liberalvixen phd
@liberalvixen.bsky.social
Intellectual Property/Patent Attorney; PhD chemist; fierce progressive; baseball fan (especially of my dynasty team); frequently seen laughing and enjoying life. I'm knitting right now.
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"It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive..." -- Bruce Springsteen
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Justice Sam Alito was v disturbed yesterday by the mere possibility that judges might be using the federal compassionate release statute to *checks notes* grant incarcerated people's requests for compassionate release
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
Sam Alito Very Concerned About the Possibility of People Not Being In Prison For As Long As Possible
Interesting to which issues prompt judges to get worked up about other judges deciding cases in line with their personal ideological agendas.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Justice Sam Alito was v disturbed yesterday by the mere possibility that judges might be using the federal compassionate release statute to *checks notes* grant incarcerated people's requests for compassionate release
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
I stick by my earlier comment that all Wander Franco did - in the eyes of Republicans in this country - was show that he could be president of this country one day.
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I stick by my earlier comment that all Wander Franco did - in the eyes of Republicans in this country - was show that he could be president of this country one day.
I think everyone is going to be really surprised to learn that 37 states still in 2025 allow child marriage. And in many states, if you - a grown man - get a minor girl pregnant - you can marry her and not face charges.
Christian Nationalism doesn’t just excuse this abuse; it mandates it. open.substack.com/pub/thequirk...
How Epstein Will Get Normalized
This has been at least 40 years in the making
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think everyone is going to be really surprised to learn that 37 states still in 2025 allow child marriage. And in many states, if you - a grown man - get a minor girl pregnant - you can marry her and not face charges.
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It's really weird to see people like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, who once had sweet corporate gigs, have to turn up the creep knob to compete with a generation of personalities that started with an iPhone and a mental disorder.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's really weird to see people like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, who once had sweet corporate gigs, have to turn up the creep knob to compete with a generation of personalities that started with an iPhone and a mental disorder.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am moving out of state and have an outdoor cat who is very skittish that I simply can’t take on a plane without risking life and limb. Would anyone in PDX like to adopt a moody gray lady? She could be fine inside a home with no other cats, she doesn’t tolerate them (hence outside). DM if so.
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Fact-check: true 😕
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fact-check: true 😕
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Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
The Baseball Writers should have to catch one whole game at the major league level and then they can speak on MVP.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Baseball Writers should have to catch one whole game at the major league level and then they can speak on MVP.
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As great as Aaron Judge is, if Cal Raleigh doesn’t win AL MVP, the voters are simply not paying attention to what actually matters in MLB.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As great as Aaron Judge is, if Cal Raleigh doesn’t win AL MVP, the voters are simply not paying attention to what actually matters in MLB.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
Wut
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Wut
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LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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Maggie 🐕🦺
Adult female Mixed Breed mix
Adoptable from Wet Noses Rescue (San Juan de Abajo, NAY)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/maggie-79370962/ca/rancho-santa-fe/wet-noses-rescue-mxnay02/
Adult female Mixed Breed mix
Adoptable from Wet Noses Rescue (San Juan de Abajo, NAY)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/maggie-79370962/ca/rancho-santa-fe/wet-noses-rescue-mxnay02/
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Maggie 🐕🦺
Adult female Mixed Breed mix
Adoptable from Wet Noses Rescue (San Juan de Abajo, NAY)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/maggie-79370962/ca/rancho-santa-fe/wet-noses-rescue-mxnay02/
Adult female Mixed Breed mix
Adoptable from Wet Noses Rescue (San Juan de Abajo, NAY)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/maggie-79370962/ca/rancho-santa-fe/wet-noses-rescue-mxnay02/
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My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?
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“Sorry we went to the Supreme Court to block your food stamps. We were busy moving $500 million.” 🤡
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Sorry we went to the Supreme Court to block your food stamps. We were busy moving $500 million.” 🤡
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
Republicans hate it when people vote.
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block California’s new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Republicans hate it when people vote.
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DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT. AND MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET.
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT. AND MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET.
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Wild to watch playbook run cover for this particular Trump scandal
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wild to watch playbook run cover for this particular Trump scandal
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Donald Trump murdering Jeffrey Epstein to cover up his sex crimes, both candidates went to great lengths to hide their most dangerous secrets.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Donald Trump murdering Jeffrey Epstein to cover up his sex crimes, both candidates went to great lengths to hide their most dangerous secrets.
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One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
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Epstein offered the NYT pics of Trump with young girls in 2015?
Jeffrey Epstein knew he wasn’t fit. You gotta be some kinda piece of shit for Jeff Epstein to say “please do not elect my good friend Donald Trump, he is unfit for office”
Weird that NYT didn’t take them and run them. Wonder why.
Jeffrey Epstein knew he wasn’t fit. You gotta be some kinda piece of shit for Jeff Epstein to say “please do not elect my good friend Donald Trump, he is unfit for office”
Weird that NYT didn’t take them and run them. Wonder why.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Epstein offered the NYT pics of Trump with young girls in 2015?
Jeffrey Epstein knew he wasn’t fit. You gotta be some kinda piece of shit for Jeff Epstein to say “please do not elect my good friend Donald Trump, he is unfit for office”
Weird that NYT didn’t take them and run them. Wonder why.
Jeffrey Epstein knew he wasn’t fit. You gotta be some kinda piece of shit for Jeff Epstein to say “please do not elect my good friend Donald Trump, he is unfit for office”
Weird that NYT didn’t take them and run them. Wonder why.
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Trump says we currently have the single greatest economy American eyes have ever seen. Scott Bessent and Kevin Hassett agree that some sectors of the U.S. economy might already be "in recession."
When a president can’t even convince his own economic team.... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
When a president can’t even convince his own economic team.... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even Trump’s own team doesn’t believe his weird boasts about the economy
The president isn’t just failing to persuade the public to distrust their lying eyes, he’s also failed to convince his own economic team.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump says we currently have the single greatest economy American eyes have ever seen. Scott Bessent and Kevin Hassett agree that some sectors of the U.S. economy might already be "in recession."
When a president can’t even convince his own economic team.... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
When a president can’t even convince his own economic team.... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...