MaryMary
@msmarymary.bsky.social
Quite contrary, terrible gardener. OhioU alum, rustbelter, consultant. I ❤️ dogs, baseball, stories, commas, and human rights. If empathy is a sin, then I’ll be damned.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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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
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There are Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) and Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERPs) that can be used to pay for medical premiums, but these dumbfucks don’t know that
Don’t even get me started on who would administer these accounts. For a fee, obvi. Whereas premiums credits are just there
Don’t even get me started on who would administer these accounts. For a fee, obvi. Whereas premiums credits are just there
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
There are Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) and Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERPs) that can be used to pay for medical premiums, but these dumbfucks don’t know that
Don’t even get me started on who would administer these accounts. For a fee, obvi. Whereas premiums credits are just there
Don’t even get me started on who would administer these accounts. For a fee, obvi. Whereas premiums credits are just there
Insurance premiums, which is where people are seeing enormous increases, are not eligible FSA expenses. There are also limits on how much can be set aside in an FSA, which is $3,400 for 2026.
So even if someone could use FSA dollars for insurance premiums, it would cover a month or two? Maybe?
So even if someone could use FSA dollars for insurance premiums, it would cover a month or two? Maybe?
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Insurance premiums, which is where people are seeing enormous increases, are not eligible FSA expenses. There are also limits on how much can be set aside in an FSA, which is $3,400 for 2026.
So even if someone could use FSA dollars for insurance premiums, it would cover a month or two? Maybe?
So even if someone could use FSA dollars for insurance premiums, it would cover a month or two? Maybe?
Commas are important, my friends
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Commas are important, my friends
Some of the best advice I ever heard is to stop loving things that can’t love you back. Some people, inanimate objects (a house, a car), your job.
Chicagoans love Chicago and she loves them back.
Chicagoans love Chicago and she loves them back.
I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some of the best advice I ever heard is to stop loving things that can’t love you back. Some people, inanimate objects (a house, a car), your job.
Chicagoans love Chicago and she loves them back.
Chicagoans love Chicago and she loves them back.
Normies with a bit of common sense: Uh, this doesn’t seem sustainable. How is anyone getting their investments back?
Fin/tech bros:
Fin/tech bros:
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Normies with a bit of common sense: Uh, this doesn’t seem sustainable. How is anyone getting their investments back?
Fin/tech bros:
Fin/tech bros:
Great post on the AI bubble.
As someone who already lived through the dot com bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis, it’s exhausting that this keeps happening.
As someone who already lived through the dot com bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis, it’s exhausting that this keeps happening.
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Great post on the AI bubble.
As someone who already lived through the dot com bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis, it’s exhausting that this keeps happening.
As someone who already lived through the dot com bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis, it’s exhausting that this keeps happening.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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We have friends everywhere
There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We have friends everywhere
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
This is what I want Dems to take from this election. Determination, vision, humor, and joy. The audacity of solutions
Excellent broad messaging from social media to personal campaigning and enthusiastic volunteers.
People voted for Mamdani b/c of how he made them feel as much as his policies.
Excellent broad messaging from social media to personal campaigning and enthusiastic volunteers.
People voted for Mamdani b/c of how he made them feel as much as his policies.
Mere months ago, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was polling at 1 percent—right next to “Someone Else.” Tonight, he was elected New York City’s newest mayor.
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is what I want Dems to take from this election. Determination, vision, humor, and joy. The audacity of solutions
Excellent broad messaging from social media to personal campaigning and enthusiastic volunteers.
People voted for Mamdani b/c of how he made them feel as much as his policies.
Excellent broad messaging from social media to personal campaigning and enthusiastic volunteers.
People voted for Mamdani b/c of how he made them feel as much as his policies.
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JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
Great Lakes friends, we did it.
Ahem. Let's see if this works ...
🎵The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down🎵
🎵The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down🎵
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Great Lakes friends, we did it.
Listen to Tressie, she is a certified genius
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Listen to Tressie, she is a certified genius
I live in a locally-famously progressive community in Ohio.
But the amount of spontaneous local aid for folks impacted by SNAP ending is like nothing I have seen before. We already had local govt resources, faith-based resources, community pantries/fridges, and free little pantries
But the amount of spontaneous local aid for folks impacted by SNAP ending is like nothing I have seen before. We already had local govt resources, faith-based resources, community pantries/fridges, and free little pantries
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I live in a locally-famously progressive community in Ohio.
But the amount of spontaneous local aid for folks impacted by SNAP ending is like nothing I have seen before. We already had local govt resources, faith-based resources, community pantries/fridges, and free little pantries
But the amount of spontaneous local aid for folks impacted by SNAP ending is like nothing I have seen before. We already had local govt resources, faith-based resources, community pantries/fridges, and free little pantries
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Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
I’m an introvert, my parents are introverts, we are as white as Wonder Bread. I have an aunt and uncle who are not related to me and my best friend’s little boy calls me auntie.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m an introvert, my parents are introverts, we are as white as Wonder Bread. I have an aunt and uncle who are not related to me and my best friend’s little boy calls me auntie.
Yes
My read is everyone hates the Dodgers but loves Ohtani?
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Yes
I made more than $7.25 temping as a college kid circa 2000. I once spent a week putting corporate Christmas cards in envelopes for $10 an hour.
25 years ago I earned more per hour to stuff envelopes than people in 21 states earn at minimum wage doing much more laborious jobs.
25 years ago I earned more per hour to stuff envelopes than people in 21 states earn at minimum wage doing much more laborious jobs.
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I made more than $7.25 temping as a college kid circa 2000. I once spent a week putting corporate Christmas cards in envelopes for $10 an hour.
25 years ago I earned more per hour to stuff envelopes than people in 21 states earn at minimum wage doing much more laborious jobs.
25 years ago I earned more per hour to stuff envelopes than people in 21 states earn at minimum wage doing much more laborious jobs.
The Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour and has been for the last 16 years.
In places where the local minimum wage is double the Federal wage, it still isn’t enough to afford rent on a two bedroom apartment.
Hope that helps
In places where the local minimum wage is double the Federal wage, it still isn’t enough to afford rent on a two bedroom apartment.
Hope that helps
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour and has been for the last 16 years.
In places where the local minimum wage is double the Federal wage, it still isn’t enough to afford rent on a two bedroom apartment.
Hope that helps
In places where the local minimum wage is double the Federal wage, it still isn’t enough to afford rent on a two bedroom apartment.
Hope that helps