Lisa who used to use her last name here but deleted it:)
@amidprivilege.bsky.social
Ran product management and UX. Now I write a blog and attempt fiction. I try not to be a jerk. Princeton Comp Lit/Columbia MBA, happily married. If you repost my comments to incite a dogpile, or DM me without acquaintance, I block you. She/her
Good question:)
Who else found their MAGA supporting family members a lot less loud about it this holiday season.
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Good question:)
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The daycare that a kid in my family attends is being harassed. In Washington state.
The entire right wing media apparatus is in a rabid frenzy saying every childcare is fraudulent and now people are showing up to random daycare centers demanding to see the children and screaming at daycare workers. This is absolutely insane and I worry this is going to end in a major tragedy.
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The daycare that a kid in my family attends is being harassed. In Washington state.
tacking left just to keep an even keel
pulling on a pig’s tail just to squeal something
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
tacking left just to keep an even keel
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
And here we all are together
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
And here we all are together
We are not always monstrous
Oh and Bluesky thanks for telling me to go to the ER. You were right. Your Bluesky wrapped includes saving my life.
I survived the year. And for a year in which I spent more time in emergency room CT scans than the rest of my entire life combined, I’ll take it.
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We are not always monstrous
I missed this when it was first posted.
And is it possible this is one of the things @whstancil.bsky.social has been saying for a while?
And is it possible this is one of the things @whstancil.bsky.social has been saying for a while?
Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I missed this when it was first posted.
And is it possible this is one of the things @whstancil.bsky.social has been saying for a while?
And is it possible this is one of the things @whstancil.bsky.social has been saying for a while?
A profound story, in so many ways. Please read it, as we say goodbye to 2025. All the way to the end, even if only for Baby Lavinia's face.
Brought the beginnings of tears to my old, dry eyes.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Brought the beginnings of tears to my old, dry eyes.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
How one family fought for 100 years to free the Klamath River
Dams sickened the Klamath River for over a century. Across generations, a family fought to heal the waterway and save its salmon.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A profound story, in so many ways. Please read it, as we say goodbye to 2025. All the way to the end, even if only for Baby Lavinia's face.
Brought the beginnings of tears to my old, dry eyes.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Brought the beginnings of tears to my old, dry eyes.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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issuing a preemptive moratorium on "next year can't be worse, right?" posting, we don't need to jinx ourselves already
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
issuing a preemptive moratorium on "next year can't be worse, right?" posting, we don't need to jinx ourselves already
Wide open
László Moholy-Nagy. 7am, New Year’s Morning, Berlin, 1930
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wide open
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I basically agree with this thread. As bad as things are, they wanted them to be worse. Much worse. They’ll keep trying to make them that way, and we’ll keep fighting to stop them.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I basically agree with this thread. As bad as things are, they wanted them to be worse. Much worse. They’ll keep trying to make them that way, and we’ll keep fighting to stop them.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
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It’s all unconstitutional anyway. Just getting a head start.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It’s all unconstitutional anyway. Just getting a head start.
I think the last time I went to a party on New Year's Eve I was in my mid/late 20s.
I'm 69 now. I've been going to bed by 10 or 11 since forever LOL.
I'm 69 now. I've been going to bed by 10 or 11 since forever LOL.
December 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think the last time I went to a party on New Year's Eve I was in my mid/late 20s.
I'm 69 now. I've been going to bed by 10 or 11 since forever LOL.
I'm 69 now. I've been going to bed by 10 or 11 since forever LOL.
The earth is an optimist.
Just a year after un-damning 😉 the Klamath River, salmon runs are back.
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
Dam removal "also restored natural water temperatures, cooled the river earlier in the fall, reduced harmful algal blooms, and dramatically lowered levels of the deadly parasite C. shasta."
www.activenorcal.com/there-are-sa...
'There Are Salmon Everywhere": Klamath River Sees Remarkable Recovery Just a Year After Dam Removal
Just over a year after four hydroelectric dams were removed from the Klamath River, salmon returning to nearly every corner of their historic habitat.
www.activenorcal.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The earth is an optimist.
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Mercy.
I couldn’t stop thinking of her NYer essay.
I couldn’t stop thinking of her NYer essay.
BOSTON (AP) — Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, has died, family says.
December 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Mercy.
I couldn’t stop thinking of her NYer essay.
I couldn’t stop thinking of her NYer essay.
Video of my niece's new song. Winner of the Pakora music prize at Wesleyan when she graduated a few years ago, here she's wearing a shirt by my son. Family! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Natalia Catalan - Waist
YouTube video by Natalia Catalan
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Video of my niece's new song. Winner of the Pakora music prize at Wesleyan when she graduated a few years ago, here she's wearing a shirt by my son. Family! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
So this is how I handle political donations:
1. Monthly donations via Charles's site
2. Monthly donations to two candidates I have little hope for but bear personal meaning. Sherrod Brown for my dad, and Katie Porter for all women who get wicked angry like male leaders and are punished forever
1. Monthly donations via Charles's site
2. Monthly donations to two candidates I have little hope for but bear personal meaning. Sherrod Brown for my dad, and Katie Porter for all women who get wicked angry like male leaders and are punished forever
I greatly appreciated @adambonica.bsky.social & @samseder.bsky.social giving me a shout-out in the podcast today!
Unfortunately, they didn't mention the website itself, which is Blue26.org.
Also, while I really do appreciate the shout-out, I do need to clarify Bonica's description of the site...
Unfortunately, they didn't mention the website itself, which is Blue26.org.
Also, while I really do appreciate the shout-out, I do need to clarify Bonica's description of the site...
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So this is how I handle political donations:
1. Monthly donations via Charles's site
2. Monthly donations to two candidates I have little hope for but bear personal meaning. Sherrod Brown for my dad, and Katie Porter for all women who get wicked angry like male leaders and are punished forever
1. Monthly donations via Charles's site
2. Monthly donations to two candidates I have little hope for but bear personal meaning. Sherrod Brown for my dad, and Katie Porter for all women who get wicked angry like male leaders and are punished forever
Endorse
December 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Endorse
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Please enjoy my nephew running around in the shark hoodie I got him for Hanukkah
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Please enjoy my nephew running around in the shark hoodie I got him for Hanukkah
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11 seconds of steaming coffee on my Christmas breakfast table
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
11 seconds of steaming coffee on my Christmas breakfast table
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Audiences accept that politics provokes controversy. Trying to disingenuously please everyone is worse than genuinely owning that not all decisions are easy or universally popular and that’s called living in a society.
December 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Audiences accept that politics provokes controversy. Trying to disingenuously please everyone is worse than genuinely owning that not all decisions are easy or universally popular and that’s called living in a society.
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Nvidia would be a nice girl's name if you didn't already know what it was
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Nvidia would be a nice girl's name if you didn't already know what it was
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It looks like the owners of Genesis are using bankruptcy to sell the company back to themselves, so they aren't facing any penalty for what they've done.
Genesis isn't the only nursing home chain gets out of settlements this way.
Contact your congresspeople, and ask them to fix this!
Genesis isn't the only nursing home chain gets out of settlements this way.
Contact your congresspeople, and ask them to fix this!
Genesis HealthCare used bankruptcy to avoid paying families after settling lawsuits over neglect, including cases with maggot-infested wounds and sexual assault.
Nursing home giant dodges millions in settlements for patient deaths
www.abqjournal.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It looks like the owners of Genesis are using bankruptcy to sell the company back to themselves, so they aren't facing any penalty for what they've done.
Genesis isn't the only nursing home chain gets out of settlements this way.
Contact your congresspeople, and ask them to fix this!
Genesis isn't the only nursing home chain gets out of settlements this way.
Contact your congresspeople, and ask them to fix this!
I would love to have more earthquake news over here. However, @nws.noaa.gov and @caltrain.com are fully on board;).
Twitter is dead, but it's still more up to date for news. I have *some* convos on X with people who aren't over here, but Bluesky is more exhausting than even old Twitter was, because it's like a giant seminar of the most poorly prepared but totally confident grad students ever :)
Life, Tom, is exhausting. Been on Twitter?
December 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I would love to have more earthquake news over here. However, @nws.noaa.gov and @caltrain.com are fully on board;).