Barrie Abalard she/her
@barrieabalard.bsky.social
Neck deep in the Big Muddy. And you? (Pete Seeger)
Here and queer. Bi+. The bitch is back.
My cat is soooo judging you.
#nostarterpacks #LGBTQ #proudgrantifa #LifeLibertyPursuitOfHappiness
Here and queer. Bi+. The bitch is back.
My cat is soooo judging you.
#nostarterpacks #LGBTQ #proudgrantifa #LifeLibertyPursuitOfHappiness
Anyone else recall how MAGA has openly praised the authoritarianism of China?
Well, this is what you get.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Well, this is what you get.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to pieces
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Anyone else recall how MAGA has openly praised the authoritarianism of China?
Well, this is what you get.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Well, this is what you get.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reposted by Barrie Abalard she/her
Reposted by Barrie Abalard she/her
@50501-socal.bsky.social Dear Leader Schumer,
WE THE PEOPLE gave you an historic, sweeping win to fill your sails & you PISSED IT AWAY! You have failed as a Leader & as a Democrat. Pls retire, or we will vote you out of office. You are not equipped for this period of US history.
@chuckschumer.com
WE THE PEOPLE gave you an historic, sweeping win to fill your sails & you PISSED IT AWAY! You have failed as a Leader & as a Democrat. Pls retire, or we will vote you out of office. You are not equipped for this period of US history.
@chuckschumer.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@50501-socal.bsky.social Dear Leader Schumer,
WE THE PEOPLE gave you an historic, sweeping win to fill your sails & you PISSED IT AWAY! You have failed as a Leader & as a Democrat. Pls retire, or we will vote you out of office. You are not equipped for this period of US history.
@chuckschumer.com
WE THE PEOPLE gave you an historic, sweeping win to fill your sails & you PISSED IT AWAY! You have failed as a Leader & as a Democrat. Pls retire, or we will vote you out of office. You are not equipped for this period of US history.
@chuckschumer.com
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CBD has never done much to me(years of being a club kid will do that to you) but this is absolute pure idiocy.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
CBD has never done much to me(years of being a club kid will do that to you) but this is absolute pure idiocy.
Reposted by Barrie Abalard she/her
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
Oh-f'n-YEAH. To date myself, WORD.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh-f'n-YEAH. To date myself, WORD.
These idjits voting with MAGAts. F'n stupid quislings.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME FUCKFACE QUISLING DEMOCRAT WILLING TO COLLUDE WITH REPUBLICANS. LAST NIGHT THERE WERE SEVEN. THANK YOU FOR READING MY VERY POWERFUL POST IN WHICH I "RIP" THEM SEVERAL "NEW ONES" LIKE NO ONE THOUGHT POSSIBLE. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/47Ns2GZ
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
These idjits voting with MAGAts. F'n stupid quislings.
DO NOT CAVE. NOT AFTER TUESDAY. WE ARE STRONG!
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
DON'T CAVE
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@cortezmasto.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@hassan.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@ossoff.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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I swear to god Chuck Schumer better not ruin the bolt of energy that Tuesday shot through Democrats by folding on the shutdown
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I swear to god Chuck Schumer better not ruin the bolt of energy that Tuesday shot through Democrats by folding on the shutdown
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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@sanders.senate.gov
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@sanders.senate.gov
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
Reposted by Barrie Abalard she/her
@aoc.bsky.social
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@aoc.bsky.social
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
DO NOT LET THEM CAVE! Hold the line!
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Here's why cutting SNAP raises prices, not lowers them:
Let's say you have 100 people in town. They all buy a loaf of bread at $4/loaf every week. That's $400.
The grocery store counts on that $400 every week.
Now let's say 12 of those people can't buy the bread anymore.
Let's say you have 100 people in town. They all buy a loaf of bread at $4/loaf every week. That's $400.
The grocery store counts on that $400 every week.
Now let's say 12 of those people can't buy the bread anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here's why cutting SNAP raises prices, not lowers them:
Let's say you have 100 people in town. They all buy a loaf of bread at $4/loaf every week. That's $400.
The grocery store counts on that $400 every week.
Now let's say 12 of those people can't buy the bread anymore.
Let's say you have 100 people in town. They all buy a loaf of bread at $4/loaf every week. That's $400.
The grocery store counts on that $400 every week.
Now let's say 12 of those people can't buy the bread anymore.
Imma at 1 point (#20, too poor to own an encyclopedia growing up) and maybe plus another 1/2 point (#9, owned a boombox but never put it on my shoulder).
But the rest of em? Ohhhhh, f**k yeahhhh because I am SO MANY yearz oldzzzzzz
(Fave: paper maps. Still use em. 2nd fave: that Fri nite VHS movie)
But the rest of em? Ohhhhh, f**k yeahhhh because I am SO MANY yearz oldzzzzzz
(Fave: paper maps. Still use em. 2nd fave: that Fri nite VHS movie)
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Imma at 1 point (#20, too poor to own an encyclopedia growing up) and maybe plus another 1/2 point (#9, owned a boombox but never put it on my shoulder).
But the rest of em? Ohhhhh, f**k yeahhhh because I am SO MANY yearz oldzzzzzz
(Fave: paper maps. Still use em. 2nd fave: that Fri nite VHS movie)
But the rest of em? Ohhhhh, f**k yeahhhh because I am SO MANY yearz oldzzzzzz
(Fave: paper maps. Still use em. 2nd fave: that Fri nite VHS movie)
(I guess this is my catch-up media entertainment day...)
Anyone else check out #plur1bus yet? (Apple TV, full disclosure, I get it free from relatives). What say you? I can't decide whether to keep going tho I loved Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, creator of both shows)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
Anyone else check out #plur1bus yet? (Apple TV, full disclosure, I get it free from relatives). What say you? I can't decide whether to keep going tho I loved Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, creator of both shows)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
Pluribus (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 9.0 | Drama, Sci-Fi
1h | TV-MA
www.imdb.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
(I guess this is my catch-up media entertainment day...)
Anyone else check out #plur1bus yet? (Apple TV, full disclosure, I get it free from relatives). What say you? I can't decide whether to keep going tho I loved Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, creator of both shows)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
Anyone else check out #plur1bus yet? (Apple TV, full disclosure, I get it free from relatives). What say you? I can't decide whether to keep going tho I loved Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, creator of both shows)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2220...
Grazing In The Grass [Extended Original Version]
YouTube video by John James
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I will (re)watch this when the temps dip to single digz & the damned heat pump can't keep up. Instant summer. And yes, I've seen it once. The summer I turned 18, I would rather have gone to S of S than Woodstock (alas, I went neither place, f'n 'rents arrrgggh)
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_of_...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_of_...
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Rotten Tomatoes
Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
www.rottentomatoes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I will (re)watch this when the temps dip to single digz & the damned heat pump can't keep up. Instant summer. And yes, I've seen it once. The summer I turned 18, I would rather have gone to S of S than Woodstock (alas, I went neither place, f'n 'rents arrrgggh)
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_of_...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_of_...
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My favorite #Christmasmovie. Do the bad guys ever get hoisted by their own petard to the f'n MOON! #TradingPlaces
(2nd fave is #BadSanta, the original, not #2 #BillyBob)
(2nd fave is #BadSanta, the original, not #2 #BillyBob)
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My favorite #Christmasmovie. Do the bad guys ever get hoisted by their own petard to the f'n MOON! #TradingPlaces
(2nd fave is #BadSanta, the original, not #2 #BillyBob)
(2nd fave is #BadSanta, the original, not #2 #BillyBob)
Patti Smith - Gloria (Official Audio)
YouTube video by pattismithVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Barrie Abalard she/her
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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I have no smart appliances or devices in my home. I truly believe my house should be as dumb as its occupant (me)
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have no smart appliances or devices in my home. I truly believe my house should be as dumb as its occupant (me)
TrUmP's shit-stained hands are all over this. We all know how much graft has been going on with him and his henchpersons. Investigating her for one trip paid for by Qatar. Riiiiiight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Justice Dept. Is Said to Be Investigating D.C. Mayor Over Foreign Trip
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
TrUmP's shit-stained hands are all over this. We all know how much graft has been going on with him and his henchpersons. Investigating her for one trip paid for by Qatar. Riiiiiight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...