Auntie M
@zinzinart.bsky.social
Stoic Absurdist, reluctant realist: my heart melted by circumstance, I strive.
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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I have been just as outraged by every police killing of black men and women
Trayvon and his skittles are an image that will never leave my mind
Trayvon and his skittles are an image that will never leave my mind
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I have been just as outraged by every police killing of black men and women
Trayvon and his skittles are an image that will never leave my mind
Trayvon and his skittles are an image that will never leave my mind
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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I cannot tell you how honored I am to once again have my words paired with Joel's photos, and in such an epic format. I've been writing for NatGeo for 10+ years, but it's a thrill every time. And it feels... frankly, like someone has made a mistake. Like, who am I that I get to do this? 🤯🧪
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I cannot tell you how honored I am to once again have my words paired with Joel's photos, and in such an epic format. I've been writing for NatGeo for 10+ years, but it's a thrill every time. And it feels... frankly, like someone has made a mistake. Like, who am I that I get to do this? 🤯🧪
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Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.
December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.
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but seriously if you want to know how the Trump Kennedy Center Honors went here’s my report from the night-of
Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors
The president and I both got our heart’s desire. But something felt wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
but seriously if you want to know how the Trump Kennedy Center Honors went here’s my report from the night-of
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i'm trying not to constantly post about it but all the shit about epstein is boiling my head cos it's not actually news. the media has completely failed in their role to make it clear the news here is the authorities were fully aware of both epstein and his network.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
i'm trying not to constantly post about it but all the shit about epstein is boiling my head cos it's not actually news. the media has completely failed in their role to make it clear the news here is the authorities were fully aware of both epstein and his network.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."
John Steinbeck, who died on this day in 1968
John Steinbeck, who died on this day in 1968
December 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."
John Steinbeck, who died on this day in 1968
John Steinbeck, who died on this day in 1968
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Rob Reiner wanted to make The Princess Bride
- a story about a father sharing his favourite book with his son - because it was his favourite book, given to him by his father Carl Reiner.
That act of love became a grandfather reading to his grandson on screen.
CONTD 1
- a story about a father sharing his favourite book with his son - because it was his favourite book, given to him by his father Carl Reiner.
That act of love became a grandfather reading to his grandson on screen.
CONTD 1
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rob Reiner wanted to make The Princess Bride
- a story about a father sharing his favourite book with his son - because it was his favourite book, given to him by his father Carl Reiner.
That act of love became a grandfather reading to his grandson on screen.
CONTD 1
- a story about a father sharing his favourite book with his son - because it was his favourite book, given to him by his father Carl Reiner.
That act of love became a grandfather reading to his grandson on screen.
CONTD 1
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn't supposed to be released.
He was released.
Indiana was supposed to gerrymander.
It didn't.
Maybe ordinary people fighting, and not waiting for some savior, is the way to go? As that community organizer said, "WE are the ones we've been waiting for."
He was released.
Indiana was supposed to gerrymander.
It didn't.
Maybe ordinary people fighting, and not waiting for some savior, is the way to go? As that community organizer said, "WE are the ones we've been waiting for."
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn't supposed to be released.
He was released.
Indiana was supposed to gerrymander.
It didn't.
Maybe ordinary people fighting, and not waiting for some savior, is the way to go? As that community organizer said, "WE are the ones we've been waiting for."
He was released.
Indiana was supposed to gerrymander.
It didn't.
Maybe ordinary people fighting, and not waiting for some savior, is the way to go? As that community organizer said, "WE are the ones we've been waiting for."
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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this is such a vibe
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
this is such a vibe
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Watching people pour through the released Epstein files and just thinking how much better things would be if reputible, responsible, morally centered journalists had been fully engaged with the Epstein story from the beginning.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Watching people pour through the released Epstein files and just thinking how much better things would be if reputible, responsible, morally centered journalists had been fully engaged with the Epstein story from the beginning.
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You’d think “Jeffrey Epstein offered our reporter pictures of the president with bikini-clad girls in Epstein’s kitchen” would be a story all on its own, no?
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You’d think “Jeffrey Epstein offered our reporter pictures of the president with bikini-clad girls in Epstein’s kitchen” would be a story all on its own, no?
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I'll take any win we can get in this day and age concerning the Supreme Court. Love trumps hate!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'll take any win we can get in this day and age concerning the Supreme Court. Love trumps hate!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
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New Goal
NO ACA
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ONLY
no more incremental steps
do it all
fix this shit
end profit healthcare
NO ACA
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ONLY
no more incremental steps
do it all
fix this shit
end profit healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New Goal
NO ACA
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ONLY
no more incremental steps
do it all
fix this shit
end profit healthcare
NO ACA
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ONLY
no more incremental steps
do it all
fix this shit
end profit healthcare
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If you're writing any historical fiction set in the UK in the first half of the 20th century, I can't recommend www.1900s.org.uk enough.
It's run by a retired academic who's trying to archive what life was like then for normal people, and it's got all kinds of little details you'd never make up.
It's run by a retired academic who's trying to archive what life was like then for normal people, and it's got all kinds of little details you'd never make up.
Join me in the 1900s: a social history of everyday life
Explore everyday life, early-mid 20th century UK: what ordinary people experienced and felt, with firsthand inputs and supporting research
www.1900s.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you're writing any historical fiction set in the UK in the first half of the 20th century, I can't recommend www.1900s.org.uk enough.
It's run by a retired academic who's trying to archive what life was like then for normal people, and it's got all kinds of little details you'd never make up.
It's run by a retired academic who's trying to archive what life was like then for normal people, and it's got all kinds of little details you'd never make up.