Sunny Moraine
@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
Writer of the horrific and weird, recovering sociology PhD w/focus on war and genocide. Christian Druid. Creator of the GONE podcast. Author of YOUR SHADOW HALF REMAINS, out now from Tor Nightfire. They/them.
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Bunch of new followers recently, so here’s a quick rundown of stuff I work on:
I WROTE A BOOK. It’s about isolation and madness and our desperate need for human connection. You can buy it. I also read the audiobook and venture to say I do it very well torpublishinggroup.com/your-shadow-...
I WROTE A BOOK. It’s about isolation and madness and our desperate need for human connection. You can buy it. I also read the audiobook and venture to say I do it very well torpublishinggroup.com/your-shadow-...
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Progressive groups yes but also a lot of the federal employees involved with all this
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Progressive groups yes but also a lot of the federal employees involved with all this
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I keep seeing media framing the rage as confined to very online Bluesky leftists and I swear to fucking god, it is not, and it is revealing of how much these people talk to anyone who isn’t very online
Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I keep seeing media framing the rage as confined to very online Bluesky leftists and I swear to fucking god, it is not, and it is revealing of how much these people talk to anyone who isn’t very online
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pretty sure you should replace "progressive groups are" with "every democrat with a pulse who is not actually in the senate is."
Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
pretty sure you should replace "progressive groups are" with "every democrat with a pulse who is not actually in the senate is."
Minor point but I’m sorry if by default you listen to audiobooks at anything faster than 1x speed I don’t like or trust you
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Minor point but I’m sorry if by default you listen to audiobooks at anything faster than 1x speed I don’t like or trust you
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Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023
Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
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Note that she's not blaming the Democrats who doomed us to this outcome yesterday.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Note that she's not blaming the Democrats who doomed us to this outcome yesterday.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
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Hemp regulation is a genuine issue but overnight obliteration is ludicrously bad policy. Whole lot of hemp and hemp-associated businesses will go under, this criminalizes basically every delta-8/9 product with enough in it to have a psychoactive effect.
(Those 24 Senators voted the right way.)
(Those 24 Senators voted the right way.)
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hemp regulation is a genuine issue but overnight obliteration is ludicrously bad policy. Whole lot of hemp and hemp-associated businesses will go under, this criminalizes basically every delta-8/9 product with enough in it to have a psychoactive effect.
(Those 24 Senators voted the right way.)
(Those 24 Senators voted the right way.)
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If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
jfc it was TRUE
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
jfc it was TRUE
It has been such a bubble-bath-and-mason-jar-full-of-very-strong-cosmopolitan kind of week
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It has been such a bubble-bath-and-mason-jar-full-of-very-strong-cosmopolitan kind of week
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
This is all taking the cold-blooded approach, it’s also worth pointing out that it’s worth doing the right thing because it’s the right fucking going to do and for no other reason
If you genuinely can’t make something happen, if you’re fucked either way, you might as well opt for the version of the story that casts you as the hero fighting a doomed but noble battle that inspires everyone who comes after
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is all taking the cold-blooded approach, it’s also worth pointing out that it’s worth doing the right thing because it’s the right fucking going to do and for no other reason
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Go down being “responsible” or go down swinging and see which version of the narrative gets people stoked about you
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Go down being “responsible” or go down swinging and see which version of the narrative gets people stoked about you
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If you genuinely can’t make something happen, if you’re fucked either way, you might as well opt for the version of the story that casts you as the hero fighting a doomed but noble battle that inspires everyone who comes after
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you genuinely can’t make something happen, if you’re fucked either way, you might as well opt for the version of the story that casts you as the hero fighting a doomed but noble battle that inspires everyone who comes after
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
I think one of the things I’m most frustrated by are the people saying “well they were never going to win on the ACA subsidies anyway”
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I think one of the things I’m most frustrated by are the people saying “well they were never going to win on the ACA subsidies anyway”
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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Breaking: New lawsuit filed against Trump admin.
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” plaintiff Master Sgt. Logan Ireland told me. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.” www.advocate.com/news/transge...
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” plaintiff Master Sgt. Logan Ireland told me. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.” www.advocate.com/news/transge...
Transgender Air Force members sue Trump administration over revoked retirements
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” Master Sergeant Logan Ireland told The Advocate. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice ...
www.advocate.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Breaking: New lawsuit filed against Trump admin.
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” plaintiff Master Sgt. Logan Ireland told me. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.” www.advocate.com/news/transge...
“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” plaintiff Master Sgt. Logan Ireland told me. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.” www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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between this lady and the Chiefs fan who was unfairly arrested just for robbing banks to fund tickets to games, it's like they hate Americans enjoying themselves
Ellicott City woman gets 5 years for embezzling $1.2 million for Taylor Swift tickets, luxury items
Ellicott City woman gets 5 years for embezzling $1.2 million for Taylor Swift tickets, luxury items
Jennifer Tinker of Ellicott City was sentenced in federal court Monday for embezzling $1.2 million, which she spent on Taylor Swift tickets and other luxury items.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
between this lady and the Chiefs fan who was unfairly arrested just for robbing banks to fund tickets to games, it's like they hate Americans enjoying themselves
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
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I don't know if anyone ever considered this before but I think we should have a left wing party in the United States. Just my opinion
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I don't know if anyone ever considered this before but I think we should have a left wing party in the United States. Just my opinion
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i think we have to come to terms with the fact that in the kicking-the-football meme, schumer is not charlie brown
he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy
he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
i think we have to come to terms with the fact that in the kicking-the-football meme, schumer is not charlie brown
he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy
he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy