@karenkolbe.bsky.social
Psychotherapist. Person with opinions. Journalist, briefly. Former latchkey and theater kid. “Objectivity” isn’t real; own your biases. Hate fascists, MAGAs, bros. Love democracy, a free press, cooking, true crime, hiking, cycling, swearing
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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You’re not spending your money today. Give your gifts in money form to your friends and family for Christmas.
Shop locally, spend your money to lift each other up.
Let’s help this bubble burst for these billionaires.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Boycott
#ChristinaTalks
youtube.com/shorts/Bb67i...
Shop locally, spend your money to lift each other up.
Let’s help this bubble burst for these billionaires.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Boycott
#ChristinaTalks
youtube.com/shorts/Bb67i...
November 25, 2025
YouTube video by Christina Talks
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You’re not spending your money today. Give your gifts in money form to your friends and family for Christmas.
Shop locally, spend your money to lift each other up.
Let’s help this bubble burst for these billionaires.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Boycott
#ChristinaTalks
youtube.com/shorts/Bb67i...
Shop locally, spend your money to lift each other up.
Let’s help this bubble burst for these billionaires.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Boycott
#ChristinaTalks
youtube.com/shorts/Bb67i...
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Broad legal precedence holds that just following orders, colloquially known as the “Nuremberg defense” as it was used unsuccessfully by senior Nazi officials to justify their actions under Adolf Hitler, doesn’t absolve troops.
Trump Calls for Democrats to Be Put to Death for Accurately Describing Troops’ Constitutional Duties
Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition "punishable by DEATH" for calling on military members to uphold the Constitution.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Broad legal precedence holds that just following orders, colloquially known as the “Nuremberg defense” as it was used unsuccessfully by senior Nazi officials to justify their actions under Adolf Hitler, doesn’t absolve troops.
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this has come to fruition
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
this has come to fruition
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
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Himes: "In combination with the Russia plan and the lethal strikes on drug boats, what the world is seeing is that the Trump administration is purely performative. It doesn't matter what really happens so long as in the moment when you're very mad at Mark Kelly, you threaten to Court-martial him."
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Himes: "In combination with the Russia plan and the lethal strikes on drug boats, what the world is seeing is that the Trump administration is purely performative. It doesn't matter what really happens so long as in the moment when you're very mad at Mark Kelly, you threaten to Court-martial him."
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Sean Duffy’s policy proposals are indistinguishable from an 80s hack comic’s 5-minute standup set.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sean Duffy’s policy proposals are indistinguishable from an 80s hack comic’s 5-minute standup set.
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Impossible to overstate how bad these dipshits are at generating original thoughts—much less helpful ones. You could absolutely replace most Republicans with a chatbot.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Impossible to overstate how bad these dipshits are at generating original thoughts—much less helpful ones. You could absolutely replace most Republicans with a chatbot.
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And fuck centrist politicians who CONSTANTLY parrot the right wing framing that taxes are bad and need to be lowered. They can go fuck themselves too. Taxes pay their salaries and pensions and they still refuse to stand up for this unalloyed public good which makes society run. Goddamn useless.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And fuck centrist politicians who CONSTANTLY parrot the right wing framing that taxes are bad and need to be lowered. They can go fuck themselves too. Taxes pay their salaries and pensions and they still refuse to stand up for this unalloyed public good which makes society run. Goddamn useless.
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Taxes are good! Taxes are how we pay for all of the things that make society a good place to live!
People who don't like taxes are selfish and stupid and make our entire society worse for their own short term, often barely noticeable gain.
People who don't like taxes are selfish and stupid and make our entire society worse for their own short term, often barely noticeable gain.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Taxes are good! Taxes are how we pay for all of the things that make society a good place to live!
People who don't like taxes are selfish and stupid and make our entire society worse for their own short term, often barely noticeable gain.
People who don't like taxes are selfish and stupid and make our entire society worse for their own short term, often barely noticeable gain.
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Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
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Continuing to pick dumb fights that can’t win legally or in the court of public opinion
Real fuckin genius shit
Real fuckin genius shit
CNN reports the Pentagon is now looking at reducing the military rank and pension pay of Sen. Mark Kelly
www.alternet.org/mark-kelly-t...
www.alternet.org/mark-kelly-t...
Pentagon now wants to cut Mark Kelly’s pension in 'downshift' from call for court-martial
CNN reports the Pentagon is now looking at reducing the military rank and pension pay of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) over a video he participated in that urged troops to disregard illegal orders.“It cert...
www.alternet.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Continuing to pick dumb fights that can’t win legally or in the court of public opinion
Real fuckin genius shit
Real fuckin genius shit
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can anyone who understands finance lingo tell me if this is a good or bad sign??
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
can anyone who understands finance lingo tell me if this is a good or bad sign??
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They also remembered he's not white, most likely.
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They also remembered he's not white, most likely.
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@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Thank you for talking so passionately about this regime’s plan to reduce nurses from a professional status. I called to talk about my daughter who might have to put her plans on hold to work toward getting a Nurse Practitioner degree. She said her soul is broken.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Thank you for talking so passionately about this regime’s plan to reduce nurses from a professional status. I called to talk about my daughter who might have to put her plans on hold to work toward getting a Nurse Practitioner degree. She said her soul is broken.
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you buy new phone you buy WHY You noT BUY PHONE Feed MOnEY to markets NOW buy PHONE
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
you buy new phone you buy WHY You noT BUY PHONE Feed MOnEY to markets NOW buy PHONE
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I’m dying!
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m dying!
Among so many other things about his stand-up set, I really wonder why he’s so stuck on that autopen “joke;” he’s workshopped it to death and it never lands. Not like those shower and toilet bits he does, those are gold.
Trump: "The department of everything. We have a department of everything. You know what that is? I think that's called the White House. Into a terrible situation caused by a man named Sleepy Joe Biden. He used an autopen last year for the turkey's pardon."
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Among so many other things about his stand-up set, I really wonder why he’s so stuck on that autopen “joke;” he’s workshopped it to death and it never lands. Not like those shower and toilet bits he does, those are gold.
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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Wife & I sitting down to periodically review our financial accounts:
Wife: Are you ready or do you need some time to get frustrated, shout and the screen, and reset your passwords?
Me: Umm…give me a minute
Wife: Are you ready or do you need some time to get frustrated, shout and the screen, and reset your passwords?
Me: Umm…give me a minute
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wife & I sitting down to periodically review our financial accounts:
Wife: Are you ready or do you need some time to get frustrated, shout and the screen, and reset your passwords?
Me: Umm…give me a minute
Wife: Are you ready or do you need some time to get frustrated, shout and the screen, and reset your passwords?
Me: Umm…give me a minute
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i hate that i think this is a great idea. people are so bogged down with admin, work is exhausting, everyone is lonely and having a hard time making or spending time with friends. friendships deserve our time and effort but good friends can also make drudgery fun
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
i hate that i think this is a great idea. people are so bogged down with admin, work is exhausting, everyone is lonely and having a hard time making or spending time with friends. friendships deserve our time and effort but good friends can also make drudgery fun
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible