Maggie Marbles
@maggiemarbles.bsky.social
Cat lady, theater bum, anarchist potter, and occasional attorney.
I bought a ten-year supply of wide pants for fear the pendulum would swing back too fast. But maybe it won't. It's going to be hard to force a generation that experienced COVID sweatpants into confining fashion.
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I bought a ten-year supply of wide pants for fear the pendulum would swing back too fast. But maybe it won't. It's going to be hard to force a generation that experienced COVID sweatpants into confining fashion.
Reiner even had the sense to hire my favorite guitarist to do the music.
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reiner even had the sense to hire my favorite guitarist to do the music.
On the contrary. The longer we let these assclowns hold power, the more white people need to apologize.
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On the contrary. The longer we let these assclowns hold power, the more white people need to apologize.
Even if you want to make up a name for the descendants of original colonial settlers, rather than later immigrants, I don't know how you can leave out the SPANISH colonial settlers.
Or the French or Dutch, but somehow leaving out the French or Dutch is seldom the issue.
Or the French or Dutch, but somehow leaving out the French or Dutch is seldom the issue.
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Even if you want to make up a name for the descendants of original colonial settlers, rather than later immigrants, I don't know how you can leave out the SPANISH colonial settlers.
Or the French or Dutch, but somehow leaving out the French or Dutch is seldom the issue.
Or the French or Dutch, but somehow leaving out the French or Dutch is seldom the issue.
Politics like whether to widen the highway? We can disagree. Politics like "are women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ people entitled to equal rights?" We can't.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Politics like whether to widen the highway? We can disagree. Politics like "are women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ people entitled to equal rights?" We can't.
if we ever had a "no more guns" government.
Now immigrants. A lot of people want to keep the nice ones and send the problematic ones back. To do this without stomping on anyone's rights, we'd need to spend massive amounts of money. Way more than Trump proposes. We'll never do that.
Now immigrants. A lot of people want to keep the nice ones and send the problematic ones back. To do this without stomping on anyone's rights, we'd need to spend massive amounts of money. Way more than Trump proposes. We'll never do that.
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
if we ever had a "no more guns" government.
Now immigrants. A lot of people want to keep the nice ones and send the problematic ones back. To do this without stomping on anyone's rights, we'd need to spend massive amounts of money. Way more than Trump proposes. We'll never do that.
Now immigrants. A lot of people want to keep the nice ones and send the problematic ones back. To do this without stomping on anyone's rights, we'd need to spend massive amounts of money. Way more than Trump proposes. We'll never do that.
A lot of people want a certain end state without thinking too much about how state power would have to be used to bring it about. No more drug dealers? Lots of people want that, but they're shocked at what law enforcement would have to do to make it happen. This might be the come up on the left
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A lot of people want a certain end state without thinking too much about how state power would have to be used to bring it about. No more drug dealers? Lots of people want that, but they're shocked at what law enforcement would have to do to make it happen. This might be the come up on the left
Mine is just, how was the money to buy all that crap generated? It wasn't earned through any on-the-books job in Ann Arbor.
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mine is just, how was the money to buy all that crap generated? It wasn't earned through any on-the-books job in Ann Arbor.
Organizing stuff in a closed set is fine. The problem I see is unrealistic ideas of what a machine can do (wrong) with open-ended problems.
December 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Organizing stuff in a closed set is fine. The problem I see is unrealistic ideas of what a machine can do (wrong) with open-ended problems.
Excellent point! The right-wing argument is that women are unhappy because they left their "natural" status behind in pursuit of "rights" that don't suit them. The feminist argument is that there was nothing "natural" about women's lower status... but that's only the beginning of the discussion.
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Excellent point! The right-wing argument is that women are unhappy because they left their "natural" status behind in pursuit of "rights" that don't suit them. The feminist argument is that there was nothing "natural" about women's lower status... but that's only the beginning of the discussion.
Exactly. You can say feminism hasn't fixed everything yet, but that doesn't mean we want LESS feminism.
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Exactly. You can say feminism hasn't fixed everything yet, but that doesn't mean we want LESS feminism.
There are things we still want that will make us happier. Less fascism, less inequality, more labor rights, more environmental protections, a culture that doesn't turn our male relations into misogynists... I'm sure there are more. We're not perfectly happy yet, but we're not going back.
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There are things we still want that will make us happier. Less fascism, less inequality, more labor rights, more environmental protections, a culture that doesn't turn our male relations into misogynists... I'm sure there are more. We're not perfectly happy yet, but we're not going back.
When have mainstream Democrats ever REALLY attacked fossil fuels? It doesn't happen, and that gets progressives mad. But Republicans say Democrats do it, and so people who aren't paying careful attention sleepwalk into fascism.
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
When have mainstream Democrats ever REALLY attacked fossil fuels? It doesn't happen, and that gets progressives mad. But Republicans say Democrats do it, and so people who aren't paying careful attention sleepwalk into fascism.
Rather full of itself for an apartment overlooking a gas station.
The carousel pig is what makes it for me.
The carousel pig is what makes it for me.
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rather full of itself for an apartment overlooking a gas station.
The carousel pig is what makes it for me.
The carousel pig is what makes it for me.
"Electable" means palatable to middle aged, married, straight people, white or white-adjacent, who own their houses and have 401(k) accounts.
The thing Democratic leadership needs to realize is that there's been a generational turnover even in this group since the 1990s. They want blood.
The thing Democratic leadership needs to realize is that there's been a generational turnover even in this group since the 1990s. They want blood.
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Electable" means palatable to middle aged, married, straight people, white or white-adjacent, who own their houses and have 401(k) accounts.
The thing Democratic leadership needs to realize is that there's been a generational turnover even in this group since the 1990s. They want blood.
The thing Democratic leadership needs to realize is that there's been a generational turnover even in this group since the 1990s. They want blood.
The original UK title is also, well, a choice.
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The original UK title is also, well, a choice.
In modern dating, a lot of women will have sex prior to commitment to weed out the lunatics. People who want access to your phone definitely belong in that category.
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In modern dating, a lot of women will have sex prior to commitment to weed out the lunatics. People who want access to your phone definitely belong in that category.
Granddaughter of immigrants whose Grandma cleaned houses for those "Heritage Americans" = Just As American.
Person who was naturalized yesterday = Just As American.
Person who was naturalized yesterday = Just As American.
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Granddaughter of immigrants whose Grandma cleaned houses for those "Heritage Americans" = Just As American.
Person who was naturalized yesterday = Just As American.
Person who was naturalized yesterday = Just As American.
And I despise that Sam-Alt-Man.
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And I despise that Sam-Alt-Man.
Iain Banks is terrifying.
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Iain Banks is terrifying.
Offer every resident of DC a chance to swing a hammer. Most would try to take it all apart bare-handed, but a hammer is more fun.
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Offer every resident of DC a chance to swing a hammer. Most would try to take it all apart bare-handed, but a hammer is more fun.
The pernicious effect is on men under 30, who hear a message that it's hopeless and stop trying. The prophesy becomes self-fulfilling when they don't even try.
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The pernicious effect is on men under 30, who hear a message that it's hopeless and stop trying. The prophesy becomes self-fulfilling when they don't even try.
Arthritis is one of the most common things that could land someone in that position. And things that involve moving people in groups don't always have options in between a wheelchair and standing on your feet for long periods. Something like a strategically placed bench could make a difference.
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Arthritis is one of the most common things that could land someone in that position. And things that involve moving people in groups don't always have options in between a wheelchair and standing on your feet for long periods. Something like a strategically placed bench could make a difference.
There are people who are capable of walking down a jetway but not standing for an hour in a line. I don't doubt there are cheaters, but there are also people in between 100% ambulatory and actually paralyzed.
December 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
There are people who are capable of walking down a jetway but not standing for an hour in a line. I don't doubt there are cheaters, but there are also people in between 100% ambulatory and actually paralyzed.
Speaking as a former regular who was actually AT the Kennedy Center the night they announced he was taking over, I won't go near the place or donate one thin dime until all traces of him are removed and the people who are indulging him are fired.
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Speaking as a former regular who was actually AT the Kennedy Center the night they announced he was taking over, I won't go near the place or donate one thin dime until all traces of him are removed and the people who are indulging him are fired.