Howard Dean's awkward scream
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it only bends toward justice if we grab it and bend until it gets fucking bent. Friend of Andre, friend of Samantha. she/her. The only constant is change.
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Do we intro? I'm a game designer, photographer, potter, sewist, pretty good cook & middlin' Fortnite player. I live with my spouse and two teenage boys in the place where we failed us the most and I did my best to avert that. I am striving to contribute to a community of action.
The reflecting pool is a symbol of the power of the people. Thus, a target.
Trump’s next target for destruction is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I can only imagine what sort of white trash gold coated monstrosity Trump will replace the Reflecting Pool with. #ProudBlue
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The reflecting pool is a symbol of the power of the people. Thus, a target.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social just a request to use alt text for images to make your posts more accessible. <3
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social just a request to use alt text for images to make your posts more accessible. <3
That's a heck of a lineup. And no one posing, everyone just laughing and serving.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
That's a heck of a lineup. And no one posing, everyone just laughing and serving.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Just unabashed bigotry at work.
Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
Republicans seek severe immigration crackdown over D.C. shooting: "Deport them all. Now."
"We must IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist," said one Republican senator.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just unabashed bigotry at work.
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Imma get back to my Thanksgiving post, but I dont think you understand how much America loves violence and lynching
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Imma get back to my Thanksgiving post, but I dont think you understand how much America loves violence and lynching
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GOP Congress releases names of victims in Epstein files but not the men
Dozens of Epstein Victims’ Names Exposed in Files Released by Congress
Lawyers petitioned the court after the women’s names were included in documents provided by the Justice Department and the Epstein estate.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
GOP Congress releases names of victims in Epstein files but not the men
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See? It’s not hard.
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
See? It’s not hard.
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A reminder that we are not awarding points for sitting there quietly will your racist family spews racism and transphobia. You don't get to feel good about yourself for "not taking the bait." Step up! If you insist on eating with people who want your friends dead SHOW UP TO FIGHT. BECOME A PROBLEM.
How to eat with others
This is the last painting I did at my old studio. I left it behind. You can support my shenanigans for a mere $2/mo. This week’s question comes to us from...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A reminder that we are not awarding points for sitting there quietly will your racist family spews racism and transphobia. You don't get to feel good about yourself for "not taking the bait." Step up! If you insist on eating with people who want your friends dead SHOW UP TO FIGHT. BECOME A PROBLEM.
Perfect. No notes.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Perfect. No notes.
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This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
This was seriously worth the read if you like to keep up with the news but certain things make you go ew.
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This was seriously worth the read if you like to keep up with the news but certain things make you go ew.
Shouldn't the parties have agreed on basically everything before the land is cleared?
There's a disagreement between the president and the White House ballroom architect over how big the ballroom should be. You'll have to click here to figure out which one is taking which side. wapo.st/4prs3HI
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Shouldn't the parties have agreed on basically everything before the land is cleared?
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"The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes." Wow. Something Trump didn't get repealed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes." Wow. Something Trump didn't get repealed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Today I discovered that @jayapal.house.gov's #6 campaign contributor is people who work at @valvesoftware.com
Love the bsky.app/profile/us-g... campaign contributions labeler so much. It makes everything clearer.
Love the bsky.app/profile/us-g... campaign contributions labeler so much. It makes everything clearer.
bsky.app
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today I discovered that @jayapal.house.gov's #6 campaign contributor is people who work at @valvesoftware.com
Love the bsky.app/profile/us-g... campaign contributions labeler so much. It makes everything clearer.
Love the bsky.app/profile/us-g... campaign contributions labeler so much. It makes everything clearer.
Alcohol poisoning before Leviticus.
New biblical drinking game—read the Hebrew Bible and take a shot every time someone really needs therapy.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Alcohol poisoning before Leviticus.
Chronic ketamine usage suppresses empathy.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Chronic ketamine usage suppresses empathy.
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Many are struggling to understand what “illegal orders” the members of Congress could be referring to. But we’ve already seen examples. During his first term, Trump asked, “Can’t you just shoot them? Shoot them in the legs,” referring to protesters. #holdfast
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump asked about shooting protesters
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Esper about his forthcoming book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Many are struggling to understand what “illegal orders” the members of Congress could be referring to. But we’ve already seen examples. During his first term, Trump asked, “Can’t you just shoot them? Shoot them in the legs,” referring to protesters. #holdfast
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
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Trump’s reference to “military courts” and the SECDEF “looking into it” is alarming because he is broadly hinting at subjecting members of Congress to military tribunals — something with no legal basis — and even floating that idea is an unmistakable authoritarian signal
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November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump’s reference to “military courts” and the SECDEF “looking into it” is alarming because he is broadly hinting at subjecting members of Congress to military tribunals — something with no legal basis — and even floating that idea is an unmistakable authoritarian signal
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Look! A government agency still doing its job!
(If you're gonna deep fry a turkey, don't. But if you must, do it outside on concrete away from house & vegetation. And have a fire extinguisher nearby. But just don't.)
Props to the social media people at @cpsc.gov
(If you're gonna deep fry a turkey, don't. But if you must, do it outside on concrete away from house & vegetation. And have a fire extinguisher nearby. But just don't.)
Props to the social media people at @cpsc.gov
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Look! A government agency still doing its job!
(If you're gonna deep fry a turkey, don't. But if you must, do it outside on concrete away from house & vegetation. And have a fire extinguisher nearby. But just don't.)
Props to the social media people at @cpsc.gov
(If you're gonna deep fry a turkey, don't. But if you must, do it outside on concrete away from house & vegetation. And have a fire extinguisher nearby. But just don't.)
Props to the social media people at @cpsc.gov
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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crouching in a dark parking lot with a group of the worst human beings who have ever lived eating garbage is the limit of these people's imaginings
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
crouching in a dark parking lot with a group of the worst human beings who have ever lived eating garbage is the limit of these people's imaginings
Highly recommend reading this. It's just a laundry list of things they will try to stay in power.
Foundational deceit and hatred of the American franchise to vote
Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Highly recommend reading this. It's just a laundry list of things they will try to stay in power.
Move fast! Break things! Go to prison!
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Move fast! Break things! Go to prison!
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New #sciart! Watercolor brains expressing different states of mind. Original paintings, not prints; one of each. artologica.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New #sciart! Watercolor brains expressing different states of mind. Original paintings, not prints; one of each. artologica.etsy.com