applejack
@onbuzzer.bsky.social
She/her jack of all trades, serial hobbyist, taking candy from strangers. Always down to strike. ✊🏽
Some of the scary stuff from the administration has been straight up lies - Musk claimed he 'deleted' the IRS free filing program, but users are reporting it's still up and working. If you were going to use it, maybe go ahead and get started now.
Meanwhile, from Ezra Klein: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
Meanwhile, from Ezra Klein: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Some of the scary stuff from the administration has been straight up lies - Musk claimed he 'deleted' the IRS free filing program, but users are reporting it's still up and working. If you were going to use it, maybe go ahead and get started now.
Meanwhile, from Ezra Klein: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
Meanwhile, from Ezra Klein: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
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Unlike Elon Musk and the DOGE, we know what it’s like to actually work for a living. And we’re not going to let one unaccountable billionaire rig the government for himself.
That’s where we come in. We’re the Department of People Who Work for a Living.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
That’s where we come in. We’re the Department of People Who Work for a Living.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
Department of People who Work for a Living
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Unlike Elon Musk and the DOGE, we know what it’s like to actually work for a living. And we’re not going to let one unaccountable billionaire rig the government for himself.
That’s where we come in. We’re the Department of People Who Work for a Living.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
That’s where we come in. We’re the Department of People Who Work for a Living.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
I needed to take a break. Doomscrolling is a terrible way to get through a pregnancy.
Now I'm back, calling my senators and congressional representative, about to reach out to the state AG office. If you haven't installed #5calls I highly recommend it.
Now I'm back, calling my senators and congressional representative, about to reach out to the state AG office. If you haven't installed #5calls I highly recommend it.
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I needed to take a break. Doomscrolling is a terrible way to get through a pregnancy.
Now I'm back, calling my senators and congressional representative, about to reach out to the state AG office. If you haven't installed #5calls I highly recommend it.
Now I'm back, calling my senators and congressional representative, about to reach out to the state AG office. If you haven't installed #5calls I highly recommend it.
Also true of the American revolution and the US Civil War - looots of losses and retreating, 'make them fight for every inch of ground' tactics. Check the thread - defeating an enemy on your home turf is a long slog, but it can be done.
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also true of the American revolution and the US Civil War - looots of losses and retreating, 'make them fight for every inch of ground' tactics. Check the thread - defeating an enemy on your home turf is a long slog, but it can be done.
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This is how you do it...
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is how you do it...
I haven't been posting but I open this app at least once a day to replay this tiktok for my kid. He's obsessed.
He quotes it to other kids, now he got a bunch of little kids running around 'mustaaaaaaaard!'
He quotes it to other kids, now he got a bunch of little kids running around 'mustaaaaaaaard!'
January 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I haven't been posting but I open this app at least once a day to replay this tiktok for my kid. He's obsessed.
He quotes it to other kids, now he got a bunch of little kids running around 'mustaaaaaaaard!'
He quotes it to other kids, now he got a bunch of little kids running around 'mustaaaaaaaard!'
If you see this, post an anime character that starts with your first initial and pass it on.
Kyouya Ootori
Kyouya Ootori
December 18, 2024 at 10:13 PM
If you see this, post an anime character that starts with your first initial and pass it on.
Kyouya Ootori
Kyouya Ootori
I've spent all day zillow-scrolling to see if we can afford to move our child into a better rated school district before he starts kindergarten.
I don't even need a 8-9/10, but I'd like to get him out of 2s and 3s.
I don't even need a 8-9/10, but I'd like to get him out of 2s and 3s.
December 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I've spent all day zillow-scrolling to see if we can afford to move our child into a better rated school district before he starts kindergarten.
I don't even need a 8-9/10, but I'd like to get him out of 2s and 3s.
I don't even need a 8-9/10, but I'd like to get him out of 2s and 3s.
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
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HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Support Us - Sesame Workshop
Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder.
sesameworkshop.org
December 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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TIL that in 1843 the artist George Catlin accompanied 14 Báxoje (Iowa) on a tour of Britain, and they were so horrified by the poverty they saw everywhere that when some clerics asked to talk to them about sending missionairies among the Báxoje their leader Neumonya really let them have it.
![Neumonya's response to the clergymen:
"My friends - I am willing to talk with you if it can do any good to the hundreds and thousands of poor and hungry people that we see in your streets every day when we ride out. We see hundreds of little children with their naked feet in the snow, and we pity them, for we know they are hungry, and we give them money every time we pass by them. In four days we have given twenty dollars to hungry children - we give our money only to children. We are told that the fathers of these children are in the houses where they sell fire-water, and are drunk, and in their words they every moment abuse and insult the Great Spirit. You talk about sending black-coats [missionaries] among the Indians: now we have no such poor children among us; we have no such drunkards, or people who abuse the Great Spirit. Indians dare not do so. They pray to the Great Spirit , and he is kind to them. Now we think it would be better for your teachers all to stay at home, and go to work right here in your own streets, where all your good work is wanted. This is my advice. I would rather not say any more."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjajzkyswsc32afso7ecrrgk/bafkreihh7krotovx3o6pdpfylocmuufwitni4pi6xuowrrq62akj233yv4@jpeg)
December 13, 2024 at 1:44 AM
TIL that in 1843 the artist George Catlin accompanied 14 Báxoje (Iowa) on a tour of Britain, and they were so horrified by the poverty they saw everywhere that when some clerics asked to talk to them about sending missionairies among the Báxoje their leader Neumonya really let them have it.
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very, very sympathetic to this argument from @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/politics/202...
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
very, very sympathetic to this argument from @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/politics/202...
While we're all talking about Luigi and the conditions of the jail he's being held in, let's hold space to remember that all of the 'evidence' against him has been circumstantial at best.
There is no DNA, witness testimony or confession tying him to the crime or even the scene of the crime.
There is no DNA, witness testimony or confession tying him to the crime or even the scene of the crime.
December 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
While we're all talking about Luigi and the conditions of the jail he's being held in, let's hold space to remember that all of the 'evidence' against him has been circumstantial at best.
There is no DNA, witness testimony or confession tying him to the crime or even the scene of the crime.
There is no DNA, witness testimony or confession tying him to the crime or even the scene of the crime.
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Just came across this in another thread
December 11, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Just came across this in another thread
I spent one of the best days of my life in NYC. I wanted to walk around and enjoy the beautiful day and see the city on foot - multiple locals stopped to see if I needed help, and when I explained they pointed me to their favorite parks and scenic avenues, or walked me there themselves.
Just saw two women on the subway take care of a person in dureee immediately and easily, cause that’s what the fuck we do in New York. I haven’t remind myself sometimes because they lie about us and denigrate us, but the heart of how we interact in person is with compassion.
December 11, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I spent one of the best days of my life in NYC. I wanted to walk around and enjoy the beautiful day and see the city on foot - multiple locals stopped to see if I needed help, and when I explained they pointed me to their favorite parks and scenic avenues, or walked me there themselves.
Boosting this signal.
I used Spot On when I was tracking my ovulation because it didn't share my data with anyone ever, but it's a big buggy. Any other suggestions for a tracking app that doesn't share with the state?
I used Spot On when I was tracking my ovulation because it didn't share my data with anyone ever, but it's a big buggy. Any other suggestions for a tracking app that doesn't share with the state?
The ovulation tracking app, "Ovia", now mandates you identify what state you live in. Delete immediately and warn anyone who might need to know.
December 10, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Boosting this signal.
I used Spot On when I was tracking my ovulation because it didn't share my data with anyone ever, but it's a big buggy. Any other suggestions for a tracking app that doesn't share with the state?
I used Spot On when I was tracking my ovulation because it didn't share my data with anyone ever, but it's a big buggy. Any other suggestions for a tracking app that doesn't share with the state?
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Sorry to public defender post, but: it's wild to watch people hop on a name given by the cops and do a little dox feasting.
December 9, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Sorry to public defender post, but: it's wild to watch people hop on a name given by the cops and do a little dox feasting.
It was a murder, but not a crime.
I can't stress this enough: If you think a CEO being shot down in broad daylight is terrifying to a wealthy ruling class, imagine the terror that would strike them if a jury looks at a smoking gun and, with a shrug, returns "We think he's not guilty."
December 9, 2024 at 7:28 PM
It was a murder, but not a crime.
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The way he zips into another dimension, 😆.
December 9, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The way he zips into another dimension, 😆.
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media clearly know how to cover victims and avoid victim-blaming narratives, because I haven't seen any rush to demonize the UnitedHealth CEO by bringing up the insider trading or his DUI or his secret separation
December 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
media clearly know how to cover victims and avoid victim-blaming narratives, because I haven't seen any rush to demonize the UnitedHealth CEO by bringing up the insider trading or his DUI or his secret separation
I want a walkable neighborhood so bad 😭
100%. I’ll never live in a non walkable neighborhood again in my life.
Is living close to downtown/inner city important for you for NON-WORK reasons?
December 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I want a walkable neighborhood so bad 😭
I hope this man is on an island somewhere with a bag of real money and a drink. Also hoping we keep seeing this Benny Hill theme shit from the nypd
The backpack the NYPD says belonged to the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect reportedly held only two items: a jacket and Monopoly money
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting latest: Suspect's backpack had Monopoly money: Sources
The manhunt for the suspect who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has now entered its fourth day as authorities learn more about his movements before the attack.
abcnews.go.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:34 AM
I hope this man is on an island somewhere with a bag of real money and a drink. Also hoping we keep seeing this Benny Hill theme shit from the nypd
Here’s my pitch for why you should read this book: it’s not about what Derek and I have to say, tho I think we make a persuasive case; it’s the stunning and riveting and never-before-heard testimony of former players. Their stories are *still* shocking to me.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
The End of College Football | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | University of North Carolina Press
In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-fi...
uncpress.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Did you think the revolution was going to be a tea party?
December 5, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Did you think the revolution was going to be a tea party?