aliswisel.bsky.social
@aliswisel.bsky.social
Poet, lesbian, feminist, professor, blue dot in deep red, lifelong Democrat, dogs cats horses parrots gardening!
I must admit I didn't anticipate the silly b.s. about taking Greenland and Panama and even Canada, or renaming the Gulf of Mexico. This is how much the right hates diversity! Now it wants everything to be called "America."

Trump will run out of places to deport people to if he takes everything.
January 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
OMG, now that I've read it, the way he's coming at this is laughable. That he is reduced to nitpicking language like "center" as a verb --please. It's not inaccurate to see Trump's success as emerging from his use of language, but it's a terrible idea to define it as normal. Talk about limiting!
January 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Thanks!
January 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
So where is this kind of thing being discussed? Who's responsible for it? I'm quite interested because I have been so aware of the dramatic shift in political discourse--its diction, its tone, its "normalcy"--that has come with Trump. It's a very performative brand of normalcy if you ask me.
January 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Oh, yes. That's my kind of response!
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I sure have not had any success changing their minds! I'm not even sure that a massive disaster that seems different from anything that's happened before, like Helene, is making the point to the most stubborn (or stupid) of them.
January 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wow, that long ago, and there are still millions who somehow can't seem to accept the obvious reality of it.
January 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I didn't even know they existed for much of my life, but once I discovered them, wow, they're downright inspirational.
January 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy New Year, Blue Sky! It's shaping up to be a challenging one for happiness, obviously, but let's do what we can with it. Write! Do not be silenced! And get yourself an amaryllis. 🌺
January 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ho ho ho, Blue Sky! Happy Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Holidays! Hope it's all going as wonderfully as possible! Get with those reindeer and DANCE.
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December 25, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Great recommendation! Also under the tree--literature by writers of color and LGBTQ writers.
December 23, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Looks great! I have one like that but not such a nice pot!
December 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I'd bet a lot that that kind of thing goes on in my very own back yard some nights.
December 20, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Thanks so much for including me!!! 💙
December 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Oh, you're not the only one! I think we're all more or less evenly divided on this, actually.
December 19, 2024 at 8:04 PM
NC needs some motivation to get clear of its old racist past. It hangs on stubbornly and embarrassingly in a state that otherwise has become quite ambitious. Help 'em out!
December 19, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Love it! I need to set up something like that.
December 18, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist
December 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM
That's what I call livin' the dream.
December 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Hello, Blue Sky. I'm really bothered by Trump's horrible idea to take away Daylight Savings Time. I love long summer evenings more than anything else in life. The thought of trading those for 5 a.m. sunrises makes me sick! How about you? What's your preference?
December 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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December 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
It's always great to add followers! 💙
December 11, 2024 at 10:48 PM
So "alpha" is a synonym for "silly, embarrassing, and childish." Got it. MAGA's idea of necessity.
December 10, 2024 at 2:26 AM
That is so Oklahoman: pretending to be good and virtuous, focusing on "the good parts," but really just trying to hide terrible corruption and dishonesty. I'll bet Markwayne there has QUITE "a past" beyond just being a lousy plumber.
December 8, 2024 at 9:30 PM