Emily Terese
@emilyancona.bsky.social
Bi-coastal by way of Central FL and Chicago - originally (and always) a Michigander. Lawyer for not-for-profit orgs when I'm not cooking/baking or knitting/crocheting.
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The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
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The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
August 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
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Precisely.
"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. That’s why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardice—to give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.
prospect.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Precisely.
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Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
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We stopped expanding the House in the 1920s, decided the Supreme Court should freeze in the 1930s, added the last states in the 1950s, amended the Constitution only once in the last fifty years.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
i really think the only reason we haven't created new states — which was a common political tactic in the 19th century, see nevada and the dakotas — is that 50 is a round number
August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We stopped expanding the House in the 1920s, decided the Supreme Court should freeze in the 1930s, added the last states in the 1950s, amended the Constitution only once in the last fifty years.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.
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it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
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On top of everything else, I gotta deal with y’all solemnly saying “the cruelty is the point” over and over and over again. Like, girl, WE KNOW. Shut up.
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On top of everything else, I gotta deal with y’all solemnly saying “the cruelty is the point” over and over and over again. Like, girl, WE KNOW. Shut up.
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I am beginning to think that Republican transphobia does not, in fact, have fuck all to do with supporting the athletic endeavors of women
Don Jr posted a meme of Trump on the White House roof throwing a green dildo at WNBA players
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I am beginning to think that Republican transphobia does not, in fact, have fuck all to do with supporting the athletic endeavors of women
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“I love making women upset” is a really underestimated motivation of modern conservatism
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“I love making women upset” is a really underestimated motivation of modern conservatism
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Men “defending” women by defining them in the creepiest possible terms is a real hallmark of public transphobia. Real “every accusation is a confession” vibe.
August 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Men “defending” women by defining them in the creepiest possible terms is a real hallmark of public transphobia. Real “every accusation is a confession” vibe.
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Cooking is a form of processing. Ultraprocessing is when you're mad about someone else cooking.
A. Fuck you, CNN
B. Fries are literally just potatoes cooked in oil. I'm not sure how that's ultra- processed
C. Yes, "processed" food has fewer calories than things like broccoli. That's how calories work.
D. Fuck you, CNN. Don't normalize this antivax twat and his fake science
B. Fries are literally just potatoes cooked in oil. I'm not sure how that's ultra- processed
C. Yes, "processed" food has fewer calories than things like broccoli. That's how calories work.
D. Fuck you, CNN. Don't normalize this antivax twat and his fake science
Most of the American diet is comprised of calories from ultraprocessed foods, which have been linked to a myriad of poor health outcomes and are a key target in US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda to Make America Healthy Again. cnn.it/41qklUE
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cooking is a form of processing. Ultraprocessing is when you're mad about someone else cooking.
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We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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"What if we taught men to get laid leftistly"
what if men cared about the loss of our bodily autonomy, the abuse we face as a result of coerced economic dependence and the actual pandemic of femicidal violence we have to contend with, more than they cared about sexual access to our bodies
what if men cared about the loss of our bodily autonomy, the abuse we face as a result of coerced economic dependence and the actual pandemic of femicidal violence we have to contend with, more than they cared about sexual access to our bodies
August 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"What if we taught men to get laid leftistly"
what if men cared about the loss of our bodily autonomy, the abuse we face as a result of coerced economic dependence and the actual pandemic of femicidal violence we have to contend with, more than they cared about sexual access to our bodies
what if men cared about the loss of our bodily autonomy, the abuse we face as a result of coerced economic dependence and the actual pandemic of femicidal violence we have to contend with, more than they cared about sexual access to our bodies
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there isn’t a leftist way to talk about how to get sex from women, it is a fundamentally right wing view to believe women are the keepers of sex and they are withholding it from you because you aren’t coercing them the right way.
Everyone is yelling at Ian about this but the article is good and this is a real problem! If you are a straight guy trying to get laid 99% of the advice you come across will be right wing-coded.
The left is completely silent on the subject of men getting laid - which, generally speaking, they are v.interested in doing and will continue to be interested in regardless of whether progressives want to talk about it. So the stage has been left entirely clear for the far-right.
August 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
there isn’t a leftist way to talk about how to get sex from women, it is a fundamentally right wing view to believe women are the keepers of sex and they are withholding it from you because you aren’t coercing them the right way.
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The other reason this is infuriating is because straight women have, in fact, been explaining to straight men how to treat them for years. Endless discourse and countless books are dedicated to this topic. What this is a symptom of—and treats as legitimate!—is that men will only listen to other men.
August 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The other reason this is infuriating is because straight women have, in fact, been explaining to straight men how to treat them for years. Endless discourse and countless books are dedicated to this topic. What this is a symptom of—and treats as legitimate!—is that men will only listen to other men.
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your opponents are nazis, you have the moral high ground by default
and the moral high ground and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee
and the moral high ground and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee
July 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
your opponents are nazis, you have the moral high ground by default
and the moral high ground and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee
and the moral high ground and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee
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This administration is terrible for my anxiety disorder
July 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This administration is terrible for my anxiety disorder
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I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.
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Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
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Lawsuits from men against the doctors who provide abortions to their partners illustrate that men understand abortion bans as legal codifications of their private right to dominate and control women.
ughghghghg
that's all the commentary I have for now
that's all the commentary I have for now
Texas man sues California doctor over medication abortion
The wrongful death suit invokes a long-dormant federal law alongside state law.
www.courthousenews.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Lawsuits from men against the doctors who provide abortions to their partners illustrate that men understand abortion bans as legal codifications of their private right to dominate and control women.
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Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
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"Vote blue no matter who" is for general elections. Primaries (or pre-primary discourse) is exactly when we need to be having these conversations. The "who" matters! And if you can't be at least as progressive as Joe Biden on social issues, what are we doing here?
Its actually OK for someone to loudly say they hate a candidate likely to run in the 2028 primary, three years away, that's good and useful information to have and is very different from telling people not to vote this or that way in a hypothetical general election
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Vote blue no matter who" is for general elections. Primaries (or pre-primary discourse) is exactly when we need to be having these conversations. The "who" matters! And if you can't be at least as progressive as Joe Biden on social issues, what are we doing here?
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It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!