Ariel
@profsuckerpunch.bsky.social
Writer. Storyteller. Theologian. Disaster Baker. Trying to love people. Often failing.
Baby, I’m not flirting, and even if I was, I lack the ability to tell if you’re flirting back.
Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just interested in stuff
Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just pleasant ☺️
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Baby, I’m not flirting, and even if I was, I lack the ability to tell if you’re flirting back.
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everybody should read this thread on lynching, the idea and the motivating force and the intended effect
alright, i'm asking in seriousness. do folks know what lynching is? do folks know the *legal* issues with lynching? it's actually more complicated than you think, and i'm not a legal scholar so i don't want to step out of my lane--BUT I'VE READ BOOKS.
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
everybody should read this thread on lynching, the idea and the motivating force and the intended effect
Someone hit my hand with a hammer. (I am someone)
March 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Someone hit my hand with a hammer. (I am someone)
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“Medicare for all would save money and lives… we don’t have to keep living like this.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Medicare for all would save money and lives… we don’t have to keep living like this.”
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March 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
This is NEW today. AOC sent this 11 am. Friday morning.
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
No shit post, just a basic request: if you'd be so kind to help promote the book today with a share/reskeet
Book one of my Silk Road/South Asian lyrical fantasy.
No shit post, just a basic request: if you'd be so kind to help promote the book today with a share/reskeet
Book one of my Silk Road/South Asian lyrical fantasy.
March 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
No shit post, just a basic request: if you'd be so kind to help promote the book today with a share/reskeet
Book one of my Silk Road/South Asian lyrical fantasy.
No shit post, just a basic request: if you'd be so kind to help promote the book today with a share/reskeet
Book one of my Silk Road/South Asian lyrical fantasy.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: How about if all places of worship, schools and other public spaces put up signs by their entrances with this simple statement of the law? (This one’s from a Minnesota church).
Suggesting it to my temple today. Will report back.
Suggesting it to my temple today. Will report back.
March 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: How about if all places of worship, schools and other public spaces put up signs by their entrances with this simple statement of the law? (This one’s from a Minnesota church).
Suggesting it to my temple today. Will report back.
Suggesting it to my temple today. Will report back.
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A great reminder that we should not be relying on the good will of the monied elite. A great reminder that we should tax them more instead.
Bill Gates has liquidated his climate policy and advocacy organization, laying off dozens of staff in Washington, Brussels, and elsewhere.
It’s another giant retrenchment for the billionaire, who had already slashed his climate grant budget last month. heatmap.news/climate/brea...
It’s another giant retrenchment for the billionaire, who had already slashed his climate grant budget last month. heatmap.news/climate/brea...
The Bill Gates Era of Climate Giving Has Ended
Breakthrough Energy is winding down its policy and advocacy office, depriving the Inflation Reduction Act of a powerful defender.
heatmap.news
March 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A great reminder that we should not be relying on the good will of the monied elite. A great reminder that we should tax them more instead.
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And this is why you should fight this kidnapping tooth and nail regardless of whether you agree with Mahmoud.
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And this is why you should fight this kidnapping tooth and nail regardless of whether you agree with Mahmoud.
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Log in to your online Social Security account (or make one, if you haven't yet). Go to your earnings record. AT the bottom you'll see how much you (and employers) have paid in so far. It's your money. Elon is trying to steal from YOU.
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Log in to your online Social Security account (or make one, if you haven't yet). Go to your earnings record. AT the bottom you'll see how much you (and employers) have paid in so far. It's your money. Elon is trying to steal from YOU.
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The sooner that middle-class Americans - especially white church-going ones - realize that they are the target of Trump's hatred, the greater the possibility of restoring democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The sooner that middle-class Americans - especially white church-going ones - realize that they are the target of Trump's hatred, the greater the possibility of restoring democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
March 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.
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"The goalposts for DOGE have silently moved from finding fraud and corruption to simply pointing out and cancelling government programs that Trump and Republicans simply don’t support." -- @justinglawe.bsky.social
Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
All they've really got is "spending that Elon Musk doesn't like."
www.publicnotice.co
February 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"The goalposts for DOGE have silently moved from finding fraud and corruption to simply pointing out and cancelling government programs that Trump and Republicans simply don’t support." -- @justinglawe.bsky.social
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An excellent breakdown of why the Democrats aren't going to save America...
Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch
Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.
www.thenation.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
An excellent breakdown of why the Democrats aren't going to save America...
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Important investigation into how DOGE is taking millions of tax payer dollars for itself. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines th...
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Important investigation into how DOGE is taking millions of tax payer dollars for itself. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
Billionaires have been withholding their taxes for years and look where it’s gotten them!
It’s time for Americans to withhold their taxes | Judith Levine
It’s time for Americans to withhold their taxes | Judith Levine
The point is not to deprive the government of funds. It’s to expose the regime’s criminality
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Billionaires have been withholding their taxes for years and look where it’s gotten them!