Cardgrrl
@cardgrrl.bsky.social
Here since 7/23/2023. Writer, artist, strategist, poker-player. Engaged citizen. Fighting for justice, beauty, and love. Childless cat lady: I will not obey in advance. Or ever, actually. AVL/WNC.
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Cardgrrl
@cardgrrl.bsky.social
· Apr 1
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What the everlovin actual FUCK.
The US is now a completely rogue state.
Is the Congress completely craven? Supine? A grovelling mass of spineless toadies?
We all need to call a General Strike and grind this nation to halt. Everything must stop.
The US is now a completely rogue state.
Is the Congress completely craven? Supine? A grovelling mass of spineless toadies?
We all need to call a General Strike and grind this nation to halt. Everything must stop.
Maduro and his wife will face charges in federal court in New York, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
U.S. Captures Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump Says
Maduro and his wife will face charges in federal court in New York, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
www.forbes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
What the everlovin actual FUCK.
The US is now a completely rogue state.
Is the Congress completely craven? Supine? A grovelling mass of spineless toadies?
We all need to call a General Strike and grind this nation to halt. Everything must stop.
The US is now a completely rogue state.
Is the Congress completely craven? Supine? A grovelling mass of spineless toadies?
We all need to call a General Strike and grind this nation to halt. Everything must stop.
My guiding lights for 2026?
JOY & JUSTICE.
JOY & JUSTICE.
January 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
My guiding lights for 2026?
JOY & JUSTICE.
JOY & JUSTICE.
Decisive and appropriate. An auspicious start.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Decisive and appropriate. An auspicious start.
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As this hell year ends, we choose to look back on the beautiful things we did for each other.
ICE watches & community defense.
Feeding & clothing each other when folks were scared to leave their homes or out in the cold.
Court support & bail funds.
May next year bring more justice & more peace.
ICE watches & community defense.
Feeding & clothing each other when folks were scared to leave their homes or out in the cold.
Court support & bail funds.
May next year bring more justice & more peace.
January 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
As this hell year ends, we choose to look back on the beautiful things we did for each other.
ICE watches & community defense.
Feeding & clothing each other when folks were scared to leave their homes or out in the cold.
Court support & bail funds.
May next year bring more justice & more peace.
ICE watches & community defense.
Feeding & clothing each other when folks were scared to leave their homes or out in the cold.
Court support & bail funds.
May next year bring more justice & more peace.
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BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
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A disgrace: North Carolina is dead last in public school funding effort and second to last in public school funding level. Yet, the General Assembly is the only legislature in the country that hasn't passed a budget — and they're driving us off a fiscal cliff. www.13newsnow.com/article/news...
NC ranked last in public school funding report
The Education Law Center released its annual review of each state's school finances and how they rank in the country.
www.13newsnow.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A disgrace: North Carolina is dead last in public school funding effort and second to last in public school funding level. Yet, the General Assembly is the only legislature in the country that hasn't passed a budget — and they're driving us off a fiscal cliff. www.13newsnow.com/article/news...
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
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Trump: "We have a fool at the Federal Reserve. I mean, Biden reappointed him. It's too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that."
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump: "We have a fool at the Federal Reserve. I mean, Biden reappointed him. It's too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that."
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
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The number one thing I say to any acquaintance who starts to talk about leaving because of the liberal whatever is, "Good. Leave. If you hate it here, go live somewhere else and stop soaking up the limited housing to be mad. Go be happy and make me happy by going away"
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The number one thing I say to any acquaintance who starts to talk about leaving because of the liberal whatever is, "Good. Leave. If you hate it here, go live somewhere else and stop soaking up the limited housing to be mad. Go be happy and make me happy by going away"
What the everlovin' actual fuck? "Do the inauguration in that building"—excuse me, *what* now??
Either the wheels are alllllll the way off, or he really is planning on a third term, which (I hasten to add) is utterly and completely unconstitutional.
Either the wheels are alllllll the way off, or he really is planning on a third term, which (I hasten to add) is utterly and completely unconstitutional.
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
What the everlovin' actual fuck? "Do the inauguration in that building"—excuse me, *what* now??
Either the wheels are alllllll the way off, or he really is planning on a third term, which (I hasten to add) is utterly and completely unconstitutional.
Either the wheels are alllllll the way off, or he really is planning on a third term, which (I hasten to add) is utterly and completely unconstitutional.
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Do the right thing, Princeton University Press! @princetonupress.bsky.social
Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
December 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Do the right thing, Princeton University Press! @princetonupress.bsky.social
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
Well, this is interesting…
ICYMI —
And, most ppl prob *did* miss this…plz watch.
There is SO much going on every-single-day, that a lot of stuff gets buried.
Hse of Reps passed the VETO PROOF ‘Nat’l Defense Authorization Act, a bipartisan bill. And, Trump signed it into law.
What happened tht led to this is explained 👇🏼👇🏼
And, most ppl prob *did* miss this…plz watch.
There is SO much going on every-single-day, that a lot of stuff gets buried.
Hse of Reps passed the VETO PROOF ‘Nat’l Defense Authorization Act, a bipartisan bill. And, Trump signed it into law.
What happened tht led to this is explained 👇🏼👇🏼
Trump just got handed a major loss by House Republicans over NATO
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, this is interesting…
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This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
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NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
December 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
She is soooooo completely in over her head. And she doesn't recognize it. That memo is just the air bubbles escaping from her lungs.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
She is soooooo completely in over her head. And she doesn't recognize it. That memo is just the air bubbles escaping from her lungs.
They are pushing women out of the military, plain and simple.
This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
They are pushing women out of the military, plain and simple.
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
One of the things I most look forward to not seeing. There's not enough eye bleach or ear scrub to clean up after that.
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
One of the things I most look forward to not seeing. There's not enough eye bleach or ear scrub to clean up after that.
Logic FTW!
Todd Blanche said it is DOJ policy NOT to release photos that contain victims.
So . . . the release of [undoctored] photos with Bill Clinton is an exoneration of him and refusing to release pics with Donald Trump is an admission of Trump's culpability.
Good to know.
So . . . the release of [undoctored] photos with Bill Clinton is an exoneration of him and refusing to release pics with Donald Trump is an admission of Trump's culpability.
Good to know.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Logic FTW!