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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This makes me so angry. Sustainability related products and services should be a strong growth component of our economy. The Trump policies are a big step in the wrong direction for our state.
Scrapping tax credits for North Carolina’s clean energy sector is already eliminating good jobs and stunting the economic growth of our emerging clean tech economy. www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
NC solar plant closing and cutting 220 jobs amid Trump policies, bankruptcy
This would mark the company’s second round of layoffs this year, and would cut over 78% of its workforce.
www.newsobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This makes me so angry. Sustainability related products and services should be a strong growth component of our economy. The Trump policies are a big step in the wrong direction for our state.
Holy Moses. I recommend you click through the Google Doc link and read the whole thing.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Holy Moses. I recommend you click through the Google Doc link and read the whole thing.
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Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
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This implications of this bullshit Hitler DNA project are absolute trash. You can't determine whether someone's gonna become a Nazi via DNA. The effort to explain things that way is itself the kind of thing Nazis would do.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This implications of this bullshit Hitler DNA project are absolute trash. You can't determine whether someone's gonna become a Nazi via DNA. The effort to explain things that way is itself the kind of thing Nazis would do.
So this is the new modus operandi. If the numbers are bad, just don't ever release them. If the files contain damning info on Dear Leader, don't ever release them.
Lie, deny—rinse and repeat.
Lie, deny—rinse and repeat.
The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.
White House Will Release October’s Jobs Report—After Saying Data Would ‘Likely Never’ Publish
The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.
www.forbes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So this is the new modus operandi. If the numbers are bad, just don't ever release them. If the files contain damning info on Dear Leader, don't ever release them.
Lie, deny—rinse and repeat.
Lie, deny—rinse and repeat.
In a nutshell, younger people are hosed.
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In a nutshell, younger people are hosed.
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I don't want to read another word about "grooming" ever again from the Republicans. Every time someone posts that word you are morally obligated to share the Megyn Kelly video with them
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I don't want to read another word about "grooming" ever again from the Republicans. Every time someone posts that word you are morally obligated to share the Megyn Kelly video with them
Hear, hear!
In light of today’s email dump, I will say I have at various times found my way into online discussion spaces containing a fair number of important and powerful men, and it is the greatest cure to imposter syndrome that humanity has yet devised
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hear, hear!
Not only is the content appalling, but the writing is execrable. This is the guy who contends he is only and always about upholding the highest academic standards.
Yeah, fuck that shit.
Yeah, fuck that shit.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not only is the content appalling, but the writing is execrable. This is the guy who contends he is only and always about upholding the highest academic standards.
Yeah, fuck that shit.
Yeah, fuck that shit.
Science isn't about *opinions*, it's about hypotheses and evidence. It's about theories that fit the evidence best.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Science isn't about *opinions*, it's about hypotheses and evidence. It's about theories that fit the evidence best.
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Public sector employment at historic lows for modern times.
Same for taxes
SSA has the most efficiency of any pension system
Medicare is the most efficient health care delivery
Any implicit framing that gov needs to be smaller or more efficient should be instantly challenged
Same for taxes
SSA has the most efficiency of any pension system
Medicare is the most efficient health care delivery
Any implicit framing that gov needs to be smaller or more efficient should be instantly challenged
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Public sector employment at historic lows for modern times.
Same for taxes
SSA has the most efficiency of any pension system
Medicare is the most efficient health care delivery
Any implicit framing that gov needs to be smaller or more efficient should be instantly challenged
Same for taxes
SSA has the most efficiency of any pension system
Medicare is the most efficient health care delivery
Any implicit framing that gov needs to be smaller or more efficient should be instantly challenged
I swear, if Trump sends troops or masses of ICE to Charlotte, NC, Imma head there and make a scene.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I swear, if Trump sends troops or masses of ICE to Charlotte, NC, Imma head there and make a scene.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Spread the word: Health Resources in Asheville & WNC
Info and links here: kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/heal...
#health #healthshare #medicareforall #salud #Asheville
Info and links here: kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/heal...
#health #healthshare #medicareforall #salud #Asheville
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Spread the word: Health Resources in Asheville & WNC
Info and links here: kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/heal...
#health #healthshare #medicareforall #salud #Asheville
Info and links here: kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/heal...
#health #healthshare #medicareforall #salud #Asheville
What the hell, @nytimes.com?!? This is the most preposterous candidate (Jack Schlossberg) photograph I’ve ever seen. I guess you're taking the new "no standards" policy as literally as possible!
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What the hell, @nytimes.com?!? This is the most preposterous candidate (Jack Schlossberg) photograph I’ve ever seen. I guess you're taking the new "no standards" policy as literally as possible!
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This administration made the decision that keeping immigration enforcement fully staffed was more important than keeping air traffic control staffed. That was a DECISION. Everyone needs to know that.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This administration made the decision that keeping immigration enforcement fully staffed was more important than keeping air traffic control staffed. That was a DECISION. Everyone needs to know that.
Why am I not seeing more posts from people I follow in my "FOLLOWING" feed? I went looking for some of them and find that they've been happily posting up a storm, and I'm not seeing any of it. Why, @bsky.app? I thought we left that filtering, algorithmic stuff behind at the Bad Place!
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Why am I not seeing more posts from people I follow in my "FOLLOWING" feed? I went looking for some of them and find that they've been happily posting up a storm, and I'm not seeing any of it. Why, @bsky.app? I thought we left that filtering, algorithmic stuff behind at the Bad Place!
Okay, I'll admit I've been wrong about some stuff. And I'll admit some (not much, tbh) of it was political stuff.
And by far the wrongest I’ve ever been about a political thing was Fetterman.
And by far the wrongest I’ve ever been about a political thing was Fetterman.
notable but not surprising that Fetterman chose Fox & Friends as the place to promote his new book
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Okay, I'll admit I've been wrong about some stuff. And I'll admit some (not much, tbh) of it was political stuff.
And by far the wrongest I’ve ever been about a political thing was Fetterman.
And by far the wrongest I’ve ever been about a political thing was Fetterman.
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For the record, it’s going to be a long while before my anger subsides at the Democrats who surrendered. They’ve made this fight harder. But I won’t allow my anger to distract from the necessary focus on Trump & the feckless Republicans who will exploit every weakness to intensify their demolition.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For the record, it’s going to be a long while before my anger subsides at the Democrats who surrendered. They’ve made this fight harder. But I won’t allow my anger to distract from the necessary focus on Trump & the feckless Republicans who will exploit every weakness to intensify their demolition.
Everything you need to know about Bari Weiss can be summed up in one quotation: "What’s the point of standards?"
Kiss your actual journalism goodbye.
Kiss your actual journalism goodbye.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Everything you need to know about Bari Weiss can be summed up in one quotation: "What’s the point of standards?"
Kiss your actual journalism goodbye.
Kiss your actual journalism goodbye.
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This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.
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Nah. There are tons of dems that are keepers. We know who is not. And it'll be far easier to extract that bad handful from our party than to create a whole new one. Just my two cents. This is our party. THEY should leave it. Not us.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Nah. There are tons of dems that are keepers. We know who is not. And it'll be far easier to extract that bad handful from our party than to create a whole new one. Just my two cents. This is our party. THEY should leave it. Not us.
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If you're going to lead, you have to understand that people will make sacrifices for your cause. Your job isn't to avoid the pain, it's to make it count.
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you're going to lead, you have to understand that people will make sacrifices for your cause. Your job isn't to avoid the pain, it's to make it count.
I'm sorry, but FUCK HIM. (Wanted to add "and the horse he rode in on," but that have been unfair to the horse.)
Just because standing up to Trump is hard is *no reason* to not do it anyway.
Grow a spine
Just because standing up to Trump is hard is *no reason* to not do it anyway.
Grow a spine
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm sorry, but FUCK HIM. (Wanted to add "and the horse he rode in on," but that have been unfair to the horse.)
Just because standing up to Trump is hard is *no reason* to not do it anyway.
Grow a spine
Just because standing up to Trump is hard is *no reason* to not do it anyway.
Grow a spine
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Today is a special milestone for Choose to Be Curious. On this date three years ago the show debuted on Radio Asheville - WPVM 103.7.
Thank you WPVM for all that you did and do for me, curiosity, and community radio around the country! #LPFM #choosetobecurious #gratitude
Thank you WPVM for all that you did and do for me, curiosity, and community radio around the country! #LPFM #choosetobecurious #gratitude
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today is a special milestone for Choose to Be Curious. On this date three years ago the show debuted on Radio Asheville - WPVM 103.7.
Thank you WPVM for all that you did and do for me, curiosity, and community radio around the country! #LPFM #choosetobecurious #gratitude
Thank you WPVM for all that you did and do for me, curiosity, and community radio around the country! #LPFM #choosetobecurious #gratitude