Yell In a War
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Yell In a War
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social
· Jan 20
gonna make a little thread of threads of my threads on understanding/surviving the current sociopolitical moment so that people can just 📌 one thing if they want a place to reread all of these
(I’ve been told they’re useful, scroll past with no ill will if not to you!)
(I’ve been told they’re useful, scroll past with no ill will if not to you!)
I never wanted to lick a shipwreck before but now that some kid got there before me I sure do
In case you wondered, there's probably exactly one person who has licked the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I never wanted to lick a shipwreck before but now that some kid got there before me I sure do
advent calendars are Hanukkah envy send tweet
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
advent calendars are Hanukkah envy send tweet
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She’s up by about a hundred votes, but some 1700 ballots have been challenged and are in need of curing, so click below to make sure yours was accepted! (And check your voicemails/email spam folders in case you missed a notification.)
Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
She’s up by about a hundred votes, but some 1700 ballots have been challenged and are in need of curing, so click below to make sure yours was accepted! (And check your voicemails/email spam folders in case you missed a notification.)
HELLO I AM SERGEANT COOPER I AM HERE TO HELP YOU OPEN A BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
…but i don’t want to open—
I AM SERGEANT COOPER YOU WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
r-r-retail i guess???
GREAT WHAT DO YOU SELL
nothing, I told you
WHAT DO YOU SELL, MAGGOT
…but i don’t want to open—
I AM SERGEANT COOPER YOU WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
r-r-retail i guess???
GREAT WHAT DO YOU SELL
nothing, I told you
WHAT DO YOU SELL, MAGGOT
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
HELLO I AM SERGEANT COOPER I AM HERE TO HELP YOU OPEN A BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
…but i don’t want to open—
I AM SERGEANT COOPER YOU WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
r-r-retail i guess???
GREAT WHAT DO YOU SELL
nothing, I told you
WHAT DO YOU SELL, MAGGOT
…but i don’t want to open—
I AM SERGEANT COOPER YOU WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN BAR, COFFEE SHOP, OR RETAIL BUSINESS
r-r-retail i guess???
GREAT WHAT DO YOU SELL
nothing, I told you
WHAT DO YOU SELL, MAGGOT
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And another: Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
“If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment,” she says.
Full statement:
“If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment,” she says.
Full statement:
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
And another: Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
“If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment,” she says.
Full statement:
“If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment,” she says.
Full statement:
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After nearly two months of Americans worrying about how they will cover their bills, put food on the table, & afford skyrocketing health care costs, the Senate just agreed a shutdown ‘deal’ that gains nothing for working families.
Read our full statement: www.ncjw.org/news/ncjw-de...
Read our full statement: www.ncjw.org/news/ncjw-de...
NCJW Decries Senate Shutdown Deal Which Fails to Guarantee Affordable Health Care for Millions - National Council of Jewish Women
NCJW Decries Senate Shutdown Deal Which Fails to Guarantee Affordable Health Care for Millions
www.ncjw.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
After nearly two months of Americans worrying about how they will cover their bills, put food on the table, & afford skyrocketing health care costs, the Senate just agreed a shutdown ‘deal’ that gains nothing for working families.
Read our full statement: www.ncjw.org/news/ncjw-de...
Read our full statement: www.ncjw.org/news/ncjw-de...
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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If nothing else, a new minority leader would force Trump to learn a new name.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If nothing else, a new minority leader would force Trump to learn a new name.
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“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
it’s always “so-and-so, live in conversation” as if I was otherwise going to think the guest of honor would be deceased
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
it’s always “so-and-so, live in conversation” as if I was otherwise going to think the guest of honor would be deceased
call your girlfriend and let her know that there’s a
NEW ROBYN SINGLE IN TWO DAYS!!!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
call your girlfriend and let her know that there’s a
Ok, I wasn’t going to out him because up until now he had not been antagonistic, but he outed himself so here’s the guy who searched for me on LinkedIn to pressure me to compromise my safety by meeting a strange man in person who has already compared my belief that AI is not conscious to “slavery.”
Jelena, your views are pro-slavery.
bsky.app/profile/jele...
Origin for any interested⬆️
Standing offer if you'd ever like to discuss Ai ethics & how they exactly parallel current workers' rights & plights.
Here's my profile for anyone interested in the same:
/in/ronchelms
bsky.app/profile/jele...
Origin for any interested⬆️
Standing offer if you'd ever like to discuss Ai ethics & how they exactly parallel current workers' rights & plights.
Here's my profile for anyone interested in the same:
/in/ronchelms
No, that’s stupid.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ok, I wasn’t going to out him because up until now he had not been antagonistic, but he outed himself so here’s the guy who searched for me on LinkedIn to pressure me to compromise my safety by meeting a strange man in person who has already compared my belief that AI is not conscious to “slavery.”
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JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
that and the hostages usually aren’t 15 years older than advertised and they almost never have laminitis
The difference between horse trading and hostage taking is one's willingness to kill the hostages.
Republicans understand this.
Republicans understand this.
Notably, the deal funds Ag for the entire fiscal year so SNAP wouldn’t be an issue in a Jan 30 shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
that and the hostages usually aren’t 15 years older than advertised and they almost never have laminitis
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Me: I do not care for the political climate
Some thirty year Facebook veteran who has been reduced to a reptilian brainstem and accidentally found their way onto this platform: Daniel will enjoy this A.I. generated meme where Trump is a minion from minions
Some thirty year Facebook veteran who has been reduced to a reptilian brainstem and accidentally found their way onto this platform: Daniel will enjoy this A.I. generated meme where Trump is a minion from minions
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Me: I do not care for the political climate
Some thirty year Facebook veteran who has been reduced to a reptilian brainstem and accidentally found their way onto this platform: Daniel will enjoy this A.I. generated meme where Trump is a minion from minions
Some thirty year Facebook veteran who has been reduced to a reptilian brainstem and accidentally found their way onto this platform: Daniel will enjoy this A.I. generated meme where Trump is a minion from minions
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
for the record, while I envy the chutzpah, disagreeing completely with me on something i feel strongly about is NOT an indication you should find me on LinkedIn and ask to meet for coffee
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
for the record, while I envy the chutzpah, disagreeing completely with me on something i feel strongly about is NOT an indication you should find me on LinkedIn and ask to meet for coffee
Me IRL
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November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Me IRL
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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for Veterans Day, the very short story of my grandfather’s heroic service in World War II:
there were fears that the Russians would invade Alaska (there are always fears that the Russians will invade Alaska) so a number of U.S. GIs were stationed there just in case, my grandfather Harry among them.
there were fears that the Russians would invade Alaska (there are always fears that the Russians will invade Alaska) so a number of U.S. GIs were stationed there just in case, my grandfather Harry among them.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
for Veterans Day, the very short story of my grandfather’s heroic service in World War II:
there were fears that the Russians would invade Alaska (there are always fears that the Russians will invade Alaska) so a number of U.S. GIs were stationed there just in case, my grandfather Harry among them.
there were fears that the Russians would invade Alaska (there are always fears that the Russians will invade Alaska) so a number of U.S. GIs were stationed there just in case, my grandfather Harry among them.
Durbin thinks constituents will punish Republicans for voting to double their healthcare premiums.
Durbin has apparently been asleep for the last six months, during which Republicans adeptly avoided and ignored their own constituents after already voting to double their healthcare premiums.
Durbin has apparently been asleep for the last six months, during which Republicans adeptly avoided and ignored their own constituents after already voting to double their healthcare premiums.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Durbin thinks constituents will punish Republicans for voting to double their healthcare premiums.
Durbin has apparently been asleep for the last six months, during which Republicans adeptly avoided and ignored their own constituents after already voting to double their healthcare premiums.
Durbin has apparently been asleep for the last six months, during which Republicans adeptly avoided and ignored their own constituents after already voting to double their healthcare premiums.
yeah do not change your registration in a closed primary state or a caucus state.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
yeah do not change your registration in a closed primary state or a caucus state.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
no, see, that IS his healthcare plan
When I tried to ask Sen. Kennedy about health care he said “I don’t have anything for you.” Funny how he doesn’t have any folksy Foghorn Leghorn colloquialisms when he actually has to be a responsible governing adult.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
no, see, that IS his healthcare plan