Lydy
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Sff, knitting, cats, sleep tech, e-bike devotee,
permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her
permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her
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Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
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Two notes on this passage (regarding Trump’s 2016 campaign:
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Two notes on this passage (regarding Trump’s 2016 campaign:
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
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Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
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The conservatives’ bleating about the big bad bureaucracy gets harder to stomach when juxtaposed w the monarchical presidency they’ve created, making him immune from prosecution for his crimes and now likely putting the entire executive branch under his thrall. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
Roberts on Cleanup Duty as Court Prepares to Kill Independent Government Agencies
Chief Justice John Roberts scrambled around with a verbal broom and dustpan...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The conservatives’ bleating about the big bad bureaucracy gets harder to stomach when juxtaposed w the monarchical presidency they’ve created, making him immune from prosecution for his crimes and now likely putting the entire executive branch under his thrall. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
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This basically is why I shake my head at every goddamn one of you who’s like “well we know the senate is nigh unwinnable for democrats for the foreseeable future,” because “foreseeable” there is doing ALL of the heavy lifting.
i dunno what the seventh party system will look like, but assuming the status quo is immutable is inane shit
again i am struck by how to so many its easier to believe in the end of american democracy than the end of the 6th party system
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This basically is why I shake my head at every goddamn one of you who’s like “well we know the senate is nigh unwinnable for democrats for the foreseeable future,” because “foreseeable” there is doing ALL of the heavy lifting.
And this is why we don't have to hand it to her. This is why Dems should not embrace her.
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And this is why we don't have to hand it to her. This is why Dems should not embrace her.
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
www.the-reframe.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
What if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer's lie.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer's lie.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I distinctly hope that the judges, the lawyers, the bureaucrats, the people who do this will never see heaven. I hope their guilt devours them, because if they do this and just go home and forget about it, they're monsters.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I distinctly hope that the judges, the lawyers, the bureaucrats, the people who do this will never see heaven. I hope their guilt devours them, because if they do this and just go home and forget about it, they're monsters.
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all of these people need to go to prison and most of them need to die there
> they were “identified terrorist targets”
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
>> neat, you don’t have an AUMF
>> even if there were one, they were SHIPWRECKED and hors de combat
> we were actually targeting *the cocaine*
>> by your own admission IT WAS NOT HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES
So “the shipments directly threaten Americans” huh? The shipments were headed to the U.S. then?
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Oh. Okay.
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Oh. Okay.
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
all of these people need to go to prison and most of them need to die there
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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this will kill so many babies.
i hate these people so fucking much.
i hate these people so fucking much.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
this will kill so many babies.
i hate these people so fucking much.
i hate these people so fucking much.
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If you've been looking for the smaller lepidolite pendants, I've just listed 2!
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Free international shipping included.
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Free international shipping included.
#Handmade #ShopIndie #FlyingPurplePeopleEater
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you've been looking for the smaller lepidolite pendants, I've just listed 2!
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Free international shipping included.
#Handmade #ShopIndie #FlyingPurplePeopleEater
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Free international shipping included.
#Handmade #ShopIndie #FlyingPurplePeopleEater
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Short thread of things I'd love someone to wear, proudly. Free US shipping over $25!
Those are carved onyx roses and citrine. And honey tones with black are so pretty. $52
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Those are carved onyx roses and citrine. And honey tones with black are so pretty. $52
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Hillary's Rhapsody in Yellow | Peculiarity Shop
These earrings from Hillary are so sunny and stunning! Components: Ceramics from Scorched Earth, citrine, carved onyx, base metal alloy Lead/nickel free.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Short thread of things I'd love someone to wear, proudly. Free US shipping over $25!
Those are carved onyx roses and citrine. And honey tones with black are so pretty. $52
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Those are carved onyx roses and citrine. And honey tones with black are so pretty. $52
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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I hate weaving in ends!! why do I even have this hobby!!
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I hate weaving in ends!! why do I even have this hobby!!
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Evergreen.
Also, does anyone else think the “polarization” discourse and the “median/undecided voter” discourse are logically incompatible? EITHER voters are in increasingly disjunct groups at the extremes of a range OR there’s a crucial swath of people up for grabs in the middle, but not both.
Also, does anyone else think the “polarization” discourse and the “median/undecided voter” discourse are logically incompatible? EITHER voters are in increasingly disjunct groups at the extremes of a range OR there’s a crucial swath of people up for grabs in the middle, but not both.
I don’t understand why so many Democrats seem convinced that they can win over Republican voters. Those voters like Republicans and vote for them because they like their wretched policies. They do not want the diet version
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Evergreen.
Also, does anyone else think the “polarization” discourse and the “median/undecided voter” discourse are logically incompatible? EITHER voters are in increasingly disjunct groups at the extremes of a range OR there’s a crucial swath of people up for grabs in the middle, but not both.
Also, does anyone else think the “polarization” discourse and the “median/undecided voter” discourse are logically incompatible? EITHER voters are in increasingly disjunct groups at the extremes of a range OR there’s a crucial swath of people up for grabs in the middle, but not both.
Serious question: is there any reason to pay attention to the recalls on lithium ion batteries that the government is issuing? Like, I just got one for an external battery that I bought several years ago and they issued one for all the batteries that Rad Power bikes uses.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Serious question: is there any reason to pay attention to the recalls on lithium ion batteries that the government is issuing? Like, I just got one for an external battery that I bought several years ago and they issued one for all the batteries that Rad Power bikes uses.
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This is what they've done.
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
wrd.cm
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is what they've done.
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This. 100%.
Even the Georgians and Victorians, those infamously brutal eras with too much of a penchant for capital punishment, didn’t execute smugglers without a trial, and mostly didn’t execute with one. (Transportation or impressment was more common.)
Even the Georgians and Victorians, those infamously brutal eras with too much of a penchant for capital punishment, didn’t execute smugglers without a trial, and mostly didn’t execute with one. (Transportation or impressment was more common.)
It honestly doesn't even matter if it was cocaine in that boat.
Smuggling isn't a crime with an automatic death sentence.
Smuggling isn't a crime with an automatic death sentence.
NGL: I don’t even believe the assertion it was cocaine in that boat. Those images aren’t that clear.
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This. 100%.
Even the Georgians and Victorians, those infamously brutal eras with too much of a penchant for capital punishment, didn’t execute smugglers without a trial, and mostly didn’t execute with one. (Transportation or impressment was more common.)
Even the Georgians and Victorians, those infamously brutal eras with too much of a penchant for capital punishment, didn’t execute smugglers without a trial, and mostly didn’t execute with one. (Transportation or impressment was more common.)
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Let’s be CRYSTAL CLEAR:
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Let’s be CRYSTAL CLEAR:
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.