Heather Coyne
@hlcoyne.bsky.social
she/her • fan of early punk, cartoons of round animals, salted butter, mystery books, and humor that doesn’t punch down
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Imagine this fellah 1000s of times bigger and out of focus.
Im not saying i know anything, but, you know… 🤷🏻♂️
Im not saying i know anything, but, you know… 🤷🏻♂️
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Imagine this fellah 1000s of times bigger and out of focus.
Im not saying i know anything, but, you know… 🤷🏻♂️
Im not saying i know anything, but, you know… 🤷🏻♂️
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
Tuning into my kid’s college radio show (The Rainbow Room) to distract me from the Dem dumpster fire. If you’d like to as well, they’d likely appreciate the listen! wamhradio.mixlr.com
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tuning into my kid’s college radio show (The Rainbow Room) to distract me from the Dem dumpster fire. If you’d like to as well, they’d likely appreciate the listen! wamhradio.mixlr.com
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I know many of us are feeling deflated this morning, but I'm going to ask a favor: please follow the link below & sign the petition. It's simple, should take less than a minute, and is in the service of a very good cause, trying to preserve a historic federal building and its New Deal-era murals🙏
🚨HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALERT🚨: A concerted effort is underway by art historians & preservationists to save historic Wilbur J. Cohen building & its priceless New Deal artworks, threatened for sale by Trump administration. Please read, sign linked petition & repost! www.change.org/p/save-the-w...
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Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I know many of us are feeling deflated this morning, but I'm going to ask a favor: please follow the link below & sign the petition. It's simple, should take less than a minute, and is in the service of a very good cause, trying to preserve a historic federal building and its New Deal-era murals🙏
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well it lasted a long time but at least it was pointless
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
well it lasted a long time but at least it was pointless
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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Anyway, it'd be good if we had a multi-party system.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Anyway, it'd be good if we had a multi-party system.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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📢With Senate Dems on the brink of caving with no healthcare protection, tag them with jellyfish on socials! Demand: DO not end the shutdown without an ACA win! This is the only leverage you and we have. Please show the strength and spine we are confident you have. Not the fear of a non-vertebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
📢With Senate Dems on the brink of caving with no healthcare protection, tag them with jellyfish on socials! Demand: DO not end the shutdown without an ACA win! This is the only leverage you and we have. Please show the strength and spine we are confident you have. Not the fear of a non-vertebrate.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Democrats just swept the off-year elections -- and not just in blue states -- a resounding rejection of Republicans' authoritarian bullshit. It is an insult to Democratic voters, marketplace enrollees, and everyone who turned out on Tuesday for Schumer and Jeffries to cave.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Democrats just swept the off-year elections -- and not just in blue states -- a resounding rejection of Republicans' authoritarian bullshit. It is an insult to Democratic voters, marketplace enrollees, and everyone who turned out on Tuesday for Schumer and Jeffries to cave.
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After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
The way I screamed when he quoted Mario Cuomo in his acceptance speech. A good night for a change in this hellscape
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The way I screamed when he quoted Mario Cuomo in his acceptance speech. A good night for a change in this hellscape
Rochester, put this meet/greet on your calendars and use the QR code to RSVP! @delgadoforny.bsky.social is coming here next week. @indivisibleroc.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Rochester, put this meet/greet on your calendars and use the QR code to RSVP! @delgadoforny.bsky.social is coming here next week. @indivisibleroc.bsky.social
So the push against @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the *elected* Dem candidate, is coming from a sex pest, a bribe-taker, and a bribe-taking fascist-appeaser. They just need Eliot Spitzer to round out the crew.
July 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So the push against @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the *elected* Dem candidate, is coming from a sex pest, a bribe-taker, and a bribe-taking fascist-appeaser. They just need Eliot Spitzer to round out the crew.
NESCAC kid for the win! My very bones, weary from daily rage, celebrated tonight.
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
NESCAC kid for the win! My very bones, weary from daily rage, celebrated tonight.
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In response to the Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, Rochester LGBTQ+ Together will be gathering with community partners and friends in Rochester this Monday to show up for Trans folx and say that Trans rights are not up for debate!
June 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
In response to the Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, Rochester LGBTQ+ Together will be gathering with community partners and friends in Rochester this Monday to show up for Trans folx and say that Trans rights are not up for debate!
I reread Huck Finn (couldn’t remember much from high school) before reading Percival Everett’s James. James was fantastic. Highly recommend. I wanted to hurl HF across the room, but I’m glad I read these two in succession. #BookSky
May 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I reread Huck Finn (couldn’t remember much from high school) before reading Percival Everett’s James. James was fantastic. Highly recommend. I wanted to hurl HF across the room, but I’m glad I read these two in succession. #BookSky
Happy Mother’s Day to me! Just in time for all the red, white, and blue holidays. Timely and timeless art courtesy of @effinbirds.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Happy Mother’s Day to me! Just in time for all the red, white, and blue holidays. Timely and timeless art courtesy of @effinbirds.com
But do care about doing your own work. Your brain needs it.
please, i am begging you, if you do not care about theft or doing your own work - please at least care about our water and planet.
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May 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
But do care about doing your own work. Your brain needs it.
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And although it is difficult and time-consuming, one of the most important tools we have against the constant barrage of chaos and misinformation from this administration is our commitment to context and nuance. We can't afford to lose sight of that.
April 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And although it is difficult and time-consuming, one of the most important tools we have against the constant barrage of chaos and misinformation from this administration is our commitment to context and nuance. We can't afford to lose sight of that.