Billy Wraith Cyrus
@drewishere.bsky.social
Kentuckian. Appalachian. Social worker. Grown up punk/goth kid.
I'm worth a million in prizes.
I'm worth a million in prizes.
Giphy is showing me random RFK gifs with multiple, unrelated search terms: "thank you", "touched", "heartfelt"
Have they gone to the bad place now, too?
Have they gone to the bad place now, too?
March 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Giphy is showing me random RFK gifs with multiple, unrelated search terms: "thank you", "touched", "heartfelt"
Have they gone to the bad place now, too?
Have they gone to the bad place now, too?
Why do all the pasta cooking instructions call for a bathtub-sized amount of water to cook 1 cup of pasta?
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why do all the pasta cooking instructions call for a bathtub-sized amount of water to cook 1 cup of pasta?
I wish ppl had to sign a social media contract conscripting them to withholding their hot takes on.... everything
March 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I wish ppl had to sign a social media contract conscripting them to withholding their hot takes on.... everything
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation.
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation.
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
After another tumultuous day, your newsletter from earlier today was absolutely the resolve and focus I needed during a time that feels increasingly out of control - thank you
After another tumultuous day, your newsletter from earlier today was absolutely the resolve and focus I needed during a time that feels increasingly out of control - thank you
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
After another tumultuous day, your newsletter from earlier today was absolutely the resolve and focus I needed during a time that feels increasingly out of control - thank you
After another tumultuous day, your newsletter from earlier today was absolutely the resolve and focus I needed during a time that feels increasingly out of control - thank you
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🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
And it's old news that rich ppl conflate their wealth as expertise or innovation
They're not rich bc they're smart
They're not rich bc they're smart
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And it's old news that rich ppl conflate their wealth as expertise or innovation
They're not rich bc they're smart
They're not rich bc they're smart
What's darkly hilarious to me about how efficient DeepSeek is is that it unravels any credibility that current US technocratic bros have as being the smartest or expert devs in this field
January 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What's darkly hilarious to me about how efficient DeepSeek is is that it unravels any credibility that current US technocratic bros have as being the smartest or expert devs in this field
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If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
If nothing else comes from this chaos, I hope more people will begin to understand that people who have fucking clue how the government works do not deserve your votes
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If nothing else comes from this chaos, I hope more people will begin to understand that people who have fucking clue how the government works do not deserve your votes
If landlords felt put out when people couldn't pay rent during the COVID shut down in 2020, wait till all service workers lose their jobs and can't pay March rent
January 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If landlords felt put out when people couldn't pay rent during the COVID shut down in 2020, wait till all service workers lose their jobs and can't pay March rent
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1,179 people arrested total. 566 people arrested "were only detained because they lacked legal authorization to remain in the U.S." When ICE claims they are only arresting "criminals," they are trying to redefine "criminal." Which is kind of the point of the category: it can hold anyone disfavored.
ICE makes close to 1,200 arrests in one day
Nearly half of those detained don’t have criminal records, according to a senior Trump administration official.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
1,179 people arrested total. 566 people arrested "were only detained because they lacked legal authorization to remain in the U.S." When ICE claims they are only arresting "criminals," they are trying to redefine "criminal." Which is kind of the point of the category: it can hold anyone disfavored.
NBC really on the nose here, so to speak
January 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NBC really on the nose here, so to speak
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Americans are about to get a crash course in how tariffs actually work. I apologize already to the baristas who are going to have Trumpists yelling at them that Colombia is supposed to pay the coffee tax.
Nearly all coffee consumed in the United States is imported, and the largest source of that coffee is Colombia. Trump is putting a 25% tax on our top source of coffee, and that tax will be passed on to American consumers
BREAKING: Trump orders 25% tariffs on all goods from Colombia after 2 deportation flights were rejected
January 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Americans are about to get a crash course in how tariffs actually work. I apologize already to the baristas who are going to have Trumpists yelling at them that Colombia is supposed to pay the coffee tax.
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we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
January 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
This country really is becoming Zardoz
ICE says it is conducting "enhanced" immigration operations in Chicago today.
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
January 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This country really is becoming Zardoz
Me, driving through an intersection embankes by drunk college bars on each corner: "Uhhhgh what a bermuda triangle of dignity."
Me partner:"oh my god that is THE MOST get off my lawn thing ever!"
Me partner:"oh my god that is THE MOST get off my lawn thing ever!"
January 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Me, driving through an intersection embankes by drunk college bars on each corner: "Uhhhgh what a bermuda triangle of dignity."
Me partner:"oh my god that is THE MOST get off my lawn thing ever!"
Me partner:"oh my god that is THE MOST get off my lawn thing ever!"
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The cost of access and accommodation for disabled people does not mean that disabled people are a burden.
It means that the costs of discrimination against and exclusion of disabled people by others require efforts to tear down these unjust barriers.
It means that the costs of discrimination against and exclusion of disabled people by others require efforts to tear down these unjust barriers.
January 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The cost of access and accommodation for disabled people does not mean that disabled people are a burden.
It means that the costs of discrimination against and exclusion of disabled people by others require efforts to tear down these unjust barriers.
It means that the costs of discrimination against and exclusion of disabled people by others require efforts to tear down these unjust barriers.
All these corporations abandoning DEI and LGB&T initiatives, be sure to remember what they did when you see them fecklessly shilling merch at pride festivals this summer
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
All these corporations abandoning DEI and LGB&T initiatives, be sure to remember what they did when you see them fecklessly shilling merch at pride festivals this summer
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Seasonal Affective Deez Nuts
January 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Seasonal Affective Deez Nuts
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Ask them to slide the warrant under the door and see if there's a judges signature. If it's signed by a judge, it's probably a judicial warrant. If it's signed by an "immigration officer," "immigration judge," or "administrative law judge," it's an administrative warrant.
January 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Ask them to slide the warrant under the door and see if there's a judges signature. If it's signed by a judge, it's probably a judicial warrant. If it's signed by an "immigration officer," "immigration judge," or "administrative law judge," it's an administrative warrant.
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*