Funksands
@funksands.bsky.social
Left coaster
Proud parent
Business owner
I have a much better half
MMT-curious
He/Him
Proud parent
Business owner
I have a much better half
MMT-curious
He/Him
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Funksands
@funksands.bsky.social
· Jun 29
Presidents Trump and the GOP have laid out their vision of the future of the US in their BBB.
Prisons
Coal
Secret Police
Death
Disease
Heat
Concentration Camps
Bombs
Hungry Leopards
How could anyone craft a winning message running against this dawning golden age??
Prisons
Coal
Secret Police
Death
Disease
Heat
Concentration Camps
Bombs
Hungry Leopards
How could anyone craft a winning message running against this dawning golden age??
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
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Central District Friendsgiving Begins with Lease Acknowledgment of Previous Tenants: tinyurl.com/bbahuzn6
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Central District Friendsgiving Begins with Lease Acknowledgment of Previous Tenants: tinyurl.com/bbahuzn6
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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i think i just got suspended from instagram for declaring a war on cars
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
i think i just got suspended from instagram for declaring a war on cars
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I’m speaking at and moderating an extraordinary panel of trans visionaries, activists, youth, and elders tonight for trans day of remembrance.
join us 🏳️⚧️💕 www.youtube.com/live/BhAGltn...
join us 🏳️⚧️💕 www.youtube.com/live/BhAGltn...
Give Them Their Flowers: A Trans Community Gathering
YouTube video by Advocates for Trans Equality
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m speaking at and moderating an extraordinary panel of trans visionaries, activists, youth, and elders tonight for trans day of remembrance.
join us 🏳️⚧️💕 www.youtube.com/live/BhAGltn...
join us 🏳️⚧️💕 www.youtube.com/live/BhAGltn...
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At press time, J.K. Rowling and Dave Chappelle’s legacies were also reportedly feared dead on the hill every transphobe’s legacy dies on.
Group of Mountain Climbers Dies on Mountain Everyone Dies On: tinyurl.com/emzu2z7v
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
At press time, J.K. Rowling and Dave Chappelle’s legacies were also reportedly feared dead on the hill every transphobe’s legacy dies on.
Great news whenever and wherever we can get it
Here's a bill that would extend the federal Wildlife Crossings Program through 2031 and raise its funding to $200 million per year. Great legislation that deserves to pass. Cosponsor is Ryan Zinke... guess you really do have to hand it to him?! #roadecology
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
Bipartisan Wildlife Crossing Legislation Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — Wildlands Network - Biodiversity Conservation + Wildlife Crossings
As champions of the nationwide effort to make our roads safer for wildlife and people, Representatives Don Beyer from Virginia and Ryan Zinke from Montana came together on the Hill today to intro...
www.wildlandsnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Great news whenever and wherever we can get it
Larry, you don’t have to commit seppuku on the steps of Harvard (you have no honor anyway). You just need to go away and engage in some self-reflection.
Give it a go
Give it a go
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Larry, you don’t have to commit seppuku on the steps of Harvard (you have no honor anyway). You just need to go away and engage in some self-reflection.
Give it a go
Give it a go
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
Remodel the Police
There. Everyone likes a good remodel. The thing still exists and looks and feels better.
There. Everyone likes a good remodel. The thing still exists and looks and feels better.
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Remodel the Police
There. Everyone likes a good remodel. The thing still exists and looks and feels better.
There. Everyone likes a good remodel. The thing still exists and looks and feels better.
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I urge you to support their boycott and picket lines. If you are able, please contribute to their strike fund at the link in my bio. This is your city.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I urge you to support their boycott and picket lines. If you are able, please contribute to their strike fund at the link in my bio. This is your city.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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I've been working on this for awhile, and now it's finally out in the world — our new series explores the nuances of detransitioning in America right now.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
19thnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I've been working on this for awhile, and now it's finally out in the world — our new series explores the nuances of detransitioning in America right now.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
Hats off to all you Seattle storm drain cleaners today. Today of all days we salute you 🫡🇺🇸
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hats off to all you Seattle storm drain cleaners today. Today of all days we salute you 🫡🇺🇸
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It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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Dix ans après, Paris se souvient.
Le 13 novembre 2015, les terroristes frappaient Saint-Denis et Paris en plein cœur, sa jeunesse, sa liberté et sa joie de vivre. Ce soir-là, c’est notre humanité tout entière qui vacillait.
Le 13 novembre 2015, les terroristes frappaient Saint-Denis et Paris en plein cœur, sa jeunesse, sa liberté et sa joie de vivre. Ce soir-là, c’est notre humanité tout entière qui vacillait.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Dix ans après, Paris se souvient.
Le 13 novembre 2015, les terroristes frappaient Saint-Denis et Paris en plein cœur, sa jeunesse, sa liberté et sa joie de vivre. Ce soir-là, c’est notre humanité tout entière qui vacillait.
Le 13 novembre 2015, les terroristes frappaient Saint-Denis et Paris en plein cœur, sa jeunesse, sa liberté et sa joie de vivre. Ce soir-là, c’est notre humanité tout entière qui vacillait.
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Oof.
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
![From:
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Kathy Ruemmler
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jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
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Good lord. A novella of rehashed crap.
On Jun 22, 2018, at 10:20 AM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trump-and-clinton-pal-jeffrey-epstein-escape-metoo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigz326bznt2qcvjr4s6i52udio23qreyi6qoeai7y7lu7fzm7njii@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oof.
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...
Savage and True
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"This is why you elected us, isn’t it? To stand firm for your future and your family’s future. To make sure that no matter what happens, you can feel confident you’ll have to pay way more to keep that family alive."
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Savage and True
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🤬
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
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in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
Crazy how Angus King didn’t see this coming from the top rope 🤷♂️
Master Strategist
Master Strategist
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Crazy how Angus King didn’t see this coming from the top rope 🤷♂️
Master Strategist
Master Strategist