Aleen
@aleen.bsky.social
Aleen [uh-lean], noun: Podcaster, reader, writer, knitter, nerd. Queer. A work in progress.
I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona on Akimel O'odham and Pee Posh ancestral land.
I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona on Akimel O'odham and Pee Posh ancestral land.
Pinned
A lot of very weird, gross people are telling on themselves today.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A lot of very weird, gross people are telling on themselves today.
I'm happy to say this with hostility if you need me to in order to get the point across.
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm happy to say this with hostility if you need me to in order to get the point across.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
Closed 65 Safari tabs on my phone so you could say that I'm already having a productive day.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Closed 65 Safari tabs on my phone so you could say that I'm already having a productive day.
Current stage in the moving process: please toss everything I own into the sea 🌊
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Current stage in the moving process: please toss everything I own into the sea 🌊
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
okay this made me lol
As a Humanist Chaplain, I must remind us all to pray for him, may the first part of Psalm 109:8 guide your words.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
okay this made me lol
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
This is such a kind way of phrasing it.
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is such a kind way of phrasing it.
I've been trying to get people to realize this for months now, especially with regard to corporate leaders' continual bootlicking.
We've crossed the line into full-blown fascism. If you're not against them, you're with them.
We've crossed the line into full-blown fascism. If you're not against them, you're with them.
it's collaborators vs non collaborators
It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I've been trying to get people to realize this for months now, especially with regard to corporate leaders' continual bootlicking.
We've crossed the line into full-blown fascism. If you're not against them, you're with them.
We've crossed the line into full-blown fascism. If you're not against them, you're with them.
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
he's such a ghoul
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
he's such a ghoul
Arizona! Our senators will absolutely cave on this if we don't speak up. Give them a quick call:
Gallego: 202-224-4521
Kelly: 202-224-2235
Gallego: 202-224-4521
Kelly: 202-224-2235
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Arizona! Our senators will absolutely cave on this if we don't speak up. Give them a quick call:
Gallego: 202-224-4521
Kelly: 202-224-2235
Gallego: 202-224-4521
Kelly: 202-224-2235
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Were I still shopping at Target, this would make me stop.
They're retail workers, not paid actors.
They're retail workers, not paid actors.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Were I still shopping at Target, this would make me stop.
They're retail workers, not paid actors.
They're retail workers, not paid actors.
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The LLM thing is remarkable because if anyone was like "I never went to medical school anyway here's my magic anti disease device pls give 100 billion" they'd be laughed out the room or beaten with sticks but we're supposed to let guys who never read a book hand us an app claiming it'll write them
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The LLM thing is remarkable because if anyone was like "I never went to medical school anyway here's my magic anti disease device pls give 100 billion" they'd be laughed out the room or beaten with sticks but we're supposed to let guys who never read a book hand us an app claiming it'll write them
couldn't be me researching where to get bases to start dying my own yarn
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
couldn't be me researching where to get bases to start dying my own yarn
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So, we don’t have a functioning government, just That Guy; the Speaker has never read a newspaper or seen anything; costs are skyrocketing; holiday travel is screwed; and That Other Guy is getting a trillion dollar payday, but it’s women who are ruining the workplace.
Did I get that right.
Did I get that right.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So, we don’t have a functioning government, just That Guy; the Speaker has never read a newspaper or seen anything; costs are skyrocketing; holiday travel is screwed; and That Other Guy is getting a trillion dollar payday, but it’s women who are ruining the workplace.
Did I get that right.
Did I get that right.
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Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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Every personality trait rich people are lauded for is also a symptom of sociopathy.
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Every personality trait rich people are lauded for is also a symptom of sociopathy.
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McConnell orders the government to fully fund SNAP benefits for November immediately via TRO—written order to come.
Any motion for a stay is denied. The Court will stand adjourned.
Wow.
Any motion for a stay is denied. The Court will stand adjourned.
Wow.
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
McConnell orders the government to fully fund SNAP benefits for November immediately via TRO—written order to come.
Any motion for a stay is denied. The Court will stand adjourned.
Wow.
Any motion for a stay is denied. The Court will stand adjourned.
Wow.
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The Lego Icons Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise-D ($400, 3,600 pieces) will be available on November 28.
The Lego Icons Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise-D ($400, 3,600 pieces) will be available on November 28.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Lego Icons Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise-D ($400, 3,600 pieces) will be available on November 28.
The Lego Icons Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise-D ($400, 3,600 pieces) will be available on November 28.
...and I never will.
Rowling has said that she thinks royalty money rolling into her bank account is a sign that people support her violently transphobic agenda.
If you cannot disengage from Harry Potter, please at least commit to not buying new, licensed products from the HP universe.
Rowling has said that she thinks royalty money rolling into her bank account is a sign that people support her violently transphobic agenda.
If you cannot disengage from Harry Potter, please at least commit to not buying new, licensed products from the HP universe.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
...and I never will.
Rowling has said that she thinks royalty money rolling into her bank account is a sign that people support her violently transphobic agenda.
If you cannot disengage from Harry Potter, please at least commit to not buying new, licensed products from the HP universe.
Rowling has said that she thinks royalty money rolling into her bank account is a sign that people support her violently transphobic agenda.
If you cannot disengage from Harry Potter, please at least commit to not buying new, licensed products from the HP universe.