Sarah R.
@captainchamomile.bsky.social
Usually a quiet person thinking about tax policy. Wanting better for everyone.
What’s up with all the elf-abuse humor this holiday season? Elf legs sticking out from car doors, elves tied up and in peril in ads, etc etc. I even saw a tiktok where some family staged an elf car crash in their driveway.
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What’s up with all the elf-abuse humor this holiday season? Elf legs sticking out from car doors, elves tied up and in peril in ads, etc etc. I even saw a tiktok where some family staged an elf car crash in their driveway.
Rick Steves is a real one!
It's an invisible need… an invisible center… helping invisible people. Meanwhile, I’m haunted by the invisible impact of the insatiable greed that’s so widespread (and sadly, celebrated) in our multi-millionaire and billionaire class.
🧵 5 of 9
🧵 5 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Rick Steves is a real one!
Here we are another Wednesday.
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Here we are another Wednesday.
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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The rich people who own the media want you to be mad at your parents, not them. This is why they constantly push pieces promoting generational conflict cepr.net/publications...
The Rich People Who Own the Media Want Generations to Fight, Not Classes
Generational warfare is a distraction. The real issue is extreme wealth concentration, not boomers versus younger generations, despite media narratives.
cepr.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The rich people who own the media want you to be mad at your parents, not them. This is why they constantly push pieces promoting generational conflict cepr.net/publications...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
My takeaways from today, another Wednesday:
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My takeaways from today, another Wednesday:
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
- Larry Summers is kinda dumb;
- Epstein/Trump/et al really are that nasty & corrupt but that’s not shocking;
- FU NYT;
- and today I stop agonizing over how I write emails & texts.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
More abuses.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More abuses.
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(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
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$META @reuters.com
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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
$META @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
It probably seems like small potatoes to some, but Direct File is a good program that should be expanded, not killed.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It probably seems like small potatoes to some, but Direct File is a good program that should be expanded, not killed.
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i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
Welp. It was fun while it lasted.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Welp. It was fun while it lasted.
FINALLLLLLY sheesh I thought we were going to miss our curfew!
October 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
FINALLLLLLY sheesh I thought we were going to miss our curfew!
Serious ? from my kid re: Mariners v Tigers. “What if the players fall asleep?” 😴 I told her the umpires start tagging in fans.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Serious ? from my kid re: Mariners v Tigers. “What if the players fall asleep?” 😴 I told her the umpires start tagging in fans.
More abuses
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
More abuses
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this is known as progress
also a huge red flag for the public betting companies, they're destroying their best customers and the customers are finally starting to take note
also a huge red flag for the public betting companies, they're destroying their best customers and the customers are finally starting to take note
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
this is known as progress
also a huge red flag for the public betting companies, they're destroying their best customers and the customers are finally starting to take note
also a huge red flag for the public betting companies, they're destroying their best customers and the customers are finally starting to take note
And it’s not even Wednesday. I need more caffeine.
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
And it’s not even Wednesday. I need more caffeine.
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“.. our government gives that financial bailout to a foreign country who in turn makes their prices more competitive and sells into a market that we’re unable to access,” said Caleb Ragland, who grows soybean, wheat and corn ..
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
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September 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“.. our government gives that financial bailout to a foreign country who in turn makes their prices more competitive and sells into a market that we’re unable to access,” said Caleb Ragland, who grows soybean, wheat and corn ..
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com
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Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
This this this!
I say again, why are we bailing out Milei and why aren’t more Democrats in Congress talking about it?
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This this this!
The other jurors said “Eh, Comey’s no ham sandwich.”
So even with no defense attorney there to cross examine witnesses, no defense witnesses, nobody challenging the authenticity of any of the evidence, Halligan was still only able to convince barely half the jurors when the standard isn’t even proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The other jurors said “Eh, Comey’s no ham sandwich.”
I can’t be the only person who’s noticed that a high percentage of the ICE agents have jacked arms and swollen tummies. 🤔
Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I can’t be the only person who’s noticed that a high percentage of the ICE agents have jacked arms and swollen tummies. 🤔