Working Class Hero / Coddled Office Worker
@lilbird9702.bsky.social
Life, sports, dance and current events. I use my democratic participation to make the world a better place, starting in Boston.
I'm not Paul Juda.
I'm not Paul Juda.
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I'm a figure skating fan. Prepare yourself for the coming Winter.
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🤼🥋Haruka Kaju makes it look easy in the 63kg final of the Tokyo Grand Slam, hitting Yamaguchi with a little ko soto gari for a yuko score and rolling into the osaekomi to finish the match
December 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🤼🥋Haruka Kaju makes it look easy in the 63kg final of the Tokyo Grand Slam, hitting Yamaguchi with a little ko soto gari for a yuko score and rolling into the osaekomi to finish the match
Group chats: not even once.
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Group chats: not even once.
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CNN: "An investigation exposed evidence of mass graves filled with Palestinians killed by Israel and bulldozed into the sands of Gaza."
The surviving Gazans rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The surviving Gazans rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
CNN: "An investigation exposed evidence of mass graves filled with Palestinians killed by Israel and bulldozed into the sands of Gaza."
The surviving Gazans rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The surviving Gazans rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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when DSA types whine the dems aren’t “anti-war” what they really mean is they wish they could tell Ukraine to go fuck itself like leftists in every other country
Watching Melenchon histrionically calling for an understanding w "the russians" is pure rage bait. Not only does he disregard Ru's crimes, he speaks as if Ukr right to exist is irrelevant. The gall of claiming he stands for equality/human rights while calling to consign Ukr to Ru occupation!
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
when DSA types whine the dems aren’t “anti-war” what they really mean is they wish they could tell Ukraine to go fuck itself like leftists in every other country
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Republicans have tanked the economy and turned the country into a corrupt autocracy. But my NPR-loving neighbor has been giving me a hard time about my gas-powered leaf blower. I've never felt more politically homeless.
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Republicans have tanked the economy and turned the country into a corrupt autocracy. But my NPR-loving neighbor has been giving me a hard time about my gas-powered leaf blower. I've never felt more politically homeless.
How long before she starts working for CBS news?
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How long before she starts working for CBS news?
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My seasonal reminder that you are probably worse at driving in the snow than you think you are, four wheel drive isn’t a panacea, and your pick up truck is garbage in the snow regardless of how much money you’ve spent on it.
Don’t drive unless you absolutely have to. Saw multiple cars spin out on this stretch of Cherry plus these two stuck buses
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My seasonal reminder that you are probably worse at driving in the snow than you think you are, four wheel drive isn’t a panacea, and your pick up truck is garbage in the snow regardless of how much money you’ve spent on it.
"Hay al menos 10.212 personas distintas retratadas en las fotografías y todas ellas pasaron por las prisiones sirias después de 2011. Hay días en los que se tomaron hasta 177 fotografías. Se trata de la mayor base de datos de imágenes de prisioneros sirios asesinados jamás hecha pública."
Los archivos secretos de Damasco: miles de fotografías revelan la maquinaria de muerte del régimen de Bachar el Asad en Siria
En las cárceles sirias hubo detenciones y asesinatos masivos hasta la caída del dictador, como desvela una investigación internacional en la que participa EL PAÍS
elpais.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"Hay al menos 10.212 personas distintas retratadas en las fotografías y todas ellas pasaron por las prisiones sirias después de 2011. Hay días en los que se tomaron hasta 177 fotografías. Se trata de la mayor base de datos de imágenes de prisioneros sirios asesinados jamás hecha pública."
The best option is to purchase a seat for the violin. The main concern with carry-on instrument cases is overhead compartments being completely filled by the time she boards. But I'm surprised cabin crew didn't even try to accommodate the case.
Actually, this is Lufthansa. So I'm not surprised.
Actually, this is Lufthansa. So I'm not surprised.
Lufthansa Forces Violinist To Travel With 1782 Instrument Outside Its Case
Lufthansa Forces Violinist To Travel With 1782 Instrument Outside Its Case
A violinist traveling with a 243-year-old instrument encountered a baffling situation on Lufthansa that raises important questions about airline judgment and common sense. Lufthansa Forces Violinist To Travel With 1782 Instrument Outside Its Case German violinist Carolin Widmann was traveling from Helsinki when Lufthansa refused to allow her 1782 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin onboard in […]
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The best option is to purchase a seat for the violin. The main concern with carry-on instrument cases is overhead compartments being completely filled by the time she boards. But I'm surprised cabin crew didn't even try to accommodate the case.
Actually, this is Lufthansa. So I'm not surprised.
Actually, this is Lufthansa. So I'm not surprised.
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One wall. No ceilings
We should execute him at the first opportunity. Not even kidding. Peleus precedent
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
One wall. No ceilings
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For all the talk of how the Trump Administration has failed to do Regime Consolidation (which is true, they are incompetent) his billionaire allies, who now run most of the news media and social media, have continued their version of it mostly unabated.
The Trump administration and Larry Ellison are going to go out of their way to ensure that Larry is the one that gets to buy HBO/CNN/Warner Brothers
Paramount Accuses Warner Bros. Discovery of Unfair Bidding Process, Favoring Netflix in Letter to Zaslav
The letter accuses the sales process of being "tainted by management conflicts"
www.thewrap.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For all the talk of how the Trump Administration has failed to do Regime Consolidation (which is true, they are incompetent) his billionaire allies, who now run most of the news media and social media, have continued their version of it mostly unabated.
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🤼Matt Hughes (EIU) tries to take down Joe Williams (Iowa) in the quarters of the 1996 NCAA tournament and it doesn't go how he planned.
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🤼Matt Hughes (EIU) tries to take down Joe Williams (Iowa) in the quarters of the 1996 NCAA tournament and it doesn't go how he planned.
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And this is one of the reasons they are wary of doing so, because Joe Biden ended our longest war at great political cost - it was what made the media turn against him - only to have smug smoothbrains do both-sides equivocation
No political benefit to ending wars, even from the left.
No political benefit to ending wars, even from the left.
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And this is one of the reasons they are wary of doing so, because Joe Biden ended our longest war at great political cost - it was what made the media turn against him - only to have smug smoothbrains do both-sides equivocation
No political benefit to ending wars, even from the left.
No political benefit to ending wars, even from the left.
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Rand Paul could have prevented Pete Hegseth from being confirmed as Defense Secretary. Instead, he voted for him — a manifestly unqualified candidate — to run the Defense Department. Now, we're here.
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Rand Paul could have prevented Pete Hegseth from being confirmed as Defense Secretary. Instead, he voted for him — a manifestly unqualified candidate — to run the Defense Department. Now, we're here.
I'm on Paul's side here, but I'm not sure I agree with his conclusion. There's a serious possibility that releasing the footage results in people making memes about abject violence, and it all becomes normalized. I hope that's not the case.
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm on Paul's side here, but I'm not sure I agree with his conclusion. There's a serious possibility that releasing the footage results in people making memes about abject violence, and it all becomes normalized. I hope that's not the case.
Me liking Mira of Kyiv's America-hating posts.
a hand is pressing a red button with a silver rim
Alt: A hand repeatedly and rapidly pressing a red button with a silver rim.
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Me liking Mira of Kyiv's America-hating posts.
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E. Normielib of Boston, MA knows that the transphobe party is the enemy of her blood. E. Normielib of Boston, Lincolnshire, well, who's to say? they seem so credible and nice on the television.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
E. Normielib of Boston, MA knows that the transphobe party is the enemy of her blood. E. Normielib of Boston, Lincolnshire, well, who's to say? they seem so credible and nice on the television.
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free.
June 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free.
Ilia Malinin will attempt a quad axel-triple toe at the Grand Prix Final.
He is the ultimate madlad. #figureskating
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
He is the ultimate madlad. #figureskating
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
ISU Grand Prix Final 2025: Ilia Malinin to attempt quad Axels in both programs - and "almost there" to reveal world's first quintuple
The two-time world champion has two quad Axels on his birthday wish list as he goes for a three-peat at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan.
www.olympics.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ilia Malinin will attempt a quad axel-triple toe at the Grand Prix Final.
He is the ultimate madlad. #figureskating
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
He is the ultimate madlad. #figureskating
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
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I sorta of find it funny when people say Dems will win if they are anti corruption/scams when Trump 1 was overtly corrupt and the media in response tried to jail his successors son while the populace said give me a more deranged Trump
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I sorta of find it funny when people say Dems will win if they are anti corruption/scams when Trump 1 was overtly corrupt and the media in response tried to jail his successors son while the populace said give me a more deranged Trump
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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Enabling, "Require alt text before posting," by default would be BlueSky's most effective UX upgrade.
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Enabling, "Require alt text before posting," by default would be BlueSky's most effective UX upgrade.
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That's the problem. The last election sounded like the most racist, sexist and xenophobic one Id ever seen and so many white people refused to even address how scary it was
...because white nationalism isn't an existential threat to all of them and they felt they could take their chances.
...because white nationalism isn't an existential threat to all of them and they felt they could take their chances.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
That's the problem. The last election sounded like the most racist, sexist and xenophobic one Id ever seen and so many white people refused to even address how scary it was
...because white nationalism isn't an existential threat to all of them and they felt they could take their chances.
...because white nationalism isn't an existential threat to all of them and they felt they could take their chances.