Vera (with a 🧂)
@itcamefromthe216.bsky.social
Disabled writer, among other things.
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Rod Stewart, Richfield Coliseum 1994
Elton John, Gund Arena 1995
Rolling Stones, Ohio Stadium 1997
Fleetwood Mac, Gund Arena 2013
Hugh Laurie, Kent Theatre 2013
Rod Stewart, Richfield Coliseum 1994
Elton John, Gund Arena 1995
Rolling Stones, Ohio Stadium 1997
Fleetwood Mac, Gund Arena 2013
Hugh Laurie, Kent Theatre 2013
Fuck, today's been a bludgeon of bad news, huh?
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Fuck, today's been a bludgeon of bad news, huh?
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The WSJ confirms that in the leadup to Pete Hegseth's serial war crimes in the Caribbean, he made clear to commanders that our military code *was not to be followed*—no questions were to be asked of any orders. It led to the resignation of the top commander in the Caribbean.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The WSJ confirms that in the leadup to Pete Hegseth's serial war crimes in the Caribbean, he made clear to commanders that our military code *was not to be followed*—no questions were to be asked of any orders. It led to the resignation of the top commander in the Caribbean.
I mean, who *didn't* see this coming?
SHOCKER!
We don’t have a Supreme Court, we have a MAGA field office.
We don’t have a Supreme Court, we have a MAGA field office.
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB
You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress]
electionlawblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I mean, who *didn't* see this coming?
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (WIRED): Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About the January 6 Pipe Bombs Debunked As FBI Reveals Suspect Acquired Bomb Parts "Across Multiple Hardware Stores in Northern Virginia in 2019 and 2020" and Kept Acquiring Parts Post-J6
FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6
The 30-year-old Virginia resident evaded capture for years after authorities discovered pipe bombs planted near buildings in Washington, DC, the day before the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (WIRED): Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About the January 6 Pipe Bombs Debunked As FBI Reveals Suspect Acquired Bomb Parts "Across Multiple Hardware Stores in Northern Virginia in 2019 and 2020" and Kept Acquiring Parts Post-J6
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Babes, we've BEEN boycotting Eurovision...right?...right????
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Babes, we've BEEN boycotting Eurovision...right?...right????
Damn, Eurovision. Absolute shame.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out of Eurovision after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation
Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Damn, Eurovision. Absolute shame.
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"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
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Next up: mango turd gets to cast aspersions on Autistics in their eugenicist goal of "camping" up all people with autism.
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Next up: mango turd gets to cast aspersions on Autistics in their eugenicist goal of "camping" up all people with autism.
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I don't know if he's the one, but Autistic people know that planting bombs is wrong.
Being Autistic is being used as a catch-all defense. We may have problems, but we're not idiots.
Being Autistic is being used as a catch-all defense. We may have problems, but we're not idiots.
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don't know if he's the one, but Autistic people know that planting bombs is wrong.
Being Autistic is being used as a catch-all defense. We may have problems, but we're not idiots.
Being Autistic is being used as a catch-all defense. We may have problems, but we're not idiots.
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (CNN): Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia Is the Alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber, Per Federal Law Enforcement
FBI arrests man in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation, sources say | CNN Politics
The FBI arrested a man from Woodbridge, Virginia, on Thursday who investigators believe planted pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the 2021 ...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (CNN): Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia Is the Alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber, Per Federal Law Enforcement
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I wonder who the newly arrested DC pipe-bomber will be connected to...
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I wonder who the newly arrested DC pipe-bomber will be connected to...
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And how many UN nations either abstained or voted against returning these children back home? What a time for Ukraine to become the inaugural recipient of worldwide anti-Global North backlash.
⚡️Several Ukrainian children abducted by Russia forcibly sent to North Korea, expert tells US Senate.
Several Ukrainian children abducted by Russia forcibly sent to North Korea, expert tells US Senate
"12-year-old Misha from the occupied Donetsk region and 16-year-old Liza from occupied Simferopol were sent to Songdowon camp in North Korea, 9,000 km from home," Rashevska testified. "Children there ...
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
And how many UN nations either abstained or voted against returning these children back home? What a time for Ukraine to become the inaugural recipient of worldwide anti-Global North backlash.
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This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
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First Marge flees the sinking GOP ship… now Nancy? Yikes
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
First Marge flees the sinking GOP ship… now Nancy? Yikes
Damn, who did Ukraine piss off?
UN General Assembly resolution
“Return of Ukrainian children”
🇷🇺russia ❌
🇧🇾belarus ❌
🇮🇷iran ❌
“Return of Ukrainian children”
🇷🇺russia ❌
🇧🇾belarus ❌
🇮🇷iran ❌
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Damn, who did Ukraine piss off?
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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This cabinet is a joke. I really don’t know how any human brain, even one warped by MAGA, can fail to grasp how weird, afactual and obsequious this is.
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This cabinet is a joke. I really don’t know how any human brain, even one warped by MAGA, can fail to grasp how weird, afactual and obsequious this is.
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At US House hearing today titled "How Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric Fuels Violence Against Officers", Democrats called their own witness:
Dan Hodges, a DC police officer beaten by Jan 6 mob
Hodges testified the Jan 6 pardons send a dangerous message and put police at risk
Dan Hodges, a DC police officer beaten by Jan 6 mob
Hodges testified the Jan 6 pardons send a dangerous message and put police at risk
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At US House hearing today titled "How Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric Fuels Violence Against Officers", Democrats called their own witness:
Dan Hodges, a DC police officer beaten by Jan 6 mob
Hodges testified the Jan 6 pardons send a dangerous message and put police at risk
Dan Hodges, a DC police officer beaten by Jan 6 mob
Hodges testified the Jan 6 pardons send a dangerous message and put police at risk
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This precious little baby Ghazal, suffering severe stomach cramps hunger no basic necessities to sustain them They moved to another tent after their original one flooded.Without clothes or blankets,they have nothing tohelp them endure harsh life
Let's send them our warmth
tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...
Let's send them our warmth
tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This precious little baby Ghazal, suffering severe stomach cramps hunger no basic necessities to sustain them They moved to another tent after their original one flooded.Without clothes or blankets,they have nothing tohelp them endure harsh life
Let's send them our warmth
tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...
Let's send them our warmth
tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
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www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Family of fisherman killed in U.S. strike files complaint, alleging murder
The family of 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza Medina, who was killed on Sept. 15, insisted he was a fisherman just doing his job on the open sea.
www.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
This was the lifelong traumatic fear my Ukrainian-born father was always afraid of. Now, despite him being a registered Republican, might find himself getting the John Demjanjuk treatment if he sneezes the wrong way.
How do you say you are a bigot with low intelligence?
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-thre...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-thre...
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
www.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This was the lifelong traumatic fear my Ukrainian-born father was always afraid of. Now, despite him being a registered Republican, might find himself getting the John Demjanjuk treatment if he sneezes the wrong way.