adds to the lore, that there are still multiple freighters of the same type (some of which were with the Fitz on that night, and helped in the initial search) still plying the lakes. More below.
Its fascinating, and adds to the lore, that there are still multiple freighters of the same type (some of which were with the Fitz on that night, and helped in the initial search) still plying the lakes. More below.
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Chuck Schumer supported stripping people of healthcare, but not for the Democratic Candidate for NYC
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Chuck Schumer supported stripping people of healthcare, but not for the Democratic Candidate for NYC
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It's hard on the sanity sometimes but I really recommend following every House Dem, on both official and campaign accounts. Some of them are masterful communicators, and as we are looking at getting rid of entrenched senators, there are some who are ready for a promotion in the next possible cycle.
House Democrats are all up and down every social media platform they're on saying to hell with this Senate deal.
They're not having it.
They're not having it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's hard on the sanity sometimes but I really recommend following every House Dem, on both official and campaign accounts. Some of them are masterful communicators, and as we are looking at getting rid of entrenched senators, there are some who are ready for a promotion in the next possible cycle.
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It’s wild to me that this is a radical viewpoint. It’s so deeply human and normal and here we are fighting for it in 2025.
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s wild to me that this is a radical viewpoint. It’s so deeply human and normal and here we are fighting for it in 2025.