Emily
@emdem29.bsky.social
Gamer. Reader. ELCA Lutheran Deacon. Extremist for love. she/her/hers
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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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As the federal shutdown drags on, viral AI videos are being created, depicting mostly Black women aggressively lamenting the loss of SNAP benefits. These posts revive the racist “welfare queens” caricature and perpetuate misconceptions about who the average SNAP recipient is. https://bit.ly/3JzpDHV
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As the federal shutdown drags on, viral AI videos are being created, depicting mostly Black women aggressively lamenting the loss of SNAP benefits. These posts revive the racist “welfare queens” caricature and perpetuate misconceptions about who the average SNAP recipient is. https://bit.ly/3JzpDHV
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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We regret to inform you that the Nobel Peace Prize is antifa.
October 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We regret to inform you that the Nobel Peace Prize is antifa.
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Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.
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If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.
September 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
Yeaahhhh I decided* it was a good decision to change meds during the first month of my internship
(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)
(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)
Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.
September 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yeaahhhh I decided* it was a good decision to change meds during the first month of my internship
(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)
(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)
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Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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universes beyond my budget
August 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
universes beyond my budget
"Justification isn’t only about individual forgiveness but about God reclaiming the whole cosmos. The disciple participates in that cosmic project, living in such a way that others taste freedom"
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Justification isn’t only about individual forgiveness but about God reclaiming the whole cosmos. The disciple participates in that cosmic project, living in such a way that others taste freedom"
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Corrupting economic statistics will change our economic reality. Here's how:
Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.
Rigged stats = stolen benefits.
Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.
Rigged stats = stolen benefits.
August 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Corrupting economic statistics will change our economic reality. Here's how:
Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.
Rigged stats = stolen benefits.
Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.
Rigged stats = stolen benefits.
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I hate it when weak-minded media such as the Washington Post say that DC crime is dramatically down but "many residents still do not feel safe." They're talking about an *information problem* more than a crime problem. Right-wing propagandists don't want anyone to feel safe.
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I hate it when weak-minded media such as the Washington Post say that DC crime is dramatically down but "many residents still do not feel safe." They're talking about an *information problem* more than a crime problem. Right-wing propagandists don't want anyone to feel safe.
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Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...
This is heartbreaking, both as a someone who directly benefited from NIH research and as someone who served at the Clinical Center as a chaplain during 2023.
The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News
The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...
kffhealthnews.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is heartbreaking, both as a someone who directly benefited from NIH research and as someone who served at the Clinical Center as a chaplain during 2023.
The God I serve is ENTIRELY unconcerned about what we do or do not "deserve" (and less about what we think we/others deserve). God is concerned with abundance for ALL, with justice and mercy *in spite of* what we deserve. Some Christians would do well to remember this most basic tenet of the faith.
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The God I serve is ENTIRELY unconcerned about what we do or do not "deserve" (and less about what we think we/others deserve). God is concerned with abundance for ALL, with justice and mercy *in spite of* what we deserve. Some Christians would do well to remember this most basic tenet of the faith.
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When Medicaid gets cut, families pay the price.
This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilities—loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.
This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilities—loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.
They don't need Medicaid. But their kids do.
"If we get to a place where we're no longer eligible, I can start a timer on how much longer Emma will be alive," Stacy Staggs said.
www.usatoday.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When Medicaid gets cut, families pay the price.
This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilities—loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.
This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilities—loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.
I'm prepping for my sermon Sunday and one of the commentaries noted (paraphrased) that PEOPLE seem super concerned with fairness but in this Luke 12 text, Jesus doesn't. That just hit me anew reading this headline. What is "fair," really? Are we making "fairness" an idol?
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
www.advocate.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm prepping for my sermon Sunday and one of the commentaries noted (paraphrased) that PEOPLE seem super concerned with fairness but in this Luke 12 text, Jesus doesn't. That just hit me anew reading this headline. What is "fair," really? Are we making "fairness" an idol?
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because he tried to cover it up, it's sexual, and so the political media is capable of recognizing it as a story in a way that it can't acts of open cruelty and evil against the poor or vulnerable
Kind of amazing how of all the unpopular initiatives in the Trump administration (cuts to Medicaid, ICE raids, THE TARIFFS), he got Biden'd on the Epstein stuff.
July 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
because he tried to cover it up, it's sexual, and so the political media is capable of recognizing it as a story in a way that it can't acts of open cruelty and evil against the poor or vulnerable
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🗣️ "In the ongoing privatization of education... The arts are often first on the chopping block. Their supports primarily occupy a defensive position, justifying art in its utility to the economy... They double down & reinforce the same processes that defund art in the first place." 🔥
July 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🗣️ "In the ongoing privatization of education... The arts are often first on the chopping block. Their supports primarily occupy a defensive position, justifying art in its utility to the economy... They double down & reinforce the same processes that defund art in the first place." 🔥
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“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...