Marrit
@marrit.bsky.social
"Not much of a poster"
Middle-aged mom
Native Texan
Aspiring Illinoisan
"Probably Canadian"
Perimenopause fever!
Bad gardening
Longform true crime
Antifascism
Deep-fried vegetables
Toe beans
Classic C&W
Instructional design
Technical editing
Middle-aged mom
Native Texan
Aspiring Illinoisan
"Probably Canadian"
Perimenopause fever!
Bad gardening
Longform true crime
Antifascism
Deep-fried vegetables
Toe beans
Classic C&W
Instructional design
Technical editing
Pinned
Marrit
@marrit.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Hello, new followers! Something must have jumped up and bit y'all because it's popping off in here.
I don't post a bunch, and when I do, it's as likely to be about something silly as it is about resisting fascism. So that's what to expect.
I don't post a bunch, and when I do, it's as likely to be about something silly as it is about resisting fascism. So that's what to expect.
Please don't make me feel sympathy for Angela Paxton. It's too weird.
Ken Paxton says his wife should get "nothing" and denies accusations of infidelity.
Angela Paxton's divorce claims against Texas AG revealed in new documents
Ken Paxton says his wife should get "nothing" and denies accusations of infidelity.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Please don't make me feel sympathy for Angela Paxton. It's too weird.
For real, Adobe even tells you that you can recover text with a "redaction" highlight layer in their help documentation.
December 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
For real, Adobe even tells you that you can recover text with a "redaction" highlight layer in their help documentation.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
I like it when the nerdy Presbyterian guy with LEGO hair and Big Teacher Energy executes a theological attack on Christofascists. I like it a lot.
Speaker Mike Johnson says his entire worldview comes from the Bible.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas.
If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I like it when the nerdy Presbyterian guy with LEGO hair and Big Teacher Energy executes a theological attack on Christofascists. I like it a lot.
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'Twas the Recall Thursday before Christmas
and all through the house
your stuff was trying to kill you
yikes fam, get out
and all through the house
your stuff was trying to kill you
yikes fam, get out
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
'Twas the Recall Thursday before Christmas
and all through the house
your stuff was trying to kill you
yikes fam, get out
and all through the house
your stuff was trying to kill you
yikes fam, get out
I miss Kirsty.
Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Kirsty MacColl - As Long As You Hold Me
YouTube video by PassionateFriend
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I miss Kirsty.
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and, by the way, Ahmed el Ahmed is a hero at another fucking level but stop letting the Christian Right convince you Muslims and Jews are enemies, we are cousins and we naturally love each other, that’s why it takes a dictatorial level of control to radicalize either group against the other
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
and, by the way, Ahmed el Ahmed is a hero at another fucking level but stop letting the Christian Right convince you Muslims and Jews are enemies, we are cousins and we naturally love each other, that’s why it takes a dictatorial level of control to radicalize either group against the other
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I liked so many Indiana posts last night that the Facebook algorithm is now showing me things like the weather forecast in Terre Haute.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I liked so many Indiana posts last night that the Facebook algorithm is now showing me things like the weather forecast in Terre Haute.
I'm old enough to remember Godwin's Law, but if a political party forces an astroturf "youth organization" into schools to groom kids and train them to attack their enemies, that is pretty much the Hitler-Jugend, so idk what to tell you there.
cbsaustin.com/news/local/g...
cbsaustin.com/news/local/g...
Gov. Abbott calls for Texas schools to allow TPUSA chapters or face action by state
Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on Texans to report schools interfering with the development of Turning Point USA-backed "Club America" chapters.The governor, along
cbsaustin.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm old enough to remember Godwin's Law, but if a political party forces an astroturf "youth organization" into schools to groom kids and train them to attack their enemies, that is pretty much the Hitler-Jugend, so idk what to tell you there.
cbsaustin.com/news/local/g...
cbsaustin.com/news/local/g...
In my film critic years, I met and interviewed Ethan Hawke. Can confirm he is a dude. 👌
I asked about the theme of a film (how you make love last) and he replied, "Now, that's a REAL question."
I put that on my CV.
I asked about the theme of a film (how you make love last) and he replied, "Now, that's a REAL question."
I put that on my CV.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In my film critic years, I met and interviewed Ethan Hawke. Can confirm he is a dude. 👌
I asked about the theme of a film (how you make love last) and he replied, "Now, that's a REAL question."
I put that on my CV.
I asked about the theme of a film (how you make love last) and he replied, "Now, that's a REAL question."
I put that on my CV.
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What could go wrong?
AI-driven mega-projects pushed power requests past 230 gigawatts,
ERCOT flooded with record energy demands as data centers devour Texas
AI-driven mega-projects pushed power requests past 230 gigawatts,
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December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What could go wrong?
Rick Fucking Steves: world traveler, humanitarian, and kind of a pothead
December 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rick Fucking Steves: world traveler, humanitarian, and kind of a pothead
My child is *not* a biological person? Interesting how I recollect gestating and birthing her. Were my memories implanted? Is she some kind of cyborg changeling?
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
My child is *not* a biological person? Interesting how I recollect gestating and birthing her. Were my memories implanted? Is she some kind of cyborg changeling?
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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Yes
did David Lynch ever find that highway
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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An aside about this: never forgiving the people who misled the public about COVID-19 coming from a lab. That particular conspiracy theory got far too much play in mainstream media.
Absolutely disgraceful stuff from Makary.
While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
An aside about this: never forgiving the people who misled the public about COVID-19 coming from a lab. That particular conspiracy theory got far too much play in mainstream media.
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“President says thing” is generally newsworthy because, well, it usually results in actual policy changes
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon and executive order former President Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t clear how that would work or whether it would be legal @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/28/r...
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders • Wisconsin Examiner
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon or executive order that former President Biden signed with an autopen
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“President says thing” is generally newsworthy because, well, it usually results in actual policy changes
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
Chocolate-chip pumpkin bread for breakfast
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chocolate-chip pumpkin bread for breakfast
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Al Green stood up in the middle of Congress and called for Trumps impeachment and was CENSURED
by the same people who just voted against socialism
We can honor the bravery and clarity without erasing the reality.
Because that kind of selective cowardice is how we got here
by the same people who just voted against socialism
We can honor the bravery and clarity without erasing the reality.
Because that kind of selective cowardice is how we got here
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Al Green stood up in the middle of Congress and called for Trumps impeachment and was CENSURED
by the same people who just voted against socialism
We can honor the bravery and clarity without erasing the reality.
Because that kind of selective cowardice is how we got here
by the same people who just voted against socialism
We can honor the bravery and clarity without erasing the reality.
Because that kind of selective cowardice is how we got here
Shout at the Devil by Mötley Crüe on Apple Music
Album · 1983 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Getting a little tired of bisexual people catching strays from your jokes about these assholes.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Getting a little tired of bisexual people catching strays from your jokes about these assholes.
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I'd like to add that REBUILD is currently connecting people of color who have been detained by ICE/DHS to FREE counseling/therapy. Please pass along the word: www.darknessrisingproject.org/help-me-find...
REBUILD - Darkness Rising Project
Need help finding a Black therapist? We can help.
www.darknessrisingproject.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'd like to add that REBUILD is currently connecting people of color who have been detained by ICE/DHS to FREE counseling/therapy. Please pass along the word: www.darknessrisingproject.org/help-me-find...
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The claim that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim” is in fact not an evidence-based claim.
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The claim that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim” is in fact not an evidence-based claim.
I think our house has a presence of some kind. Besides us, I mean. But I will not call it the g word, and while I do not address it directly, I make statements out loud about how I don't have the time or energy to engage with interdimensional stuff so no thanks.
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I think our house has a presence of some kind. Besides us, I mean. But I will not call it the g word, and while I do not address it directly, I make statements out loud about how I don't have the time or energy to engage with interdimensional stuff so no thanks.