Ermengarde Gersberms 🏳️🌈♠️
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she/her. Techie by day, crafter by night. SF Bay Area. Aro ace.
One person, one vote! ...unless they want progressive policies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One person, one vote! ...unless they want progressive policies.
Narrator: they were not willing to come to the table.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Narrator: they were not willing to come to the table.
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We gave them the victories they’ve been asking for and they turned around and gave up as soon as it was convenient. The carrot days of the Democratic base are over. Time for the stick. They’re not afraid enough of us. We can fix that (with votes).
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We gave them the victories they’ve been asking for and they turned around and gave up as soon as it was convenient. The carrot days of the Democratic base are over. Time for the stick. They’re not afraid enough of us. We can fix that (with votes).
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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one serious problem i see that i am not clear how we solve is, probably 50% of the GOP voting base if not more is really not interested in being part of a democracy anymore. and the only alternative is guys who think democracy means finding common ground with those people
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
one serious problem i see that i am not clear how we solve is, probably 50% of the GOP voting base if not more is really not interested in being part of a democracy anymore. and the only alternative is guys who think democracy means finding common ground with those people
DO @democrats.senate.gov HAVE ANY IDEA HOW INCREDIBLY DEMORALIZING IT IS WATCHING THEM CAVE
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DO @democrats.senate.gov HAVE ANY IDEA HOW INCREDIBLY DEMORALIZING IT IS WATCHING THEM CAVE
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Eight million people protest, Mamdani wins NY, dem sweeps in multiple places... and the Democrat see this momentum, this enthusiasm, this turning tide, and they decide to.. cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Eight million people protest, Mamdani wins NY, dem sweeps in multiple places... and the Democrat see this momentum, this enthusiasm, this turning tide, and they decide to.. cave.
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
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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.
Hey @schiff.senate.gov your voicemail is full. Anyway: as your constituent I am calling on you to stand firm and not end the shutdown absent serious Republican concessions. At a minimum, Vought must go and Hegseth must go.
Oh look it's official
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey @schiff.senate.gov your voicemail is full. Anyway: as your constituent I am calling on you to stand firm and not end the shutdown absent serious Republican concessions. At a minimum, Vought must go and Hegseth must go.
The carceral state cannot be reformed and must be abolished.
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 7:23 PM
The carceral state cannot be reformed and must be abolished.
…so Trump is *admitting* that Americans have shelled out $2k each on his tariffs.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
…so Trump is *admitting* that Americans have shelled out $2k each on his tariffs.
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what do we call a government with a permanently suspended or frozen parliament that is currently being ruled by decree through a singular executive and his unelected court
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
what do we call a government with a permanently suspended or frozen parliament that is currently being ruled by decree through a singular executive and his unelected court
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Virginia, I am counting on you for some *OUTRAGEOUS* gerrymanders. I want to see VA redrawn so Republicans have *negative* seats.
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Virginia, I am counting on you for some *OUTRAGEOUS* gerrymanders. I want to see VA redrawn so Republicans have *negative* seats.
Time for conservative pundits to head into cities to talk to some Real Americans!
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Time for conservative pundits to head into cities to talk to some Real Americans!
Cheney, who along with W should have been in chains at The Hague, is now permanently beyond the reach of justice. My thoughts are with the families of his millions of victims.
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cheney, who along with W should have been in chains at The Hague, is now permanently beyond the reach of justice. My thoughts are with the families of his millions of victims.
Maybe the real future of the Democratic Party is the friends we made along the way!
The real future of the Democrat party is the ABC’s of democracy
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Maybe the real future of the Democratic Party is the friends we made along the way!
A better world is possible!
Nature really can heal, if you let it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A better world is possible!
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The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
This looks amazing and makes me wish I still lived in LA. (Honestly, shit like this was what made living in LA worthwhile.)
Celebrate Over The Garden Wall with Requiem Cafe from October 24th - November 9th!
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This looks amazing and makes me wish I still lived in LA. (Honestly, shit like this was what made living in LA worthwhile.)
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The Trump administration is a fascist administration, but the United States is not yet a fascist state.
Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process.
Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.
Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process.
Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Trump administration is a fascist administration, but the United States is not yet a fascist state.
Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process.
Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.
Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process.
Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.
A better world is possible!
Maldives eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. No babies were born with HIV or syphilis in 2022–23, and hepatitis B has vanished among children. The WHO is calling it a “triple elimination,” the world’s first of its kind. buff.ly/lH7h3BW
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Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for…
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A better world is possible!
DAMMIT APPLE I THOUGHT I WAS CURSED OR SOMETHING
I knew it! I fucking knew it!!!
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
www.macworld.com/article/2952...
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
DAMMIT APPLE I THOUGHT I WAS CURSED OR SOMETHING