Renee
@renaissancedreamer.bsky.social
Subsisting off the coconut mono-culture of this tiny island. Random posts. Allergies. Cats. Science. Plants. All to balance the Politics; it affects everything.
Twitter: Renee@Varmint_Vittles
Twitter: Renee@Varmint_Vittles
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The amount of time and psychic energy I've spent on figuring out our healthcare going into next year has been engaging and revealing.
The lack of widespread anger says to me that a lot of folks do not understand what is about to happen
The lack of widespread anger says to me that a lot of folks do not understand what is about to happen
I don't expect them to operate with compassion but it's like the ideology has totally hijacked even their most dim sense of political survival
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The amount of time and psychic energy I've spent on figuring out our healthcare going into next year has been engaging and revealing.
The lack of widespread anger says to me that a lot of folks do not understand what is about to happen
The lack of widespread anger says to me that a lot of folks do not understand what is about to happen
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Now let’s see the % that gets drug testing? But let’s stay on topic. How inhumane to deny people sick days!
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Now let’s see the % that gets drug testing? But let’s stay on topic. How inhumane to deny people sick days!
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Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
Could not agree more.
Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator.
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Could not agree more.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
The Bsky moderation seems unaware enough to smack of AI? 🤷♀️
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Bsky moderation seems unaware enough to smack of AI? 🤷♀️
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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convincing gamers to do their groceries by telling them it's a high-stakes extraction experience where they can engage in immersive social encounters and exfiltrate with legendary vegetables
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
convincing gamers to do their groceries by telling them it's a high-stakes extraction experience where they can engage in immersive social encounters and exfiltrate with legendary vegetables
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Glad I'm not the only one asking this question. This is what did it, folks.
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Glad I'm not the only one asking this question. This is what did it, folks.
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Author John Fugelsang explains how American conservatives have twisted Christianity into a tool of hatred and domination. www.currentaffairs.org/news/john-fu...
How the Christian Right Betrays Everything Jesus Ever Said
Author John Fugelsang explains how American conservatives have twisted Christianity into a tool of hatred and domination.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Author John Fugelsang explains how American conservatives have twisted Christianity into a tool of hatred and domination. www.currentaffairs.org/news/john-fu...
I’d just like to add to this; Everyone could comprehend Zohran’s speech. It was excellent in every way.
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’d just like to add to this; Everyone could comprehend Zohran’s speech. It was excellent in every way.
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Mamdani understands something fundamental: Government is our instrument to solve societal problems.
And it’s time to wield it.
And it’s time to wield it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Mamdani understands something fundamental: Government is our instrument to solve societal problems.
And it’s time to wield it.
And it’s time to wield it.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
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SNAP exists because politicians take campaign contributions from large corporations in exchange for letting those corporations pay a poverty wage so low that it must be subsidized with taxpayer money, paid by middle class workers barely getting by—all so 700 billionaires can have a few extra billion
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
SNAP exists because politicians take campaign contributions from large corporations in exchange for letting those corporations pay a poverty wage so low that it must be subsidized with taxpayer money, paid by middle class workers barely getting by—all so 700 billionaires can have a few extra billion
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Thread. In a smaller way, I did this when I came to Bluesky and decided not to be the guy who got into arguments here, like I had been on the former Twitter. That choice has done rather a bit to make Bluesky generally a better place for me to be, and, I hope, a better hang for others here too.
From Gaping Void newsletter, an important reminder about behavioral contagion. It's in our DNA!
I dramatically changed my life when I changed my inputs.
I dramatically changed my life when I changed my inputs.
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thread. In a smaller way, I did this when I came to Bluesky and decided not to be the guy who got into arguments here, like I had been on the former Twitter. That choice has done rather a bit to make Bluesky generally a better place for me to be, and, I hope, a better hang for others here too.
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Yeah actually this sounds right I changed my mind
Can't find it now, but I saw one person say that they survived an abusive relationship with a narcissist and that this was absolutely a response to No Kings
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Yeah actually this sounds right I changed my mind
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Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
