Flavia Elphberg
@flaviaelphberg.bsky.social
Those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat it.
(Side Note: I am the type of person who has a FAVORITE Gentileschi "Judith Beheading Holofernes" painting, Make of that what you will)
(Side Note: I am the type of person who has a FAVORITE Gentileschi "Judith Beheading Holofernes" painting, Make of that what you will)
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Don't DEMAND a private chatlink with me; I'll block you. Especially if you try to make my husband's computer security worries sound like insecure jealousy.
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Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
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All those people moaning about the Democrats having "Bad Messaging" seem to be clueless about the fact that THEY are amplifying the message (and lie) that Democrats are "Bad at Messaging"... that THEY are the problem they're whining about.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
All those people moaning about the Democrats having "Bad Messaging" seem to be clueless about the fact that THEY are amplifying the message (and lie) that Democrats are "Bad at Messaging"... that THEY are the problem they're whining about.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
All while ignoring the GOP/Billionaires own all the media.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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I swear, we're being gaslit into hating our party by people on Social Media who don't even live here.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I swear, we're being gaslit into hating our party by people on Social Media who don't even live here.
This is perfect. #antisemitism #jewsky
“antisemitism isn’t a serious problem on the left”
*two minutes later*
“everything is an aipac conspiracy”
*two minutes later*
“everything is an aipac conspiracy”
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is perfect. #antisemitism #jewsky
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On November 9–10, 1938, Nazi-led mobs ravaged Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. That night marked a dark turning point, the beginning of the Holocaust and the murder of six million Jews.
We remember. 🕯️
We remember. 🕯️
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Who still wants to know who paid Brett Kavanaugh's $92k country club balance, $200k credit card balance and $1.2 million mortgage, buying themselves a Supreme Court injustice -- and the 5th vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Who still wants to know who paid Brett Kavanaugh's $92k country club balance, $200k credit card balance and $1.2 million mortgage, buying themselves a Supreme Court injustice -- and the 5th vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
#WomensRights #RapeCulture #ChildRape #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeVWade #SCOTUS
I see France has it's own #ZackPinsent
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I see France has it's own #ZackPinsent
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Absolute truth here:
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Absolute truth here:
Had #coividf? Have #lingcovid? This may help you. Or you could help someone else.
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Had #coividf? Have #lingcovid? This may help you. Or you could help someone else.
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Democrats just pulled off their biggest statehouse majority in almost 40 years — flipping 13 seats and proving that organizing, energy, and belief in people still matter.
This isn’t just a win for Virginia — it’s a sign that hope and unity are making a comeback across America. 💙🇺🇸
This isn’t just a win for Virginia — it’s a sign that hope and unity are making a comeback across America. 💙🇺🇸
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Democrats just pulled off their biggest statehouse majority in almost 40 years — flipping 13 seats and proving that organizing, energy, and belief in people still matter.
This isn’t just a win for Virginia — it’s a sign that hope and unity are making a comeback across America. 💙🇺🇸
This isn’t just a win for Virginia — it’s a sign that hope and unity are making a comeback across America. 💙🇺🇸
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This was posted a year ago... and it's still relevant, and still exactly how I feel.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This was posted a year ago... and it's still relevant, and still exactly how I feel.
Hopefully they will fail themselves into oblivion
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Hopefully they will fail themselves into oblivion
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Hey Mike Johnson, do we even have a House of Representatives any more?
Reconvene. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Reconvene. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey Mike Johnson, do we even have a House of Representatives any more?
Reconvene. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Reconvene. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Now.
Yes, people have free will. But people who have mental/emotional issues are vulnerable to influences that other people aren't. #ChatGPT is even more dangerous than most people think it is.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Yes, people have free will. But people who have mental/emotional issues are vulnerable to influences that other people aren't. #ChatGPT is even more dangerous than most people think it is.
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1/? Does anyone remember back earlier this year when Chuck Schumer and exactly 8 other Dems voted for that CR? Remember how people trashed Schumer for it? Has it ever occurred to you "Do Something" people that he was playing chess, while you played checkers.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
1/? Does anyone remember back earlier this year when Chuck Schumer and exactly 8 other Dems voted for that CR? Remember how people trashed Schumer for it? Has it ever occurred to you "Do Something" people that he was playing chess, while you played checkers.
50% of workers can't afford healthcare.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries.
GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.
… and Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay out.
And people think moms getting SNAP are the problem.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
THANK YOU #pelosi
She made us proud to be Democrats, and will go down in history as one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had. Nancy, thank you for your leadership and your friendship. Michelle and I wish you and Paul the best in this next chapter.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
THANK YOU #pelosi
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The leader of the free world hard at work.
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The leader of the free world hard at work.
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May this Shabbat bring you rest, peace, and love.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
May this Shabbat bring you rest, peace, and love.
Interesting. #mamdani condemns #antisemitism & is instantly accused of being a #zionist.
And yet they scream at us when we point out the reverse... #jewsky
And yet they scream at us when we point out the reverse... #jewsky
Not even two days and he's already disappointing his supporters because he hasn't unleashed brown shirts on New York's Jewish community.
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting. #mamdani condemns #antisemitism & is instantly accused of being a #zionist.
And yet they scream at us when we point out the reverse... #jewsky
And yet they scream at us when we point out the reverse... #jewsky