Rachel (loves LA, always will)
@rachelpowers.myatproto.social
~writer, mom, teacher, ✡️, spouse to @grumpykelson.bsky.social~
There’s no one to blame but the voters.
There’s no one to blame but the voters.
Pinned
If there’s any consolation it’s that when Miller dies we will probably get to watch as the snarling, stinking, razor-fingered demons drag him down under the ground into the lowest pits of Hell…?
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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I was born in 1970, so I was doing most of these things for the first 15 years of my life.
(Except the blasting music part. But did I own a boombox? A very small one, yes.)
(Except the blasting music part. But did I own a boombox? A very small one, yes.)
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I was born in 1970, so I was doing most of these things for the first 15 years of my life.
(Except the blasting music part. But did I own a boombox? A very small one, yes.)
(Except the blasting music part. But did I own a boombox? A very small one, yes.)
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here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
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The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
“Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa”—Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
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Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
Little boys and their toys.
Mom took them to see the Batman matinee and now they have *the whole darn weekend* to play in the treehouse!!!
Mom took them to see the Batman matinee and now they have *the whole darn weekend* to play in the treehouse!!!
Border Patrol's Greg Bovino just posted a new Batman-themed propaganda video to social media
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Little boys and their toys.
Mom took them to see the Batman matinee and now they have *the whole darn weekend* to play in the treehouse!!!
Mom took them to see the Batman matinee and now they have *the whole darn weekend* to play in the treehouse!!!
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virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
virtue signalling is good actually
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Did women ruin the workplace?
Republicans voted for this, and they’re monsters.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Republicans voted for this, and they’re monsters.
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When they can’t be Nazis and aren’t allowed to be racist to Black people
Then they show you how little they care about genocide bc having to care about this real one would mean not being racist
Then they show you how little they care about genocide bc having to care about this real one would mean not being racist
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When they can’t be Nazis and aren’t allowed to be racist to Black people
Then they show you how little they care about genocide bc having to care about this real one would mean not being racist
Then they show you how little they care about genocide bc having to care about this real one would mean not being racist
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
Thank a Republican voter
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Thank a Republican voter
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Lol holy shit it's all so bad
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lol holy shit it's all so bad
This is the guy bringing beauty, old world dignity, Georgian architecture and statuary marble back to Washington DC?
AYFKM?
AYFKM?
This is featured on the official White House website.
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is the guy bringing beauty, old world dignity, Georgian architecture and statuary marble back to Washington DC?
AYFKM?
AYFKM?
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Treating anti-Blackness as beside the point, as not disqualifying, as something to be overlooked, I’d argue, is partially how we got here.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Treating anti-Blackness as beside the point, as not disqualifying, as something to be overlooked, I’d argue, is partially how we got here.
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
I’m just noticing all of the gold above the outside window. Christ.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m just noticing all of the gold above the outside window. Christ.
Jesus, Ari.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Jesus, Ari.