Mary Ann Dimand
@maryanndimand.bsky.social
Pissed-off nature poet, modern metaphysical. Any pronouns.
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It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
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MISSED BOATS
I think that
boat
had my
true love on it
and I smoked
a very costly cigarette
I think that
boat
had my
true love on it
and I smoked
a very costly cigarette
Missed boats. :D
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
MISSED BOATS
I think that
boat
had my
true love on it
and I smoked
a very costly cigarette
I think that
boat
had my
true love on it
and I smoked
a very costly cigarette
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awww little dino nerd came into museum yesterday and left a message I just saw :)
this kid has over 100 fossils and a bunch they found themselves! they have notebooks full of paleontology drawings!!!
they are 11 years old I think? we need more dino nerds!!!
this kid has over 100 fossils and a bunch they found themselves! they have notebooks full of paleontology drawings!!!
they are 11 years old I think? we need more dino nerds!!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
awww little dino nerd came into museum yesterday and left a message I just saw :)
this kid has over 100 fossils and a bunch they found themselves! they have notebooks full of paleontology drawings!!!
they are 11 years old I think? we need more dino nerds!!!
this kid has over 100 fossils and a bunch they found themselves! they have notebooks full of paleontology drawings!!!
they are 11 years old I think? we need more dino nerds!!!
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“Hopefully the Republicans may hear us” may be the dumbest sentence I’ve heard uttered since her colleague from Maine said Trump “learned his lesson” after his first impeachment.
Democratic Senator Shaheen says "Hopefully the Republicans may hear us."
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Hopefully the Republicans may hear us” may be the dumbest sentence I’ve heard uttered since her colleague from Maine said Trump “learned his lesson” after his first impeachment.
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AND FURTHERMORE - (Hi, this is your county chair, Sasha) I have my calendar cleared from March 1-April 11 which is when the C&A cycle runs, and I would truly love to be absolutely wrecked at the end because we had to process so much data because SO MANY DEMS SHOWED UP STATEWIDE.
Please show up.
Please show up.
As an example: the last time I caucused for a candidate, there were three people there for my district. We were electing five representatives. Me showing up, by myself, got two reps for the candidate I was caucusing for.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
AND FURTHERMORE - (Hi, this is your county chair, Sasha) I have my calendar cleared from March 1-April 11 which is when the C&A cycle runs, and I would truly love to be absolutely wrecked at the end because we had to process so much data because SO MANY DEMS SHOWED UP STATEWIDE.
Please show up.
Please show up.
@andrewti.bsky.social When Suboptimal gets to the Enterprise pilot please, please don't approve of the captain taking his dog Porthos to explore ***newly discovered unknown planets***.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@andrewti.bsky.social When Suboptimal gets to the Enterprise pilot please, please don't approve of the captain taking his dog Porthos to explore ***newly discovered unknown planets***.
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They shouldn’t have to clean up the mess adults are making, but these teens who overturned book bans at their statewide reading bowl are worth celebrating. Get to know them (& what they’re excited to read!).
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They shouldn’t have to clean up the mess adults are making, but these teens who overturned book bans at their statewide reading bowl are worth celebrating. Get to know them (& what they’re excited to read!).
"it's inspiring watching creative people make lemonade in hell"
- @jamieloftus.bsky.social
- @jamieloftus.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"it's inspiring watching creative people make lemonade in hell"
- @jamieloftus.bsky.social
- @jamieloftus.bsky.social
"Imagine watching this (The Devil's Advocate) on a double feature with Cats. You would emerge unable to do math."
- Sarah Marshall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bec...
- Sarah Marshall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bec...
The Bechdel Cast - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"Imagine watching this (The Devil's Advocate) on a double feature with Cats. You would emerge unable to do math."
- Sarah Marshall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bec...
- Sarah Marshall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bec...
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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i don’t play pundit and try to guess how stuff will play to voters whose politics generally make no sense to me, but if ending the shutdown was about the important business of getting SNAP benefits and air travel back online, it also rewards hostage taking in a way that seems pretty ominous to me
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
i don’t play pundit and try to guess how stuff will play to voters whose politics generally make no sense to me, but if ending the shutdown was about the important business of getting SNAP benefits and air travel back online, it also rewards hostage taking in a way that seems pretty ominous to me
The Throne Room, which is material demonstration that bishops of Auckland were not only princes of the church, but governmental princes of the north.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The Throne Room, which is material demonstration that bishops of Auckland were not only princes of the church, but governmental princes of the north.
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There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
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This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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The American people need protection from those who seek to exploit the workers for every last penny.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The American people need protection from those who seek to exploit the workers for every last penny.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
@margaret.bsky.social Of course you're a liberation champion. :)
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@margaret.bsky.social Of course you're a liberation champion. :)
