Alison Coffey
@acoffey.bsky.social
Popular with gnomes.
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
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Study; USAID programs have saved over 90 million livesover the past 2 decades. Researchers estimate that if current cuts continue through 2030, 14 million people who might have otherwise lived are likely to die.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Study; USAID programs have saved over 90 million livesover the past 2 decades. Researchers estimate that if current cuts continue through 2030, 14 million people who might have otherwise lived are likely to die.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
My uvula hurts. Maybe from coughing? Anyway, that's a new thing. Not sure how to address my uvula pain.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My uvula hurts. Maybe from coughing? Anyway, that's a new thing. Not sure how to address my uvula pain.
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Trump’s Top Officials Spent Wednesday Trying to Pressure Boebert talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump’s Top Officials Spent Wednesday Trying to Pressure Boebert
After weeks of delay by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Adelita...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump’s Top Officials Spent Wednesday Trying to Pressure Boebert talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Mick Jagger singing the theme song for Slow Horses makes me giggle a little every episode because it just so Mick Jagger. Can Mick Jagger be any more Mick Jagger?
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Mick Jagger singing the theme song for Slow Horses makes me giggle a little every episode because it just so Mick Jagger. Can Mick Jagger be any more Mick Jagger?
Would anyone care to join me in a Mon Mothma cleansing dance?
a group of people are dancing in a room .
ALT: a group of people are dancing in a room .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Would anyone care to join me in a Mon Mothma cleansing dance?
Many of us have known it all along, but I hope it's become more and clear just how much MAGA and Republicans in power do not care about the president's immoral, illegal, and disgusting behaviors (both before and after his time in power). 1/
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Many of us have known it all along, but I hope it's become more and clear just how much MAGA and Republicans in power do not care about the president's immoral, illegal, and disgusting behaviors (both before and after his time in power). 1/
I do wish Benoit Blanc wasn't such a gum chewer.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I do wish Benoit Blanc wasn't such a gum chewer.
The dentist always sucks, but at least I wasn't having to listen to country or 80s rock.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The dentist always sucks, but at least I wasn't having to listen to country or 80s rock.
Do you agree, @strangeclay.bsky.social ?
For most of the original 1954 Godzilla, the monster serves as a horrific nuclear metaphor - atomic doom incarnate. However, for one scene at the end, you get to see him rather aimlessly walking around on the ocean floor, and it's always struck me as such a profoundly lonely moment.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Do you agree, @strangeclay.bsky.social ?
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It's all fun and games until someone loses a democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's all fun and games until someone loses a democracy.
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if dems are going to do whatever their corporate donors want, then don't bother texting us for money anymore
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
if dems are going to do whatever their corporate donors want, then don't bother texting us for money anymore
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I've scuttled our Thanksgiving plans for tomorrow to attend MMM's town hall in Keosaquwa. In lieu of anyone thanking me for doing my job, I'd much rather Senate Democrats fucking do theirs.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I've scuttled our Thanksgiving plans for tomorrow to attend MMM's town hall in Keosaquwa. In lieu of anyone thanking me for doing my job, I'd much rather Senate Democrats fucking do theirs.
Don't cave! Gaaaahhhhhhhhh!
No one is going to listen to me, I know.
No one is going to listen to me, I know.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Don't cave! Gaaaahhhhhhhhh!
No one is going to listen to me, I know.
No one is going to listen to me, I know.
I think Trump cares about a few things: tariffs, praise, & tacky architecture. The rest he leaves to Miller and Vought. And Miller & Vought are full blown nazis. THEY are running things. Hence, our current situation. Trump is racist, yes, but he's too sleepy for all this.
(See y'all in the gulags)
(See y'all in the gulags)
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I think Trump cares about a few things: tariffs, praise, & tacky architecture. The rest he leaves to Miller and Vought. And Miller & Vought are full blown nazis. THEY are running things. Hence, our current situation. Trump is racist, yes, but he's too sleepy for all this.
(See y'all in the gulags)
(See y'all in the gulags)
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Is hell freezing over?
For context: Keosauqua is in one of the reddest counties in #IA01. It's a pretty long drive from any large city and not part of any major Iowa media market (it's in the Ottumwa/Kirksville MO market).
I'm not able to attend. Hope someone records this.
For context: Keosauqua is in one of the reddest counties in #IA01. It's a pretty long drive from any large city and not part of any major Iowa media market (it's in the Ottumwa/Kirksville MO market).
I'm not able to attend. Hope someone records this.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is hell freezing over?
For context: Keosauqua is in one of the reddest counties in #IA01. It's a pretty long drive from any large city and not part of any major Iowa media market (it's in the Ottumwa/Kirksville MO market).
I'm not able to attend. Hope someone records this.
For context: Keosauqua is in one of the reddest counties in #IA01. It's a pretty long drive from any large city and not part of any major Iowa media market (it's in the Ottumwa/Kirksville MO market).
I'm not able to attend. Hope someone records this.
They are always so excited about every for sale house on Selling Sunset but they all look exactly the same. Modern, spare, big windows, pool, giant closet room, view. I can't tell them apart. I don't know why I watch this show. I can't look away.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They are always so excited about every for sale house on Selling Sunset but they all look exactly the same. Modern, spare, big windows, pool, giant closet room, view. I can't tell them apart. I don't know why I watch this show. I can't look away.
Elon Musk is out there constantly advertising his white supremacy, he's responsible for the deaths of countless, he regularly explodes rockets, and ended the careers of thousands of government workers and yet he's apparently still invited to the dinner table and given more power, more money, etc.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Elon Musk is out there constantly advertising his white supremacy, he's responsible for the deaths of countless, he regularly explodes rockets, and ended the careers of thousands of government workers and yet he's apparently still invited to the dinner table and given more power, more money, etc.
If I were still on the other site, I'd be replying to every single Rubio tweet calling him a monster for causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children in the world. I know he'd likely not see or care, but I'd still do it, because what else can I do? His legacy will be murder & destruction.
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If I were still on the other site, I'd be replying to every single Rubio tweet calling him a monster for causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children in the world. I know he'd likely not see or care, but I'd still do it, because what else can I do? His legacy will be murder & destruction.
I don't know why moral politicians are constantly discussing and decrying this. Every chance they get.
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I don't know why moral politicians are constantly discussing and decrying this. Every chance they get.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
I'm such a Sage fan.
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'Survivor 49' star Sage says hug denial was about 'self-respect, boundaries, honesty' (exclusive)
'Survivor 49' star Sage Ahrens-Nichols reveals all in exclusive midgame interview, explaining why she denied Shannon a hug: 'It was about self-respect, boundaries, and honesty.'
ew.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm such a Sage fan.
ew.com/sage-survivo...
ew.com/sage-survivo...
I might have a Milk Dud problem. I'm probably the only one in the world with a Milk Dud problem.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I might have a Milk Dud problem. I'm probably the only one in the world with a Milk Dud problem.