InaneDragon
@inanedragon.bsky.social
Nuclear engineer by day, twitch streamer & alcoholic by night. I don't recommend following me, I'm a bit odd. He/him;they/them
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InaneDragon
@inanedragon.bsky.social
· Dec 14
My first go at a hardscape for the 20 gallon. Remember, plants are going to be added all around & even on the hardscape.
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
The campaign to primary @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social begins today.
A group of Democratic defectors helped the Republican-led U.S. Senate pass legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end.
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Democratic Defectors Help GOP Senate Pass Bill to End Shutdown, Send it to House
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The campaign to primary @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social begins today.
@markwarner.bsky.social isn't calling for @schumer.senate.gov's resignation & retirement?
Guess we're going to have to primary him. Sorry, Mark, you had one job - representing Virginians. You failed to do that when you went along with the scheme to betray gov't workers & Americans writ large.
Guess we're going to have to primary him. Sorry, Mark, you had one job - representing Virginians. You failed to do that when you went along with the scheme to betray gov't workers & Americans writ large.
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@markwarner.bsky.social isn't calling for @schumer.senate.gov's resignation & retirement?
Guess we're going to have to primary him. Sorry, Mark, you had one job - representing Virginians. You failed to do that when you went along with the scheme to betray gov't workers & Americans writ large.
Guess we're going to have to primary him. Sorry, Mark, you had one job - representing Virginians. You failed to do that when you went along with the scheme to betray gov't workers & Americans writ large.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
McConnell proved we cannot entrust the Senate with the power to control a judge's appointment. And Trump has proven we can't entrust the President with the power to nominate justices. So I propose we try a new system:
Let District Court judges nominate new judges. Then the Circuit Courts appoint.
Let District Court judges nominate new judges. Then the Circuit Courts appoint.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
McConnell proved we cannot entrust the Senate with the power to control a judge's appointment. And Trump has proven we can't entrust the President with the power to nominate justices. So I propose we try a new system:
Let District Court judges nominate new judges. Then the Circuit Courts appoint.
Let District Court judges nominate new judges. Then the Circuit Courts appoint.
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Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
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This is absolutely right.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
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 12:34 PM
This is absolutely right.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
Jonathan -fucking- chait is calling you out for capitulating, @kaine.senate.gov
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Jonathan -fucking- chait is calling you out for capitulating, @kaine.senate.gov
I want to be clear about this: @markwarner.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com own any vote by @kaine.senate.gov regarding the shutdown & continuing resolution. Including any vote that does not include 100% funding of ACA premiums.
they got theirs, so fuck everyone else. that's why schumer is letting the 8 fall on that sword but at the end of the day, it is a group project & they all get a F for being complicit & not demanding schumer resign back in march for when this first started, among many other sins they've committed.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I want to be clear about this: @markwarner.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com own any vote by @kaine.senate.gov regarding the shutdown & continuing resolution. Including any vote that does not include 100% funding of ACA premiums.
Okay, @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social don't get to stand for election again. Primary them both.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Okay, @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social don't get to stand for election again. Primary them both.
You can't work together because working with fascists invites fascism. And right now, the GOP is made up of fascists.
If you work with them, @shaheen.senate.gov, you've decided to work with fascists. Which is what fascists do.
If you work with them, @shaheen.senate.gov, you've decided to work with fascists. Which is what fascists do.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You can't work together because working with fascists invites fascism. And right now, the GOP is made up of fascists.
If you work with them, @shaheen.senate.gov, you've decided to work with fascists. Which is what fascists do.
If you work with them, @shaheen.senate.gov, you've decided to work with fascists. Which is what fascists do.
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Well crap, one of the worst people I know was probably right. The democrats caving is almost certainly purely out of a moronic worship of the racist filibuster rules.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Well crap, one of the worst people I know was probably right. The democrats caving is almost certainly purely out of a moronic worship of the racist filibuster rules.
This was the table, @hassan.senate.gov. This was when you had the leverage to make them actually do anything, you stupid fucking moron!
Quit, knowing you failed.
Quit, knowing you failed.
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This was the table, @hassan.senate.gov. This was when you had the leverage to make them actually do anything, you stupid fucking moron!
Quit, knowing you failed.
Quit, knowing you failed.
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2/2
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
2/2
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus
@bobbyscott.house.gov, I need you to step up in 2029 and primary @kaine.senate.gov if he doesn't abandon this cowardice.
If not you, than who? I promise to support whoever your anoint as your replacement for the 3rd House District in Virginia.
I'll quit my job and work both your campaigns fulltime
If not you, than who? I promise to support whoever your anoint as your replacement for the 3rd House District in Virginia.
I'll quit my job and work both your campaigns fulltime
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 2:08 AM
@bobbyscott.house.gov, I need you to step up in 2029 and primary @kaine.senate.gov if he doesn't abandon this cowardice.
If not you, than who? I promise to support whoever your anoint as your replacement for the 3rd House District in Virginia.
I'll quit my job and work both your campaigns fulltime
If not you, than who? I promise to support whoever your anoint as your replacement for the 3rd House District in Virginia.
I'll quit my job and work both your campaigns fulltime
@kainewkirk.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com, please fucking sit up and listen to your constiuents. I know you, Governor Elect, don't actually get a vote, but you're giving Kaine cover to betray everyone who voted for you. Do fucking better.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
@kainewkirk.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com, please fucking sit up and listen to your constiuents. I know you, Governor Elect, don't actually get a vote, but you're giving Kaine cover to betray everyone who voted for you. Do fucking better.
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Of course the worthless Democrats decide to piss away all their bargaining chips after an electoral victory.
Fucking collaborators
Fucking collaborators
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Of course the worthless Democrats decide to piss away all their bargaining chips after an electoral victory.
Fucking collaborators
Fucking collaborators
And if my Virginia representatives cave, I will do anything in my power (as little as that is) to see that this is their last term of office. This goes for @markwarner.bsky.social, @kaine.senate.gov, and @bobbyscott.house.gov.
I hope Warner & Scott stand firm on their "nos" & that Kaine sees reason
I hope Warner & Scott stand firm on their "nos" & that Kaine sees reason
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
And if my Virginia representatives cave, I will do anything in my power (as little as that is) to see that this is their last term of office. This goes for @markwarner.bsky.social, @kaine.senate.gov, and @bobbyscott.house.gov.
I hope Warner & Scott stand firm on their "nos" & that Kaine sees reason
I hope Warner & Scott stand firm on their "nos" & that Kaine sees reason
Hey, @abigailspanberger.com, just saw this opinion of yours from earlier today & I want to say, as one of your voters:
No. Virginians do not want Trump to get his way at the expense of the most vulnerable among us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
No. Virginians do not want Trump to get his way at the expense of the most vulnerable among us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Abigail Spanberger says Democrats' election wins aren't a green light to extend shutdown
The Democratic Virginia governor-elect said both parties should vote to open the government even if there's no deal to extend health care subsidies.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hey, @abigailspanberger.com, just saw this opinion of yours from earlier today & I want to say, as one of your voters:
No. Virginians do not want Trump to get his way at the expense of the most vulnerable among us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
No. Virginians do not want Trump to get his way at the expense of the most vulnerable among us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Okay, we can now allow Warner to keep his seat.
WARNER IS NO
think you have 6 hard yeses currently (CCM, Hassan, Shaheen, King, Fetterman, and Kaine) but they do actually need to get two more flips
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Okay, we can now allow Warner to keep his seat.
Hey, @kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social, why aren't you listening to us @abigailspanberger.com voters?
We told you less than a week ago to stand firm. Don't cave now, unless you're ready to retire. We will come for your jobs, your reputations, and your name if you fail us now.
We told you less than a week ago to stand firm. Don't cave now, unless you're ready to retire. We will come for your jobs, your reputations, and your name if you fail us now.
So poll after poll shows that people are pissed at Republicans for the shutdown, the Dems got resounding victories across the country on Tuesday, and the Dem leadership's response is to... cave?
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hey, @kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social, why aren't you listening to us @abigailspanberger.com voters?
We told you less than a week ago to stand firm. Don't cave now, unless you're ready to retire. We will come for your jobs, your reputations, and your name if you fail us now.
We told you less than a week ago to stand firm. Don't cave now, unless you're ready to retire. We will come for your jobs, your reputations, and your name if you fail us now.
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They should also continue to fight because whatever they agree to will not be upheld by the regime.
The regime illegally reappropriated funds approved by the LAST Congress, and then ignored court orders telling them to stop.
This is fascism.
The regime illegally reappropriated funds approved by the LAST Congress, and then ignored court orders telling them to stop.
This is fascism.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
They should also continue to fight because whatever they agree to will not be upheld by the regime.
The regime illegally reappropriated funds approved by the LAST Congress, and then ignored court orders telling them to stop.
This is fascism.
The regime illegally reappropriated funds approved by the LAST Congress, and then ignored court orders telling them to stop.
This is fascism.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"