Democracy Dies in Dorkness
@lizamazel.bsky.social
(Banner and thumbnail are both from Remedios Varos' painting "Paraiso de los Gatos")
Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I also like cute doggos
Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I also like cute doggos
Pinned
a cartoon of a duck with a swirl in the background and the letters netflix on the bottom left
Alt: Daffy Duck losing his entire shit and tearing the room apart in "Duck Amuck"
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Me, when disagreeing with someone who seems to be able to hear and respond and modify: generally do the same, sometimes end up with a great discussion and even a new follow.
Me, once I have decided someone is an obdurate fuckhead:
Me, once I have decided someone is an obdurate fuckhead:
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This is good context for lots of what’s actually going on, and not the fantasies of what Dems could theoretically get even if they kept the government closed indefinitely.
I am firmly on team primary them and Schumer should resign, but let’s be clear eyed what the possibilities were
I am firmly on team primary them and Schumer should resign, but let’s be clear eyed what the possibilities were
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is good context for lots of what’s actually going on, and not the fantasies of what Dems could theoretically get even if they kept the government closed indefinitely.
I am firmly on team primary them and Schumer should resign, but let’s be clear eyed what the possibilities were
I am firmly on team primary them and Schumer should resign, but let’s be clear eyed what the possibilities were
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I'm not particularly invested in keeping him as minority leader but as long as he's in there he can eat some sin
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I'm not particularly invested in keeping him as minority leader but as long as he's in there he can eat some sin
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I've got back news for you about the ability of any political leader to control a caucus at all
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I've got back news for you about the ability of any political leader to control a caucus at all
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I don't even think this is Schumer's fault especially but I do appreciate that he's still serving his ablative function
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I don't even think this is Schumer's fault especially but I do appreciate that he's still serving his ablative function
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Labour need an Mamdani moment in so far as they need to be electorally humiliated by a likeable and articulate socialist opponent.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Labour need an Mamdani moment in so far as they need to be electorally humiliated by a likeable and articulate socialist opponent.
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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It takes a very particular type of sicko to want to be a legislator! 😂
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
It takes a very particular type of sicko to want to be a legislator! 😂
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In other words Senate Republicans saw the results this week & opted to throw Vought under the bus to preemptively protect themselves for a few months & opted to betray Trump by negotiating instead of nuking the filibuster like he keeps demanding & they could’ve done at any time to end the shutdown.
The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
In other words Senate Republicans saw the results this week & opted to throw Vought under the bus to preemptively protect themselves for a few months & opted to betray Trump by negotiating instead of nuking the filibuster like he keeps demanding & they could’ve done at any time to end the shutdown.
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
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Some good doggos available for adoption in the Bay Area!
To everyone who has been following our puppy fostering adventure, these puppies are now officially up for adoption! If you live in the Bay Area and want to adopt some of the cutest, friendliest, lovely dogs around, now's your chance. Links in the thread 🧵 below to each pup's page!
More pupdates:
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Some good doggos available for adoption in the Bay Area!
I want us to keep civil asset forfeiture exactly as long as it takes to fine each and every one of the POS gazillionaire mob who brought us here the ENTIRETY of their assets.
then we can get rid of it.
also some of them need the Hague, so we should also join the ICC
there all solved
then we can get rid of it.
also some of them need the Hague, so we should also join the ICC
there all solved
Dear NZ: fight civil asset forfeiture with everything you have in you. Love, the US
A concorning snippet, here:
"That campaign will receive $5.9 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund - money taken from criminals - and the Government wants to make it faster for police use the proceeds of crime laws to seize assets from drug dealers."
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
"That campaign will receive $5.9 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund - money taken from criminals - and the Government wants to make it faster for police use the proceeds of crime laws to seize assets from drug dealers."
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I want us to keep civil asset forfeiture exactly as long as it takes to fine each and every one of the POS gazillionaire mob who brought us here the ENTIRETY of their assets.
then we can get rid of it.
also some of them need the Hague, so we should also join the ICC
there all solved
then we can get rid of it.
also some of them need the Hague, so we should also join the ICC
there all solved
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Dear NZ: fight civil asset forfeiture with everything you have in you. Love, the US
A concorning snippet, here:
"That campaign will receive $5.9 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund - money taken from criminals - and the Government wants to make it faster for police use the proceeds of crime laws to seize assets from drug dealers."
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
"That campaign will receive $5.9 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund - money taken from criminals - and the Government wants to make it faster for police use the proceeds of crime laws to seize assets from drug dealers."
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dear NZ: fight civil asset forfeiture with everything you have in you. Love, the US
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Nice, the People's Billboard is painted with "ABOLISH ICE", continuing the streak of it always being correct
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Nice, the People's Billboard is painted with "ABOLISH ICE", continuing the streak of it always being correct
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We walked past the NYT building today and I just want y'all to know I flipped it the bird on everyone's behalf but especially my trans friends
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
We walked past the NYT building today and I just want y'all to know I flipped it the bird on everyone's behalf but especially my trans friends
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Minnesota cis people, it's especially our time to stand up to do the work so our trans comrades don't need to spend further time and energy defending their right to exist!
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Minnesota cis people, it's especially our time to stand up to do the work so our trans comrades don't need to spend further time and energy defending their right to exist!
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So if you've ever enjoyed a Broadway show or cast album, consider tossing some money in the direction of BC/EFA and helping them to keep helping people!
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So if you've ever enjoyed a Broadway show or cast album, consider tossing some money in the direction of BC/EFA and helping them to keep helping people!
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Oh, I forgot to mention! If you are going to be at a Broadway, Off-Broadway, or touring production in the next few weeks, it is the fall Red Bucket Follies, one of the main fundraisers for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwa...
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS - Wikipedia
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Oh, I forgot to mention! If you are going to be at a Broadway, Off-Broadway, or touring production in the next few weeks, it is the fall Red Bucket Follies, one of the main fundraisers for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwa...
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[sits backwards on chair] we have a lot of fun here at midnight pals, but there's nothing funny about failing to read Moonflow, the book that you should all be reading
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My deranged splatterpunk horror book MOONFLOW about a trans shroom dealer getting lost in a haunted forest and running afoul of evil lesbian hippies and their bound fungus god is available for preorder!! Buy it today or look really uncool!
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Moonflow
Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip int...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
[sits backwards on chair] we have a lot of fun here at midnight pals, but there's nothing funny about failing to read Moonflow, the book that you should all be reading
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I am loving your depiction of grok as a long-suffering advisor with the wisdom of Renfield and the charm of Wormtongue.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am loving your depiction of grok as a long-suffering advisor with the wisdom of Renfield and the charm of Wormtongue.
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[in real life]
Musk: mama mia grok dat was a crazy simulation where i faca one (1) consequence for my action!
Musk: now i offa to count my trillion dollars anna not think about da 600,000 USAID deaths i causa with doge
Musk: grok, how mucha do the little people lova me
Grok: so much, my liege
Musk: mama mia grok dat was a crazy simulation where i faca one (1) consequence for my action!
Musk: now i offa to count my trillion dollars anna not think about da 600,000 USAID deaths i causa with doge
Musk: grok, how mucha do the little people lova me
Grok: so much, my liege
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
[in real life]
Musk: mama mia grok dat was a crazy simulation where i faca one (1) consequence for my action!
Musk: now i offa to count my trillion dollars anna not think about da 600,000 USAID deaths i causa with doge
Musk: grok, how mucha do the little people lova me
Grok: so much, my liege
Musk: mama mia grok dat was a crazy simulation where i faca one (1) consequence for my action!
Musk: now i offa to count my trillion dollars anna not think about da 600,000 USAID deaths i causa with doge
Musk: grok, how mucha do the little people lova me
Grok: so much, my liege
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Oates: [slides shimkomi-zoe between ribs] you seem totally uneducated, uncultred
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oates: [slides shimkomi-zoe between ribs] you seem totally uneducated, uncultred
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
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Oates: [extinguishes candles with a sword flick]
Oates: so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates
Musk: datsa not true!
Musk: i sleepa in a racecar, do you?
Oates: so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates
Musk: datsa not true!
Musk: i sleepa in a racecar, do you?
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oates: [extinguishes candles with a sword flick]
Oates: so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates
Musk: datsa not true!
Musk: i sleepa in a racecar, do you?
Oates: so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates
Musk: datsa not true!
Musk: i sleepa in a racecar, do you?