Aaron Vowels
@guinness74.bsky.social
Advanced librocubicularist, Amateur cruciverbalist, Aspirational polyglot, B.S. in BS (and Geography) Pronouns: he/y’all
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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Study: Majority Of Humans Happiest When Rest Of Family Still Asleep https://theonion.com/study-majority-of-humans-happiest-when-rest-of-family-1819579602/
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Study: Majority Of Humans Happiest When Rest Of Family Still Asleep https://theonion.com/study-majority-of-humans-happiest-when-rest-of-family-1819579602/
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
‘This is a FINAL (probably) schedule.’
‘This is a FINAL (probably) schedule.’
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It depends."
"It depends."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It's complicated.”
“It's complicated.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
‘This is a FINAL (probably) schedule.’
‘This is a FINAL (probably) schedule.’
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
I’ve been consistently (maybe not gainfully!) employed for 35 years. I’ve been married to my wife for 22+ years. We’re raising two good kids.
Also, I’ve taken to therapy which has been good for me. I play the piano, the mandolin, and the organ. I mow my own lawn and I read more books than most.
Also, I’ve taken to therapy which has been good for me. I play the piano, the mandolin, and the organ. I mow my own lawn and I read more books than most.
When you look at the person you are today, what is something that makes you proud?
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I’ve been consistently (maybe not gainfully!) employed for 35 years. I’ve been married to my wife for 22+ years. We’re raising two good kids.
Also, I’ve taken to therapy which has been good for me. I play the piano, the mandolin, and the organ. I mow my own lawn and I read more books than most.
Also, I’ve taken to therapy which has been good for me. I play the piano, the mandolin, and the organ. I mow my own lawn and I read more books than most.
This is a disturbing ‘White’washing of history. De La Beckwith may have been the most racist person ever on the planet and Evers was gunned down in his driveway in sight of his wife and children.
I can’t wait for Trump to be out of office so that we can begin removing him from history.
I can’t wait for Trump to be out of office so that we can begin removing him from history.
I am speechless.
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is a disturbing ‘White’washing of history. De La Beckwith may have been the most racist person ever on the planet and Evers was gunned down in his driveway in sight of his wife and children.
I can’t wait for Trump to be out of office so that we can begin removing him from history.
I can’t wait for Trump to be out of office so that we can begin removing him from history.
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
@ijeomaoluo.bsky.social Thank you for your book ‘So you want to talk about race.’ Reading it has been invaluable and I hope to make it a vital resource for both myself and my kids in the coming years.
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
@ijeomaoluo.bsky.social Thank you for your book ‘So you want to talk about race.’ Reading it has been invaluable and I hope to make it a vital resource for both myself and my kids in the coming years.
Feeling old today. Went to a college basketball game over the weekend and the dance team did a routine to an edit of Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy.’
Realized no one dancing to the song was born when it came out.
Then realized that their mothers might not have even been born.
And it’s still winter.
Realized no one dancing to the song was born when it came out.
Then realized that their mothers might not have even been born.
And it’s still winter.
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Feeling old today. Went to a college basketball game over the weekend and the dance team did a routine to an edit of Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy.’
Realized no one dancing to the song was born when it came out.
Then realized that their mothers might not have even been born.
And it’s still winter.
Realized no one dancing to the song was born when it came out.
Then realized that their mothers might not have even been born.
And it’s still winter.
Just a reminder that there will be six more weeks of winter regardless of whether a rodent ‘says’ it has seen its shadow.
a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says well it 's groundhog day
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says well it 's Groundhog Day again
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Just a reminder that there will be six more weeks of winter regardless of whether a rodent ‘says’ it has seen its shadow.
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It’s the end of an era. The phone number (landline) that my parents have had since I was born was removed this week. It’s bizarre that a number I’ve had memorized longer than any other will no longer be necessary.
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 AM
It’s the end of an era. The phone number (landline) that my parents have had since I was born was removed this week. It’s bizarre that a number I’ve had memorized longer than any other will no longer be necessary.
I have a sea shanty/Volga boatmen song stuck in my head and it’s not entirely unpleasant, but it is rather repetitive.
It’s certainly more enjoyable than the snippet of the ‘My Little Ponies’ theme song I had stuck in my head at 2 am a few days ago.
It’s certainly more enjoyable than the snippet of the ‘My Little Ponies’ theme song I had stuck in my head at 2 am a few days ago.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I have a sea shanty/Volga boatmen song stuck in my head and it’s not entirely unpleasant, but it is rather repetitive.
It’s certainly more enjoyable than the snippet of the ‘My Little Ponies’ theme song I had stuck in my head at 2 am a few days ago.
It’s certainly more enjoyable than the snippet of the ‘My Little Ponies’ theme song I had stuck in my head at 2 am a few days ago.
UofL wraps up a win at Stanford, 84-66. Ziegler with a double-double. Randolph with a new career high. #Cards have 20 wins on the season, 10-0 in the conference, and a 13 game win streak.
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 AM
UofL wraps up a win at Stanford, 84-66. Ziegler with a double-double. Randolph with a new career high. #Cards have 20 wins on the season, 10-0 in the conference, and a 13 game win streak.
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It’s not about the masks. It’s not about body cams. It’s not about border protection or law and order.
It’s about ICE roaming the streets of this country and executing people who annoy them. It’s about terror in the form of government-sponsored violence.
It’s time we #AbolishICE.
It’s about ICE roaming the streets of this country and executing people who annoy them. It’s about terror in the form of government-sponsored violence.
It’s time we #AbolishICE.
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It’s not about the masks. It’s not about body cams. It’s not about border protection or law and order.
It’s about ICE roaming the streets of this country and executing people who annoy them. It’s about terror in the form of government-sponsored violence.
It’s time we #AbolishICE.
It’s about ICE roaming the streets of this country and executing people who annoy them. It’s about terror in the form of government-sponsored violence.
It’s time we #AbolishICE.
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The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
Dems accepting any sort of reform for ICE other than complete dismantling is an affront to Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and others.
I understand that a point of government is compromise…I’m from the state that was repped by Henry Clay…but compromise with amoral criminals is tantamount to submission.
I understand that a point of government is compromise…I’m from the state that was repped by Henry Clay…but compromise with amoral criminals is tantamount to submission.
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Dems accepting any sort of reform for ICE other than complete dismantling is an affront to Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and others.
I understand that a point of government is compromise…I’m from the state that was repped by Henry Clay…but compromise with amoral criminals is tantamount to submission.
I understand that a point of government is compromise…I’m from the state that was repped by Henry Clay…but compromise with amoral criminals is tantamount to submission.
ANHINGA—since 1769
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
ANHINGA—since 1769