Darcy Totten
@darcytotten.bsky.social
Personal acct for CA gender equity expert. Crisis containment. Cat mom energy. Pro-podcast but anti patriarchy. Lover of goat cheese & bourbon. Absolutely exhausted by egos. #GirlstotheFront
Wait till you hear how old my car is … it still has a tape deck.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wait till you hear how old my car is … it still has a tape deck.
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SHUTDOWN NEWS: Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday with a fresh sweetener — the potential reversal of federal worker firings.
@jordainc.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SHUTDOWN NEWS: Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday with a fresh sweetener — the potential reversal of federal worker firings.
@jordainc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@jordainc.bsky.social
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I truly think this is an underappreciated point that much of the "rising far right" polisci literature has missed.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I truly think this is an underappreciated point that much of the "rising far right" polisci literature has missed.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
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the organizational strength/structure of center left parties is working against them if we think of far right's emergence as a sign of the organizational weakness of center right parties.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
the organizational strength/structure of center left parties is working against them if we think of far right's emergence as a sign of the organizational weakness of center right parties.
Let’s take this show on the road.
“California Prop 50 passes in clear rebuke of Trump.” 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
California Prop 50 passes in clear rebuke of Trump
The close of polls at 8 p.m. marked the culmination of a remarkably short election season launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom over the summer in response to Texas Republicans' gerrymandering.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Let’s take this show on the road.
I just woke up every cat in the neighborhood with how loud I howled
CA passes Prop 50 It’s sweeps night for Dems!
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I just woke up every cat in the neighborhood with how loud I howled
I don’t wanna hear another word about lonely men, the votes of young men, or why men need all of our attention. Just let women run the damn country.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I don’t wanna hear another word about lonely men, the votes of young men, or why men need all of our attention. Just let women run the damn country.
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My kind of place: 14BRs, 14BAs, $2.595M. Coastal Maine. Want to go in with us as innkeepers? Searsport. #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
October 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My kind of place: 14BRs, 14BAs, $2.595M. Coastal Maine. Want to go in with us as innkeepers? Searsport. #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."
September 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."
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Government by Ctrl-F. This is ridiculous
September 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Government by Ctrl-F. This is ridiculous
The thing is, if you were a teenage girl in the 90s or in your early 20s in the early 2000s, this reads like a yearbook. It was normal. We all just survived it.
The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The thing is, if you were a teenage girl in the 90s or in your early 20s in the early 2000s, this reads like a yearbook. It was normal. We all just survived it.
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This entire book is a nightmare
September 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This entire book is a nightmare
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Let's be clear what this image represents.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Let's be clear what this image represents.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
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Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
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My latest: On how despite all Trump's efforts to the contrary, his is an incredible shrinking presidency. Unfortunately, he is also making the entire US weaker and less relevant along the way. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Making America Irrelevant
Foreign leaders—along with those here at home—have concluded that the only way to live with Trump is to learn to live without him.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My latest: On how despite all Trump's efforts to the contrary, his is an incredible shrinking presidency. Unfortunately, he is also making the entire US weaker and less relevant along the way. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Without the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. Constitution, women’s equality still is not explicitly guaranteed under U.S. law.
Step one of saving democracy remains to put half of America's citizens explicitly into the Constitution.
Step one of saving democracy remains to put half of America's citizens explicitly into the Constitution.
September 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Without the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. Constitution, women’s equality still is not explicitly guaranteed under U.S. law.
Step one of saving democracy remains to put half of America's citizens explicitly into the Constitution.
Step one of saving democracy remains to put half of America's citizens explicitly into the Constitution.
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Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East
Oppose this.
Oppose this.
Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map
• Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2025/08/29/m...
• Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2025/08/29/m...
August 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East
Oppose this.
Oppose this.
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"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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Trump unleashes show and awe on Washington — creating his own Potemkin police state in the nation’s capital.
It’s not going well
It’s not going well
Fake Armies Of The Night: Trump Unleashes Show and Awe on Washington
Donald Trump’s D.C. takeover is the usual Trumpian blend of idiocy and cruelty — all optics, unless you are brown-skinned.
www.rollingstone.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump unleashes show and awe on Washington — creating his own Potemkin police state in the nation’s capital.
It’s not going well
It’s not going well
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Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
www.courthousenews.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
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If you have a concealed carry license, you can enter the Texas Capitol without having to go through a metal detector — If you’re a Democratic state lawmaker, you can’t leave the Texas Capitol without a permission slip.
August 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If you have a concealed carry license, you can enter the Texas Capitol without having to go through a metal detector — If you’re a Democratic state lawmaker, you can’t leave the Texas Capitol without a permission slip.
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I went to Twitter where I learned what's up.
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu is staying overnight along with Rep. Nicole Collier. Phew! I'm so relieved she wasn't left on her own.
They explain what they're doing and ask everybody watching to resist in their own way.
source: x.com/GeneforTexas...
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu is staying overnight along with Rep. Nicole Collier. Phew! I'm so relieved she wasn't left on her own.
They explain what they're doing and ask everybody watching to resist in their own way.
source: x.com/GeneforTexas...
August 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I went to Twitter where I learned what's up.
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu is staying overnight along with Rep. Nicole Collier. Phew! I'm so relieved she wasn't left on her own.
They explain what they're doing and ask everybody watching to resist in their own way.
source: x.com/GeneforTexas...
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu is staying overnight along with Rep. Nicole Collier. Phew! I'm so relieved she wasn't left on her own.
They explain what they're doing and ask everybody watching to resist in their own way.
source: x.com/GeneforTexas...
The quiet part here is that the reason we need governors to do what he is doing is because Congress has completely abdicated its responsibility to the American people as a coequal branch of government and SCOTUS is similarly serving political agendas. This isn’t a debate. This is a last stand.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Let's go. This is it. We need to wake up. We cannot survive if he rigs not just Texas, but he goes to Indiana, goes to Missouri, goes to Ohio, goes to Florida. We have to have other governors of like mind, and there are many, to now do something, not just say something."
August 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The quiet part here is that the reason we need governors to do what he is doing is because Congress has completely abdicated its responsibility to the American people as a coequal branch of government and SCOTUS is similarly serving political agendas. This isn’t a debate. This is a last stand.
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The Trump administration is now seeking to replace PBS with “Prager University,” a far-right propaganda organization that isn’t actually a university.
One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.”
One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.”
August 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Trump administration is now seeking to replace PBS with “Prager University,” a far-right propaganda organization that isn’t actually a university.
One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.”
One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.”