lavenderfrost
@lavenderfrost.bsky.social
podficbylav @ twitter, lavenderfrost @ ao3. She/her but neutral pronouns also work. 40something & not your babysitter. Pragmatic idealist bi/pan spoonie with ADHD and chronic Bullshit Fatigue. Fuck Trump, and fuck the muskrat. 🏳️🌈 🇺🇸 🗽
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Y'all wanna know how to motivate yourselves to keep going right now?
One word: midterms.
33 (!) seats will be up for reelection in the US Senate, as will the ENTIRE House of Representatives.
Not to mention there's almost always a fucking slew of state and local positions to vote for.
One word: midterms.
33 (!) seats will be up for reelection in the US Senate, as will the ENTIRE House of Representatives.
Not to mention there's almost always a fucking slew of state and local positions to vote for.
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The aggregation of 22 separate federal agencies, most of which had nothing to do with each other, into DHS was the second most corrosive post-9/11 action taken (after the passing of the PATRIOT Act) and I will die on that hill
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:21 AM
The aggregation of 22 separate federal agencies, most of which had nothing to do with each other, into DHS was the second most corrosive post-9/11 action taken (after the passing of the PATRIOT Act) and I will die on that hill
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We warned people that if RFK Jr. becomes HHS Secretary, outbreaks like the one he caused in Samoa would occur.
Anti-Vaxxers are in a cult.
Cults exist on a chain of influence.
At one end is ethical influence; the other end’s authoritarian control that demands adherence under a resolute authority.
Anti-Vaxxers are in a cult.
Cults exist on a chain of influence.
At one end is ethical influence; the other end’s authoritarian control that demands adherence under a resolute authority.
South Carolina measles outbreak is largest in US since measles was declared eliminated | CNN
The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We warned people that if RFK Jr. becomes HHS Secretary, outbreaks like the one he caused in Samoa would occur.
Anti-Vaxxers are in a cult.
Cults exist on a chain of influence.
At one end is ethical influence; the other end’s authoritarian control that demands adherence under a resolute authority.
Anti-Vaxxers are in a cult.
Cults exist on a chain of influence.
At one end is ethical influence; the other end’s authoritarian control that demands adherence under a resolute authority.
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yoonmin who openly hate(love) each other celebrate valentine's day by stewing over these anti-love cookies and then having hours of steamy hate sex
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
yoonmin who openly hate(love) each other celebrate valentine's day by stewing over these anti-love cookies and then having hours of steamy hate sex
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$10 says someone could make these a fanfiction trend. HP seems obvious, but I suspect semen in a charm could be worked into most things.
You know Ronan Lynch is into it.
Not into it: She-Ra fandom, and I love them for that.
You know Ronan Lynch is into it.
Not into it: She-Ra fandom, and I love them for that.
Hey everyone take a look at this necklace I saw on Instagram that you fill with your partner’s jizz and wear around
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
$10 says someone could make these a fanfiction trend. HP seems obvious, but I suspect semen in a charm could be worked into most things.
You know Ronan Lynch is into it.
Not into it: She-Ra fandom, and I love them for that.
You know Ronan Lynch is into it.
Not into it: She-Ra fandom, and I love them for that.
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This is what violence looks like
who called it "footjob" when creamed corns was right there??? 😩
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM
This is what violence looks like
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If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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#USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MidasMighty #america #Politics-matter #PoliticsNation #history #Ethics #SocialJustice #LongerTables #DemocraticSocialist #Ecosocialism #Socialist #socialism #LeftIsBest #ClassConsciousness #FalseConsciousness #abolishcapitalism #HumanRights
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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We need more woman in Congress 💙
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
We need more woman in Congress 💙
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Reminder that the GOP wants to kill you and your whole family, rob you blind, and make sure your kids are kept uneducated and ignorant enough to buy into their lies.
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Reminder that the GOP wants to kill you and your whole family, rob you blind, and make sure your kids are kept uneducated and ignorant enough to buy into their lies.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Oh that sure is a lot of cheese! As someone who just made some puff pastry cheddar things twenty minutes ago, I am glad that it was shreded aldi mozz, not shreded aldi cheddar.
Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
FDA Announces Recall on More Than 1.5 Million Bags of Cheese for Potential Metal Contamination
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a cheese recall impacting more than a million bags of shredded cheese. The recalled cheese was produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. and may b...
www.allrecipes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Oh that sure is a lot of cheese! As someone who just made some puff pastry cheddar things twenty minutes ago, I am glad that it was shreded aldi mozz, not shreded aldi cheddar.
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They took a +22 republican to a +8 republican.
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
They took a +22 republican to a +8 republican.
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
They will lose the next midterm
Bigly
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...
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This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
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Russia’s victory is assured in 2225 AD.
It took Russia 11 years to seize parts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The front line barely moved in two years — yet the 28-Point Plan could hand Moscow more land without lifting a finger.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
The front line barely moved in two years — yet the 28-Point Plan could hand Moscow more land without lifting a finger.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Russia’s victory is assured in 2225 AD.
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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They lost indivisible
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
They lost indivisible
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About